Art & Inspiration Cars that look like toys.

I have been told that the cars i build look like toys or models. It is a style that i strive for, but what makes a car look like a toy? Also, show pics of cars that remind you of that model or toy from your youth.

 

That would be cool, for you
But only you,, I would want to share the moment

 

Give the term “tilt-shift” a whole new meaning.

 

Hey Jim, will send you 19.99 and a pile of steel if you’ll send me back a “model” kit

You just number it, I’ll glue it together and get it painted!

Serious note, I think the low slung, chopped topped and great flames and colors, might be why. The big engines with pipes hanging out add to the look as well.

Some great work you do and you should be flattered.

 

And big meats. Just need the gear shift sticking out the roof.

Love 'em.

 

Toys? Maybe? To me they look like raw, badass, smelly, loud, uncomfortable, works of art i think the term is "HOTROD"

 

My sister once told me one of my off-topic cars looked like a giant HotWheels. I took it as a compliment.

 

Don't most of the cars in here look like giant hot wheels?

Which is awesome....

 

I won a model-car contest when I was a kid. I built a 34 Ford sorta like your orange one!
6sally6

 

I always say hot rods are big boys toys!

 

Your entire household looks like a life size, car toy museum!

 

Moriarty, those 2 zingers were at the 1983 world of wheels car show in anchorage alaska. I saw them and decided that i would build cars! I was 12 years old.

 

I must of built this kit at least 10 times when I was a kid.

 

That is pretty cool Jack !

 

Which came first................................

 

I’ve always thought mine has that toy like look. The second one, just in this picture

 

I did these with "tilt-shift":
TiltShiftMaker - Create your tilt-shift picture

The pic of @racer-x & @squirrel is from Drag Week a few years ago.

 

Revell Deuce.....
From MCM.....

 

KK and Bubba’s Ice Cream photo
Hello,

Here is a custom truck that looks like a toy. As a matter of fact, I am still struggling with the completion of this project I started as a 2020 Christmas Project for our Granddaughter. I had several ideas and they are still sitting in our new garage, model car drawer, waiting to be finished. But, as we all know, time flies, the pandemic could be the blame, the progress was not going as fast as planned, and there were other things to do at the time.

Jnaki

Without creating a new angle to the story, here it is posted after a March 2020 facts sheet. From the start of the pandemic woes gave myself plenty of time to finish the project by Christmas. That never happened, despite the fact that I was very excited remembering the time when she actually sat in the ice cream truck with a giant smile on her face.


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Hello,

When our granddaughter was staying with us almost 5-6 days a week from 6 months to around 4th grade, we went all over So Cal to see the sights, enjoy the beaches, the playground climbers, and the cool shaded parks for picnic lunches. Of course, what girl (wifey, too) does not like to go shopping for anything at anytime? We had to tone down our buying spree, otherwise, our toddler granddaughter’s toy box, clothes rack and Barbie collection would fill up her tiny closet really fast. But, there was not anything wrong with just going shopping, too.

One day, we were all walking around the Newport Fashion Island shopping center. They had just instigated a cool water fountain that shot water balls up in the air, while little kids ran from one edge to the other. After spending a good amount of time, we decided to continue on our exploration. It was hot and the shaded center areas were perfect to sit and relax. But, who would have predicted that a cool looking Chevy pick up truck converted to an Ice Cream Truck would be front and center of this shaded area?
Outstanding flames in color and design...
Not only did they sell the best ice cream we have tasted in a long while. But, it was the Chevy Truck that caught our attention. It had a White Pearl base, Cragar S&S wheels, a cool lowered stance and those bright raspberry purple flames on the hood and fenders. It was a great looking custom, converted, pick up truck.

Jnaki

Upon asking our current teenage granddaughter if she remembered that cool truck, she beamed and said… YES! Not only did she like the great ice cream and our exploration wandering trip, she definitely remembered that cool purple flamed, ice cream truck. She said that those flames were like those that I always drew on everything, including restaurant table tops.

So, I wanted to surprise her in these coming months of “locked in place” and possible “all day- on line, high school learning” with a cool little 1/64 scale version of that long ago memory from our ice cream rest stop at the Fashion Island Center.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...o-in-your-garage.240884/page-19#post-13658493


The Toy...
The finished goal...

 

My lame attempt....

 

These are awesome! Keep em coming.

 

I've told this looks like a toy

 

I think Taboo would pretty good in toy form on a shelf, lol.

 

I thought VW's were OT? Just kidding. Always like seeing your collection basking in the sunlight.

 

YES !!! IF we could ONLY see MORE ?

 

That’s because they are toys, big boy toys just like all your other cars and everything else posted in this thread.

I wonder how my RPU would look as a hot wheels

 

New wallpaper.

 

View attachment 5177816 Dang man, Really??? Rules for thee, not for me.