Mudge's Diecast Customs
This is customizing for the poor and the talentless. Ever wonder how that blue 2010 GT-500 would look with Cragar's and Tiger Paws? Ever felt like strangling Mattel's design team after seeing a lovely '67 Camaro ruined by a graphics job aimed at six-year-olds? Wish you had the skill to actually do something about it? Here's the proof that you're not as hopeless as you might think. I'll probably never own an airbrush, and sheets of waterslide decals give me panic attacks. Artistically, I have trouble drawing a blank. But in the last ten years, I've amassed a collection of over 1,000 custom 1/64ths - perhaps a third of them truly mouthwatering pieces - and all it usually took was a few minutes of swabbing Tampo graphics off of the body with a Q-tip, or a wheel upgrade from a discarded Matchbox, RC or Johnny Lightning piece. I've posted nearly every one of my customs, complete with instructions on how to duplicate my results and avoid my mistakes, because there are simply too many amazing diecasts out there needing only a few minutes' work and perhaps a couple of donor parts to reveal their true beauty. Trust me...if I can make these, so can you. And you want to, too...I know because half of my first 30 eBay offerings sold within a month at prices up to $20.
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Visit my Simple customs page by clicking here to see some of my similar customs using techniques I learned from Mudge
Hot Wheels 2004 Auto-Affinity Steel Flame Set
Hot Wheels 2004 Auto-Affinity Steel Flame w' Majorette flatbed fifth-wheel trailer (15 minutes)
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Hot Wheels 2005 #154 '47 Chevy Fleet line
Hot Wheels 2005 #154 '47 Chevy Fleetline (black) with Johnny Lightning whitewalls
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Hot Wheels 2006 #029 '70 Hemi Challenger
Hot Wheels 2006 #029 '70 Hemi Challenger ("Vitamin C") with Johnny Lightning Cragar's (10 minutes)
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Matchbox 2007 #28w 1961 Jaguar E-Type Coupe
Matchbox 2007 #28w 1961 Jaguar E-Type Coupe (blue) with Sharpie-silvered HW Pro Racing stock car wheels (12 minutes)
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Hot Wheels 2009 #033 Triumph TR6
Hot Wheels 2009 #033 SCCA G-Production-trimmed Triumph TR6 (green) with Sharpie-silvered roll hoop, Matchbox sport knock-offs (15 minutes)
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Hot Wheels 2010 #039 Tyrell P34
Hot Wheels 2010 #039 Tyrell P34 (blue, white) with drivers, rear slicks from no-name F1 cars (30+ minutes each)
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Hot Wheels 2010 #003 '67 Pontiac Firebird 400 original
Hot Wheels 2010 #003 '67 Pontiac Firebird 400 (blue) body plopped on a JL '71 Challenger "Zinger" chassis (20 minutes)
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Hot Wheels 2010 #003 '67 Pontiac Firebird 400 Zingered
Hot Wheels 2010 #003 '67 Pontiac Firebird 400 (blue) body plopped on a JL '71 Challenger "Zinger" chassis (20 minutes)
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Hot Wheels 2011 #089 '65 Mustang Fastback original
Hot Wheels 2011 #089 '65 Mustang Fastback (red) re-wheeled with Sharpie'd brightwork (20 minutes)
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Hot Wheels 2011 #089 '65 Mustang Fastback
Hot Wheels 2011 #089 '65 Mustang Fastback (red) re-wheeled with Sharpie'd brightwork (20 minutes)
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Johnny Lightning Zingers! '72 Hurst 442 'Spoilered'
Johnny Lightning Zingers! '72 Hurst 442 'Spoilered' (Spoiler engine & axles, JL '72 Chevelle base) (20 minutes)
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Johnny Lightning Zingers! '72 Hurst 442 'Spoilered'
Johnny Lightning Zingers! '72 Hurst 442 'Spoilered' (Spoiler engine & axles, JL '72 Chevelle base) (20 minutes)
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Hot Wheels Classics Heavy Chevy
Hot Wheels Classics Heavy Chevy (pink) with 25Ann/Vintage series axle-thru redlines and repro pieplates (15 minutes)
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Motor Max Mercury Coupe (59c)
Motor Max Mercury Coupe (59c) with Johnny Lightning '57 Corvette hubs/whitewalls (10 minutes)
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Johnny Lightning American Glory 1962 Bel Air "original"
Johnny Lightning American Glory 1962 Bel Air 'Zingered' (placed on a same-body Bel Air Zinger chassis) (8 minutes)
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Johnny Lightning American Glory 1962 Bel Air "Zingered"
Johnny Lightning American Glory 1962 Bel Air 'Zingered' (placed on a same-body Bel Air Zinger chassis) (8 minutes)
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