Alternative methods. Use SMD LEDs, they're smaller and have no leads. Use primary Lithium batteries, something like cr2020 works great and might be easier to jam in, and it will only take one instead of two. Get automotive rear glass heater repair fluid (
I definitely do not intend to do this to any of my cars because I don't have the tools and skills, but this was still enjoyable to watch. Awesome work!
dude, this is completely awesome. And apparently somewhat easy as I've been customizing for 30 yrs. This and what I just began learning (cutting doors, hoods, and trunks) will certainly upgrade the quality of my projects. So very grateful for folks like you and myself willing to teach our skills to those interested in our hobby. On Facebook as I'm sure you already know are custom groups where we get to share our builds and knowledge. Thanks again for this great tutorial.
I just found this. Great choice for the car. John Greenwood was a great guy and he made some great cars. He died in 2015, but I'm sure if had seen this he would have loved it.
Never saw myself clicking a video like this, but after seeing your other content, I was so curious to watch this one. Great job on the cars but more importantly great job on these videos!
Thanks for the great info. I've just resprayed my Greenwood Vette ( VW Tibet Gold spay can !! ) & I used white 1:24 scale 1968 Charger R/T stripes cut prior to soaking . PERFECT SIZE for s/s style stripes ! RE: " wire identification" , I used red & black sharpies !
I always wanted to do this as a kid and sometimes did end up doing it on some of my toy cars,the result were not that clean or like you did it but the very fact that I was able to put them in place gave me the satisfaction every kid gets at that age,a anyways loved the video
Thanks for this awesome video!!! I have been researching the last few weeks and then saw your new video this morning on how to do this. Just got done ordering the supplies on ebay for a pretty good price. Can't wait to get started! You have one of the best if not the best hot wheels how to videos! Just kidding the BEST channel for hot wheels how to's. Very awesome videos!
You, my friend, have created the MOST addictive videos ever. I'm the nationally known artist Eric Green. I'm supposed to be in my studio working, and all I'm doing is watching your videos! And I disdained Hot Wheels as a kid. A total scale Corgi Solido guy who now collects CMC 1/18 race cars. Fantastic production values. You really get it! Cheers!
Great video! That'd be awesome to see tail lights and under lighting as well! I've never seen a hotwheels with working headlights until this video.. :)
Getting back into modeling, but didn't want to do aircraft/armor because of the amount of time I'd spend detailing everything I could. But then saw a bunch of zombie dioramas and said that's for me! But zombies never sleep or rest, so they're roaming all the time for food. Which got me to thinking about doing a night diorama or two, but no idea how to use led's. Your video did the trick because I'll have a lot more room using 1/35th and 1/32nd vehicles.Tthanks for the video how to.
that was cool, i once had a hot wheels that had lights on it that was bought that way, i dont ever remember the lites not working far as the batteries go.,it was a small normal size hot wheels as well. like the one you just built, again nice idea nice work
Your instruction is very clear, concise and comprehensive (xcellent video production as well). Your work is greatly recognized and appreciated. I'm off to begin installation!
Fantastic video! Thank you making this, it looks amazing. I was surprised by two things: 1. That you used this Corvette, i have the same one. :D 2. You've done an amazing job. Few things you can do update: Put aluminium foil to mask areas inside where you don't want for light to come out. It will look better, and more light will come out of the headlights. And i recommend replacing these LED's with a lower power yellow ones. For this old Corvette they don't because the car is old, not new. But hey, it looks great.
Great instructional video! I found yours very simple and quick to the point (as opposed to other videos on here). I would say "Thank you for teaching me...", but I already know how to do this also (you've complimented my LED Skull Crusher on fb) ha-ha! Great job, man. Keep the instructional videos going for those that take interest in this awesome hobby.
In the 80's, I built a plastic model kit of a 1964 Chevy with working head and tail lights and a stereo using parts from a Hess truck and a butchered Walkman! It was amazing! I sure wish I still had it, but someone made me an offer that I couldn't pass up ($125.00!)
It's been done before ;) I created one with flashing headlights and roof lights on the HW PURSUIT last year. Search for "LED HW PURSUIT" by Alcatraz RainyMonday here on UA-cam and you'll see what I'm talking about...
i had one as a kid,it was one of my favorites,i dont remember what make it was.i also had a red baron and the snake cuda and im 95% sure i had a vw van(hotwheels).if only i knew then what i recently found out,damned it all.that was in the elate sixties ,early 70s
Great video! I like your style... I wish I was as laid back as you seem to be...Im always killing myself with perfection.. I envy you sir..Thanks for sharing.
Very nice! Good thing the model itself allow this. Since you used hot glue to hold stuff together, a tip, cut the link windows/headlights and cover part of the link with some opaque tape or black paint, so the light isn't transmitted through it to the windows, like a optical fiber. Good work as always.
Great work, putting in a resistor to reduce the current will help the batteries last forever and not make the headlights too bright. I also use black paper / card to stop light bleed. If you like customising interiors and want your work to be shown you can put in an led there. You use the old style 5mm leds, but you can get 3mm and other really small but bright LEDs, even have underfloor 'fast and the furious' style lighting if you wanted.
I know this is an old video, but I'd like to suggest trying to fit in a current limiting resistor in series with the LEDs. The resistance can be calculated by taking your battery voltage, `Vb`, and your led forward voltage, `Vf`, and subtracting them to find the resistor voltage, `Vr`. Vr = Vb - Vf Then, to calculate the resistance, you need to find the forward current of the LEDs, `If`. Hopefully this value is documented on the page of the LED manufacturer, else you can guestimate the value by building a circuit on a breadboard, and using a potentiometer, and lowering the resistance until the LED stops getting brighter, and then measuring the current at this point with a multimeter. (alternatively, you could use this method to also guestimate a resistor value by measuring the resistance of the potentiometer at this point, assuming the power supply for this circuit has the same voltage as `Vb`). As a note, if you are using multiple LEDs in parallel, the `If` value you need will be the number of LEDs TIMES the documented or measured forward current of a single LED. If you're having to measure the value, you could always wire them all up to measure, then you won't have to perform the multiplication. Once you have `Vr` and `If`, you can calculate the needed resistor value, `R`, using Ohm's law. R = Vr / If The reason I suggest including a resistor is because an LED can and will draw more current than necessary to reach maximum brightness, which will reduce battery life (and potentially even the life of the LEDs) due to the extra power consumption and heat generation, which would be annoying since the batteries are glued in place.
I'm not into all this hot wheels stuff, but damn your videos are pretty interesting. So much hard work and knowledge in all of your videos, it's so amazing :D
The idea is good, however, if the intention is only to give the car a lighting effect, you can place a single central LED taking advantage of the light transmission that the same plastic has. That way you save room inside the car. You could also place an RBG led so that colors can change. All the best, great video..
But the only problem is; the 'X Files' creator Chris Carter, cast and crew members, they were criticizing looking at the dark side of these video arcade game machines. This was all about Daryl Peter Oswald, who loved to play his favorite video arcade game machine. Also in the very way how he, manipulated the weather. He was just like another false Christ.
+1 on the magnet wire. Just to throw you some more ideas to chew on,...;) Aluminum tube,heatshrink and fiber optic strands for single diode setups. With some clever drilling,you could do all four corners,marker lights and interior from a single cell,switch and diode. The light dispersion will also be more realistic to scale. For cars with no molded lenses,drill the lights,mount the the optics and layer in Bona Floor Polish. Finish with the appropriate candy (lense)color. Cheers man. Liked and subbed! ;)
Do you have tips on how to restore solid color plastic parts that were painted? I have a 1979 casting of a 40-woodie lift back and would like to restore it.
That looks really sharp but I can't help but Wonder if you sanded and Polished the headlights would it have looked better especially in a sitting position turning the lights on when it's not dark in the room?
I'm customizing a '69 Chevelle SS. I want to maybe do working headlights while still keeping the interior, but the headlights are cast into the grill. Would it be possible if I used really small LEDs? I might not do it anyway but I am curious. Thanks
Hey baremetalHW I have a scale 1:24 cars collection from mustang to lambos,my question is how can I add the working headlights on them,i tried almost everything but none worked..please help..
I'm 50 years old.. as a kid I always wanted to add lights to my toy cars etc....
Why tf do you have a yt channel? Congrats on lasting thinking anyway!
What's so great about being older it's fun to do. Also nobody can tell you NO don't do that. 😂😂
That’s awesome!
Alternative methods. Use SMD LEDs, they're smaller and have no leads. Use primary Lithium batteries, something like cr2020 works great and might be easier to jam in, and it will only take one instead of two. Get automotive rear glass heater repair fluid (
That is really neat! Thanks for that, I had no idea that cool paint existed I'll look all the other stuff up too!
What size would it be for the smd led
You could also use a remote power method where when you place the car on a certain powered surface that it lights up with out batteries.
Make a video😃
I definitely do not intend to do this to any of my cars because I don't have the tools and skills, but this was still enjoyable to watch. Awesome work!
Drifter D hey drifter!!!!! Didn't expect to find you here
tools can be bought, skills can aquired. Imagine having something this cool on your own shelf. and being able to say "I made that"
Always the best!
+RaceGrooves Thanks Mark!!
can it still be usfull?
It made my car heavy!! And it is so awesome
how about making a video on mega duty
RaceGrooves
i didnt know you watch this
dude, this is completely awesome. And apparently somewhat easy as I've been customizing for 30 yrs. This and what I just began learning (cutting doors, hoods, and trunks) will certainly upgrade the quality of my projects. So very grateful for folks like you and myself willing to teach our skills to those interested in our hobby. On Facebook as I'm sure you already know are custom groups where we get to share our builds and knowledge. Thanks again for this great tutorial.
I would play with my cars for HOURS. Its so fun watching my 5 year old do the same thing. Great video.
Love your channel. Just got into HW customs and I think you're the best one out there for tutorials!
I just found this. Great choice for the car. John Greenwood was a great guy and he made some great cars. He died in 2015, but I'm sure if had seen this he would have loved it.
Wow they turned out brighter than I thought.... Nice job.
Never saw myself clicking a video like this, but after seeing your other content, I was so curious to watch this one. Great job on the cars but more importantly great job on these videos!
Thanks for the great info. I've just resprayed my Greenwood Vette ( VW Tibet Gold spay can !! ) & I used white 1:24 scale 1968 Charger R/T stripes cut prior to soaking . PERFECT SIZE for s/s style stripes !
RE: " wire identification" , I used red & black sharpies !
I always wanted to do this as a kid and sometimes did end up doing it on some of my toy cars,the result were not that clean or like you did it but the very fact that I was able to put them in place gave me the satisfaction every kid gets at that age,a anyways loved the video
Thanks for this awesome video!!! I have been researching the last few weeks and then saw your new video this morning on how to do this. Just got done ordering the supplies on ebay for a pretty good price. Can't wait to get started! You have one of the best if not the best hot wheels how to videos! Just kidding the BEST channel for hot wheels how to's. Very awesome videos!
You, my friend, have created the MOST addictive videos ever. I'm the nationally known artist Eric Green. I'm supposed to be in my studio working, and all I'm doing is watching your videos! And I disdained Hot Wheels as a kid. A total scale Corgi Solido guy who now collects CMC 1/18 race cars. Fantastic production values. You really get it! Cheers!
Wow Thanks!! Were do I go to see your art?
@@baremetalHWI've been watching you and subscribed for a long time. Why you stop making video's?
Well done straight forward just what we've come to expect. Thank you
Great video! That'd be awesome to see tail lights and under lighting as well! I've never seen a hotwheels with working headlights until this video.. :)
Thank you so much for showing us this. Glad to see you back doing these. !!!!
Getting back into modeling, but didn't want to do aircraft/armor because of the amount of time I'd spend detailing everything I could. But then saw a bunch of zombie dioramas and said that's for me! But zombies never sleep or rest, so they're roaming all the time for food. Which got me to thinking about doing a night diorama or two, but no idea how to use led's. Your video did the trick because I'll have a lot more room using 1/35th and 1/32nd vehicles.Tthanks for the video how to.
that was cool, i once had a hot wheels that had lights on it that was bought that way, i dont ever remember the lites not working far as the batteries go.,it was a small normal size hot wheels as well. like the one you just built, again nice idea nice work
Your instruction is very clear, concise and comprehensive (xcellent video production as well). Your work is greatly recognized and appreciated. I'm off to begin installation!
thanks!! and best of luck!
your electrical work seems dangerous. try using heat shrink or electrical tape next time
What the hell are you talking about? This is a 3V battery setup, not 120V home electrical.
well I guess your right, but I have worked on a lot of electronics. if the amperage was high enough (which it isn't) it could cause some damage.
baremetalHW thats cool
Looks phenomenal lit up! Also loving how many videos you're putting out!
Fantastic video!
Thank you making this, it looks amazing.
I was surprised by two things:
1. That you used this Corvette, i have the same one. :D
2. You've done an amazing job.
Few things you can do update:
Put aluminium foil to mask areas inside where you don't want for light to come out.
It will look better, and more light will come out of the headlights.
And i recommend replacing these LED's with a lower power yellow ones.
For this old Corvette they don't because the car is old, not new.
But hey, it looks great.
Awesome tutorial! Thanks! Can't wait til my lights arrive!
Great instructional video! I found yours very simple and quick to the point (as opposed to other videos on here).
I would say "Thank you for teaching me...", but I already know how to do this also (you've complimented my LED Skull Crusher on fb) ha-ha!
Great job, man. Keep the instructional videos going for those that take interest in this awesome hobby.
very nice work! ill have to try this out, looks like a fun custom to make
In the 80's, I built a plastic model kit of a 1964 Chevy with working head and tail lights and a stereo using parts from a Hess truck and a butchered Walkman! It was amazing! I sure wish I still had it, but someone made me an offer that I couldn't pass up ($125.00!)
It'd be interesting to try adding blinking lights to an emergency vehicle using a similar method.
It's been done before ;)
I created one with flashing headlights and roof lights on the HW PURSUIT last year.
Search for "LED HW PURSUIT" by Alcatraz RainyMonday here on UA-cam and you'll see what I'm talking about...
You can, but getting it all to fit without needing an external wire for power is hard.
ua-cam.com/video/Gxu7mYjrR78/v-deo.html
i had one as a kid,it was one of my favorites,i dont remember what make it was.i also had a red baron and the snake cuda and im 95% sure i had a vw van(hotwheels).if only i knew then what i recently found out,damned it all.that was in the elate sixties ,early 70s
There are blinking leds in the shops. You could try to get them and try. Have fun and good luck. All the best.
This is like watching spy craft in action, carefully adding circuitry and extras to the inside of everyday items 👏
It looks so satisfying when he glued the parts together
Great video! I like your style... I wish I was as laid back as you seem to be...Im always killing myself with perfection.. I envy you sir..Thanks for sharing.
Amazing nothing this man can't do! Truly the best!!!!
This is awesome, fun way to add a bit of function to a hot wheels car.
Now how cool is that very well done best custom mod I've seen yet Wowwwww !
Very nice! Good thing the model itself allow this. Since you used hot glue to hold stuff together, a tip, cut the link windows/headlights and cover part of the link with some opaque tape or black paint, so the light isn't transmitted through it to the windows, like a optical fiber. Good work as always.
This video is amazing, I never thought about that until now, excellent job my friend congratulations are in order!
Very cool build!
Man, you're churning them out! Awesome tutorial!
Man, I just... I just don't have any more congratulatory words for you!
Thank you for the idea, I have this Greenwood Corvette, I will fit it with LED too :D
A trick I use is to make a backing out of tin foil to increase the brightness and to keep the light from spilling out the wheel wells and interior.
Awesome video!! I have been wanting to try this..
Thank you so much for the instructions on the lighting I did one myself but I did mine on a old knight rider car
Great work, putting in a resistor to reduce the current will help the batteries last forever and not make the headlights too bright. I also use black paper / card to stop light bleed. If you like customising interiors and want your work to be shown you can put in an led there. You use the old style 5mm leds, but you can get 3mm and other really small but bright LEDs, even have underfloor 'fast and the furious' style lighting if you wanted.
I know this is an old video, but I'd like to suggest trying to fit in a current limiting resistor in series with the LEDs. The resistance can be calculated by taking your battery voltage, `Vb`, and your led forward voltage, `Vf`, and subtracting them to find the resistor voltage, `Vr`.
Vr = Vb - Vf
Then, to calculate the resistance, you need to find the forward current of the LEDs, `If`. Hopefully this value is documented on the page of the LED manufacturer, else you can guestimate the value by building a circuit on a breadboard, and using a potentiometer, and lowering the resistance until the LED stops getting brighter, and then measuring the current at this point with a multimeter. (alternatively, you could use this method to also guestimate a resistor value by measuring the resistance of the potentiometer at this point, assuming the power supply for this circuit has the same voltage as `Vb`).
As a note, if you are using multiple LEDs in parallel, the `If` value you need will be the number of LEDs TIMES the documented or measured forward current of a single LED. If you're having to measure the value, you could always wire them all up to measure, then you won't have to perform the multiplication.
Once you have `Vr` and `If`, you can calculate the needed resistor value, `R`, using Ohm's law.
R = Vr / If
The reason I suggest including a resistor is because an LED can and will draw more current than necessary to reach maximum brightness, which will reduce battery life (and potentially even the life of the LEDs) due to the extra power consumption and heat generation, which would be annoying since the batteries are glued in place.
this is very useful because I have a lot of hot wheels with light inserts
I'm not into all this hot wheels stuff, but damn your videos are pretty interesting. So much hard work and knowledge in all of your videos, it's so amazing :D
nice video, I never thought I'd find this stuff so interesting
Nice headlights and I like to do restorations like the ones I find on your channel. Great videos!!!!!!!!!!!
looks awesome man... great video
The idea is good, however, if the intention is only to give the car a lighting effect, you can place a single central LED taking advantage of the light transmission that the same plastic has. That way you save room inside the car. You could also place an RBG led so that colors can change. All the best, great video..
Why is there always some douche who has to criticize?
It would be super cool as a bare metal car with the lights . I really enjoy your channel .
But the only problem is; the 'X Files' creator Chris Carter, cast and crew members, they were criticizing looking at the dark side of these video arcade game machines. This was all about Daryl Peter Oswald, who loved to play his favorite video arcade game machine. Also in the very way how he, manipulated the weather. He was just like another false Christ.
Superkool , works in scale too....neat , thanx
Robert
Thats the coolest thing ive ever seen
Big tip. use magnet wire. small and easier to work with in such a small space. could fit a foot of it in there
good tip will try.
+1 on the magnet wire.
Just to throw you some more ideas to chew on,...;)
Aluminum tube,heatshrink and fiber optic strands for single diode setups. With some clever drilling,you could do all four corners,marker lights and interior from a single cell,switch and diode. The light dispersion will also be more realistic to scale.
For cars with no molded lenses,drill the lights,mount the the optics and layer in Bona Floor Polish. Finish with the appropriate candy (lense)color.
Cheers man.
Liked and subbed! ;)
Thats really cool nice work
Straight up amazing what people can do LED's ^^
Can’t wait to try this!
this was a really cool how to video thank you
You can also add a resistor into the circuit to limit the power going to the LED's and at least double the battery life. Nice video!
Love, love, love your videos!
Huge fan of your videos there great!
Great work!
Very cool idea!
very cool looks awesome
hi racgrooves I watched your videos it's awsome
Very good work. Awesome👍
really good one!
That totally rad bro
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
like performing surgery WOW really cool stuff.
Excellent! Congrats ! I suggest you to explore smd led and 0,1 coper wire.
man, you awesome! Thanks for the tips.
How enlightening !! Great results.
Lol! You are the Punisher! Pun-isher
Pun-Ching above my weight on that one lol.
Great job!
Nice explanatory video. Thank you.
Hi!! Great Video!!
Question: Which is the size of screws used to lock the car ?
Great video , you should make a how to video on putting screws in the cars once your done customizing
Wow cool costom Headlights. Great video.
*Custom
:) thanks
That thing looks dope at night
Great video
no freaking way..this is beyond cool
Nice! Can't wait to see if you do that camaro I asked! But nice video and nice commentary!
awesome job ;)
Tom (F4collector)
Awesome video, nice job!
that was so cool i am your big fan
Do you have tips on how to restore solid color plastic parts that were painted? I have a 1979 casting of a 40-woodie lift back and would like to restore it.
That looks really sharp but I can't help but Wonder if you sanded and Polished the headlights would it have looked better especially in a sitting position turning the lights on when it's not dark in the room?
Thx so much I have this die cast Supra and I wanted the lights to turn on to add some style to it
hmm i can't even open the screw...
Well thats what he thinks
I'm customizing a '69 Chevelle SS. I want to maybe do working headlights while still keeping the interior, but the headlights are cast into the grill. Would it be possible if I used really small LEDs? I might not do it anyway but I am curious. Thanks
great how to video.
Make more videos like this! Ilike it!
this is very interesting you should sale some of those cool video
Awsume Job!
nice! I think sanding the lenses of the LEDs with some fine sandpaper will give it a more uniform look...
interesting idea. What do you mean "more uniform" though?
That was cool!
These LEDs would be GREAT on my 1/18 scale NOVA. Thanks. 👍😀
Hey baremetalHW I have a scale 1:24 cars collection from mustang to lambos,my question is how can I add the working headlights on them,i tried almost everything but none worked..please help..
I just subscribed!
That's so cool.
How did you take off the small buttons underneath the car?