1/64 Scale
"BLOWN"
BALLISTIC
BUG!!!!
VERY DEEP
Candy RED!!
Plus....
CHROMALUSION
Flames!!!

WILD KREATION!!!!!!!

KILLER ChromaLusion GHOST Flames!!!!!


MANY Modifications!!!!

Hot Wheels
BLOWN
BALLISTIC BUG!!!!
This is a 1/64 scale casting.
These pics are pretty good, but, I can't stress this enough,
they ABSOLUTELY do not do this paint justice!!

The castings were stripped, sanded and polished slightly before any body mods or paint was done.
First, I want to give credit to the person who originally came up with this particular combination!! "EdselHead" over on the
www.hotwheelscollectors.com Customs Forum
is the man who inspired this (and a few others!!) Kreation!!
Thanks Edsel!!!

Mine is somewhat different of course. Mainly in that it is BLOWN!!
Ok.....as far as body mods go, I started wit ha VW Bug and a Ballistic. The fenders and all body parts below the door handles were cut away from the bug casting, then the underside of the hood area was carefully shaved, which effectively thinned the metal enough to allow this hood to be "flattened" without warping it. The top was chopped by removing the center door post pillars and cutting a "slit" across and through the rear part of the roof, then the front pillars had almost 1/8" removed and were slightly bent forward and finally the roof was bent down to its new position!! Superglue was utilized for the initial bond of pillars to body. The roof was clamped down while this bond set and also during this time, Marine Epoxy was placed into the slit that was cut in the roof so that the roof would be more secure when the clamp was released. After a few hours of cure time, the clamp was removed and JB Weld was used to smooth up and strengthen the roof pillars to body bond!!
Then it was solidly mated with the slightly modified Ballistic body with a lot of strategically placed Marine Epoxy!!! Once this cured, the epoxy was roughed into shape and the hole for the Fiat 500 Blower was cut in!! Now the EXTENSIVE sanding, filing, priming, REPEAT, stage was started!! This stage took quite some time, but, when done, the body lines were completely smooth once again!!! The NEW door lines were then VERY Carefully cut in with an exacto razor saw!!
Next the interior from a 56 Ford Panel truck was heavily modified along with the original Ballistic interior piece of which the Ballistic seats and dash were completely removed to make room for the new, taller seats and dash so that the now taller roof line of the Ballistic Bug would be better fit. Once all parts finally fit correctly, it was test assembled and readied for paint.
The wheels are 5 spoke DEEP DISH MAGS casted in silver which in my opinion makes them look A LOT like the real "Magnesium" wheels that were the start of customized wheels in the late 50s!! The chrome rings of each wheel was painted with a couple coats of Candy Red to finish off this look!!!!
I also fitted the rear with NEW exhausts!! Made from Stainless Steel tubing, one end of each was notched and the end meticulously bent and shaped until it appeared to actually be turned downward and when this part is viewed through the windows, it gives it a very realistic look of the pipes rising from a bend underneath!!! The outer ends of each pipe was flared using a countersink bit attached to my drill!!! The pipes a glued in place after final assembly.