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Another week, another set of great customs. Â Many thanks to all those who have submitted their work. Â We get more and more submissions each week, and we hope to keep getting more.Keep them coming. Â Just email your photos to lamleygroup@gmail.com.The Custom of the Week goes to MCCH member SFC_Allen, who did this great set of …
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We skipped last week, so on with the show. Â Remember, if you have something you want to submit, send it to lamleygroup@gmail.com or post it on the Lamley Facebook Page...On with the show...The Custom of the Week really wowed me. Â Recent Lamley follower Kiel Weber submitted photos of these fantastic Skylines with cambered wheels. Â I …
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They keep on coming.Remember, if you want to join in, send photos to lamleygroup@gmail.com.On with it:Once again, Scale-Master takes the cake as Custom of the Week, with yet another stunning Skyline, commissioned by Ricky Silverio:Read about the whole process of the build here:Scale-Master decal how-to.On to the others that caught my fancy:AOS - gtplanetcano - …
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I have to say, one of the developments of the Lamley Group blog that I am most happy with is the amount of customs that we get to feature. Â We have essentially dedicated the weekends to customs, and it seems the Lamley mailbox is getting stuffed with submissions every week. Â It is to the point …
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Let's see, we have done Matchbox Ambassador reports, a million looks at Hot Wheels, votes for the Lamley Hot Wheels awards, and one lousy look at an absolutely stunning Tomica last week.So while you all continue to vote on your favorite 2012 Hot Wheels, let's take a break from the Mattel brands, and JDM, and …
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Yes, a little late, but our weekly foray into the world of diecast customs...If you have something you would like to share, send it to lamleygroup@gmail.com for possible inclusion.This week's selections:My Customs of the Week go to McZachenF1138 from the gtplanet forum. Â I have said before that sometimes my favorite customs are simple wheel swaps, …
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We are very happy to welcome our newest contributor to the Lamley Group, Tim Phelps. Â We will continue to strive here at Lamley to show you all kinds of interesting custom work in the diecast world, and Tim's cars easily fall into that category.Tim has tremendous talent, and has taken it in all kinds of …
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I am not a customizer. I think I have made that clear several times. That is why I like featuring the amazing work of so many out there that can take a good model and make it even better. But thanks goes to Kyosho for throwing us non-customizers a bone. I have already shown a …
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For all of you submitting pics, many thanks! Â We are getting more and more submissions each week, and it has made this weekly feature better and better. Â Keep them coming, and there is a good chance you will see them at some point on the blog...Remember, send them to lamleygroup@gmail.com or submit them on the …
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We love customs here at the Lamley Group, and we like to dedicate the weekends to the art. Â We will be seeing more work from contributors like Scale-Master, and look next week for our first feature from Tim Phelps, whose flame-painting can only be described as jaw-dropping.Today we continue our look at the customs of …
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They just keep coming...Lots of good stuff again this week. Â Remember, you can take a chance that I might find your stuff online, or just submit it to lamleygroup@gmail.com...Without further ado...We always start with our selection for Custom of the Week, and that goes to Minh To from Australia for this beautiful RX-7:And he also …
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What is quickly becoming one of the most popular features at the Lamley Group is our weekly foray into the world of 1:64 customs. We peruse many forums, websites, and submissions sent our way to pick our favorites. There has been some amazing work. And occasionally we come across someone that really blows us away. …
The historic. Â We collectors love the historic. Â There are few collectors who can pass up a Hot Wheels Racing model sporting Richard Petty's signature powder blue. Â And good luck finding Hot Wheels' version of John Morton's Datsun 510 without paying a pretty penny. Â These models get gobbled up.But what about today's cars that might be …
Clearly Hot Wheels is getting their premium lines ready for 2013, because they have sent out a slew of Hot Ones.  I don't know when these will be in stores, if ever (that is what happens at the end of the year with premium lines), but our friends at Wheel Collectors have them.And what a batch …
And yet another great week of custom discoveries. Â I cannot believe all the talent and creativity that is out there. As always, if you want to be a part of this popular post, shoot me some pics at lamleygroup@gmail.com...On with it:Because the first photo in the post is the one shown on Facebook, I will …
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Here is a promise:I will do a post on all the Kyosho 599XX models I have. Â It will probably happen in the next 2-3 weeks. Â I will also take some photos of an unassembled 599XX, which is pretty fun to put together (especially if you have a 6-year-old daughter that wants to help). Â I will …
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It is time for our weekly foray into the week that was in customs. Â As always, let me know of good places to look, and if you want to submit your work, send it to lamleygroup@gmail.com...On with it..."Steady Hands" Franklin2700Dias Customs - Brazil(we have already seen the Brasilia, but the series is fantastic)mr0072003 - HWC1SweetRide …
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This is another model that I don't need to write much about. The 599XX has gotten a lot of attention from Hot Wheels collectors, because Hot Wheels collectors love their Treasure Hunts.Tangent:How great was it that Hot Wheels pulled a fast one on collectors last weekend and made the regular Hunts hidden as well? I …
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As promised, it is time to show the best Japanese car customs submitted to me this week. I put out a request for photos of Japanese customs in honor of JCCS week, and a good number of collectors came through. One note: the work of customizer extraordinaire Scale-Master is missing, and for good reason. Some of …
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Once again, my faves as I have perused the net for customs.Special note - next week is JCCS week, and I will be at the Japanese Classic Car Show all day next Saturday. Â That means I will be finishing the "As is the Custom" earlier in the week and posting it Saturday morning.And it will …
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Alright, I will confess. Â This is not really a First Look. Â That distinction goes to Japanese Nostalgic Car. As well it should, as their logo is on the model, along with JDM Legends in Utah. Hot Wheels keeps the joy coming. Â It seems they are providing more ways to get our favorite castings out to …
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One of Lamley's most popular series is our feature on the customs of Scale-Master. Â Mark Jones has been kind enough to put together themed posts on his amazing custom work. Â We plan on featuring a lot more of his mind-blowing models in the coming weeks.In the meantime, head over to Japanese Nostalgic Car to see …
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Another week, another batch of fantastic customs. I am always looking for more places to see what is out there. I feel like I am only scratching the surface. If you know of some good sites, let me know here, on Facebook, or at lamleygroup@gmail.com. Or send me your own photos. They might show up …
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Our continuing series highlighting the amazing custom work of Mark Jones. If you haven't seen previous articles, check them out here.On with the show:Flying Colors TrucksA few years back a friend asked me to adapt the Hot Wheels Flying Colors scheme to a Dairy Delivery. Seemed like fun little project… relatively simple. I decided to …
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