DINKY TOYS RESTORATION BLAW KNOX BULLDOZER 561
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ค. 2020
- Blaw Knox Bulldozer first appeared in Meccano Magazine in January 1949. Originally numbered 561 - renumbered in 1954 to 961. Production ran until 1964, later models had plastic bodies and driver. I bought this in a job lot. It looked in a right state. It was all there except for the tracks. Made a few mistakes in the build, none-the-less I am very pleased with the finished result. Love the colour scheme, glad I chose the green tracks over the black option. Hope you enjoy watching.
Hello David - an excellent restoration - as a young boy in 1949 I would have loved to have one of these but 11/6d was just too much - I think my parents were paying around 4/- per week rent at that time so the cost of the toy would have been nearly three weeks rent! I remember that Dinky Toys were the Rolls Royce of toys in those days. I did manage to a collect a few at the time and they were cherished and kept in their boxes after play sessions. Thank you for the video and the happy memories that it brought back for me.
Hi - wonderful comment. I am fascinated by the original prices myself. I do much research using Meccano Magazine (all editions since 1934 are freely available online). In he good old days the prices always appeared on the advertising. Its easy to assume the toys were cheap - but you are right - they were certainly not. My 1st months salary was £30 - and that was in the 1960s !! - 11/6d was a tidy sum in the 40s and 50s. 😊👍👍👍
Nice piece of miniature engineering
Thanks again - totally agree ... David
Nice & Neat and tidy job David..................Tony
Thanks Tony, much appreciated ... David
11/6d was a *lot* of money for a toy bulldozer in 1949; must have been quite a prestige model. As you were wrestling with it, I was thinking "No wonder it's lasted 70 years." These things were built to last, great quality. Presumably, the tracks would perish eventually, no matter how well it was looked after, so the only real damage was the driver's hat blowing off. Shame it took his head with it !! 😁
A lot of work went intro this restoration but the result is beautiful, in an ugly duckling sort of way. The wee splashes of colour, the driver and the tracks, bring it to life and you can just about imagine the joy on a bairn's face back in 1949, when he opened the box on his birthday.
Great job David, looks fantastic.👌
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
I would not now be happy until I knew today's value of 11/6d (£0.57). Using an on-line calculator it comes up with a value, in today's money of £27.20p. Now that's actually very good value. Have to bear in mind toys like this are now aimed at adult collectors. Yes the 'rubber' would perish eventually but there are many toy vehicles existing from this era, and earlier, with original tyres. Every time I see a headless Dinky driver I will buy it 👍👍 Great comments to receive - thanks. Enjoyable to do - it looks wonderful in my collection Thanks ... David
@@davidhyde4329 I had to google the current equivalent too David.😁 It probably works out about right; a modern diecast of similar quality and size would quite probably be over £25 nowadays.
Looks like a very exquisite model as well...
It is - especially considering it was developed from an earlier model - the Heavy Tractor ... David
Great project well done.
Thank you! much appreciated comment ... David
Excellent piece of work David. Always enjoy these videos. Cheers, Bob
Many thanks! Bob. Working from home at the moment - my railway room is now a studio! Deresley is still there but its difficult to work on at the moment.
@@davidhyde4329 I am lucky in as much as I have a dedicated train room, but I do feel for you David. It is so frustrating to see and plan and not be able to get hands on. I am sure one day we will return to sanity but goodness only knows when. Keep healthy and safe. Cheers, Bob
Nice resto Dave beautiful job
Thank you Constantino Cheers 👍👍 ... David
Love the blackbirds in the back... being from the Netherlands, I do miss hearing them in the USA ... a nice bonus to all of your beautiful restorations..
Glad you enjoyed it Simon. How wonderful to make a comment about the Blackbirds singing in the background. They are always in our garden, my wife and I love their song too. ❤👍👍👍
Well done David...this was my first Dinky.....I still have it and it needs a restoration....you have given me the inspiration..thank you for your insight.. and patience..
Great Curtis, how wonderful you still have it. Yous is specially valuable to you so take care with your restoration. Thanks for the lovely comment ... David
An ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS restoration job!!.. Looks better than it did when it left the Dinky Factory!!.. Keep up the great work Bud!!
Thanks! Will do! ... David
That's a really great toy for the year issued. More detail than was often found during that era. Thanks!
It is, absolutely - a 'working' bulldozer - what more could ask for in 1949😊😊. Thanks for the comment, much appreciated ... David
A lot of tractor for eleven bob. Well done.
Certainly is Graham - 'eleven bob' - happy memories - thanks ... David
Thanks again for bringing back the yesteryears
Many thanks Edward - you are very welcome. It brings them back to me also 👍👍❤ ... David
wow fantastic job again David, sometimes them rivets' are a bugger to get off at times
Thanks Bill, you are not wrong there. Just taken a quick look at your channel - looks good, I have subscribed and will check it out later. Thanks for the comment 👍👍 ... David
Thank you David Its Nothing special at the moment, trying to do more video but its just finding the timetake care and stay safe …. Bill
What a great job you have done.
Very kind of you to say. Many thanks 👍👍👍
Nice shiny paint job as well!
¡Hola buenas tardes David! The pride you must have in your work is fully justified. Time, effort and, above all, skill, provides a never-a-dull-moment video. Your artistic talent shone out during the sculpting of the replacement head, all combining with the new tracks to present an ‘out of the box’ model. I never tire of watching. Un saludo. Gary
Many thanks Gary. Wonderful comments like this make all the hard work worth while. Truly appreciated, glad you like it. 👍😊😊 ... David
nice job again david well done
Thanks Barry, very nice of you to comment ... David
Lovely job. That's a model that can be described as 'very pleasingly ugly'. The sort of thing that I find very appealing indeed. Nice one.
A nice description. I must admit I thought it was ugly too. I bought it (along with the Heavy Tractor) in a job lot. I thought it was too big and would look odd in my collection. Have to say, now its finished I am really pleased with it ... David
Another great restoration David. Enjoyed watching it all..
InstaBlaster.
Well David, not normally my area of interest but you might have converted me. This really was an interesting video and a superb outcome. It really does look lovely.
Do you ever imagine the little boy that maybe opened the box one Christmas morning and treasured his bulldozer for years? Wouldn't it be nice if he was a subscriber and didn't realise that he was seeing his childhood brought back to life?
Thank you very much.
Bob
Awesome, thank you very much Carol. That would be great indeed. I was one of those little boys, sad to say I did not keep any of my Dinky Toys - perhaps I am compensating this with the restorations. Lovely comments, thanks again ... David
Nice restoration, and clever repair on the drivers head. A very nice model, excellent job 👌👍😊
Thank you very much! much appreciated comment ... David
Very nice job David, I’m waiting to see you with the caustic soda 😄👍
Hi Bob, thanks for the comment - The caustic soda has arrived 👍👍 and I have bought a new enamel pie dish. All good to go next time ... David
David Hyde that should be ok , anything that will stand up to the hot water will be fine.
I use either a bread tin or the same as Rob on Matchbox garage a foot long hot dog jar👍
That is one beautifully restored Bulldozer David, and the man can now keep is head on 😄. Excellent job. I always remember Blow Knox for those tarmac laying machines. Didn't realise they did bulldozers aswell. Top job as always David 👍
Thanks Jerry, appreciate the comments. Thanks for the bit of history - I knew nothing about the company ... David
A decent casting with good bones...
Indeed it was Thomas. Always helps 😊😊 ... David
Wow , that thing was really built!
Quite agree - could last for ever 👍👍 ... David
Looks great David....don't know this casting at all so it completely new to me. Fantastic restoration and final colour looks totally period...not garish. Many thanks for posting.👍
Many thanks Derrick. There is also a Heavy Tractor issued earlier, basically the same model without the blades. ... David
What a great toy ! Very good video as usual. Have a good weekend David
Thanks, you too. Appreciate the comments once again ... David
You made that look easy, I realise it wasn't. Nice result.
Many thanks, appreciate the comment ... David
Good job David, I can see a little smile on your farmers face,now that he has one.lol
Thanks Walter, nice to keep the old chap seated on his bulldozer, no wonder he is smiling 😊😊😊 ... David
Fantastic restoration !
Many thanks, really appreciate the comment ... David
Splendid restoration, David!
Many thanks, very kind of you to say so ... David
Nice work!. Love how well you got the driver repaired. Oh, and great production work on your video.
Thank you very much. I am reluctant to throw a genuine part away if I can help it. More satisfying to repair. Glad you liked the video production - I am trying to improve all the time, appreciate the comment 👍👍 ... David
Excellent work David, and a great job on the drivers head.
Funny you should upload this I had mine on the bench a few days ago, having a look to find the best way to strip it down .
Mine is the pale yellow one .thanks again.
Your work is impeccable.
Hi Martin, sorry I pipped you to the post - same thing happened to me with the car transporter video😊😊. Would like to see yours though. I like the look of the pale yellow version - never seen one though. Thanks for the kind comments ... 👍👍👍 David
A very nice job creating a new head for the man!!
Thank you very much ... David
Wow great job...a totally excellent restoration. Great stuff bro.
Thanks 👍 glad you liked it, thanks for the great comment ... David
Beautiful toy!
Thank you 🤗 it certainly is ... David
Looks great
Many thanks, much appreciate the comment ... David
Well I think this is your best restoration yet David, quite a bit of work, I'd not seen this toy before, and at 11/6d, was quite expensive compared to the standard Dinky cars! I really enjoyed watching this, it was very relaxing, thanks for uploading, ps. great work sculpting the bloke's new head, he would be pleased!, cheers, Dave
Many thanks Dave. I never really took to this. I bought it in a job lot. I have to say, now its finished, I have fallen in love with it. Glad you like it too, lovely comments always appreciated ... David
Sooo good! Great job!
Thank you! Cheers Alex, much appreciated ... David
hi great video, as a boy, i had one of these in 1962 and played with it in our flower beds for hours on end along with a Euclid dump truck, at 68 i now keep 2 scammell breakdown lorries from the super toy range and 5 ,Bedford rl 3 ton trucks nos 621,who says we have to grow up ?
Its no wonder most of the surviving examples are a bit bashed up Peter - what were you thinking? - 😁😁😁
green tracks? how psychedelic. :) you had to fight those rivets like a boss. XD great work! ^^
Thanks 😆 comments much appreciated 👍👍 ... David
Yeah I like that. What size pop rivets did you use and where did you source your tracks from. ?Love the drivers new head and can't wait for your next restoration. Well done David.
Hi Keith, Thanks. OK - pop rivets size 2.4mm x 8mm. Tracks came from OOHeaven (ebay shop) - just checked and they have more in stock (click on link below). Glad you like the videos ... David
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DINKY-961-963-BLAW-KNOX-TRACTOR-BULLDOZER-REPLACEMENT-GREEN-TRACKS/233391815259?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Well done sir great work Brian Thailand
Thank you kindly Brian, glad you liked it ... David
Brilliant. I love your videos. Have you more coming soon?
Yes, soon - been a slump of activity in our household - but I will be back 👍👍
@@davidhyde4329 I was hoping to find a recent comment from you! Looking forward to new releases.
another amazing restoration david a bit tricky in parts but you nailed it in the end
Thanks for the comment. Could not find another restoration video to use as a guide - so I probably made it look harder that it was 😊😊 ... David
That looked a hard job David, but well worth all your effort.
Thanks John. Never seen a strip-down of this model before. I probably made it look harder than it was 😊😊 ... David
David, beautiful job. Now how about a video showing your weathering techniques for wagons and other rolling stock. I was watching your videos on operations and your wagons look really dirty in a good way. Glad to see you back making some railroad related videos.
Great suggestion! I will at some time. Need to finish the town diorama first - thanks for the comment, much appreciated ... David
Looks like a new man is taking over this job... 😆!
10/10 for the drivers head David, I thought you were going to use the head from the new driver
your sculpturing turned out really well.
Thanks Bill, it did cross my mind but I have a tractor that is missing a driver so I have a job for the repro driver. I am no Michelangelo 😁😁 the head lacks little detail - basically worked on shape and size - easier than it looks ... David
Great video , very fiddly one this time. Nice outcome in the end . The only thing I noted is the audio is a bit distorted in places , in this and the last video. Maybe it is being recorded too hot in the camera. Maybe consider a lapel mic or turning the level down so it does not peak over -6dB?
Hope that helps.
I personally use a separate audio recorder such as a zoom h4 to record and monitor the levels , then sync up the video in post.
I should mention that use headphones as I listen at night to TH-cam videos.
Best regards
Leney
Hi Richard, many thanks for the comment. Yes, I do need to look at my sound recording. I am using more camera positions now and I noticed it myself after the upload. Must show up even more with headphones - apologies. Price of Zoom H4 puts me off at the moment and I don't need multi channel - but I will take your advice and look into a separate recorder 👍👍👍 ... David
@@davidhyde4329 thank you. I did also get an OLYMPUS DM-670 Digital voice recorder , paid about 20£ on eBay. These are useful bad I can either put in on a lecturn or in the pocket of the subject I'm filming. Gives me that extra backup just it case I loose power to my h4. I note there is one on eBay for 10£.
You are welcome to borrow mine if you would like to try it. I'm only in Chatteris. I'm not filming at the moment. Kind regards Leney
Not sure why the word bad slipped in there. Oops
Another great restoration david, may i ask you where got the tracks from they look quite dapper on the dozer...many thanks for this one.
Thanks Paul - yes I was very pleased with them. I thought they would probably be a slack/sloppy fit and look terrible, but they look great. I got these from Ebay. My normal supplier is closed through the lockdown so I searched ebay and came up with these (you can also find them in black). They were only £3.50 I think, although there was probably some postage cost. The only tip I can give is make sure they have a ridge on the inside (centre) to fit in the grove on the wheels. The originals did and it prevents the tracks from slipping off. Hope this helps ... David
Great video David. My goodness, I have seen real cars less well made than that toy! 😀
Thanks Paddy, great comment, much appreciated 👍👍👍
Nicely done. My Grandfather's name is the same as yours Sir.
Thanks Tud, Really interesting about the name - Hyde is not massively common. 👍👍
Looks like the reassembly of this was a challenge as well..
It was all a challenge this time - couldn't find another video restoration of this model to give me a clue ... David
It actually looks like the original man is getting a new head...
Interesting
Beguiling
Thank you for another great upload. I was wondering why you did not just chop the head off of the reproduction figure and use that as the replacement. As a war gamer it is something I have often done. Chop, pin, and glue. Seeing your work with Milliput was good though.
Hi David. Good question. Actually I have had the repro figure for some while. I bought it for a Field Marshal tractor (will restore sometime) that has no driver. I pointed out the arms were thicker on the repro figure, but the torso was more slender - so I decided to make a new head to match the more robust original casting. - and I still have a driver for the tractor. Yes, I understand the value of the chop, pin and glue - great way to repair or add variety. The thought did cross my mind, but I was happy with the result. Thanks for the comment, always appreciated ... David
Looked a bit of a struggle at times! Nice result though.
Yes it was - I had no idea what to expect with this one - couldn't find another restoration reference. Glad you are pleased with the result ... David
Makes you wonder whether they were never intended to be restored🤔
I would just decapitate the reproduction, drill the head to accept the post you put in the body of the original. then match the colors of the reproduction figure's clothes. I enjoy your precision and humor very much, David.
Where did your inspiration come from I have been watching your videos and very intrigued
Hi Danny. Inspired buy other TH-camrs, and my memory of Dinky Toys in their heyday.
David - so good to see you commenting, and here's hoping for new content soon. Hope you and yours are keeping well?
Always a worry when uploads cease in these tricky times.
@@davidhyde4329 loved the videos and the tips i have the plan in my mind just watching the clips to give me the ideas amazing what you can do
Sounds like this casting was a bit tricky to get apart...
You can say that again - but I probably made it look harder than it was 😊😊 ... David
Did you know your drill was in reverse? Excellent job though.
Ha! yes I spotted it myself - I thought the drill was blunt 😁😁😁
@@davidhyde4329 ;) I have done the same thing.
Hya David,have you watched a channel called "Marty's matchbook makeovers" ?
Certainly have Steven - great channel, lots of content ... David
Looks like the man lost his head.. 😆!
The tractor made by cletrac the blade by blaw Knox
They main reson is howe to replace the tracks ?? Sorry ik forgot to film it crap film
Turned out beautifully,. I'm just wondering if you have a email address I can message you about some Train set I have I'm just wondering about a value
Hi, please forgive the late response - you must think me rude, but I have done very little to my railway etc for a number of months. I can't offer a valuation for stock - I have not got that broad a knowledge. Anyway, you have probably sorted it by now. Just thought I would apologise 👍👍👍