I think the people criticizing you ought to go do their own restorations, honestly, especially given that this is your channel, your toys, and your decisions.
These videos are too fun to watch! Don’t worry about the know it alls! Your videos are great and you do a great job with a neat hobby. What makes it even better is that you share with your grandson. I hope one day I’m as good a grandfather as you are.
i love that you're giving these to your 4 year old. giving these old cars a new life as they're meant to be; played with, not sitting on a collector's shelf gathering dust (not that there's anything wrong with restoration for collecting, it's just refreshing to see you do this). good videos. you, and baremetalHW, are my fave redline channels.
I think you are great! There will always be haters. What you are doing for your grandson (I think it is your grandson) is priceless memories. I am just starting this hobby and plan on having my own channel. Keep them coming! I look forward to them!
I had no idea hot wheels restoration was a thing until this past week. Now I can't get enough. I really enjoy your videos, the fact your giving them to your son, and this isn't your career makes me enjoy these even more!! Keep doing what you're doing!
Thanks for addressing the whole primer thing before spraying spectraflame paint. I had a couple of those comments on my videos. That silver base coat you used looks very smooth and clean. Love that blue color. Mind you I hate blue but it's grown on my lately. Great videos man thanks for sharing.
Your videos are a great watch for my son and I . Please don't spend a second speaking to your critic's. Our time and yours are a valuable commodity.enjoy!
You shouldn't have to defend yourself on your work! I really appreciate the work in getting the videos out and I really enjoy them even if I am not a toy car guy. Keep up the great work!
Great video. I think that your giving it to a four year old is great. Every time my grandkids come over I give them a car as I have about a 1000 hot wheels
I noticed you had some difficulty with the paint on that glass I work as a car detailer and some times we have to deal with paint on glass. What I would recommend instead of trying to scratch and buff it off like you did. If its actual glass use a razor blade or any thin flat blade and slide underneath it if its plastic a use a plastic blade. You can also try a product called traminator for harder stuff.
Good job, Man! You don't need to explain anything. It's amazing, that You manage to find time for these restorations. I enjoyed the video and I don't even collect :)
stunning work mate, i am not really in to model cars but your videos are surprisingly entertaining! and I cannot immagine how happy the kid who you`ll give these will be! good job!
Love it!!!! I made sure too infect my boys with Hot Wheels at a young age too! I'm now 42, My oldest is 19, with Irish twins 17 and 16. We all customize Hot Wheels today!!! Keeps me outta the bar's and my boy's close to me.......Respect to you for being a good Father!!!! Screw the haters!!!!!
Looks great! It needs two white racing stripes on the hood and roof and two black numbers in white circles on the doors. Love to see the before and after images!
Beautiful job. Stunning paint job! The first of your Redlines videos that I’ve seen. Lots of new techniques learned. I must get one of those tumblers 🤗👍. Subscribed.
Great video . I did not know that Hot Wheels made a Ford J car! Out of all the Ford GT cars of the sixties,I have always liked the J car the best even though it probably had the worst record. Thank you for the video.
It's weird... I have no real interest in toy cars or toys in general, but lately I've subscribed to no less than three Hot Wheels/Matchbox restoration channels and Toy Polloi. After watching for a few weeks, I've rummaged through my basement and found my own old toys and I've repaired and restored several pieces and given them to my children. I've also repaired several Barbie Doll-limbs (thanks Toy Polloi). It's not really about saving money or thinking of the environment, it's just fun. Anyway, thanks to all these restoration channels, including WheelsNThangs.
Just found your channel, your videos are awesome! Don’t blame you for not going overboard if they’re just going to be played with. Anyways, keep up the great work
Thats a really nice job i hope i could have the tools to do the same! I would like to see the aftermath...i mean how the restored cars end up after your kids play with them for some months. Also i do appreciate that even with all your busy life you keep uploading videos. Cheers from Mexico.
Very interesting. Did you have much trouble fastening the top and bottom? It looked like when you were grooving the female to accept the screw, it started to rip on the side.
I remember playing with some old metal cars from the 1960 at my grannys house every christmas as a kid, and now i wonder where dit we put that box of old toys 😊
May I also suggest that if you use silver paint underneath that you bury it with a layer of clear. The solvents in the low hide flame paint could soften the metallic and cause it to drop. Zinc kits aren't always the answer.
I love your restorations. I’ve got a question for you. I’m just getting into this as a hobby since retiring and what type of paint booth ventilation do you have setup. Thank you
I put out a video not long ago on everything I use but I really need better ventilation. Right now I just kinda let it go in the basement since it's a large area 60'x40'. Here's the video with the booth. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LLe9gfPwhzg.html
I’ve seen bullet reload brass polished in those tumblers, if you put a few dollops of mother’s aluminum and mag polish in the media it really changes the way it finishes the contents you want polished
There is a line of paints by Duplicolor called metalcast and they have a product called ground coat that you use to make the surface super shiny. On car that you feel primer may be needed it could be a way to go. Also Duplicolor has a spray Adhesion promoter that might be useful under spectraflame paint since it is clear but my understanding is spectraflame is pretty durable so it probably isn't needed. Great video sir.
you could technically use primer with spectraflame, but I believe you have to spray it with metallic paint after the primer and then the spectraflame and it should work. I know wicked colors has some. might be something you like. also, awesome videos you make.
I'm used to watch Hot Wheels's cars restorations from hwbaremetal. Although his work might be better or more dedicated than yours, I personally prefer your work for the simple reason that you seem to be more realistic and down-to-earth about the processes used and the time you spend doing it. Therefore I feel more in touch with this kind of videos. It's something that you enjoy doing and you are fairly talented at. Keep it up!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words! He is certainly more dedicated than myself and does great work. One of the things I like to do is show the finished product as up close as possible which hides zero defects. Sometimes it even picks up things you cannot see in person. I could easily angle the camera a bit different and soften the lighting to make the cars look perfect but what fun would that be :)
Very nice restoration! To really achieve the factory spectra-flame paint job, the surface of the body needs to be nearly chrome-like....obtained by either chrome dipping (too expensive), extensive polishing or painted using Molotow chrome pen refill shot thru an airbrush.
Hey dude I think u do a great job on all your cars u do as for the people who say u should do that way and that way should they just wish they could do what u do have a nice Holiday
