Handy haul there, Andy: quite eclectic, too. The Lola is a del Prado Collection car - probably came with a magazine, originally: nice model. The Corgi Cortina Estate will be difficult to convert to a non-woodie motor since the interior and the wood trim are all one piece, and probably not thick enough to stand much sanding down. I did two - one in grey with a tan interior and on as a Gulf-colours Service Barge, with the damaged bumpers sanded back to run without bumpers at all. Fun to do, though, if you take your time. You probably already know that an Interceptor has one wing vent, and the FF two - but I shouted at the computer, anyway! The ambulance looks like a Toyota Crown at the front, at least. A pal of mine had a Toronado, which I drove for ten days - suspension made of cake, but a great cruiser! The Minor was a Morris 1,000,000: they were all painted in that lilac, in the real world! The Citroën SM would make a good Code3 Doctor's Car or Med Car for a recetrack. C-reg is 1965, and whilst the wee Imp is a nice casting, tyres are a bugger to source. Happily, most are the same size so it should not be hard to pirate. The Dinky Hawks are lovely to do: the castings are really good so you can do a two=tone without too much grief. The beige Golf looked like a Polo... and I hope you'll lose the whizzwheels when the Land Rover gets done! The Commer, Phantom 5 and Rover 90 were pretty rough. Sorry to ramble on, but I wanted you to know that I watched to the end!
Thank you For watching and those informative comments. When I do these videos it is almost as much a surprise to me what’s coming up next. So it’s French off the cuff. Though I do edit out any major blunders I spot. Some of these are already in the box of doer uppers.As you can imagine this is an ever growing box😂
Some nice additions there, Andy. The little anonymous Lesney Car at the end of the video is No22, Vauxhall Cresta. It's 'famous' for being in the title shots of Marty's Matchbox Makeovers and the first model he restored. Also interesting is the Matchbox Superkings K49 ambulance. You don't recognise the vehicle as it's a fantasy vehicle and based only on imagination. One of my favourites and i still have mine from childhood.
Thanks for the updates, all good to know. Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope to get some of these done this year. There was no restoration this week but I have 3 near completion. I over ran on two due to unexpected extra work and the back up was started too late. Should be Lotus team cars next week, two Elites
Great selection this month Andy, what's the odds I had a donation of the same opal senator this month as well, but mine is badly damaged, all the best Martin
Awesome haul there 👍🏻
Thank you Mark.
Handy haul there, Andy: quite eclectic, too. The Lola is a del Prado Collection car - probably came with a magazine, originally: nice model. The Corgi Cortina Estate will be difficult to convert to a non-woodie motor since the interior and the wood trim are all one piece, and probably not thick enough to stand much sanding down. I did two - one in grey with a tan interior and on as a Gulf-colours Service Barge, with the damaged bumpers sanded back to run without bumpers at all. Fun to do, though, if you take your time.
You probably already know that an Interceptor has one wing vent, and the FF two - but I shouted at the computer, anyway! The ambulance looks like a Toyota Crown at the front, at least. A pal of mine had a Toronado, which I drove for ten days - suspension made of cake, but a great cruiser! The Minor was a Morris 1,000,000: they were all painted in that lilac, in the real world! The Citroën SM would make a good Code3 Doctor's Car or Med Car for a recetrack.
C-reg is 1965, and whilst the wee Imp is a nice casting, tyres are a bugger to source. Happily, most are the same size so it should not be hard to pirate. The Dinky Hawks are lovely to do: the castings are really good so you can do a two=tone without too much grief. The beige Golf looked like a Polo... and I hope you'll lose the whizzwheels when the Land Rover gets done! The Commer, Phantom 5 and Rover 90 were pretty rough.
Sorry to ramble on, but I wanted you to know that I watched to the end!
Thank you For watching and those informative comments. When I do these videos it is almost as much a surprise to me what’s coming up next. So it’s French off the cuff. Though I do edit out any major blunders I spot. Some of these are already in the box of doer uppers.As you can imagine this is an ever growing box😂
Some nice additions there, Andy. The little anonymous Lesney Car at the end of the video is No22, Vauxhall Cresta. It's 'famous' for being in the title shots of Marty's Matchbox Makeovers and the first model he restored. Also interesting is the Matchbox Superkings K49 ambulance. You don't recognise the vehicle as it's a fantasy vehicle and based only on imagination. One of my favourites and i still have mine from childhood.
Thanks for the updates, all good to know. Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope to get some of these done this year. There was no restoration this week but I have 3 near completion. I over ran on two due to unexpected extra work and the back up was started too late. Should be Lotus team cars next week, two Elites
Andy your welcome mate and a great selection of models there pal 👍
Cheers Luke 👍
Great selection this month Andy, what's the odds I had a donation of the same opal senator this month as well, but mine is badly damaged, all the best Martin
That Senator is going to Kev. Windscreen is shot. Yes it was a good selection thanks to yourself, Luke, Kev and PJ 👍 and Stafford toy fair
Hi Andy quite a great selection there this month, love the single seater from Martin
Thank you Kev. I’m half way through your video 👍
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