Never mind taking them apart, another vote for a video on making those cutaways and encasing them in resin please!

As a customizer myself, I approve this message haha. Great tutorial and love that cut in half sample you got!

baremetalHW....... We may have to start calling you "Professor Hot Wheels". Nice Job!!!

What a great tutorial and information. I can now actually DO something with the 300+ Matchbox and 500+ Hot Wheels cars that I have collected from second hand and dump stores over the past thirty years or so. They all just sit in boxes until now. I finally have tie (I retired October 2016) but had no idea how to start in on these cars...Thank You SO much! Love your channel and the explanations are inspirational...

The cutaway was my favorite part of this video ...... That is freaking awesome in so many ways ...... Do you have a collection of the cutaways? If not I think that could be a thing

Best Hot Wheels "how to" video out there. Thanks for taking your time and doing it.

Great tips. Thanks for sharing them. You have some very useful tools that I need to get now :D

I am not into hot wheels, I have no hot wheels, but I am fascinated by these videos. Great job, and I love the cut-aways!

I've removed the rivets for disassembly this way for many years, but I never thought about tapping such a small space. That is genius!

I make a second living on action figure repair. This video has given me countless ideas. Thank you for taking the time to do this!

Thanks. This is perfect timing for this video. Osprey games just released a rule set for a dystopian car battle/death race game called Gaslands. I am sure many hobby gamers like me will find this video very useful as we start modifying cars for the game.

Great video!! ,when you make the thread, place a drop of oil, then for each turn, do half back and turn clockwise again to eat material, you can place a bit holder on a manual screwdriver and have more control over a T-type handle

Hands down the BEST video on this subject out there. I'm new, watched a few and didn't really understand. This was great, thanks!

Rather than using a center drill bit, you might be better off with a drill bit made for plastic. These bits have a sharper point angle, similar to the center drill bit, but without the pilot tip so it won't increase the diameter of the hole you drilled for the tap. This should help with tapping shorter posts. Excellent video and thanks for sharing the info!

Thanks I am a begginer but watch you all the time! I love your redline restorations!!

Hands down the most helpful video on this topic I've yet encountered. Splendid, thank you.

Holy moly that cut! Now I want to try that lol

Great job! I never get tired of your video's. Thanks.

Those cars cut in half in acrylic or whatever that is are AWESOME. That would be a really good way of showing what the holes look like after they have been tapped.

Gods, thank you so much, I will definitely be showing this video to the person who sells drill parts so I can purchase the right thing. I have this miniature (1:59) Majorette Toyota Yaris vvti 2005 model that is the perfect copy of my Mum's car which I will be opening with this technique and then customizing the interior and exterior to make it perfectly resemble our car. Thank you for explaining, this will help me immensely.

Those half-cars embedded in resin get the Nobel Prize. They deserve their own video (unless you're already made one about them and I missed it)

I have to admit it hurt a bit seeing that Charger cut in half. Informative video as always! It was nice to finally see a screw in a Hot Wheel base. I've heard about this being a way to reassemble them but hadn't searched for pics.

Couple of tips....Tap drill for a 2-56 tap is a #50 drill bit (0.070"). A center drill that has a tip that's smaller than the #50 tap drill bit is a #1 center drill. This will ensure that you don't make a bigger hole in the post than you need to. When tapping, always helps to lubricate the tap with tapping fluid, especially tapping sticky materials like the zinc/zamak car bodies. You could get away with a thin oil or penetrating fluid (like WD 40) in a pinch. The important thing is to keep the material from sticking to the tap, binding it up and causing breakage.

Just ordered a countersink drill bit set - always hated to see the base get gnawed up but a regular bit. Can't wait to try this. Thanks for the tip.

This is a perfect series for a game I've gotten into recently called Gaslands. It's all about modifying hot wheels.

Very concise and to the point. Thank you!

This is by far the best and neatest how to drill and tap video!!! I would like to see a articulated Hot Wheels incased in plastic.

Okay, now a tutorial on how to encase the cutaway.

I know this is old but the cutaways were really helpful and cool.

Thanks, I'm currently working on two projects for which this was very helpful, the first is just a repaint of a hot wheels bike, the other is a mod of a hot wheels car to make it compatible with something called the Drive Driver

This is great info for doing conversions for Gaslands

Nice video I've been doing this for some years now I even use to chop and drop the trucks b4 hotwheels use to but now there doing more cooler vehicles now and even impalas it's a very easy way to make 20/30 bucks for a car that cost 1 dollar

Thorough and informative as usual mate. I particularly liked the cut aways in resin..nice touch. Thank you sir

Pretty nice explanation. The cutaways are cool. I would find a smaller T type tap handle to reduce chance of breaking the tap, they can give earlier warning signs of binding.

Very helpfull barmetalhw, i'm cleaning out my parents house and finding and sorting all my acquired cars through the years. I always wondered if there were a way to fix/change out axles and other parts since i was very little. Since i followed your channel, now going through my car hoard has many ideas on how to fix or modify them. Thanks a lot man. (And those halved hotwheels blocks are crazy cool)

Looked like the base would slip over that button head screw. Very good tip about tapping the hole first. I have waited to last before and snapped the tap off in the hole. They are so fragile.

Great piece of imformation. Thanks for sharing. I think I have enough imformation now to start my own restorations ☺

Omg yes I have been watching your restoration videos and would like to learn how I know you have a how to playlist but I would love to see more videos like this such as: supplies or what to do if.. or tips and tricks

never knew there's a drill bit like that, now I'm curious if I can get em, looks helpful a lot, thx dude

My friend do your thing and dont worry what peoole comment. If they can do better they should put up a video im just saying...good job on all your creations

I customized two 1959 Cadillac Hot Wheels into the gigahorse from Mad Max Fury Road. It was a very difficult build but turned out pretty good.

Thank you for the clear and fun instructions.

Good video. Very thorough. Those cross sections are great. They are probably super fun to make.

Great tutorial. Thank you for explaining everything so clearly.

Glad I seen that you use Center Drill's I was having a hard time with my first project.

You've inspired me ! I've just bought a matchbox dodge challenger superfast that needs attention hopefully I'll do it justice.

Those cut aways are really sweet.

Sometimes I put your videos on to help me fall asleep. Just thought I'd throw that out there my guy👌🏻 I love your content though. It's amazing. Please never stop.

I also realized that; this is learning the basics about, reassembling toy cars.😳

Ive also drilled through my hand hit anerve causing me to loose feeling in my hand for a year, now I never hold what im drilling. Padded vises are a savior

I like how you did the cutaway.

Excellent presentation. Really good use of cutaways, which look cool, btw.

Countersinks are made for doing exactly what you are doing with the center drill here. You could even get an 82 degree countersink and use flat head cap screws rather than the button head you use currently. That way they would sit flush.

Thumbs up for the sectioned car and added to favorites for the awesome tutorial!

I've been using the same Tap for 3yrs. done 100s of cars.

Add me to the list wanting to see a how to on cutaways. Those are fantastic.

Great tutorial! Very useful! I've been using hot glue to put the cars back together after I use the shallow V drill bit.

Great video, thanks. I love the cut-away models!

Great way to teach this really helped me understand how too do this thank you very much

Great tip with the countersunk bits! I'll head to HF tomorrow!

Great Video !!! Always Informative And High Quality . Thank You .

Good information! I really like the cut away cars!

I've drilled into my hand too taking apart a Matchbox BMW. Make that mistake only once. Great video as always. Also I found a "Pittsburgh 32pc screwdriver set with tweezers" at Harbor Freight that has a hex bit .05 that fits in the included screwdriver handle. I find it easier to use that.

Very good presentation. Also as you get close to removing the last bit of the mushroom, try putting the drill in reverse. It sounds odd, but it works and it limits the damage!

Thank you for videos. They are very informative.

Very timely. I just took a diecast car apart and would like to tap it for a screw for future work.

I just hit the like button as hard as I could

Great tutorial, looking forward to the next ones👍👍

Great video. Awesome cutaways

Now I want a video on how you did those cool half cars in plastic!

Excellent demonstration 🚂

Thank you so much for these videos.

Awesome video brother... Those cut in half cars are awesome... Cant wait for you to make a video on how to make them...😊😉😁👍👍👍👍👍✋👌

Wow i love that cutaway display! If you make a how to video I’d like to supply a car that would be worth while!

I went through all of the comments for this vidio and wow your vidios draw a crowd to say the least ! You are great at what you do ! Excellent vidio ! Then again they're all good ! What a crase your Hot Wheel acrylics have started. I think u have a futur in selling them. Anyhow sorry so long! I really enjoyed your vidio but whats new. Take it easy bud .

if you know roughly how deep you wish to drill, then a small piece of tape on the drill bit will stop you from going too far, and causing any damage .

Excelent, really good explanation thanks for share your Knowledge

WOW!!!! This is awesome! BIG LIKE ;)

I have that tool bit! Heck yes, I can repair Hot Wheel cars! Thank you!

I want that Countach!

Great video! I always enjoy your content, keep up the good work.

awesome vid man! those cutaway cars were really neat!

That yellow cutaway looks like a Charger 500. A very rare car in real life. Headlights fixed into the grill instead of behind doors, fastback instead of tunnel back is correct for a 500

Superb video

excellent video

Love the cut away cars.

Great video!

Please please please make a video on making custom axles. It's a topic that I don't see being done super well and hasn't been covered by many other channels. I know you will have an awesome method to do it

Thank you sir, nice job

great video. when i have more time and money, i want to start working on redlines.

You should do a video showing how to make one of those cutaways!

Those cutaway cars are awesome!!! please show us how to make one :D

Your awesome, love the Countach 1/2

That cut away was cool. Did you make it? Who ever cut it in half nailed it right down the middle! Awesome Job!

This is all such sophisticated channel and instruction. I moved to the US from a country with a metric system and prefer using silver button heads with silver washers. What is the matching US standard size washers?

I am looking forward to your new videos and I was to know more

I work at an Ace Hardware we have the tap and bits as well.

Will you do a vid on how to cut the cars in half?

Thanks for the tips. I have destroyed several times the post trying to remove the head of the rivet by using a regular drill bit by having to cut down too dip . The trick of the ring coming off the head doesn't always work. Please make a video showing us how to cut down a casting in half and placing it a clear resin block like you showed in this video cutaaway. Thanks again

Really helpful information.