by Alex | May 26, 2021 | All the Die-Cast!, Hacks & Tips, How To and FAQs
A quick & easy guide showing you how to neatly and perfectly apply carbon fibre decals to various body panels on your next custom Hot Wheels – this guide will also work for sticker bomb sheets or any large sections of waterslide decal paper that you are trying to apply
by Alex | Nov 11, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Customiser Spotlight, Your Custom Hotwheels
Shining the Light on Extraordinary Talent in the 1/64 Scale Custom Diecast Community… Today we shine the spotlight on a customiser who I think we are all familiar with – we are certainly familiar with his fingers LOL. I’m talking of course about Mr Atyd...
by Alex | Oct 27, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Your Custom Hotwheels
Every few weeks (or months as it were) the team here at MCH showcase the finest 1/64 scale customs found on Instagram and Facebook, collating them all into one article so you can get your monthly fix of custom hot wheels and diecast car porn all in one place. This isn’t about My Custom Hotwheels, it’s about Yours…
by Alex | Oct 7, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Diorama Life, JDM, My Customs
To celebrate the release of our new Japan Police Decals we decided first to improve the current mainline Japan Police 300ZX… but since when is 1 enough? NEVER, that’s when. Don’t Look Now, But We Have You Surrounded! Maybe it’s just me but the...
by Alex | Aug 3, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Chevrolet, Hotrods, My Best Customs, My Customs
My latest creation, a ‘Manga Tuner’ inspired Cartoon custom of the now infamous (and stupidly expensive) RLC 55 Gasser aka ‘The Candy Striper’ came out rather well (even if I do say so myself).
Here’s the story of how I downloaded and played Candy Crush and got it all so very wrong (or did I get it oh so right? -insert twilight zone music- )
by Alex | Jun 14, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, My Best Customs, My Customs
Today I’m sharing a Christmas custom that I built for a comp (but missed the deadline by like a week because I suck at time management LOL.)… Edit: The fact that I am only now publishing this in June of 2020 only serves to cement that fact LMAO. This one...
by Alex | Jun 9, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Hacks & Tips, How To and FAQs
We in the Hot Wheels world call it spectraflame but in the real (automotive) world it goes by many different names. You can call it Spectraflame, Pearl, Candy, Kandy (with a K) or even 2Pac, it’s no Biggie. Today we’ll experiment with a range of spray paints to discover how to get the best spectraflame paintjob on your next custom Hot Wheels build
by Alex | May 29, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Customiser Spotlight, Your Custom Hotwheels
Shining the Light on Extraordinary Talent in the 1/64 Scale Custom Diecast Community… Today we spotlight the talents of one Muhamad Eko Setiawan
by Alex | Apr 22, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Customiser Spotlight, Your Custom Hotwheels
Shining the Light on Extraordinary Talent in the 1/64 Scale Custom Diecast Community… It’s that time again – a collective favourite of not just myself but for all our readers – at least that’s what you guys keep telling me That’s right, it’s time to shine the...
by Alex | Apr 17, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Your Custom Hotwheels
Welcome to another episode of Your Custom Hotwheels, the fortnightly feature post that isn’t about My Custom Hot Wheels, it’s about yours.
Today however is a little different as I wanted to pay homage to all the amazing customs I have seen since that utilise the deliciously dope and characteristically cute ‘Manga Tuner’ Casting which was introduced to the Hot Wheels mainline line-up earlier this year.
by Alex | Apr 11, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Your Custom Hotwheels
Welcome to what has to be the most delayed episode of Your Custom Hotwheels ever! I know I’ve been slack of late but I’m here now so quit your whining! :p The Game Has Changed – But the Rules are the Same One thing I can say is that it has been...
by Alex | Apr 6, 2020 | All the Die-Cast!, Diorama Life
Toilet Paper Hoarders on my Diorama! Seriously what gives?! The world is going bat-shit crazy ( #seewhatIdidthere ) and whilst some of the panic is warranted, the majority of it is completely lacking in common sense. I mean I can understand the hoarding of the food...
