Custom VW Van

Hot Wheels VW Van.

It is more aerodynamic, sort of.

The back of the card is filled with useless information.

Interesting how the air flows through the back of the vehicle.

 A wind tunnel test would be interesting.

It seems to have very little interior room for a van.

It does look cool.

Even underneath.
Likely it will spend time with my beach people or racing crowd.

Batman 66

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/833572732624872

 Today I started a new Facebook group.  If you follow this blog you know I have an interest in Batman.  As a child I admired the fictional characters devotion to duty and crime fighting.  It may have contributed to my desire to be a police officer as an adult.

Here is the specific description of the group: 

 Batman 66 is about the Batman TV show, the specific comic book series Batman '66 and the animated series Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, Batman vs. Two-Face, and of course the original Batman movie. AI or other media should accurately depict the original characters in a manner respectful to the atmosphere of the shows. This is a family friendly group for people who love the performances of Adam West and Bert Ward as Batman and Robin. This is a no sales group.

 

 

 

 

Real Drag Racing

New Hot Wheels dragster.

Little wheels in front, big ones in back.

Legal stuff.

Look at that engine!

This is a great looking car, I picked up several, and I may repaint some and may swap some engines too.

Nice bubble canopy.

Parachute pack.

Underside.

Overside.

The side.  With 1/72nd scale plastic figure for size.
 

Arrow Dynamic

Race car by Hot Wheels.

Hot Wheels has released at least a dozen variations on this car.

It is part of my Formula 1 racing series.

It's a very good model but sadly no driver.

My plan is to add drivers to most of them.

I also intend to repaint the majority of them.

Race cars often function in teams and so often have the same paint schemes as those on the same team.

I will also need to add numbers.

Here are all my red ones.

So, maybe keep three or four in red and paint the others.
 

Morgan Super 3

The Morgan Super 3 is a roadster made in the UK with a Mazada engine.

It is sold in the US and UK and other places.

They started making them in 2022.

It holds two passengers.

They seem to be kind of peg warmers from what I have seen.  It's a strange little vehicle I think.

I only got one, they come in salmon and gold colors too.

 

Electrical Truck

I have been building my city services a lot recently.

This electrical service truck is one example.

This is the only one of these I have ever seen, it's Matchbox and should not be that rare.

It's a nice big truck and will help keep the lights on in my miniature city.

So I have been getting police, fire, ambulance, life guard, security, trash and now electrical service vehicles for the last couple years.

Still nothing for the gas company, but I do have a few phone company vehicles.

This is a great truck model and would do well with a few extra paint touch ups.
 

Dumpster Diving

It may not seem like much but trash collection is a big deal.

Having a place for all the trash to go keeps a city clean and cuts down on fires and disease.

So having trash dumpsters and trash trucks is essential.

This Dollar Tree set is very common has been out for a long time and is still in stores.

I have been picking up one here and one there for a while now.  At the price the dumpsters alone are worth that much.
 

Racing Van

Hot Wheels racing van.

This is a support vehicle for a racing team.

Race cars require a large number of people to support them.

They have to move from hotels to the track and even around the track area.

Vans like this are used to do that.

I have several versions of this van in different paint jobs and some that I have repainted.

This one will stay like this to support one of my racing car teams.

Others will be repainted for use by various organizations.

It's a nice model, well painted and has nice wheels.