Matchbox restoration Fruehauf Hopper No. M-4 Major Pack. Die-cast model
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- My film today is quite long, as is the set I am renovating. The GMC Fruehauf Hopper tractor was built at the Lesney factory in 1965. To display subtitles in your language at the bottom of the movie, please press C on the computer or the three dots on the mobile phone in the movie. The movie has multiple language subtitles. The tractor was part of the Major Pack series. Today it is quite a rare model. My copy was badly damaged. He had stood a lot in the sun, and his outer rims were cracked and faded. The tractor window had large losses. I had to make a new PET glass pane and color it as in the original. I also made new polyurethane tires and a tractor trailer attachment. I made new decals and the box according to the original one.
The packaging was very complicated as the model was quite large. It contained an insert which I had to recreate having no dimensions. Thank you for watching the movie. I publish videos with car repair on TH-cam on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Długi film, ale krótki komentarz....
Dobra robota, mój drogi Pawle. Pierwszorzędna renowacja i (po raz kolejny) arcydzieło. Również pudełko jest absolutnie top. 👍🏼
Dzięki za podzielenie się z nami moim przyjacielem. Miłego tygodnia dla Ciebie i Twojej rodziny i pozostańcie zdrowi.
Pozdrowienia z Morza Północnego, Paul
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A long film but a short comment...
Well done, my dear Paul. A first-class restoration and (once again) a masterpiece. The box is also absolutely top. 👍🏼
Thanks for sharing mate. Have a great week to you and your family and stay healthy.
Greetings from the North Sea, Paul
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Ein langer Film aber ein kurzer Kommentar...
Klasse gemacht mein lieber Paul. Eine erstklassige Restaurierung und (wiedermal) ein Meisterwerk. Auch der Karton ist absolut Top. 👍🏼
Vielen Dank für's teilen mein Freund. Dir und deiner Familie noch eine schöne Woche und bleibt gesund.
Gruß von der Nordsee, Paul
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Vielen Dank Paul
Excellent results of the job done with the project came out incredible build fantastic you are geniuses enjoy your restoration good video
Thank you very much! Alan
This was one of your Best Jobs Ever! That Box was Great! The Tractor is Beautiful! Excellent work sir Just Excellent!
Thank you very much!
Como siempre Paul,espectacular trabajo, muchas gracias por compartirlo con nosotros.
Muchas gracjas Juan
Increible restauración.Destacar el metodo para crear el cristal de la cabina y la caja,que me parece una obra de arte.Enhorabuena Paul
Muchas gracjas Pedro
Super work! The Hopper Train, at the start, looked like it had spent 50 years in a quarry or mine. What a transformation. The box might be the most elaborate you have made yet. One of the few models to jump from Major Pack to King Size.
Thank you very much
One of my favourite toys as a kid.
I used to put uncooked rice in the hoppers.
Thanks Paul...you are a legend mate.
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Jim.
Thank you very much
A broken windshield would be a big trouble for everybody, but for you it's a simple inconvenient to be easily easily fixed! Great job👍
Thank you very much
This is a great model, I had one of these as a child, and again a tatty one as an adult which I restored. Your restoration is excellent and the box is genius.
Thank you very much Carl
Ein schöner FRUEHAUF HOPPER. In der Vergangenheit sicher eine Freude für Kinder. Deshalb wurde wohl auch sehr viel damit gespielt.
Nun nach dieser perfekten Restaurierung wird er sich sicher wieder sehr beliebt sein. Vermutlich in einer Sammlervitrine.
Tolle Arbeit. Gruß, Joachim
Ładny HOPPER FRUEHAUF. W przeszłości z pewnością była to radość dla dzieci. Dlatego dużo się tym bawili.
Teraz, po tej doskonałej renowacji, z pewnością znów będzie bardzo popularny. Prawdopodobnie w przypadku kolekcjonera.
Dobra robota. Pozdrowienia, Joachim
Vielehn Dank
Given what you started with, this restoration is nothing short of fantastic!
Thank you very much
Belo exemplar de miniatura. Não imaginava que a Lesney/Matchbox teria produzido algo do tipo. Trabalho extenso, próprio para quem gosta de desafios. Parabéns, Paul!
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Muito obrigado
Very nice job Paul. The box is spot on as well. All the best mate
Thank you very much Juan
Absolutely stunning restoration paul, a lot òf work on this and the box brilliant.
All the best Martin 👍
Thank you very much Martin
Wonder job Paul I liked the one off windshield forming.
Thank you very much John
Salut Paul, j espère que tu vas bien, super vidéo et un superbe job, bon courage pour la suite. Salutations de Suisse 🇨🇭 et une très belle journée 👍 👍 👍. A bientôt
Salut Pedro. Merci beaucoup pour vos aimables paroles. Meilleures salutations de Pologne
Lovely job mate. Had this truck as a kid and loved it so much. Sadly when my mum died, house vlearance firm took all my tiys including this one. Lots of memories playing with this in my sandpit.
Merci beaucoup
Simply superb. Thanks again, Paul.
Thank you very much Matthew
Beautiful restoration job. I have two of those hopper trains.
Thank you very much!
Mais uma grande aula. De primeira. Parabéns.
O cara realmente é fera! 👊
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Wow Paul, this is simply amazing! You put so much work into this one and it turned out marvelous. The windshield is fantastic. The Molotov chrome-work around the headlights looks exacting. And the box - that looks like a billboard puzzle that you put together. Good job Paul. Thanks for posting the video. I hope you enjoy seeing your achievement in your display.
Many thanks!
Superb job mate, the box was a work of art too 👍
Thank you very much Mark
Splendid restoration, once again! I especially like what you did on the box, you’re the master! 🔝👍🏻🥊👌🏻🕺🏻🏆
Thank you very much
You are amazing Paul so skilled in your restoration work well done 👍.
Thank you very much Adrian
Fantastic job! Always love the boxes. They're time capsules.
Thank you very much
That was a classic resto!! Outstandng.
Thank you very much Dave
Fantastic Paul, looks like it just came from the shop.
Thank you very much Tony
Witam serdecznaie, łapka za odcinek. Pozdrawiam i miłego weekendu
Dziękuję bardzo
👍7 święta renowacja podziwiam Pana dokładność 👍👍 pozdrawiam serdecznie 👍👍
Dzięki. Oglądałem super lądowanie tylko komentarze były wyłączone
@@PaulRestorer tak specjalnie bo miałem hejt pod filmem
Thar is an epic build Paul , you've done a fantastic job their mate , looks like the box alone took some making to fit that Fruehaufer Hopper. 👏top job 👏👌👍
Thank you very much Jerry
Fantastic piece of work all round. Bravo! 👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻
Thank you very much
A brilliant job. The box is a work of art
Thank you very much Les
Ah, another of Your bigger builds. Nice. I lile the bigger ones. As always... You did an awesom e job Paul 😺👍
Thank you very much
Absolutely beautiful restoration Paul. Box is awesome too. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you kindly
Fantastic work Paul and the box is great stay safe mate
Thank you very much Brian
Jak zawsze na najwyższym poziomie. Pozdrawiam
Dziękuję serdecznie
Too cool, Paul. That looks fantastic.
Thank you very much David
Thank you for the very useful new good ideas
Thank you very much
Hi Paul, again that’s very impressive ! There was a lot of work on the model itself, but the box was amazing and very interesting to watch !
Very well done mate l am in absolute awe of your skills ! Regards Tony.
Thank you very much
Outstanding restoration, video and presentation.
Thank you very much
Love the red....another great restoration
Thank you very much
Love it! I have the same set, now I want to do a resto on it.
Beautiful work, nice job on the box!
Thank you very much!
Your attention to detail is awesome. X
Thank you very much
Bravo , Bravo . Awesome work as always . Paint is great . Mike Espo...
Thank you very much
Love your work always ☺️ so smooth looking 🤠 so sweet Brother as always Lee
Thank you very much Lee
Magnificent job as always Paul
You did a great job on the model Paul but that box is a masterpiece.👍👌😁
Thank you very much
Wow a lot of work on this one
Great restoration
Many thanks!
@@PaulRestorer Thank You Paul
Simply excellent job! Congratulations
I still have many Matchbox, Dinky, Corghi and Polytoys
Thank you very much
Awesome restoration. Well done. 💕😊💕🇺🇸
Thank you very much
Fantastic restoration. As always.
Thank you very much
An extra thumb for the new windows. The coolast windows in town.
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Carsten
Sweden
Thank you very much
Super restauração! Parabéns Paul.
Muito obrigado Mauricio
Like Metallic the Metallic Red Paul.
Thank you very much
Wow Paul! Awesome job 💪👌👍👋
Muchas gracjas
Beautiful job!
Thank you very much
fantastycznie
Dzięki wielkie
Brilliant Paul, it is brand new, well done
Thank you very much Jan
Absolutely fantastic!
Thank you very much
Łapka w górę ode mnie i pozdrawiam serdecznie. Życzę miłego weekendu 😃 👍
Dzięki wielkie
Another skillful restoration.
Thank you very much Jim
I had this one of these when I was a kid!
Cool
Looks really good!
Thank you very much.
Muy bueno Paul!!!!!☝️👏👏👏👏👏👏 quedo excelente!!!!!!
Muchas gracjas
Moin Paul. Dar hattest ganz viel arbeit. Und nicht nur mit die Lkw. Auch mit die packung. Tolle Leistung. LG Jan
Vielen Dank Jan
Exelente canal , saludos desde México 🇲🇽
Muchas gracias
Excellent work Paul. Nice paint work and the box is good.
I can remember the boy next door recieving one of them for his birthday back in 1970. He put it up on a shelf and would never let anyone touch it.
I have just bought another one one this week, all complete but played with, I have a couple now but yet to renovate one. I am considering painting one in a different colour scheme?
Thank you very much to me, for example, I would like such a set in blue and yellow colors
You did a wonderful job restoring it and I like that you make the boxes for them. If you seel these do you let the buyer know it's a remade box??
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you very much. Of course, you can see with the naked eye that this box is made in a different technology than those from 60 years ago.
@@PaulRestorer You are welcome and I would have thought you did but wanted to ask Thanks again for answering my question!!
Been trying to track down one of these models recently. Vary rare in decent condition especially boxed. One I came across was in Australia £275.00 mint in box plus shipping charges of about £25.00. Think I will have to purchase a second hand model and attempt a restoration. Unfortunately not quite got the skills as shown in this video though. A lot more skill required than building a plastic model kit!
it is a very high cost indeed
Very good job well done.
Thank you very much
Paul Restorer 👍 👏 from Milan Italy. 🇮🇹
Grazie mile
Excellent!
Many thanks!
Oh my goodness, thats lovely
Thank you very much
bravo paul ..un autre a la vitrine
Merci beaucoup Philippe
Excelente restauración 👏👏👏👏
Muchas gracjas Daniel
Excellent! 🤩👍
Thank you very much
Excelente, como sempre! 😊😍👍
Muito obrigado Marco
Superb work sir 👍
Thank you very much
Hervorragend, echt super 🙂. Der sieht einfach geil aus. Sehr gute Arbeit 😉👍
Vielen Dank
Felicitaciones 👍👍👍👌👌👌 un abrazo fuerte desde Pacheco Tigre Bs As 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 Argentina
Muchas gracias Rodolfo
Super 👍 👍 👍
Thank you very much Adrian
Super gemacht.
Vilen Dank
Skvělá práce, krásný model
Děkuji mnohokrát
Nice video! Great job! 👍
Thank you very much Dimitriy
Great job👍 excellent!
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow beautiful
Thank you very much
Very cool 😎 as well as the work u do always 🤠 watch Lee
Thanks Lee👍
Mega
Dzięki
Класс точно как вспомнишь как с коробочки вытаскиваеш машинку это было вау круто отличная работа 👍✌🏁
большое спасибо
Very nice sir, very nice indeed !
Thank you very much
Good my friend 🌺🌺❤❤
Thank you very much
What an amazing job! 😃 Paul, would you mind if I ask you something? What kind of paint do you use on your restorations: acrylic, enamel or lacquer?
Thank you very much . I use acrylic car paints. Finally, I put an acrylic clearcoat with a hardener.
Awesomeness
Thank you very much
I used to make up chain saw chains to length from bulk rolls. There was a rivet setting tool that I used that, if replicated to scale might be a useful device for rolling axle ends. Just a thought.
Please write me your name and what it looked like. Maybe you can send me a picture, best regards
paul.restorer@wp.pl
@@PaulRestorer Sorry, don't know how to contact you thru You Tube but I did search you tube for "make a saw chain from bulk" and found several videos showing the rivet spinner tool in use. I was amazed at how well it worked for being as simple as it was. I'm sure that with your skills you will be able to make something up. I still have many of my Matchboxes from the 60s and just may work on a few of them. I recall some large size "pan scrapers" that I really liked that may get fixed up. Best wishes.
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Hello Paul, do you maybe know where the white plastic tow eye of the second trailer can be bought? Mine is missing since decades! Thanks in advance and keep up the good work! Regards, Theo NL.
Please write to me by e-mail and I will try to help you. Best wishes . paul.restorer@wp.pl
Muy bonito camión
Muchas gracias
absolut cooles fahrzeug und toll wie es aussieht danach xD
Vielen Dank Andy
I don’t know how and where you go to find these pieces, it seems unlikely that they were exported to Poland when they were in production. In old models paint sometimes can be “chipped”, but , never "scraped" that way ...the trailer seems already and recently “stripped” : the cast seems new, not oxidised
this model came to me straight from England