I dig how condescending he is. “So you know what you’re trying to do.” “you made these pieces right? remember we talked”? “If someone needs to know just ask I’m not showing it right now it would take too long”. Like he’s gonna show you how to customize some Hot wheels but he resents the hell out of you for having to do it. 👍🏻👍🏻
my dad was the one who made this video, and he just doesn't know how to talk into a mic. i was in the room when he recorded the voice over, and he wasn't trying to to be condescending, however i do find the end result a little funny now.
Hearing your perspective I can see how you would see it that way, but honestly I didn't get any sense of that whatsoever when I was listening to it, and this is the first video I've ever discovered from him.
I have to tell you I really like the way you do your suspensions. Back when I was a kid I loved the "matchbox" vehicles with working suspension, I started modifying my own back then, I'm 46 now. LOL I found ways back then to improve suspensions, swaping parts, & other mods. I got out of that couple years before I got married, but now that my kids are old enough to appreciate those things, I've gotten back into modifying them, and through youtube, I discovered I wasn't the only person doing it. I've seen a lot of different videos, and a lot of people doing it different ways in the last couple years. But so far I like yours, by far the best, because of the simplicity, usability, and the fact that they can actually be played with pretty heavily, and still look fairly realistic. And with guys out there like "Jakarta diecast project" who is doing dual wishbone, four link suspensions, AND steering ... basically creating museum quality works of art.... that says a lot. I mean sure his stuff looks like a real vehicle shrunk down, it's mind-boggling with that guy does. But I'd be afraid to play with it, or let my kids even touch it! LOL To me those are just too intricate too well done possibly too fragile to let anyone actually play with the things. But on the other end of the spectrum, there are people doing it in ingeniously simple ways, like just using a dang zip tie glued to the bottom wrapped around the axles. It's ingeniously simple, and for just playing with it ...hey it works! You're using similar techniques that other serious modders are using to make practical, functional, somewhat intricate suspensions/modifications. But you seem to take it a step further for realism and aesthetics I really respect that. You're kind of that happy medium between Jakarta diecast projects museum quality works of art, and the somewhat intricate, but still durable, playable work that some of the other serious modders are doing. One last thing.... I think it is extremely important and I am deeply thankful for you telling us the sources for where you're getting some of the things like the springs you use in coilover suspension! That's one thing that I don't see very much of on other people's videos. They don't tell what those little bits and pieces are, or where to find them. I would never in a million years have thought of using earring pieces and ink pen springs for suspension on a matchbox!!! Yet I've wondered many many times, and even asked in many videos "where in the wild world of fruit loops are you finding these things?" I've only gotten an answer one time, and that was for custom wheels/tires, but unfortunately the company only makes street tires & racing slicks, so I'm still stuck constantly trying to find good, rubber, off-road tires for these projects. (If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them)
i love how you do this with the hotwheels cars its something i love to do as a kid and still like it today i always try and find new stuff me and my son to do as father and son so keep up the good work and ill show this stuff to my son and see what he thanks about it .
I just drilled into chassis & not exactly perfect spacing either, looks a lil twisted, sits right, not as much travel as yours, still a nice feel compared to factory. I don’t do the cross link thing. Zip ties also work great & can be made to look pretty legit. Going for a Portal Axle style on next lift. Involves a bent axle to give appearance. Seating it is the trick because bent into an elbow it wants to swing. Will look cool for clearance.
@ 10:43 You asked for ideas to get the link suspension rear diff to look less "wonky." Have you considered taking a piece of silk or similar fabric, and super gluing it around the metal rods you have bent around the axle, then using moldable epoxy or a self-hardening, carvable modeling clay, wrapped around the silk/fabric, then carving it to look like a rear diff? The purpose for the fabric would be to keep the molding clay from squeezing through the wire and adhering to the axle and preventing movement of course.
Great video I'm going to definitely use allot of what your doing just a little different. I'm making a gasser hopefully I'll have a video up in the next few days
Hi, thanks for tips. I am using it in my project, but it makes a little bit tricky, cause I don't want to build a "monster" You know, I am building offroad 911, so had to hide half of spring inside the body and not so much free place for rods :). So it's tricky, but interesting engineering task
Awesome video! Thank you very much, I wanted to know how old I was gone; and you most definitely put the information out there to make it easier for newbies like me to do the same thing. What does Springs, you used quick pens; but, is it possible to use the springs from my Bic lighter?
