Kustomizers How To Guide

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This group is to teach each other process and procedures on all levels of customizing please share what you know we all can teach and learn from one another

Location: World Wide
Collectors & Customizers: 45
Latest Activity: Mar 4

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Modeling Putty for small details 2 Replies

I tried the modeling Putty "Games Workshop" for figurines.On this occasion I made a Ferrari 365GTB / 4 Competition, requiring many small details and pieces of molding, this loss of well test the prod…

Started by Marcustom. Last reply by Danny V Feb 12.

Make your adjustable suspension 3 Replies

I guys, A little idea to realise adjustable suspension. I do it, for my SixWheelys. It's a easy solution. I show you. First time, I cut the chassis I make a smal piece in flexible metal, l…

Started by Marcustom. Last reply by Marcustom Feb 9.

Real woodies customising 4 Replies

Hi, I present to you, the building of real woody custom. At first, I cutt alls the parts where I need wood. And I add différents parts to creat all the metalics parts of the car. After, I t…

Started by Marcustom. Last reply by Sharkey1807 Feb 7.

How to creat your own moulds for castings with resin 7 Replies

Transfered this from the WIP-Group, guess fits better here. 1. White 2K-Silicon Pros: Builds allmost no bubbles while mixing Cons: can´t be seen where to cut the mould 2. Clear 2K-Silicon Pros: is…

Started by Sharkey1807. Last reply by Sharkey1807 Feb 4.

Making Decals 1 Reply

Instructions for making inkjet water slide decals with your computer and inkjet printer and inkjet decal paper Inkjet water slide decal paper will allow you to: • Apply your decals to plastic, meta…

Started by Paul (WRF Customs). Last reply by Paul (WRF Customs) Nov. 11, 2009.

How To Do Wheel Swaps 2 Replies

For those of you that want to learn how to swap out the wheels to get the perfect look you want.

Started by Admin Agentp. Last reply by Rod Oct. 31, 2009.

IDEAS FOR FURTHER REALISM (and 'chrome-like' accents) 4 Replies

IDEAS FOR FURTHER REALISM (and 'chrome-like' accents) Hi once again friends. I have some ides for applying (close-to) realistic-looking head-lamps / tail-lamps. These ideas seem to work for well…

Started by Jeffrey Roberts (kuztomz imagez). Last reply by AZ KUSTOMS Oct. 23, 2009.

POLISHING STEPS SHARED (plus a few helpful links) 2 Replies

I've been asked on several occasions what my 'trade-secret' is with shiny polishing, even on the most challenging castings encountered. So okay ... some simple polishing tips. And I'm very happy to…

Started by Jeffrey Roberts (kuztomz imagez). Last reply by Jeffrey Roberts (kuztomz imagez) Oct. 5, 2009.

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Comment by Paul (WRF Customs) on February 5, 2010 at 9:48am: thanks Marcustom i would love for you to share any customizing info

Comment by Marcustom on February 2, 2010 at 1:53pm: Many things realy interesting in your group. I'll try to add my experience for all members.

Comment by RAT FINK "RON" on October 26, 2009 at 8:59pm: Hey ! Looking forward to learing a lot from you guy's years ago i made a couple of different tractor pullers for my son the old turbine car & one used the four engine combination from another car , with the big tractor tires !!

Comment by Paul (WRF Customs) on September 18, 2009 at 8:04am: Ok customizers you can post your ideas and trick

Comment by Paul (WRF Customs) on September 15, 2009 at 1:41pm: Thanks Rick for the information

Comment by Rick on September 11, 2009 at 10:39pm

I have done a few decals ,and maybe can lend a hand in this area

Depending on the quality of the end product
will largely depend on the graphic program the scanner and the printer settings

to get things in scale you need a scanner to copy the casting to your computer the scan needs to be 100 percent actual size
at 300- 600 DPI
Once the cast has been copied
it will need to be transferred to the graphic program

the better the graphic program the better the end product
I use corel paint
it has settings to change page dpi from 1 dpi to 5000 dpi [dots per inch]
photoshop is also a really good program
both photoshop and corel have all the tools to make great graphics
they also have a long learning process to get a handle on all the different tools so plan on investing some serious time to learn the program and make the one you buy
is the one you want
there not cheap

what you want to do with the scanner and the drawing program is keep both dpi s the same
if you scan the cast at 300 dpi you want to set the page in the drawing program the same 300 dpi this keeps every thing in scale

now its just a matter of adding the art into the drawing program and creating your next custom image

Photo Courtesy MichEddie

Comment by Paul (WRF Customs) on September 5, 2009 at 9:38am: thanks Saul post something in the discussion forum just above this post

Comment by saul munoz on September 5, 2009 at 9:16am: thanks for inviting me to join the group my specialty is paint i am a automotive painter and have a lot of knoledge in the feild of painting so if any body has any questiones all be happy to help i can also help in cutting cars up and customizing pin stiping and how to make chrome molding out of tape

Comment by Scott Henderson on September 3, 2009 at 7:29pm: Thanx for inviting to the group.

Scott

Comment by Tom on September 3, 2009 at 9:06am: The best way to make decals is trial and error unless you use a program that measures your design in real world measurements such as inches. Another way is there are various scale casting patterns out there. A design that fits on one of these patterns should fit on the real casting.