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8 MODDERS 1 CAR RODGER DODGER EDITION
by Christopher Kidder-Mostrom
As has been seen over the last 8 months or so, watching diecast races on YouTube often leads the viewer to want to get involved, and the best way to do that is to enter a race. Not all races require an entrant to have modified a car, but many do. Naturally, when first starting out, one might look to the more experienced builders to learn how to make cars faster. And one might turn to other more practiced individuals in order to learn how to make the care look just right. Luckily for folks entering the hobby/sport of diecast racing, the community welcomes new participants with open arms, and those with experience and wisdom share it pretty freely. We at Diecast Racing Report asked two of our staff and six other top modders to all have a go at modding the same model of car. We provided each with an identical Rodger 8 | Diecast Racing Report
Dodger, and we gave them free rein to do whatever they wanted to the car. Our hope? That we and our readers would get a chance to witness the methods of those masters of diecast customization. Some of the participants in this project have videos online that explain their methods. Others haven’t been as public previously. If you have ever watched a race and wondered, “How does so-and-so get their car to go so fast?”--well, today might be the day that you find out a trade secret or two. On the following pages, you will witness what 8 spectacular customizers can do. They modified for speed, they modified for appearance. They made a classic Hot Wheels car their own, and told us how they did it. Oh... And because this magazine is dedicated to racing, we are taking them out for a spin later this week, and will be posting the resulting race on our new YouTube channel on Saturday, August 22nd!
