My neighbor had pink Lamborghini from 1980 when I was 16. I couldn't afford it in my dreams but the neighbor was cool enough to give me a ride to school before he sold it
I've noticed a jump in your car quality and skills lately. Vids are to the point and straight through and as always we can go back and watch your old vids if we want to know anything.
I dont comment a lot, but for months ive been absorbing yours and others techniques, and ive been picking my local thrift shops for grab bags of cars, ive found old lesneys worth 10 to 30 bucks according to ebay, in 5 dollar grab bags, its awesome. THIS Lambo conversion is something ive been wanting to do with a couple of castings, not lambo ones but others like a VW and a truck ive found. but it was especially the paint techniques that grabbed my attention, the clear coat thru the airbrush, i had stripped and re painted a couple of castings with a metallic blue with silver flake, and clear coated them, and they look like they were basically dipped in resin lol, thank you, for all of your how to;s and tips, and in general, just taking the time to share.
The Countach really deserves a proper re-release, with correct proportions and all. You've done a wonderful job to what looked like a car beyond saving.
The original Countach shape is my favourite, I love the prototype even more, as I feel that its styling is even cleaner. You've done a fantastic job with this conversion!
The later models were stylized like this so that Lamborghini could keep selling them while keeping up with the times. It's similar to how the Gallardo was redesigned for the changing trends.
Lamborghinis are so striking and powerful, they make a statement other sports cars just don't, most of the time a sports car attracts the eye by being beautiful to look at and alluring, but a Lamborghini gains your attention by instead making itself impossible to ignore. Really beautiful paint job, I especially liked the play between the red of the tail lights and the emerald.
It shouldn't really matter for most of your models, as they're display pieces, but you can get superglue (cyanoacrylate) to bond much stronger using baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). The latter acts as an activator and increases strength of the adhesive; the combination of both can even be used as a filling cement of sorts! Just sprinkle it over the still wet superglue, and blow off the excess when dry. A little trick I picked up on a while ago, not sure if you're aware of it - just thought I'd share.
Excellent restoration to bring this gem back to life! What a Huge difference! Wow! Another favorite part of this video is 6:31 I know a lot of customizers that fail on this part. I've noticed my customs have been coming out much better allowing the paint and the clear coat a 'few days' to cure. A know a lot of people are impatient 😄 I like this video a Lot. Thank you for sharing👍🏽
Damned impressive. I very much liked watching this mod. I'd perhaps have raised it just that little bit extra personally but if it's not rolling it's all about looking gorgeous, which it does. Excellent work!
When hot wheels put it out there it was a great looking, cool toy. When you put it out there it is an exceptional looking, finished product. Never thought about doing anything like this, myself, but I can certainly appreciate your craftsmanship and dedication.
Even though I was out of my childhood collecting phase when this HW car was released, I do remember it and I laughed in agreement when you commented to the effect of how HW managed to make an iconic car of the 1980's so bland. And while I am not a Lamborghini guy, what you did with your modifications to the original design is simply incredible. I had to do a double take when you show the model with modifications in the primer stage. The final results are impressive, and the tips are, as usual, very, very helpful. THANKS!!!
This is a really nice custom. As a kid I loved this car and likely destroyed 5 or more of the toys playing in the driveway. They were really fast on the tracks when new.
Amazing work! How long did it take you? If you don't like this Hot Wheels version of the Countach, how do you feel about their tooned casting? I hate it, and that's an understatement.
Awesome work - my new favourite video of yours! Love how you managed to recapture the clean lines or the original unmolested Gandini design. Really noticed the effect of picking out the panel lines too. As for the lowering job - brilliant. Really pleased you swapped out the nasty flat Renault Fuego style rims for some proper deep dish versions too - in fact would have liked some info on the wheels in the vid.
Wow that looks awesome. All your filing, scribing and reshaping made a big difference. Very nice detail work with the black and red. Gorgeous green too!
Just found your channel today! You're great at this restoration-customization stuff, and I like your narration. Enjoyed this particular video a lot. Keep up the great work!
Great build as always......... Just a thought for a gloss finish coat, I've found dollar store clear nail polish through the airbrush works great and cheap per volume purchased.
Not the colour I'd have done but after seeing it it looks fantastic. You made a great LP400 conversion too. I loved the wildness of the LP500S with its flared wheel arches and wing but the toy's ones were ordinary. Fantastic job, mate. Well done.
Green is a brilliant choice for a Lamborghini Countach. I have a Countach Tooned of my childhood and I just painted the back lights with nail polish and a few more details in front. I'm very proud of it, and this video is helping me a lot! Regards from Spain! :)
Nice piece, it looks so much better than what it started as, excellent work! I think you really captured the distinctive Italian look of the car very well.
