DIBs Holiday Build - Custom Hot Wheels Rockin' Santa Sled
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- The Diecast International Builders have invited the community to participate in a Holiday build. I’m starting with a Hot Wheels Rockin’ Santa Sled that I found at the Dollar Store back in July when my oldest daughter was visiting. I’ve changed the colors, giving it a somewhat “Spectraflame” look, adding Redline wheels, and a LOT more detail to Santa.
It’s been painted with rattlecan Krylon Stained Glass paint and Minwax Gloss Clear polyurethane.
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Your details are fantastic!!
Thank you so much!
Very nice… good that you kept the runners white. Love the choice of green! Thank you
Thanks Brian!
Looks Great!
Thanks Greg!
Lovely paint! Talk about an improvement!
Thanks Loston!
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms Sure thing! A wonderful and Merry Christmas to you and your family! And thank you, Jim, for giving your fans the gift of your wonderful videos all year round!
Thankyou for joining Us All Jim🥂🍻 from Team DIB's
Thanks for hosting the event! It was fun!
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms thankyou Jim looking forward to you joining us on more in 2022 from Team Dibs
awesome I love it
Thanks Keith!
This came out great, love working on unusual/ peg warmers. Great job 👍
Thanks it was a fun one!
Nice build, details and paint job 👍👍
Thanks Joe!
Wow, that detail on the Santa is awesome. I can’t believe they detailed it like that and left it so blah.
Thanks! It's really crazy to me too how they put the detail in the mold and then left it to disappear without any paint.
Great work..That paint job is Fantastic
Thanks Brian!
Very nice casting choice.
Thanks Lee!
Jim the sled came out awesome with the spectraflame green and with all the detail painting you can now tell that santa is driving. Great work as always and have a great weekend
With Santa at the wheel, Christmas is in good hands lol
Wow Jim! Love the outcome! Santa's detail makes it! We alway appreciate you joining us!
Thanks Mark!
Came out fantastic. I’m sure Santa would love this ride… Merry Christmas Jim to you and your family.🎁
Thanks so much Paula! Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!
100%better looking
Thanks James!
Look at that green! Nice Christmas build, Jim!
Thanks Ben!
Love it! That Stained Glass paint looks great and the details really pop! Thanks for joining us for the build!
Thanks Ron! It was a blast!
Wow, Thank you for joining us this month Jim! This is awesome!
Thanks Don!
Great job Jim 👍
Thanks Mark!
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms you're welcome 😊
Nice build Jim fast little cruiser for Santa, appreciate you joining Us All cheers 🍻🥂 KC 🇦🇺🤝😎😊👍
Thanks KC! It was fun to participate in the build!
I like the choice in paint - it’s simple yet automatically brings all sorts of holiday nostalgia! Happy Holidays Jim!
Thanks Marcos! When you see it in person someday, it even brings even more holiday feelings in such an odd way. It's hard to explain...there's just something about this casting.
That green looked great. Nice color choice.
Thank you!
I was waiting for an inevitable "turd" drop, but alas, I guess Santa was watching....lol. Great job taking this from "shabby to shiny" as Rob from Matchbox Garage would say!
Thanks Jamie! I'm saving turd drops for my future builds 🤣
Cool 😎 good 👍 job love it
Thanks Antoni!
All I can say is wow my friend that turned out amazing, and totally fit in with this month's theme! Thanks for building with us again this month my friend hope to see you in the future!
Thanks so much Scott! I'm not sure I'll make the January build, but I will be in more of them in 2022. (before I forget, did you get the envelope I sent? Checking because now I can't remember for sure if I sent it LOL)
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms yes and thank you my friend I did receive the envelope yesterday in the mail thank you again!
@@opasdiecastrestorations8611 Yay! It’s hell getting old and forgetful so I’m glad my memory hadn’t failed me lol
Great work as always buddy..... i figured someone would use this casting..... you nailed it
Thanks Dan!
A very cool Christmas themed build, and Merry Christmas back at you.
Thanks John!
Very cool ! Your level of detail is fantastic, I would not have given this casting a second look and You've turned it into a awesome Hotrod theme Christmas diecast that could be made a Christmas tree ornament or a decoration for any car guy's man cave ! 🍻
Thanks Bob! It was a blast to do.
You definitely improved the look of this casting. Great work!
Thanks Paul!
Very cool, Jim😀👍! A great holiday build...I have one of these, but I had no idea it could look so good til I saw yours! Awesome!
Thanks so much!
it's an odd one but glad you made it cool
Thanks Matt!
Jim, you really did that diecast justice 👍my friend , I have one of them also, it’s a neat looking diecast, thanks for giving tips on how to approach this project 👍. Take care Jim stay safe & healthy & you also have a Merry Christmas 🎄🎁🎅🏻🎄 & Happy NewYear .🎉🎊🍾.
Thanks Jeff! Honestly, I was surprised at how well this turned out. I had ideas on how it might go, but it worked out even better. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too my friend!
That's definitely something different Jim. Looks awesome. Ty. Merry Christmas to you and yours Jim.
Thanks Charlie! I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas too!
That was lots of fun to watch, Jim and a very apropos build for the season, right down to the closing music you chose. Santa's never looked so good! A Merry Christmas to you too, my friend! 🍁🎄
Thanks Andrew! It was easy to make Santa look good - the detail was in the casting, I just needed to add a like makeup lol
Santa approves! Love your builds. I've learned a lot from you.
Thanks for watching Santa!
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms Check out my Batster video. I think you'll like my use of jb weld. I'm enjoying your many builds but tend to study the combos. LOVED the Galileo Kombi.
@@santaslowdog just checked it out…and it looks great!
You turned a crap car into a brilliant build once again Jim great work👊🏾👌🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇯🇲🇬🇧
Thanks Kevin!
Excellent work Jim that colour looks fantastic
Thanks Martin! I can’t wait to use that green again!
Wow very cool Jim!
Thanks so much! It was a blast to do!
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms makes me want to try that paint!
@@drivendreamsorg it’s great stuff! I can’t wait to use it again!
Great work on this one Jim! :)
Thanks so much Summer!
Love that you found it in July lol. Whoa..totally stealing the folder idea for easy clean up, my ocd thanks you!😅 That green is beautiful!..and is a good contrast. Nicely done per usual. 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Hehehe you like the folder idea huh Daniel 😊 - it really works well and is cheap and easy (two of my favorite words 🤣). Thanks for watching!
Awesome job Jim it looks fantastic. Merry Christmas to you too my friend 👍👍😊
Thanks so much David!
That looks really good, Jim! Reminds me of the one I bought last year and turned into a custom Christmas ornament for my wife. It was the green model out of the package with the gold sleigh blades and no lettering on the body, so I left the paint and the blades as they were for the most part. I painted in the area up front on the blades where you put the decals to give the blades some depth and then detailed Santa and the gifts in a similar fashion to yours. Then I used the screws I put in the base to add some rings for some fishing swivels for attaching it to the Christmas tree. She appreciated the work that went into it, even though she wasn't too fond of the casting itself. So it wasn't totally a wasted effort on my part. Lol. I really like the color of yours and how it turned out. I can't wait to see the rest of the models you work on this month! Have a great holiday season!
Thanks so much Mike! Making it into an ornament is a great idea! This weekend is a Twin Mill sister build 😊
That sounds great Jim! Can’t wait to see it! The Twin Mill was always one of my favorites.
That green is incredible! Looks so good!! 😎😎 Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁
The green turned out even better than I hoped 😊. Thanks! Merry Christmas!
With visions of Beach Boys singing in my head, "It's the Little Saint Nick (Little Saint Nick Oooo, Little Saint Nick) Ah, Ah, Ah, Merry Christmas, Saint Nick...
Hey, It was that or "Silva Bells"...
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Awesome custom Rockin Santa sledding Jim it turned out amazing brother. Very cool brother. Great detail
Thanks Brandon! It was a LOT of fun working on this one!
2 yrs ago tried to join 2 of these for diecast graveyards xmas build. well didn't work revisited it for this build it was to far gone lol. but my daughter and I used the Santa's and the presents in each of our cars. they'll be in the recap. those redlines really look good on this the "blade" piece of the casting is truly a pain to deal with I cursed at mine a few times before the whole build went to the parts bin. the details on santa turned out way better than mine lol. that green looks awesome will have to keep an eye out for it a similar frost colors in the future another awesome build take care and merry Xmas if you don't build before then
Thanks Neil! The blade portion of the casting really was a fight for me with the paint. If it had been metal, rather than plastic, it wouldn't have given me the problems on this build. In the end, it somehow came around and worked lol
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms when I attempted this it was to join 2 giving it a tandem rear axle set up. back then was horrible at this. now menial lol. haven't totally given up but it's in the bin for now lol
Nice detailed santa and presents.
Looks awesome in that collour..
Could it be one of those "could have been a twin mill"?
Thanks Morten! There’s actually another Twin Mill video this weekend!
:::twirls the keys, grinning:::
:::immediately puts them back:::
I, uh, seen the dial on the dash goes to 800 mph... I think, uh, I'll just stick with muscle cars. 🤣
Dang, Professor, you took the ugliest holiday car I've ever seen, and turned it into a freakin' Hallmark Heritage custom. I can't believe I'm sayin' this about the Clausmobile, but that thing looks sweet!!! 👍🏻
"Dial on the dash goes to 800 mph...I think I'll just stick with muscle cars". Wise words my friend - like Clint once said, "a man must know his limitations" lololol
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms In the famous words of Gomer Pyle from Andy Griffith: "Don't go stealin' none of Jim Silva's cars, they go real fast, and you'll hurt yourself."
🤔 Pretty sure he said that, or maybe that was a cop... Or the ER doctor. I've hit my head a few times.
Jim you did a great job of making something nobody would look at into something others may consider doing themselves. The black decals to make the runners standout was fantastic. They now look as they should (open). Now a quick question as to where do you get the screwdriver handle that you use? When a person has bigger hands it is hard to use the little handled screw drivers for the little screws. I see you had a black device for a little drill bit as well. where did you get that as well. Thanks Rob
Thanks so much Rob! You're not the first to ask about the screwdriver handle so I just went and added a link to the screwdriver and the pin vise you asked about to the Tools section of my Amazon storefront (please note - there is an amazingly small "kickback" from Amazon for purchases made through the store lol). The screwdriver shaft in held in place by a set screw on mine - at the suggestion of a viewer, I shortened the length of the shaft and then put the handle back on. The screwdriver is very durable, but it's also not as cheap as many alternatives. Here's the store www.amazon.com/shop/jimsilva
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Thank you!
Up in Michigan we call them railsled runners ". Not ski's or sliders.
🤣🤣🤣 Out here on the coast of California, we call them "what the hell are those things?" 🤣🤣🤣
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms dam Jim that's funny 😂 man I got to tell ya before you pass on from this world you got to try rail sledding ! Every winter me and my grand babies go find the tallest Hill on a back road covered in ice and the race is on.oh heck you can Google winter rail sledding or ice bobtail rail sledding and watch the videos .it's almost as much fun as reaching speeds up to 70 miles an hour in a Walmart shopping cart down hilling in Vancouver island . Google "carts of darkness". Watch the video .shopping carts can reach speeds up to 70 mph down a 3 mile stretch of paved road in the hills of Vancouver. "You can't make this up I tell ya !
@@bigcrittergitter4129 I Googled winter rail sledding and carts of darkness and all I can say is...I wish I was 40 years younger 🤣 If I were to try these things today, I would have to wrap myself in about three inches of bubble wrap before making a run 🤣
@@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms me too Jim I'm 57 and Believe me the shopping carts are on my bucket list those guys make that look fun ! Oh hey that krylon stained glass paint was a great tip ! What store carries it ?
Could you spare a old set of redlines? I lost one off my 32 vicky
Old set of redlines? I usually cut the bearing style off but I could have some in the junk bin. What type of redlines (cap or bearing style) and what size? I'm not sure what they put on the Vicky.
Barron
I lost a front wheel working on it.
@@bigdodge7859 Since it’s a bearing wheel that I would often cut off, I’ll have to do some digging to see if I have any old descents ones in the pile.
Thank you so much.