MATCHBOX restoration: 34A Volkswagen Microvan + tips on how to get into this hobby yourself!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Restoring a Lesney Matchbox No. 34A Volkswagen, in the Matchbox range from 1957 until 1962.
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Today I take the opportunity to guide you through the items necessary to help you on your path to restoring and customising diecasts yourself! It really is an easier hobby to get started with than you might think.
For the purposes of this video, I take the gorgeous 34A Volkswagen Type 2 T1 Microvan. There's no drilling and tapping required with this simple model. Just a bit of bending and levering of the split rivet that holds the base in place. Then I talk through the items required while showing you all the steps as ever.
As restorations go, this one is up there for me as one of my best. Simple, effective, and really wears its new trim well. The colour of the reproduction decals really contrast the Ford Electric/Monza Blue used on the body. Hopefully the result will inspire others to take a stab at this hobby and see where it takes them!
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Volkswagen Type 2 T1 image credit: Greg Carr
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Brilliant, makes me want to go and dig out all my old corgi and matchbox cars to have a go. I kept them all in a trunk in the barn. ( incidentally, my mum worked at Lesneys matchbox in Rochford. ) im now hooked on your videos. 😊
Thanks for watching!
Fabulous restoration and good to see you encourage others to try and have a go at die-cast restoration for themselves 👍🏻
Great job 👍
Thanks, Jason! Like Marty, you are one of the A+ restorers of Matchbox vehicles! A true inspiration!
Hi,I had one similar as a child ,grey wheels.
What a magnificent restoration.
Thank you for your video
Very gratifying result, Jason. Nice to hear your voice while the resto video proceeds at a comfortable speed ;-)
i NEED to customize one!
Have tried a few customs, not a restoration, and on Hot Wheels, you've done an excellent job, Jason.
another well-done resto. :) and good tips, too.
I used to bruish the paint on when I was younger, as affordable airbrushes were rare, until Revell released a set with air can and a simplest airbrush eventually. (nowadays these cans don't contain cleaned compressed air anymore, but a mix of propane and butane. why? I have no idea, as it is highly dangerous indeed. so invest in a compressor, even the cheapest one is enough to paint a little die-cast body.)
those of you who like to grab a premade meal, or things like salads or sushi at the supermarket, look into the bowls and trays they come in. they can be used to store or sort stuff, and some are pretty sturdy, too.
if you like to customize, grab everythign that could be useful to make something out of. clear plastics from blisters or candy/chocolate boxes, slabs of styrofoam or styrodur (the stuff used to insulate homes, same as styrofoam, but not made of baubles, but homogenous) for dioramas, wires and threads... discarded bicycle dynamos have fine brass or copper wires inside, or that defective gauge actuator from someone's model railway. I once found one that has copper wire finer than a hair... can't wait to find out what I can do with it. :)
I also found a very fine brass mesh inside a filter for an automatic gearbox. but getting to it takes some skill with cutting metals apart, so be careful...
sometimes it helps to develop what I for myself, call "the flea market eye": the ability to spot somethign potentially interesting or useful out of the corner of your eye. :)
Keep up the good work my friend another good build for you you have a great day and God bless
Great restoration Jason Cheers Michael
Excellent restoration Jason, simple but effective 👌 👍
Excellent transformation on a great model. 🙂👍
Looks great as usual Jason!!! Details really topped it off nicely. Well done
Looking fantastic Jason, I'm always impressed by how good the paintwork is considering it's from a can.
Another great restoration and paint job. Would love to own a T2.
Nice restoration, details and paint job 👍👍
Great job on VOLKSWAGEN
Amazing restoration just love VW well done 👍.
Awesome work as always.
Great finish, better then new.
SOOO KOOOOOLLLLL .
Mike .
Beauty. 😊👍👍
Really like that color! And dug the how to video too.
Great video great restoration
Very nice Jason 👌🤗
Another awesome build. Any news on Marty hasn’t posted in some time now.
Not lately but I imagine he is loving life on his remote plot of land!
Thanks Jason another excellent job it is such a great casting to start with. You mentioned printing your own decals do you have some information on that. I would love to give that a go and be able to do paper labels as well?
Waterslide decal paper is readily available for inkjet printers. The packs that I buy are from eBay and include instructions on how to prepare your print outs. Usually they need two coats of clear over the decal before applying. Not sure about paper labels though as I haven’t yet tried. Hope that helps!
Yessir!
A bit of red applied with a cocktail stick to the rear lights would have finished it off.
I agree, but I used the original Matchbox spec to restore this one and they only applied silver trim from factory
Interesting to see a UK video, I have been watching some great US ones so far, but I have been put off by the American brands of chemicals. Is caustic soda ok for indoor use? Is there anything safer? I saw that B&Q paint and varnish stripper is better.
Yes caustic soda is fine as long as it is a well ventilated room and ideally near a sink so you can dilute the waste. I think it’s generally much better that paint stripper, less messy and more effective. The alternative I use on occasion when the paint is really new or stubborn is No Nonsense Paint and Varnish Remover from Screwfix
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how did you "close of" the axles after you dremeled the edge away to be able to remove the wheels?
Hammer them flat once they’re attached to the base. If you angle it towards the edges of the axle you start to form a small lip again. It’s really effective!
@@DieCastRestos but isnt the axle too short or getting bend this way?
No. They don’t lose a great deal of material by grinding off that burr, and if you hammer it completely straight and don’t angle it, it won’t bend.
I would be tempted to chrome the door handles and black number plates......
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