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A few months ago I saw an eBay auction where a very talented guy fixed the top of an old pickup truck onto a 1:43 Corgi Batmobile. He then painted it gloss black and added red stripes and bats etc. He did really well with his auction. I think it sold for around $160. He said it was a one-off as there was too much metal work involved.
So later that week I found a black Matchbox 1950's pickup and thought I would try the same thing in 1:64 scale. I have lots of Hotwheels Batmobiles in storage so I pulled one out and started cuttin'. The eBay seller was right...it's a lot of cutting.
Here is what I started with
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Everything is black so I used tape with a straight line in the middle to mark the location to cut.
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So later that week I found a black Matchbox 1950's pickup and thought I would try the same thing in 1:64 scale. I have lots of Hotwheels Batmobiles in storage so I pulled one out and started cuttin'. The eBay seller was right...it's a lot of cutting.
Here is what I started with
Everything is black so I used tape with a straight line in the middle to mark the location to cut.
