Dinky toys restoration U S S Enterprise no /358 1976/80
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- Restoration of dinky toys starship enterprise, had a struggle with the engine separation but we got there in the end.
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Fantastic video Martin... I've had to go and buy one now. I remember on the estate where I grew up my friend had one and I was so jealous. So 50+ years later Im treating myself. At the end as you had your completed Enterprise with the starry background... I found myself whistling the theme tune. Live long and prosper 🖖
Thanks very much my friend its a nice one to have on display I have the dinky toys klingon battle cruiser to do at some point .
All the best Martin
Great work . Love the display
Thanks very much my friend its really appreciated
Space the final frontier...looks great Martin..enterprising...🇨🇦
🤣🤣 thanks Curtis, glad you liked it 👍
Absolutely spot on Martin. Ive been hoping this one would show up and here we are. Youve demystified the engine parts as I just couldnt open them. I can get on with it now, thats a big help. Thank you and very well done. All the best. Col 👍
Well col you can crack on now my friend, the engines were a bit sneaky to get apart 😉.
Best of luck with it .
To boldly go where no restorer has gone before! Great work. 'Bones' McCoy would have been proud of your surgery! Dilithium crystals ready , Captain!
🤣🤣🤣 thanks Jim I appreciate it.
All the best Martin 👍
Great job with the restoration as it looks really good. Fantastic star show display at the end, way to go. That was an excellent display Martin, very creative and realistic. Well done sir.
Thanks very much Norman, it was a fun build
I just picked up one of these recently myself. I'm fortunate the only thing missing are the torpedoes though the plastic pieces are a bit faded.
Tempted to try dying them to restore the colour, can't really get much worse.
I'll definitely be refering to this video for tips. Already took apart the saucer for a look and when puttibg it back together it was a bit loose. Only realised watching this there are 2 washers. The second one had come out and I hadn't even noticed it. Luckily I found it by my feet.
Always wanted to try a restoration and can"t think of a better toy to start with. Now to hunt down a Klingon ship for the next one once this is done.
Great stuff Adam, good to hear your having fun with it ,ifs quite hard to find the klingon ship in a complete state fairly cheap. Its one iam looking out for .
All the best Martin 👍
Yeah the enterprise torpedoes were yellow and the Klingon D7 torpedoes white. (In these Dinky Models)
Wow...I didn't even know Dinky made the Enterprise...what a fun and amazing build. Great job, Martin! "Live long and prosper"😁!
Thanks very much its appreciated 😊
Boy I remember this from back in the day. I used to use mine to shoot flies that were sat on the walls of my parents house.
😄😄😄 I bet that was fun, glad I brought back some good memories for you.
All the best martin
Nice. Thanks for sharing
Thanks very much Charlie 😀
Keeping the restorations different,interesting for sure Martin, I’m a long time fan of StarTrek and really enjoyed seeing the USS Enterprise restored back to her glory. Martin you always keep our attention to the difficult side of restoring a project too. My friend you & your family stay safe, see ya on the next build.😎👍👍👍🚗🚘🚀 “Go Boldy where no man has restored before” LOL 😂😆😃
Thanks very much Jeff, I do my best to show the tricky bits so that new commers can have a go .
Thanks for your continued support Jeff its much appreciated 👍
Sweet 😊👌. As. Always. Was. Fun. Nice ☺️. Work. Love. The. Show. In. It's. Time. Lee
Cheers my man Lee 👍👍
Nice restore, easy one to pull apart and firing mechanism is pretty sad, but does the job...parts are not cheap so I bought two...and made one good one....yours turned out well.....klingon cruiser next
Thats the way to go if you can getting a doner casting excellent,
All the best martin 👍
Looks great...never had this as a kid although a friend had the Klingon Bird of Prey. Good to see it brought back to life. Live long and prosper.
Thanks Derrick, glad you liked it, I hopefully will get the klngon ship to restore thay would make a nice display peice.
I was never a big fan of the sci-fi stuff on tv but what a cool model. I don't ever remember seeing one fire a rocket; I think they all got lost pretty quickly, like the James Bond Aston and Fab1. I'm sure your efforts to split the engines will be appreciated by anyone who restores one of these in the future; it looked kinda tricky, but easy when you know how - clever design.
The "final frontier" at the end, with the stars, was a brilliant touch, great way to show it off. 👌
Thanks very much, yes the engines were a bit tricky, but once you know its so flipping simple.
You will definitely lose those discs i nearly did 🤣🤣
As for space, the cosmic execution has ceased. Best wishes
Thanks Paul glad you liked it 👍
All the best Martin 👍
Hello Martin great restoration great model .not seen one before hope you and your family are keeping well regards Glyn
Thanks Glyn always good to hear from you my friend 👍
All good here ,stay safe.
Wow.. interesting restoration. Star Trek was my favourite sci-fi movie back in the days. Well done on getting it work too.
Thanks very much its appreciated, I tell you something its a powerful weapon .
That's funny you called the navigation deflector a radar. When I was a kid that's what I thought it was.😂
Great restoration, thanks for sharing! I still have Dinky models of the Enterprise and Klingon ship, as well as two SPACE:1999 Eagle ships. Amazing how durable they've been thanks to being die cast metal.
Thanks kirk, I have the klingon battle cruiser to do shortly, thay are a good pair of castings, thanks for watching my friend 👍
Nice job Martin I do not have one of these half to get one great job as allways
Thanks Constantino, yes it was a fun build and its quite impressive, if you see one give it go 😀 👍
Aye laddie you're a miracle worker worthy of one Montgomery Scott himself and earned your engineering red shirt on this one.
Floppy and or drooping nacelle syndrome has been something that plagued Constitution class starship builders as long as there's been models of the original through the refit Enterprise.
The radar dish is interchangeably either the sensor or deflector dish BTW.
Thanks Gary, yes thay do tend to suffer from drooping naclelles
Thanks for the information on the deflection disc
Awesome work. Well done Martin.
Thanks Paul iam glad you liked it and thanks for your support my friend 👍
Incredible undertaking but a fantastic payoff in the end. Nice job Martin!
Thanks very much its appreciated, it was a fun build and made a change 😀
'Ready to circle Uranus looking for Klingons, Captain!'
"Shhh! Sulu... not when we're on the bridge..."
🤣🤣🤣🤣 cheers chez
😂😂
Great video Martin. Thx for posting
Thanks very much its appreciated and thank you for your continued support my friend 👍
Nice work on a beautiful and famous model...and lovely presentaion at the end!
Thanks Phil glad you liked it,
What part of France are you in ?
@@martindaredare 60 km from Lyons...
Great restoration,I really enjoyed it!
Thanks nick ,and appreciate the support my friend 👍
Hello Martin a fantastic job on the Enterprise when you took it apart it seems to take a long time and you when you put it back together it went back really quick and easy I'm gonna save this video on my phone and if I get round to getting one I got reference to go back to keep up the good work and stay safe.
Ralph Cooling
🤣🤣 yes it always take longer to strip down when you haven't done one before and you're trying to do it on camera, its like when you drive somewhere new for the first time coming back always seems quicker.
Have fun with it Ralph and let me know 👍👍
fantastic I had one of these. I remember the engines were a bit slack and used to wobble. Also the saucer used to go yellow and not stay white. The original flying discs were yellow
Thanks very much, yes these were sagging as well but hopefully ok now 👍
Thanks for your support my friend
GGGGGG day Martin now that was out of this world by taking that apart you've gone where no man has gone before. I did a plastic air fix model kit of it years ago and had it hanging on fishing line in my bedroom when I was a kid. As you may have guest I'm a syfi nerd my wife bought me one of those star trek communicators that blue tooth with my mobile phone and I can make calls with it. It makes all the noises and has several pre recorded voices of Kirk and Spock. Like you say it's all about the fun. My wife's a good sport she puts up with my musical equipment ,guitars, cars, collectable toys, Alec the dalek and most of all me so it looks like I found a good-en. Stay safe mate and live long and prosper🖖and I'll catch you on the next exciting episode same time same channel.👍
😀🤣🤣 yes she sounds like a good one , that communicator sounds like fun ,
I need the klingon one next .
It was a fun resto and something different.
Take care good friend .
Not seen one of these in years! Used to have the UFO tv series green space ship and Dinkys space 1999 space ship. Luv what you have done with the Enterprise
Thanks very much Steve much appreciated ,Iam hoping to get some more space stuff to do ,it makes a pleasant change, thanks for your support my friend 👍
Wow I had this as a toy! I remember so much of it now.
Thanks Scott, glad I could bring back some happy memories.
Have a great Sunday.
All the best Martin 👍
HI Martin, that was different, fun and interesting. I didn't know Dinky made a USS Enterprise. Super work and I enjoyed the reveal at the end with the stars effect. Keep the great vids coming! From Switzerland - Andrew 🚀
Thanks Andrew, I hope you are ok my friend .
Its all about enjoying yourself 👍
I remember seeing the Dinky Toys Enterprise in comic book ads here in the US, but I had forgotten they were made in England until I saw the bottom of Martin's Enterprise.
Well done Martin, something completely different and very nice it turned out too, I was a little worried when you were trying to open up the engines with your knife, just the same thing I would do, I thought any minute now it’s going to slip but it all turned out fine! ( I managed to stab myself with a small nail trying to unblock my super glue nozzle again yesterday🤦🏻♂️😂) I loved your end bit of the video cruising around the stars, it looked so realistic especially when the moon shon down lighting up the Enterprise!👌👍😊 A great informative and very enjoyable video and another stunning restoration !👌👍😊
Take care, all the best, Nick.
🤣🤣thanks nick yeah I was getting a bit stressed with those engines, but just as I went off Camara I found the way in ,so bloody simple.
Yes I had an idea about showing of the model in the stars but I needed more holes, but it was good fun ,and thats what its all about.
Take care my friend 👍
Well done Martin .Nice at the end Beam me up Scotty
🤣🤣 thanks my man ,good to do something different 👍
Pretty cool, my wife is quite a fan of S.T., sometimes all those need is a bit of love. I got a Bird of prey model kit to assemble, maybe next year. I show it in my model kits edition video, it is some anniversay edition not sure how old it is, i forgot.
Stay safe, cheers.
Thanks very much, I will look forward to seeing that kit when you put it up
Thanks for your support my friend 👍
I remember those as if it was yesterday!
I'm no fan of Science Fiction but I appreciate that restoration, you have done a cracking job on that Martin..Great presentation at the end..Keep 'em comin'..
Thanks mrP it was something different mix things up a bit ,and its all about having fun.
Look after yourself my friend
Just a thought Martin, I think I would have modified this model slightly by filling the engine struts in with a couple strips of that white styrene plastic cut to the exact size to strengthen them up, just an idea 👍😉
Seems like a logical thing to do?🤨
Cheers Bob, thats one way I didn't think of , if thay start sagging I will try that..
Thanks Bob take care 🙂
Those spring washers are wavy washers
Cheers ian that's good to know.
@@martindaredare probably are spring washers, but that's maybe the best definition. Fitted thousands in my working days to components that we sold
Hi Martin i thought i'd stay up for this one and it was great to watch .Something different that i could tell you enjoyed. The paint did tend to "cling-on" a bit (sorry you'll get puns galore on this one).Watch again later with the girls, all the best from Ian & family.
Thanks Ian , its a dinky toys so its got to be done ,no favoritism 🤣🤣🤣
Wait till I get down to the farm ,with plough and muck spreader ,
The big scammal you sent is up at the end of the month 👍
All the best Martin
Cracking job m8 gonna have to find me one of these.....Regards PJ;)
Yeah go for it PJ , thanks for watching 👍
Brilliant work. Just got one in the post. Love it. Am I just getting old or do they not make toys like this anymore? Hard to tell!
Iam glad you got one it's a great casting ,and no, the toys these days are mostly cheap plastic, or the diecast is poor and very thin .
Beautiful job mate. Really enjoyed the vid. As Mr. Spock would say "Live long and prosper" 🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖Cheers Martin
🤣🤣 thanks Juan, glad you liked it 👍
Not for me, but full marks on patience and perseverance, Martin! I'll still give it a 'like' though...
Thanks Fraser, yes I took a chance doing this I know its not everyone's cup of tea ,but its one that needed doing , wait till I do the farming equipment 🤣🤣.
Take care my friend.
Wow dinky made a lot of different vehicles in ships didn't they? You did a marvelous job on this Martin my friend! It's always nice to work on something a little different! Keep up the great work my friend!
Thanks opa , it was fun to have a change, and dinky produced some odd castings as you will see as I go along .👍
Great vid! Going to do the enterprise from my childhood. How did you clean the plastic parts?
Warm soapy warter, if thay have paint on them I use neat detol or mr muscles ven cleaner.
All the best Martin
That was something different Martin, it turned out really well, very enjoyable, and great commentary tool. Can I ask you about paint again please? Today you said you used Halfords Suzuki white paint............did you also use Halfords primer? I know you often buy your spray paint from The Range, also some colours from The Pound Shop. Do you ever mix them, eg. use The Range primer, then Halfords top coat, or are they not compatible? Sorry if that sounds like a daft question, I'm about to start my first restoration shortly. Also, have you used etching primer, and what is your opinion of it? Looking forward to your next video, take care and stay safe. Very Best Wishes. Peter.
No question is a daft question Peter.
Yes you can mix the hycote paints with the halfords paints and primers thay are both Acrylic paints the pound shop paints i tend to use on there own .
As regards etching primer I haven't used it as yet but I will be getting some to compare with ordinary primer ready for that stage of the how to videos
All the best Martin
what paint did you use to spray it? is it gloss?
Just a plain white gloss my friend
@@martindaredare ok, thanks,
@@martindaredareno extra transparant layer to protect the paint?
nice dismantling, but i don't know how to tell u that after all that u put the hull sidestripes on the wrong sides. the diagonal white line in them tilts forward not backwards (like the engine ones do). sorry
Hey no worries Steve, thanks for telling me my friend, I can change that because thay are only stickers, every days a learning curve so thanks for putting me straight
All the best martin 👍
@@martindaredare I would just like to say your vids are a new find to me and I have been binge watching them over the last couple of weeks. particularly interesting are the captain scarlet ones as I got talked into restoring a red saloon car and the white MSV in the mid 2000s by a mate who was well into the restoration kick.
Hi there, I've got one of these enterprises and am looking and doing a restoration myself. I've seen the decals on ebay, but can't seem to find a replacement deflector dish, where did you get yours from?
I got mine from a seller on ebay .
thecaffeineracer £6.99
I hope this helps.
All the best martin
looks like you could use trebor mints for missiles lol
Maybe Ian I didn't have any only the wrapping 😄😄
Awesome video. I have the same model. Where did you buy the decalls and torpedoes?
Hi ,the seller I got the parts from are on ebay ,and the sellers name is
thecaffeineracer he sells the pod ,the missiles and the defector array ,and replacement nacelle. And the stickers came from a seller on ebay called
123-p-hanson, but I would check black square I think thay do a set of decals.
I hope this helps ,all the best martin 👍
@@martindaredare thanks Martin, keep up the good work!
Thanks 👍
Nice Resto, How about the moonbase Interceptor from UFO as a future project?
Cheers bill ,I have the s h o d o intersepter.
Hi Martin are yourthe decals for the Enterprise will a water slide or stickers.
Ralph Cooling
Hi Ralph there were stickers my friend not bad one's ☺
Superb ,just superb ,Captain Kirk to mr Spock ,”whats that on your forehead “well captain “ said Spock “this is my left ear ,this is my right ear ,and this is my final front -ear “
🤣🤣🤣🤣 like it ,thanks for watching
Your model looks really great ,a friend of mine had one but instead of the orange shuttle it had a thunderbird 4 with a hole in it to attach his mum got it new from Woolworths ,mine had the proper shuttle ,this was towards the end of dinky ,had the Klingon battle cruiser too that fired disks also
you made a great job of that although i wasnt really a fan of star trek i much preferred the british series blakes 7
Thanks Mike ,blimey blakes 7 ,that was a good show.
Thanks for your support my friend 👍
@@martindaredare better than star trek lol
These would look alright if it wasn't for the nacelles being too short
Cheers for that information I not that well up on star trek, but I must admit now you mentioned it thay do look small.
All the best martin
Nice work,and cool filming at the end !
Thanks Jan ,the end filming was your influence my friend.
Take care my friend