Great job, Marty! The BP livery does indeed look great on that Ford. As a matter of fact I did the same last year on my channel. I switched the livery of the Dodge and the Ford around. The rear utility floors of the Ford and the Dodge actually have exactly the same dimensions and the decals are interchangeable without any problems. I did however have to keep my head focused and be careful not to accidentally paint them in the right colours. 😀
Marty, you may never see this but I just had to say thank you. I found your channel a couple of years ago and watching the love you have for your hobby really reignited a long lost passion I had for miniature painting. So after a 20 year hiatus, I’ve been painting again and love every minute of it. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you for all the content you have provided us over the years.
My late Mother was a great fan of Kevin, and we watched all your vids together. This is the first of your vids I have watched without her, so I'm watching this in her memory. Thanks for many happy memories, and many laughs.
Moin and G'day from Cuxhaven 👋🏼 Well... This is an episode that pleases everyone 😃 A great conversion of an excellent model, a new housemate (greetings to Smudge 👍🏼😺) And... The legendary headlines on the newspaper in the paint booth 😂👍🏼👍🏼 After all, I do model conversions myself and all I can say is: Good onya mate 👍🏼🤩 So here we have a "Marty Conversion" 😆 (My mates downunder 🇦🇺 and the good ol' U.S. of A. 🇺🇸 call my specials "Sparky Conversion" 😂) A terrific idea to paint the Ford wrecker in a BP version. Not only is it the only one in the world.... It also looks downright stunning and fits perfectly with the other BP models. 🤩👍🏼 Thanks so much for sharing, Marty 🙏🏼 from me, definitely a thumbs up for this 👍🏼 Stay safe and sound and keep up the good work, mate 😁 Greetings from the lighthouse end of the Elbe River from the DCcoB (Die-Cast crazy old Bloke) 😎👍🏼🇦🇺✌🏼🇩🇪👍🏼🤠 (P.S. Greetings to Australia's most koalafied ambassador, KEVIN 🐨)
Wonderful build!! It fits perfectly in the BP family of rigs you refurbished. I like the idea of customs that retain that Lesney feel to them. That gives you a ton of freedom to keep moving forward
Care with the hands Marty.. I had the same problem decades ago when working around solvents.. SO glad to have you back with a really fun makeover. It looks great in BP, totally right! By the way, after seeing your success with Mr Color and Tamyia acrylics, I am now transitioning my model railroad airbrushing to them... and getting great results. Many thanks for that!
Turned out great and looks good with the rest. I did a No 12 Land Rover to match the Stalwart. Possibly Esso and BP where willing to have a licensing agreement with Matchbox but didn't wish to share any vehicles.
Beautiful job. Looks like what Matchbox should have made. Glad to see you do another one. Been a while your last one. Hope you and Julie are doing well. And Kevin.
That turned out to be lovely Marty. Incidentally a small channel called Belgian Diecast Restorations did the livery swap of both the 13d and 71c models simultaneously a few months ago. It's always interesting to see how different people tackle the same projects in their own way.
I had the Ford wrecker when I was a kid. I got it as a premium from Quaker Life cereal. Eat the cereal, save the boxtops, send a couple in with some change (or maybe just boxtops) and you get the truck. Pop ate Life cereal every day, so I wound up with 2 of these. I don't know, though, that "heavy wrecker" was Matchbox's designation, or Ford's. @4:33 That was the nickname of a kid on our street-"Hey, Mushroom Head!" @9:18 Yeah, I winced when you took those pliers to the piece. I thought to myself, "Put some tape on those jaws! Or a scrap of cloth!" Beautiful finish, Marty! I look forward to your next project!
If I'm not mistaken the original truck was a F650, which makes it a heavy truck. :) Apparently MB adjusted the scale to the wheel sizes to make them look in proportion.
Glad to see you creating and restoring my favorite toys from my childhood. I had many examples of Matchbox vehicles. I totally agree, the old ones are the best work they did. Keep up the good work.
Good morning, Marty! What a great transformation into a BP colored wrecker. Can't wait to see what you do next! Great to see you! Hope you and Julie (and Kevin) are well and doing fine. Pat Smudge on the head and enjoy the rest of the week doing whatever projects you're working on. God bless.
It's nice to have you back. I constantly check your channel to watch your latest makeover. I'am grateful since with your MMM activity and videos you got me back in to the Matchbox and the diecast passion. Generally I prefer original restorations, but this custom version looks to me a success! Ciao from Italy.
I have 3 of the No 61s. I enjoy them 1 needs a restoration the other 2 just need cleaned up. This channel is great and miss the videos but I understand we all have normal life's then creating videos all the time. It's relaxing just restoring and bringing stuff back to life.
glad to see your vids again. by the look of your hands you do more hard labour now than before you retired...hope you can find time for the hobby, and the time to show us...thnx marty
@0:23 -- Ah, a new mascot! How is Kevin dealing with the cat now?!? Granted, Kevin can create quite a bit of mischief but I doubt he can stare down a cat!
Happy you are back. Hope you are still enjoying this hobby. Looking forward to the alternative paint stripper experiment. However I suspect your old reliable Poly stripper will win out as usual.
If you run out of M2 screws, laptop screws will do nicely in a pinch, but they're VERY tiny (like if I accidentally drop one, I sometimes end up finding another I accidentally dropped 6 months ago). Good thing is they're made of metal, so they're easy to pick up with a magnet.
We Are All Happy About That, Another FANTASTIC Restoration. We Missed You Marty !!!
Agreed 100%
YES
Yessss😃👍👍👍
I always get a kick out of reading the Weekly World News headlines in the paint booth. Bonus entertainment!
MIDWEEK MARTY! What a treat for lunchtime!
Sumdge is a beautiful cat!
Yeah Marty! As soon as I saw the notification, I stopped what I was doing and hit play
Yay, Marty's back!!!! You have been missed!!!
Great job, Marty! The BP livery does indeed look great on that Ford. As a matter of fact I did the same last year on my channel. I switched the livery of the Dodge and the Ford around. The rear utility floors of the Ford and the Dodge actually have exactly the same dimensions and the decals are interchangeable without any problems. I did however have to keep my head focused and be careful not to accidentally paint them in the right colours. 😀
Another excellent makeover!
I too have one of these!!!
Thanks for posting Marty!
Cheers
Doc
That's a really cool result. Putting both wreckers next to each other, both in the BP theme, you can appreciate how different the models are.
Thank you for the absolutely amazing restoration! I wanted to make sure I updated after your whole restoration!! 👍👌
In this crazy world I am so glad to have MMM.
Love bestowed to you all.
The green windshield looks great with the body and decal colors!
Always love watching your videos Marty. God Bless you and your family and crew.
Nice build, details and paint job 👌 👍
Interesting idea to restore that tow truck into a BP rig.
Great video
Video up for 12 hours. Over 6 thousand view and 0 dislikes. Love to see it! (Edit 10K views now and still at 0. You sir, are loved!)
Looks sharp. Great idea.
Absolutely WONDERFUL. So great to have you back, Marty!
Marty, you may never see this but I just had to say thank you. I found your channel a couple of years ago and watching the love you have for your hobby really reignited a long lost passion I had for miniature painting. So after a 20 year hiatus, I’ve been painting again and love every minute of it. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you for all the content you have provided us over the years.
You are so welcome RRG!
Please show
Lovely work Marty. Takes me back 50+ years. Cheers.
Good to see you again! Brilliant model!
Looks great Marty! Nothing wrong with a little bit of custom work!
My late Mother was a great fan of Kevin, and we watched all your vids together. This is the first of your vids I have watched without her, so I'm watching this in her memory. Thanks for many happy memories, and many laughs.
An uplifting end to a trying day. Always a delight to get an unexpected MMM notification. Perfect as usual. 😀👍👍
Nice collection with the company name BP.
I hope to see the Kintoy Volkswagen in the restoration.
Moin and G'day from Cuxhaven 👋🏼
Well... This is an episode that pleases everyone 😃
A great conversion of an excellent model, a new housemate (greetings to Smudge 👍🏼😺)
And... The legendary headlines on the newspaper in the paint booth 😂👍🏼👍🏼
After all, I do model conversions myself and all I can say is:
Good onya mate 👍🏼🤩
So here we have a "Marty Conversion" 😆 (My mates downunder 🇦🇺 and the good ol' U.S. of A. 🇺🇸 call my specials "Sparky Conversion" 😂)
A terrific idea to paint the Ford wrecker in a BP version. Not only is it the only one in the world....
It also looks downright stunning and fits perfectly with the other BP models. 🤩👍🏼
Thanks so much for sharing, Marty 🙏🏼 from me, definitely a thumbs up for this 👍🏼
Stay safe and sound and keep up the good work, mate 😁
Greetings from the lighthouse end of the Elbe River from the DCcoB (Die-Cast crazy old Bloke)
😎👍🏼🇦🇺✌🏼🇩🇪👍🏼🤠
(P.S. Greetings to Australia's most koalafied ambassador, KEVIN 🐨)
Wonderful build!! It fits perfectly in the BP family of rigs you refurbished. I like the idea of customs that retain that Lesney feel to them. That gives you a ton of freedom to keep moving forward
Marty!!!!!!!! We miss you!!!!!!! Great work as usual.
Another lovely video Marty. You have real working man's hands...which is something to be proud of.
Care with the hands Marty.. I had the same problem decades ago when working around solvents.. SO glad to have you back with a really fun makeover. It looks great in BP, totally right!
By the way, after seeing your success with Mr Color and Tamyia acrylics, I am now transitioning my model railroad airbrushing to them... and getting great results. Many thanks for that!
Turned out great and looks good with the rest. I did a No 12 Land Rover to match the Stalwart. Possibly Esso and BP where willing to have a licensing agreement with Matchbox but didn't wish to share any vehicles.
Awesome job Marty it looks fantastic 🌴👍👍😎🌴
Beautiful restoration Marty looks amazing well done 👍.
When I was little I would have done anything for that model... I still recall that childish feeling of desire, even today
Great results on the custom heavy wreck truck cheers Michael
Beautiful job. Looks like what Matchbox should have made. Glad to see you do another one. Been a while your last one. Hope you and Julie are doing well. And Kevin.
Outstanding! Love your videos and how you narrate as you go. Thank you for showing your display case at the end.
That turned out to be lovely Marty. Incidentally a small channel called Belgian Diecast Restorations did the livery swap of both the 13d and 71c models simultaneously a few months ago. It's always interesting to see how different people tackle the same projects in their own way.
Glad you are back Marty. Nice job as always.
Hello from a dull UK.That's a super code 3,Marty.All you need now,is the 8 wheel ergo cab tanker to complete your line up.
I had the Ford wrecker when I was a kid. I got it as a premium from Quaker Life cereal. Eat the cereal, save the boxtops, send a couple in with some change (or maybe just boxtops) and you get the truck. Pop ate Life cereal every day, so I wound up with 2 of these.
I don't know, though, that "heavy wrecker" was Matchbox's designation, or Ford's.
@4:33 That was the nickname of a kid on our street-"Hey, Mushroom Head!"
@9:18 Yeah, I winced when you took those pliers to the piece. I thought to myself, "Put some tape on those jaws! Or a scrap of cloth!"
Beautiful finish, Marty! I look forward to your next project!
If I'm not mistaken the original truck was a F650, which makes it a heavy truck. :) Apparently MB adjusted the scale to the wheel sizes to make them look in proportion.
Excellent work Sir Marty.
Great To have you back with more makeovers, I hope that you find time to do another one soon!
Great to see you back Marty.
Matchboxes and childhood memories restored. Keep up the good work.
I was driving past the site that the Lesney factory occupied,about a week ago. And MMM popped into my head. And here you are.😀
That model looks superb in the BP colours - great job!
That turned out really nice!
Always a great day when I find a new MMM video available!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Glad to see you back, Marty!
Marty your videos are a soothing balm for these times we live in. Lovely to have you back and the project came out great!
Marty that was a great idea. I wish I had one painted up like that. That is too cool.
Nice knuckle scrape there!
The new kitty was warming your chair for you!
Happy you're back.
Great to see another makeover. I appreciate your sharing your knowledge and experience. Please keep them coming, you are amazing.
Awesome! Another episode from MMM!
Truck does look really nice!
Great to see you Sir!!!
Nice to have you back, Marty!
Love Smudge, what a beauty!
The BP vehicles are my favorite Lesneys! Glad to see you posting again, Marty! Can't wait for your next installment video!
Great models
As always another fantastic job.
Glad to see you creating and restoring my favorite toys from my childhood. I had many examples of Matchbox vehicles. I totally agree, the old ones are the best work they did. Keep up the good work.
Good morning, Marty! What a great transformation into a BP colored wrecker. Can't wait to see what you do next! Great to see you! Hope you and Julie (and Kevin) are well and doing fine.
Pat Smudge on the head and enjoy the rest of the week doing whatever projects you're working on. God bless.
Your version looks better than the original.
Great work, Marty !
👨🚒🔥🇦🇺
BEAUTIFUL ‼️👍👍
Beautiful!!
I enjoy seeing your organization tools - boxes and sleeves
Glad to see you back!
Missed you Marty... Great restore as always :)
Excellent as always!
Fantastic, would love to see you do an Anglia in dark blue and white
Thanks 👍 love it looks very sweet ☺️ love the cat to Lee
I think Kevin has competition with Smudge. It's great to see you back.
It's nice to have you back. I constantly check your channel to watch your latest makeover. I'am grateful since with your MMM activity and videos you got me back in to the Matchbox and the diecast passion. Generally I prefer original restorations, but this custom version looks to me a success!
Ciao from Italy.
That B P Tow Truck is also my favorite.
I have them in all conditions .
Great work. Your heavy wrecker looks great .
NICEEEEEE . 😊
Perfect. Breathing new life into good old well used toys. World needs more people like you, Marty.
A great restoration, looking forward to seeing more of Smudge in the future too. 😺
Love the custom jobs Marty, hope there will be many more to come
Great job Marty. It's nice to see you are healthy. Hope to see you soon with another great makeover. Thank you
Definitely we miss you 😊
I do like how you customise that model
Thank you for the video. This was fun to watch. I love the custom jobs as well as the restoration. And this is so appropriate.
Enjoyed the video. I appreciate well conceived customs, and would encourage you to imagine more in the future. Smudge is super cute.
I have 3 of the No 61s. I enjoy them 1 needs a restoration the other 2 just need cleaned up. This channel is great and miss the videos but I understand we all have normal life's then creating videos all the time. It's relaxing just restoring and bringing stuff back to life.
Thank You for posting , it is always a pleasure to see you work on your projects …
Thanks!
So glad your back. Missed your great videos.
Great job there. It looks really great in those colours.
Amazing lunchtime viewing!
Espectacular que gran trabajo me quito el sombrero es usted un maestro
Nothing wrong with a custom job, looks great.
Custom own Idea design is great inspiering =)
glad to see your vids again. by the look of your hands you do more hard labour now than before you retired...hope you can find time for the hobby, and the time to show us...thnx marty
How lovely to have your videos again. I missed your brilliant work and very entertaining patter. So very glad to "see" you again................
Nicely done. Glad to see new stuff. Hope there’s more on the way soon!
😂 be ready for disappointment. 😂
@0:23 -- Ah, a new mascot! How is Kevin dealing with the cat now?!? Granted, Kevin can create quite a bit of mischief but I doubt he can stare down a cat!
Excellent result Marty, looks very much at home with the others. 👍🏻🇦🇺
Thanks, Marty, I did enjoyed the video! Nice BP collection and very sweet cat)
Happy you are back. Hope you are still enjoying this hobby. Looking forward to the alternative paint stripper experiment. However I suspect your old reliable Poly stripper will win out as usual.
If you run out of M2 screws, laptop screws will do nicely in a pinch, but they're VERY tiny (like if I accidentally drop one, I sometimes end up finding another I accidentally dropped 6 months ago).
Good thing is they're made of metal, so they're easy to pick up with a magnet.
Clever THANKS =)
British Petroleum Ford Tow Vehicle !
Smashing and Brilliant !
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Hey Marty! The have translucent paint now. It works great for windows and lights like this on the truck. Thanks for the video my friend.
Great to see you again Marty!
Thank you for posting!!