Hot Wheels '55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser (297) Special NYC edition

[@williambrown319]

One of the few of that casting I actually like. Great job.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, William. I like it too. Got a bunch more to work through. 🍁☕️👍

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

I love this Gasser , Thank you Andrew . That is an awesome gift and build . Mike Espo

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

You're very deserving, for all the enjoyment to bring to me and the rest of the community through your channel! ☕️🍁😀✌️

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Thank you for the compliment my friend. Mike Espo .

[@ricardoad9]

The Best Chevy Belair Gasser Woodpeker ❤🎉

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Woody looks the part on these Gassers! 🍁☕️👍👊😀

[@urideamabal]

Excellent job on this build, Andrew. 👌😁👍

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks so much, Uri! 🍁☕️👍👊

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

AWESOME AWESOMENESS WAY AWESOMENESSSSSSSS. 👍👍👍👍NYC . 😊 That is so cool and nice of you to. Thanks Andrew . Big Thanks . Mike Espo .

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Glad you enjoyed it, Mike. I know you're a Gasser guy! I'll send it along with our Summer Road Trip Buddy Build. 🍁☕️👍👊

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Thank you 🙏 Andrew. Mike .

[@user-sc1nf9re1x]

Another awesome creation Andrew! Enjoyed this one, Thanks!!

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it. Take care! 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@armandoflores462]

Great build Andrew. Decals paint and the attention to detail of the interior, roll cage.😎

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thank you, Armando. They're all different from the last one. New ideas keep coming. 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@JimSilva-SilvaDiecastCustoms]

Wonderful build for a wonderful guy! I'm certain that will be a fantastic addition to his collection. Also, thank goodness for the vacuum forming machine lol

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Jim. The vacuum forming machine has been dormant for a while. I fired it up recently and did several windshields in one shot. It's always nice to go clear! 🍁☕️😀

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Thanks Jim , 👍.

[@simplekustomsbyeddiepapand1838]

Great stuff Andrew always a pleasure and mikes getting one outstanding tooling from a top quality Artist!! Thanks for the ride!!!

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Eddie. I hope he'll like it. 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@neilcummings9939]

said it before your definitely a master at weathering. detail work is awesome.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Neil. I like doing these now and then. 🍁☕️👍👊🇨🇦

[@Mr-_-Leo]

Incredible!!! Your details blow me away. Before you said it wasn’t a taxi I had imagined Jim from the television show “Taxi” speeding down the streets in New York City. Fantastic build!!

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Ah, Rev Jim from Taxi. I remember the show well. Good times in NYC! 🍁☕😀

[@RoadWarrior_John]

A cool Bel Air build, amazing job on the weathering.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, John. It's a fun theme to mess around with now and then! 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@SimplemanMustangDiecast]

Very nicely done Andrew. Spot on weathering. Stay safe and well. 🫵👍🇺🇸🇨🇦✌️

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks for watching, Steve. Wishing you a fine weekend. 🍁☕️👍👊

[@MiniKITT1989]

Amazing work, love that one. Can not wait to see the shark The Blues Brothers mobile will be awsome !

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Lars. Just got home from another road trip. Got a few days on the bench before leaving again on Wednesday. I'll do my best to get at your KITT project. So sorry for taking this long! 🍁☕️👍👊

[@goingdiecast]

Nicely done. Andrew! Very creative! Weathering technique is on point! Love it! 👍🏻💯

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks! Each of these extreme weathering projects comes out differently. 🍁☕️👍👊

[@danschopshop7939]

Mike is going to love it

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

I hope so. He's an NYC Gasser guy... Thanks for watching, Dan. Enjoy the day. 🍁☕️✌️

[@garyaguilar8716]

That turned out awesome, great custom build, my brother.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Gary. Enjoy the day! 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@diecastloonie6055]

Fantastic job, Andrew. Looks great. Mike Will love it.👍👍

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Mike. I hope so. He's a NYC and Gasser fan together. 🍁☕️👍👊

[@joeholloway1386]

Nice build, details and paint job!!

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thank you, Joe! 🍁☕️👍

[@bobvartanian9659]

Cool build Andrew, I thought you were creating the taxi Ernest Borgnine drove in escape from New York until I remembered that was a checker cab . Have a great week

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Bob. I'll have to go back and revisit that movie to see the cab! Wishing you a great week too! 🍁☕️👍👊🇨🇦

[@jodezero]

Sweet looking car. Nice job. Love how it came out.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Jody. I like doing these now and then. 🍁☕️👍👊

[@michaelvioletto7817]

Well done, sir...

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thank you, Michael! 🍁☕️👍

[@jchayes7325]

Notary Builders always Andrew keep up the good work say hi to Peter for us have a good one and God bless

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, JC. Just got got home from the latest road trip. I'll pass on your greetings. 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@ricobobe]

Nice tribute to NYC Andrew! 👊❤

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thank you kindly, Rico. It was home for me for a while. 🍁☕️✌️

[@aaronb8832]

Lovely gasser . Engine is a cool swap 👍

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

I've been waiting for a good chance to use that Mustang engine, Aaron. 🍁☕️👍👊

[@martindaredare]

Stunning build ,Mike is going to love it

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Martin. I hope he will. Take care, my friend. 🍁☕️✌️

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

Turned out Brilliant ❤🇦🇺🤝🇨🇦🍁🦘🏔👍👌

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, KC. Take care now! ☕️🍁👊👍

[@harrymedina7470]

Awesome work 😎💯👍🏻

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks so much, Harry! 🍁☕️👍

[@schottys-diecast]

Verry cool ! I love the weathering! Finally the vakuumformwr has work again. Mine is also on the point to be reused. I hope i don‘t melt the windshield 😅 but i got a good instruction manuel 😉👍 Thanks for that!

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Just got home an hour ago, Yves. Two days in France after Luxembourg. Great to see you on this road trip. And yes, the vacuum forming machine comes out for use now and then. This windshield turned out very nicely, and is better than a pink one! 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@markrobinson8865]

Great job Andrew and looks awesome 👍🏻

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thank you! ☕️🍁👊

[@markrobinson8865]

@@MapleLeafCustoms you're welcome 😊

[@ripwreckraceway]

cool shared liked love groove tips man

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks for the visit, Robin. Hope you're doing great in NS. 🍁☕️👍👊✌️🇨🇦

[@SoMoDiecast]

Great little Gasser Andrew!

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Ron. They pop up in the rotation now and then! 🍁☕️👍👊

[@jackoszuscik6669]

EXCRUCIATINGLY AWESOME YO! KUDOS ON THE BUILD!

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks for the high praise! Glad you enjoyed the Gasser transformation. Have a great day! 🍁☕️👊

[@skippullen8667]

Enjoyed this video, Andrew. Great bunch of details and weathering. It definitely looks like it is from the Northeast.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

You and I know about rust! Thanks for watching, Skip. Talk to you soon! 🍁☕️👍👊

[@Woulda-Shoulda-Coulda-Was-HWRL]

Excellent as always, I love the Triassic theme, but you have far surpassed it. Fabrication, weathering and detailing work, a real treat for a Sunday morning. You are both inspirational and aspirational, I have a Chevy about half complete on my little table, going a little different direction, but I hope it turns out 1/4 as well as yours. Thanks as always for the video!

[@Woulda-Shoulda-Coulda-Was-HWRL]

By the way I updated my Handle from Brian Smith 18something… not going to be updating my watching habits, though!

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thank you very much, Brian! I'm sure yours will turn out wonderfully well. It's a popular casting with so much scope for creativity. Have fun with it. 🍁☕️👍

[@zeldadiecastracing]

So cool custom work bos

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Susilo! 🍁☕️👍

[@WitchCityCollector]

Wow, you’re getting really good at weathering your cars. Nice choice of deco even if it is New York. 😊

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

I know about the rivalry. Thanks for the kind words, with that in mind! 🍁☕️👍👊😀

[@septiccalling8341]

Spectacularly good, Andrew........ and you make it look so easy. Really nice weathering 👍🏻🇨🇦👌🏻🇬🇧👏🏻🇨🇭 Just wondering if it might be easier to trim the new vacform screen with the original still inside......... 🤔

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

I've actually done that before, Jack. In some cases, when the vacuum formed screen isn't a perfect fit, a little bit extra around the edges is what's needed to glue it down securely. But you're right, it's a sensible idea! 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@BlackEagleDiecast]

Looks awesome

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks! 🍁☕️👍👊

[@christophelalue5797]

Salut maple. A oui , largement plus jolie que la base , la couleur et la tampo choisie est superbe . J adore , bravo .😉

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Merci Christophe. Je pense que ce sont toutes des améliorations aussi. 🍁☕️✌️

[@christophelalue5797]

@@MapleLeafCustoms 👍😉

[@rc67die-castcollector]

Nice build.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks so much! 🍁☕️👍👊

[@lotharrenz4621]

nice. :) all the parts that rusted away surely will help with acceleration. XD recently they seem to have released a series of this casting with light smoke-tinted glass. I think it has a yellow painted body. :)

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

I've seen those new releases. Hope they never go back to the pink glass (or yellow, or blue...)! 🍁☕️👍👊

[@lotharrenz4621]

@@MapleLeafCustoms me, too. it's hard enough to justify those dark-tinted glasses what won't let you see the interior (the designer must be pretty depressed by now, all the designwork and mouldshaping for the drain), or the neon-yellow glasses Siku used to abuse. :P

[@goforitpainting]

Looks cool.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks! Have a great day. 🍁☕️👍

[@goforitpainting]

@@MapleLeafCustoms Have a great day.

[@johnrodriguez489]

Nice

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, John! 🍁☕️👍

[@bjscustoms]

Amazing looking gasser Andrew.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, BJ! Glad you liked it. Hope Big Mike will too! 🍁☕️👊

[@craigroberts3982]

Nicely done! Agreed about the tinted windows and also the plastic base is a step down in quality in my opinion.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Still a great casting to work on! Thanks for watching, Craig. 🍁☕️👊

[@jcsgaragejohnc.5027]

Excellent video Sir, did you ever do a how to weathering video, I really like the way the front driver’s side top fender came out, thanks

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks for watching. I haven't made a 'how to' weathering video, but many of my projects feature different techniques. The one you mention that you like is a rust decal that I made. 🍁☕️👍

[@jcsgaragejohnc.5027]

@@MapleLeafCustoms - the decal looks great

[@jimbrown5055]

👍👍👏👏👏

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Jim! 🍁☕️👊✌️

[@daneself858]

🔥🔥🔥😎

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Dane! 🍁☕️👊

[@KennyBacchus-yg3uv]

Hot. Wheels. 1955. Chevy. Bell. Air. Gasser. (297). Special. NYC. Edition

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks for watching, Kenny! 🍁☕️👍👊✌️

[@aidansadventures7651]

Hi Andrew!!!🎉 you miss me, sorry I haven’t been commenting on videos I’m close to graduation is on May 23.Crazy things happened. To me I can’t wait to have more time on the hobby bench can’t wait to see what you do my cat go to my Belair when I wasn’t . looking . But I kept it in good condition for as long as I could if we swap cars again I’ll probably need a protective case for mine.

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Hi Aidan. Great to see you in the comments section again. Thanks for the update. Early congrats on your graduation. That's a milestone. Big things ahead! 🍁☕️🎓👍

[@aidansadventures7651]

You’re welcome you should see more of me in the comments. As always, can’t wait to see what else we put out there one day maybe will be able to do something cool together.

[@dlaforce1963]

Do you sell your cars or take requests for a custom build?

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

I really don't, but thanks for your interest in my work. Just doing my thing and keeping it simple here. 🍁☕️👍👊

[@seankorol]

Sweet gasser Andrew. That's a neat windshield idea, never saw that before.🦫🍁

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thanks, Sean. The vacuum forming machine has been on my bench for a couple of years now. I often try to work the coloured glass into a build theme, but when I can't, time to make a new one! 🍁☕️👍👊🇨🇦

[@garrettwalker6939]

Hi. Just. joined. your. channel. MAPLE LEAF. CUSTOMS. have a. good. week

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Thank you for the new sub! You have a good one too! 🍁☕️👍