Unique Hot Wheels Super Silhouette Nissan Z Could Cost as Much as $600

It's either all a matter of mental programming, or diecast tuning is taking off. It's definitely on my New Year's Resolution for 2024 to try, and there are plenty of online resources to learn from. Not long ago, I highlighted five of the most prolific artists in the industry, and it's no wonder one of them has come up with another exciting project.

Daigo Saito recently decided to sell several of his drift cars, including the Nissan Skyline Kenmeri. The guys at Jakarta Diecast Project chose to ride the wave and created a miniature version of that car. And it's likely to be considerably more affordable than the real thing. For the following project, the artists opted to enhance a Matchbox Volvo 240, turning it into a Time Attack monster that reminded me of the IMSA GTO series.

But projects revolving around Japanese cars are often the most successful. The 2023 Nissan Z is the starting point for something that does not exist in real life, at least not yet. Wataru Kato has built two spectacular Nissans in the past few years, following the Silhouette approach: the R35 GT-R and the S15. The two cars featured the same white and yellow livery and used four-rotor engines! Kato-san hired Tetsuya Hibino to drive these monsters, and I recommend you look them up one of these days.

But both the S15 and the R35 are old news in 2023, and you have to get with the times. Liberty Walk's latest take on the Fairlady Z is pretty conservative, but it's all baby steps, right? This custom diecast artist might have just predicted the future in this video, but only time will tell if Kato-san will go down this route with the Z, too. The starting point for the LB machine is one of three Seiran Blue iterations on the market, but not the Premium model.

The transformation process is exciting to watch from start to finish and shows most, if not all, of the tools and steps you need to accomplish such a vision. You need a pair of steady hands and a lot of patience to work at this tiny scale, but I imagine it's all worth it knowing there's no other car like it. The artist has listed some of his older projects for $500 or even $600, which sounds a tad pricey considering the available options. You can already start browsing through 1/18-scale Ignition products in this price range, but those are not unique items.