Helang Ford Shelby GT500

Custom die-casts are great. You can do all sort of things to an ordinary die-cast and turn it into a work of art, and your creation is only limited by your imagination. Unfortunately though, I lack the skills in customizing, and I don't even have the necessary tools to begin with. I just can't seem to save up enough cash to buy the tools (Okay, I lied. I spent whatever savings I had on Mustangs, lots of them). However, there is a type of customizing that probably doesn't need any tools (besides a keyboard). Here's my attempt at the Helang Ford Shelby GT500:

It doesn't exist in the real world, but at least it now exists in the digital world.

If the Royal Malaysian Police has one of these, I would quit medical school and join the police force. Seriously.

Busting crime has never looked so good.

As always, you can click on the pictures for a bigger resolution (1364x768). Enjoy! :)

2010 Ford Mustang GT: HW

This post and the next few posts would all be about Mustangs. So let's start with this one:

2010 Ford Mustang GT from Hot Wheels Garage 2010.

Hmm... the paint job looks kinda weird.. and the blue interior is not helping much as well. What do you guys think?

By the way, here's the Need for Speed Shift version:

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Mitsubishi 2008 Lancer Evolution: HW SM

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X is quite a popular casting among Hot Wheels collectors. And it's a favourite among customizers as well, as you can see in one of my previous posts. Anyway, I've managed to get my hands on the Speed Machines Lancer Evolution a few days ago. I was hoping I could find the red one, but the white one is a beauty as well. Here it is:

Mitsubishi 2008 Lancer Evolution from Hot Wheels Speed Machines.

Looks pretty good I must say. I thought it would look pretty lame in white. Guess I was wrong. Anyway, here's the Need for Speed Shift version:

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*For more wallpapers of various Hot Wheels die-cast, you can click on the "Wallpapers" label just below this post. Thanks for looking! :)

The Horse and The Cobra: HW & HW SM

I bought a couple of Mustangs the other day. The '07 Ford Shelby GT500s to be exact. Let's start with the first one, which is from the Hot Wheels Speed Machines series:

'07 Ford Shelby GT500 from Hot Wheels Speed Machines

A pretty decent cast I'd say. Though I wish they could do something about the headlights. By the way, of course that's not all. Here's the Need for Speed Shift version:

Click on the pictures for a bigger resolution (1364x768). Do note that the '07 Ford Shelby GT500 is not available in Need for Speed, so I had to use the 2010 version in the wallpaper above, which looks pretty much the same.

Now let's take a look at the second '07 Ford Shelby GT500.

This one is from Hot Wheels Faster Than Ever 2010

I don't really like the colour of this GT500, but I just bought it to expand my Mustang collection. The gold rims look nice though. Anyway, the addition of these two casts means that I have a total of 10 Mustangs now. I still have a long way to go to complete my Mustang collection. Wish me luck! :)

'06 Dodge Viper SRT10: HW SM

Look what I found at Tesco Rawang today!

'06 Dodge Viper SRT10 from Hot Wheels Speed Machines

Let's take a closer look at this beauty.

The previous version of this cast looks kinda ugly, but this one, on the other hand, looks absolutely brilliant! And I love the amount of details that it has. Even though the 'Dodge' tampo on the rear bumper isn't perfect, I'm still satisfied with the overall build quality. By the way, here's the usual drill:

3D version from Need for Speed Shift.

Had a hard time with the 'Mopar' wording on the door, since NFS doesn't have alphabet vinyls. Anyway, you can click on the pictures for a bigger resolution (1364x768). That's the maximum resolution I can provide, since that's the resolution of my monitor. Enjoy! :)

Lamborghini Gallardo: HW SM

I'm not a really big fan of Lamborghini, but this particular Speed Machines cast from Hot Wheels caught my eye:

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 from Hot Wheels Speed Machines

Very few white cars with black hood could manage to look this good. Now if you look carefully, you'll notice that the black paint and the red stripes on the hood of the pictured car on the card extend to the upper portion of the front bumper. But in the cast itself, they're limited to the hood. But it looks just as good, if not better.

A closer look at the engine bay. I suppose the scribblings on the engine cover is supposed read 'Lamborghini'. Though it's not exactly detailed to the point where you could actually read the word 'Lamborghini', you gotta respect the extra effort they took to paint the engine cover. At least it's better than nothing.

Looks equally stunning from the back. It would be really great if they painted the exhaust tips as well. The Lamborghini tampo on the boot is slightly off-center, but it still looks acceptable.

And here's the 3D version in Need for Speed Shift. Hope you guys like it. :)

Helang Lebuhraya Polis: PDRM's Lancer Evo X in 3D

Malaysian Royal Police's (PDRM) new patrol car: Police Highway Eagle (Helang Lebuhraya Polis). Despite the ridiculous name in Malay, this is one patrol car that you should not mess with, unless you're confident that your car could outrun a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X.

Fancy taking a ride in this beast? Sure, no problem. All you have to do is:

A) Be a cop. Might take you a few years though, before they finally let you drive the thing. Or...

B) Be the bad guy. But then you could only sit at the back. No way the cop who arrested you would say "Hey, I'm a little tired from all the chase just now. Would you mind taking the wheel for a while?". Or...

C) Buy a Lancer Evolution X in Need for Speed, and customize it like this! :

This one doesn't have the lightbar on top of the car though... and the driver clearly forgot that he was supposed to chase the baddies, not race 'em...

(Click the pictures to get the full size version at 1364x768)

Now, what I did was just pasting a few vinyls here and there in Need for Speed. Pretty lame you might say. But what my friend did was simply amazing! Just take a look at his work:

(Credits to danielh for the picture)

Now this is something that you could only achieve if you have the passion and the talent. And he clearly has an enormous amount of both. Check out the full details of his masterpiece in his blog:
Complete Custom Hotwheel Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Police Car
WIP Hotwheel Lancer Evolution X Custom Malaysian Police Car

*Special thanks to danielh for the permission to use his picture and feature his blog in this post. :)

3D Wallpapers: Hot Wheels Honda Civic Si

Featuring the Honda Civic Si from Hot Wheels Hot Tunerz 5-pack:

From this...

...to this!

This particular Civic Si is an awesome cast, but too bad it's only available in the Hot Tunerz 5-pack. Saw one the other day, the whole pack, but I just can't bring myself to buy the whole pack of 5 cars, 4 of which are plain boring, just to get that one nice car. Damn you Hot Wheels... Anyway, enjoy the pictures! (Click the pictures for a bigger resolution: 1364x768)

'10 Ford Shelby GT500, '10 Camaro SS, Datsun Bluebird 510, Stockar: HW

I got myself some loose rides from my friend last night, and at a pretty good price too.

'10 Ford Shelby GT500 from Hot Wheels Premiere 2010

Yummy... The casting for the 2010 GT500 is much better than the 2007 version. The taillights are painted, the racing stripes run through the whole boot and the rear bumper (in the 2007 version, it ends at the rear spoiler), and the front grille is now a plastic piece separated from the die-cast body. And it has side mirrors too!

Time for a family picture!

"That's me in the middle, and that's my grandpa on the right side and that's my elder brother on the left side." says the GT500...

Just a little extra. Click for a larger picture.

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'10 Camaro SS from Hot Wheels Premiere 2009

Another American muscle. Which means this car is cool. Period.

The only reason the Audi TT is in front of me is because he started first. I overtook him eventually.

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Datsun Bluebird 510 from Hot Wheels Premiere 2009

Somehow Hot Wheels managed to turn an ordinary Datsun into a great looking cast. Now I only need the copper-coloured version to complete the series.

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And last but not least, the Stockar from Hot Wheels Race World Earth 2010.

It's really hard trying to take a picture of a transparent car.

The Stockar amidst a white background. Can you see it? It's right there. No? Take a closer look at the center of the picture. Can you see the shape of a car? Still no? Maybe you need to reduce the brightness of your monitor. Now can you see it?

Just kidding. Of course you can't. It's just a blank picture. Here's the real car.

One of the few Hot Wheels with a metal base nowadays. I don't usually collect cars that don't exist in the real world, but I just couldn't resist this one. I mean, even the wheels are transparent, how cool is that?