Custom Hot Wheels Buildoff: Steampunk!

Back at it again, here is the current set of builds! 

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Santa's coming... Again?

Little late this year, but the December Hot Wheels Build Off is here!

Come vote on the latest custom Hot Wheel build! Please DO NOT try and figure out who built what, just pick your favourite and vote by "liking" the pic! Winner to be announced on Monday!

Vote here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1506673976308577.1073741833.1459737441002231&type=3

Custom Hot Wheels: Steampunk 2-4-2 #4

Made the stack with a little piece of copper pipe and flared it with a flaring tool.



Not sure about using the hood.



Time for some nitty-gritty figurin'. Enter the glass and sharpies! Planning phase on how to bolt it all together.This was my first idea- laid it all out, bent it all up and didn't end up liking it.



The goal was to hopefully get something along the lines of my penny engine in there so it could actually be POWERED...



The first attempt at the frame:



Looks like a pooper scooper.

Attempt #2. Frame rails.



Liking this- lots more room to tweak and adjust as I go, and I think in this case less is more.



Yeah. Starting to dig that.

Custom Hot Wheels: Batbuild 6.0!

Here it is: Batbuild 6.0!  The latest build-off is finished and looking for your votes.



Several entries. Please follow the link below and vote for your favourite by "liking" it. DO NOT attempt to figure out who made what, just pick your favourite and VOTE!

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Custom Hot Wheels- Steampunk 2-4-2 #3

And in the category of trying something new, why not spin some walnut wheels up for it on the lathe!





First attempt at the skinny sets. Didn't work out the way I wanted so they got remade.


Drive wheels were a different story. I wanted some tractor lug style patterns but have never been able to find anything close, so here's what I came up with.



See the wire? Yeah. Thats the lug burner...



Result:





Didn't like these ones either, so I redid them with a bigger chunk of walnut and a different lug burner made out of a sliver of sheet metal. Pattern came out great.

Here's roughly what I'm shooting for.





Don't care to count how many hours I already have into it at this point... *sigh*

Custom Hot Wheels: Steampunk 2-4-2 #2

Steampunk. Copper, right? Lets see what we can find in the scrap bin.



Look like some useable bits here.



Start with the boiler.

Custom Hot Wheels: Steampunk 2-4-2 #1

Starter pic. Started out as a decent looking old Chevy. I've noticed that there are a few "standard" cars that people use for builds, and I'm trying to not get stuck in that rut so I went with something a bit off the wall for me. Well, it's a Chevy, anyways... Old trucks are kind of my thing.





Chopped.



Stripped.



Hacked.

 

Custom Hot Wheels: Lickety Split #8

Final pics.











And done.



This was a way fun build. Very challenging and very rewarding. Tried lots of new things and they ended up working out great. Pretty proud of this one!

Ready for another? The Steampunk build is up next!