My Custom Hot Wheels at Hot Import Nights Australia

Hot Import Nights Australia - Sydney Show 2018December 15th saw the annual Hot Import Nights show being held at Olympic Stadium in Homebush and for the first time in it’s history it featured custom and exotic cars in more than one scale, more than two in fact but I’ll get to that soon enough.

I arrived early…very early in fact because although the show was scheduled to start at 3pm I was going to need a few (hundred) hours to set everything up. And when I say everything I quite literally mean it, because there were three individual diorama settings, over 40 trees, countless figures and a even more bits and bobs that required setting up before the main doors opened. My management of time was not helped by the fact that I was surrounded by millions of dollars worth of exotic and import automotive porn I must say. I’d be setting up and then, OH MY GOD look at that widebodied tramampoline nomnomnomnom etc etc and #nekminnit I’m at the other side of the hall drooling over an old school Celica and a tidy AF R32.

They also set me up next to the 1/10 Scale RC drift cars which was awesome. They had their own custom/drift comp and the cars being drifted around the track included a couple of sweet KE70 Corolla wagons, a few Datsun 240z, an RWB Porsche and a beautiful array of modern and classic JDM goodness. They made it look so easy as the drifted around the turns and I honestly thought it was until they let me have a go and… well let’s move on shall we, there’s dioramas to setup…

3 Custom Hot Wheels Diorama Scenes on Show

I already had the massive diorama table with the backdrop which you have all seen used in countless photos here on mch.com and this table was the same one that was brought to the show (minus the backdrop of course). I actually enjoyed the fact that I had to painstakingly remove every tree and every lamp post from the table because OMG you should have seen how much dust was caked all over it! The lights actually work but I didn’t bother rewiring them for the show because, well I couldn’t be arsed quite frankly. But one large table wasn’t going to cut it and so I decided to finally put together one of the Hot Wheels Diorama Kits that I sell on the website (Check them out HERE)
It was actually surprisingly easy to make although I will admit that it was certainly time consuming as there were no shortcuts, not if you wanted clean lines and a great looking building at the end. I took the Bog Boyz Garage and added some Hot Import Nights branding as well as the logo for Hi-Tec Oils, the major sponsor and then pulled out every tool and mechanic figure I could find ready to add to the garage scene.

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

I made sure Aussie cars dominated this scene, although you’ll notice it’s an Audi that is having the most trouble LOL

The third and final diorama scene was without doubt the best of them all and was created by me…asking someone else to make it 😀
Months earlier I had been talking with Ruben aka @riskycat_creations as he had kindly offered to make me a diorama of my choosing. I jokingly said that I would love a Randy’s Donut store and parking lot but when he replied saying “yeah no problem” I quickly turned serious and was like “no friggin’ way?!? Can you really?” …and the rest as they say is history. But wait, the story gets (heaps) better!

1/64 scale version of Melissa GraceRuben was also a big fan of Miss HIN 2017 Melissa Grace and he made a 1:64 figure of her (shown on left) and asked if I could potentially get a photo with her holding and/or playing with herself. …THE TINY VERSION OF HERSELF PEOPLE (sheesh, get your minds out of the gutter :p ) I made sure to pass this request to Dennis (the organiser) and he said that definitely had to happen (what a legend). Of course when Melissa did walk past the Hot Wheels table she was fascinated by  the whole thing and so getting a few photos of her appreciating the scale model of herself as well as the Randy’s Donuts and the rest of the custom display was not a problem at all. To be honest it was the least I could do considering the time and effort Risky Cat put into creating it all and getting it to me on time. Thanks again mate, it’s deadset amazing and I just hope some of these pics can do it justice.

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

The Amazing Randy’s Donut store and parking lot as created by @RiskyCat_Creations

@MyCustomHotwheels, @RiskyCat_Creations & @MelissaGraceX at @HotImportNights.Au

Some of the photos I took of Melissa enjoying the dioramas and the mini version of herself. Oh and sidenote, there’s an excessive amount of @ symbols in the above title.

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with My Custom Hot Wheels

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with My Custom Hot Wheels

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with My Custom Hot Wheels

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with My Custom Hot Wheels

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with My Custom Hot Wheels

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with My Custom Hot Wheels

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with My Custom Hot Wheels

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with My Custom Hot Wheels

Miss HIN Melissa Grace posing with Alex 'My Custom Hot Wheels' Whalley

HIN Dioramas and Custom Hot Wheels Picture Gallery.

Hot Import Nights Australia - Sydney Show 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

 

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

My Custom Hot Wheels on Display at Hot Import Nights Sydney 2018

That’s all for the 1:64 scale stuff but stick around and let me share with you some of the 1:1 scale goodness on display at Hot Import Nights 2018…

The Life Sized Custom Cars from HIN 2018

Some of anyway

Hot Import Nights Australia - Sydney Show 2018

another awesome Evo

Ferrari 488GTB Liberty Walk - aka GEISHA

Mitsubishi Evo IX

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

HULK 20B Triple Rotor Twin Turbo RX7

HULK 20B Triple Rotor Twin Turbo RX7

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Widebody RX7

GT86 Toyota or Subaru BRZ widebody

GT86 Toyota or Subaru BRZ widebody

GT86 Toyota or Subaru BRZ widebody

1979 BMW looking helladope

Ferrari 488GTB Liberty Walk - aka GEISHA

Ferrari 488GTB Liberty Walk - aka GEISHA

Nissan Stagea R34 Wagon

Nissan Stagea R34 Wagon

Nissan Stagea R34 Wagon

Slammed Subaru Forester

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

AE86 Trueno

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

slammed Toyota Landcruiser

Honda NSX owned by @Damnnn_b4tman

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Mazda RX7 widebody with gullwing doors

Mazda RX7 widebody with gullwing doors

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Ferrari 488GTB Liberty Walk - aka GEISHA

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

Awesome 1:1 Custom and Import cars on display at HIN 2018

What’s in Store for 2019?

I have been speaking with the event organisers and we are hoping to put together a custom Hot Wheels contest as part of the show. Stay tuned and watch this space as I work with HIN Australia to make this happen!

Comments

comments

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This

Share This

Share this post with your friends!