■ This subreddit is the home of model car, truck and bike construction from kits and scratch materials. These craftspeople take great pains and pride to create, photograph and share their masterpiece sources and techniques.

■ Feel free to share photos of your completed models, works in progress, tips and techniques.

■ If you have store-bought factory-made diecast cars and wish to display or have them evaluated, or, if you have questions about diecast, please post them to r/Diecast or r/DiecastCollectors or r/HotWheels. And also, give /r/DiecastCustoms a look.

■ For RC related mechanical posts, please post in r/radiocontrol, and r/crawling.

■ Please DO post your custom body builds in any material and your 3D printed body builds for whatever you are doing, slot car bodies, RC bodies and the usual static displays.

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■ Most importantly, please keep everything positive!
■ Have fun and keep those #11 blades sharp!

Getting Started?

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RESOURCES :

• SCALEMATES Database

• SCALE CONVERSION CALCULATOR 01

• SCALE CONVERSION CALCULATOR 02

• FACTORY PAINT CODE FINDER

• Donn Yost AMA

• Donn Yost Custom Painting

• The Cranky Show (YouTube)

• Italian Horses Tutorials

• Model Cars Mag Forums

• Scale Auto Mag Forums

• DETAIL MASTER BRAIDED LINE CONVERSION CHART

• STARRETT INCH/DECIMAL CONVERSION CHART PDF

• MODEL SHADE - PAINT BRAND / PART # CONVERTER

• MCW - OEM COLOR MATCHING SERVICE

• ACME LICENSE PLATE MAKER

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