{"id":8899,"date":"2024-12-31T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/?p=8899"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:37:37","slug":"2024-1-64-diecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/2024-1-64-diecast\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 &#8211; 1\/64 Diecast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I finished only one 1\/64th scale restoration this year. This car and I go all the way back to 3rd grade. I received it as a gift for my birthday. Why I remember those details for one specific Matchbox car, I&#8217;ll never know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I stripped it and made repairs to the casting. Once premiered, I sprayed it Dodge High Octane red. The only addition to this build is a set of aftermarket wheels which I painted gold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-06-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-06-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-06-768x576-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-06-1064x798.jpg 1064w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-06-716x537.jpg 716w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-06-480x360-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-06.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After clearcoat, I masked and sprayed the trim. The interior was sprayed silver and I hand painted the seats and dash black. The chassis received details from bare metal foil, chrome paint and sharpie markers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11-767x421.jpg 767w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11-1536x843.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11-1064x584.jpg 1064w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11-716x393.jpg 716w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11-480x264.jpg 480w, https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-11.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once finished, I proudly display this long loved Matchbox car!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64th-Fiat-abarth-113-19-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8901\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished only one 1\/64th scale restoration this year. This car and I go all the way back to 3rd&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,5,7],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-8899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-267","category-completed-projects","category-die-cast","tag-diecast","wpcat-267-id","wpcat-5-id","wpcat-7-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8904,"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899\/revisions\/8904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}