Hotwheels Ferrari 599xx Custom Police car

So I again haven't posted in a long while, (I feel I should just start every post that way) but had a project or two that I have recently completed that I wanted to share.

The first is this one here... A custom Ferrari 599xx Police Car.

This started as a project for the local Meet and Trade day that happens once a month.
A whole group of us get together and buy, sell, and trade what we have found in the past month, or looking to get rid of....
But separate from that, is an on-going, themed custom contest.

Themes in the past have been pick-up trucks, Rat-Rods, but two months ago, the chosen theme for the meet in December was Ferrari.
As a long time Ferrari fan I was excited, but also a little worried. As Ferrari and Mattel had ended their relationship, there would be no more Ferrari's available on the shelf, so I had to dig a little to find some to open.

The Ferrari 599XX seemed like a great candidate... Now I just needed find a way to make it stand out.

And again, a little searching, and I came up with the idea for a Police vehicle... but not just any Police vehicle... this one would be a fantasy car from the Dubai Police Force.

I was also doing some experimenting with custom decals... so I got to work.
The film I have is a white background, rather than clear, so that meant the car had to be white, which was no problem in this case.
I "stole" the light bar off of a Matchbox BMW police car, and was pretty much done.

A good bit of fiddling with the artwork, proper sizing, and I thought I was good.

The decals are printed on a color ink-jet printer, which leaves a little to be desired for color fidelity, but for a first experiment, I thought it came out great.

There were lots of other little symbols and logos which were also added. I made up placement and some of the smaller design based on Google searches for similar cars in the Dubai fleet.

Now that I had the car done, and still had two weeks left until the meet, I decided to go extra crazy, and create a whole custom card.

Based on a regular Hotwheels card, with a few changes and additions to reflect my sense of humor, and make it a little more custom.
Things like the QR code in place of the SKU code will actually take you to this blog!
A little bit on the back of the card...

All printed at the local office supply store, for a high quality finish.
They are adhered using simple spray adhesive, to a cutout section of a cereal box.
Then carefully cut to shape with an exacto knife.
Not perfect, but again, great for a first attempt in my opinion. I learn as I go, and will hopefully have the next one turn out better.

Up for January's meet is a Porsche.... So look for that one to come soon!
Thanks again for stopping by my little slice of the internet!