"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
11/13/2014 at 12:25 • Filed to: None
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"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
11/13/2014 at 12:25 • Filed to: None | 9
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I've been picking up Hot Wheels cars that I like/appreciate/lust after for about a year now, just for office decoration, really. I changed jobs and no longer have an office of my own, so I took the cars back to my apartment. A few weeks ago, I finally figured out what to do with them.
By ordering some small neodymium magnets and some Kragle (Krazy Glue) from Amazon, I was able to spruce up my empty refrigerator. I doubt this is an original idea, but it's easy and fairly cheap to do.
I have them arranged by country, then alphabetized manufacturer, then by model year, newest first. I drew some flags with markers I had lying around, but I think I'm going to replace the drawings with just some cheap flag magnets. Anyway, from left to right:
USA
Chevrolet Corvette C7 Convertible
DeLorean DMC-12
UK
Aston Martin One-77
Aston Martin DB5
Lotus Evora
Lotus Esprit
Italy
Alfa Romeo 8C
Ferrari F12
Ferrari 458 Convertible
Ferrari 458 Italia
Ferrari F430
Ferrari 612
Ferrari Enzo
Ferrari F40
Lamborghini Aventador J
Lamborghini Estoque
Lamborghini Reventon
Lamborghini Countach
Pagani Huarya
Japan
Mazda Furai
Mazda RX-7 FB
Nissan 510 Wagon
Nissan Skyline
Toyota Celica
Toyota 2000GT
Germany
BMW M3
Porsche 911 RSR
I'm going to put together a detailed how-to for this, with some stuff I've learned along the way. That will probably be up tomorrow. Enjoy!
Twitter & Instagram: @MarquetteLa
$kaycog
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 12:32 |
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Very clever!
Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 12:32 |
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I'm not ashamed to say that I own most of those cars. You have some I don't and I have some that you didn't mention. I never thought of turning them into magnets though. How well do they hold?
EL_ULY
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 12:33 |
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way too awesome dude!!! Do you mind if I share to LaLD ?
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MarquetteLa
> Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
11/13/2014 at 12:35 |
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The neodymium magnets are super strong! There are some other elements to consider, like the car's ride height and the thickness of the magnet you're using, but I haven't had any problems with the cars moving away from where they should be.
I'll go over those different factors in my follow-up post.
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MarquetteLa
> EL_ULY
11/13/2014 at 12:38 |
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Go right ahead! I was hoping this would find its way over there.
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MarquetteLa
> $kaycog
11/13/2014 at 12:39 |
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Thanks! I figured it's so easy I'd share so more people can display their automotive tastes.
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EL_ULY
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 12:42 |
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thanks buddy. If you want authorship just let me know :]
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MarquetteLa
> EL_ULY
11/13/2014 at 12:43 |
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May as well! It'd be a good place to update when the fridge has more cars on it.
Pixel
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 12:43 |
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I did something like this a while ago using reproduction gas station signs .
T5Killer
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 12:45 |
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EPIC I might have to do this. I have been secretly putting car guy stuff on our fridge at home
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MarquetteLa
> Pixel
11/13/2014 at 12:46 |
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Very cool!
Alfalfa
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 12:47 |
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This is awesome! I might do this with some of my toddler's Hot Wheels. He loves playing with magnets, and cars. I may not have a desk job soon as well, so I may do it with some of my own collection.
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EL_ULY
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 12:55 |
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heck yeah! You'll be in within the minute :]
philipilihp
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 13:07 |
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Great idea!! And multifunctional!
Andrew P. Collins
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 13:37 |
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COOL. Great repurposing, 10/10 will do to my fridge.
Tapas
> MarquetteLa
11/13/2014 at 14:08 |
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Wait....but this would mean the thicker magnet stuck to the bottom would render the wheels useless.
How about Hot Wheels - Kragle - Velcro - Magnet - Fridge?
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MarquetteLa
> Tapas
11/13/2014 at 14:13 |
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Not necessarily so! Stay tuned for my detailed post for more information on this point in particular.