Dinky Renovation of Thunderbird 2 No. 101. Based on the TV series. Toy. Die-cast model.
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- Dinky's Thunderbird 2 was launched in 1967. Due to its popularity, it was produced in several different versions, until production stopped in 1975. It is often believed that the Thunderbird 2 was produced in many colors other than green because children avoided green things, i.e. vegetables! You can turn on subtitles in your language with the action commentary in the video. The first version of this model featured four bolts in the base model and one rivet in the container. This version also had thin legs which were a very weak element of this model. In the 70's the legs were made thicker. In my copy, all the legs were damaged. There was only one leg left in its entirety, but it was very crooked. I made new legs out of steel wire and put a copper tube clamp on it. Putting it together turned out to be a very stressful activity and required a lot of patience. I also made a box compatible with the original one from this year. Thank you for watching the movie, I publish videos with the repair of cars on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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Got this for my 9th birthday, l,m in my 60,s now....
Time flies like a Thunderbird.
Same. I loved that toy
The cardboard box making was the real treat. A old TB2 with TB4 is rare. Normally the TB4 ends up lost on a mission in the duck pond.
F.A.B. restoration (sorry I couldn't resist!!)
Thank you very much
Just kept hearing the Thunderbirds theme all the way thru the video..
Fantastic work! I very much remember having that one as a kid.
I vividly remember mine. Yes, you're right; T4 was plastic. I had Thunderbird 3 as well. I also had a larger T4 bath toy. I think my favourite, though, was the large plastic Stingray which I had, which was powered to move in the bath. Of the Thunderbirds vehicles, T2 was always my favourite. My mother used to love the trees falling away to the side on launch. It cracked her up every time! 🌴
Always longed to own one of these as a lad but could never afford it. Instead, I got one of the Spectrum vehicles from Captain Scarlet.
Como sempre um capricho incrível, parabéns Paul!
Muito obrigado
Wonderful re-engineering of this beast, Paul! From the pristine patch of paint inside to match, to the lathe-turned exhaust master, to the hit glue cast replacements, to the replacement landing gear legs. Just brilliant modelling, Paul. The finish is gorgeous.
Bravo@
Many thanks!
Do dziś dobrze pamiętam serię "Thunderbird". (Jakiś czas temu był znowu w telewizji i z przyjemnością go oglądałem, nawet jako "staruszek").
Świetna robota Paweł, modele znów wyglądają pierwszorzędnie. Techniczne udoskonalenia też znów działają perfekcyjnie 👍🏼.
Dobra robota 😎
Dzięki za udostępnienie, zdecydowanie kciuki ode mnie za to 👍🏼
Miłego weekendu dla ciebie i twojej rodziny i pozostań bezpieczny i zdrowy.
Trzymaj się dobrej roboty mój przyjacielu.
Pozdrowienia od zwariowanego na punkcie Die-castów staruszka nad jesiennie chłodnym Morzem Północnym.
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I still remember the "Thunderbird" series well. (It was on TV again some time ago and I enjoyed watching it again, even as an "old man").
Great work, Paul, the models look first class again. The technical refinements work perfectly again too 👍🏼.
Well done 😎
Thanks a lot for sharing, definitely a thumbs up from me for this 👍🏼
Have a great weekend to you and your family and stay safe and sound.
Keep up the good work, mate.
Greetings from the Die-cast-crazy old man at the autumn-cool North Sea.
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An die "Thunderbird" Serie kann ich mich noch gut erinnern. (Vor einiger Zeit lief sie nochmal im TV und ich hab sie mir, auch als "alter Mann " wieder gern angesehen 😁)
Tolle Arbeit, Paul, die Modelle sehen wieder erstklassig aus. Auch die technischen Finessen funktionieren wieder einwandfrei 👍🏼
Gut gemacht 😎
Vielen Dank fürs teilen, von mir ganz klar ein Daumen hoch dafür 👍🏼
Dir und Deiner Familie ein schönes Wochenende und bleibt gesund und munter.
Mach weiter so, mein Freund.
Gruß vom Die-cast-verrückten alten Mann an der herbstlich kühlen Nordsee.
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Vielen Dank Paul
Cant believe what I've just watched..unbelievable..!! The patience and talent you have in restoring these vehicles is amazing..take a bow sir..!!
Thank you very much
I was born in 64 & I had always wanted one of these as it was my favourite thunderbird.
Mine too, Between me and my brother we had them all, I had T2 and T3 and 4, he had T1 and T5 (which was a big toy). But I have to say that, at least here in the UK, the green was the proper green, the colour, here is not a T2 colour and in fact the yellow of T4 is not right either,
I was born in '61 and always wanted one too. Didn't get one then... but! I did buy one for my son in 1998! He lost interest in it soon after.... so I finally got MY Thunderbird II. It's currently sitting on my desk 😊
Holy Moly! What an awesome restoration! You are ingenious is reconstructing needed parts. Way to go Paul, great job. 💕😊
Thank you very much Joalla
I had this thunderbird as a kid in the early 1970’s & Lady Penelope’s Rolls Royce
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This brings back so many memories. I got this same model for my 8th birthday. I played with it so much. I remember wondering why it wasn’t the same shade of green as the one on TV. I still loved that toy regardless. I watched the TV show every morning.
I still have my beaten and scratched Thunderbird 2. I’ll never part with it. Thanks for an amazing video.
Extraordinary restoration and attention to detail, of an iconic toy of the 60s.
Thank you very much Carl
Wow! Great job Paul! Beautiful! 👍
Thank you very much Dimi
This was a great toy , got a second hand one from my cousin when l was little , played with it for years , brought back good memories , thank you.
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It's nostalgic and wonderful!
I had this exact Thunderbird 2 when I was a kid!
It was the most accurate Thunderbird model released at the time!
With my 8-year-old daughter we send you our great congratulations from Uruguay for this incredible restoration of this extremely beautiful piece!
Thank you very much
Very nice restoration.
The Thunderbird 4 is actually a Matchbox one from the early 1990's when they made their toy line to coincide with re-runs of Thunderbirds on BBC TV here in the UK. The Dinky one was smaller and made of a single plastic moulding with a minimal amount of detailing (red engines and the number 4 on either side).
Yes - that's how I remember 'Thunderbird 4' from the one I had in 1977.
Thank you very much
OMG I had that exact toy when I was a boy. Also the Eagle from Space 1999 was one of my favourites :)
I had one too.
Yeah, I had an Eagle. The one with the removable pod, kind of like this. Don't think I ever had one of these, although I might have. Kind of rings a bell. Might have been someone else's, but can't be sure. Just noticed the box says "another Meccano product." I had Meccano sets as well. Surprised to find out just last week that they're still being made.
A loving restoration. Had one when I was 12 or so and cherished it for years.
Many thanks!
Not only a restoration job, but also an improvement. Well done!
Thank you very much
I had this toy when I was a wee ‘un growing up in SE England. I loved Thunderbirds and still do. The 60s and 70s were great for a TV Sci-Fi fan: Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Space 1999, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, Star Trek, Timeslip, The Tripods, Doctor Who… I loved them all, and I often re-watch these shows at the age of 60.
I had this and all the other TB vehicles, including the larger scale TB4, also quite a few of the Captain Scarlet vehicles too - what a great childhood!
Magic is happening here! 💯👍😍 Great job Paul - and a jolly weekend for all of you!
Thank you very much
Marvelous Paul , félicitations c’est magnifique ! It was a tricky model with its tiny plastic parts and rusty springs, but you handled the restoration and painting brilliantly . The Pink Rolls Royce from Thunderbird’s was one of my favorite toys but I never got the TB2 as a kid , I would stare at it under it’s blister at the toy shop dreaming of the little yellow submarine . You have repaired this wrong , thank you my friend and thanks for all the beautiful childhood memories your restorations revive . Thunderbirds are go !!!
Thank you very much
Beautiful restoration work. I used to watch the thunderbirds when I was a kid.
Thank you very much
I got one of those for my 8th birthday and tore the box open in excitement. I had no idea how expensive an original box would be in 2022.
Sod the value,you enjoyed the toy more than any money,I did with my one🙂
Brings back memories . I had a later version, it had the proper green, T4 was plastic and the screws you undid were rivets . Like yours, the first things go were the sprung legs. They were a bit thin for what was a fairly weighty T2.
Cool, greetings
Beautifully done. I hope that the legs don't tarnish.
Thank you very much George
This is superb Paul, one of my most favourite toys when I was little and rare that you have this original model with the metallic paint and metal T4. Its now owned and produced by Corgi Toys and they produce it with a more standard solid green and I believe T4 is now plastic. Think you did a fantastic restoration Paul, definitely one of my favourites! 🥇👍🙌🤩
Thank you very much
I still have my TB 2 & 4 from when I was a kid. Mine is in about the exact same condition as this before the restoration, although my TB 4 is made from yellow plastic. Great video!
I had the same one with the TB2 in the correct green and the TB4 in yellow plastic.
Thank you very much
I had one of these back in the early seventies..I still remember playing with it in the dirt under our house.. it's very possible it's still buried there...
I had the blue one way back in the early 70’s, can’t remember what happened to it though.
If possible I can get into the house with a metal detector if you could find that thing and restore it it would be worth some bucks when that Thunderbirds movie came out in the 90s they had a complete set of the ships all five of them and my local discount store got them in so I bought a set so I have all of them the four ships and the space station all in diecast metal
@@kenwaid8239 Sadly my parents sold that house back in 1980, if I was still living there I would certainly go in search of it and other old toys of mine that are likely still there.
Wow. Brilliant job. Well done.
Thank you very much
This reminds me of the joy I had, having this as a toy. Wonderful to see, brings back great memories.
Fantastic restoration.
Many thanks!
Love it! I remember playing with one with my brother - endless hours of fun! Thanks for the memories!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Zajímavý model. Hezká renovace.👍 Pavel 🇨🇿
Dziękuję bardzo Pavel
Als Kind habe diese Serie geliebt! Es war/ist übrigens kein Zeichntrick, sondern Knetfiguren mit Drahtversteifung. Deine Restaurationsarbeit ist, wieder mal, unfaßbar, fantastisch! Ich meine das beurteilen zu können, ich habe 40 Jahre als Dreher und CNC-Programmierer gearbeitet. Von 0,3 mm Durchmesser bis 800 mm Durchmesser, Stahl, Alu, Messing, Kupfer, Bronze, Titan, Niob, Silber, Gold uvm., alles gedreht.
Vielen Dank Arnold , cool
I had one of these when I was a kid, it was my very favorite die cast toy.
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So rare , and different.
Great work as always, this one is amazing .
Mike
Fab job.
It’s only just now occurred to me why Del-Boy’s yellow, Robin Reliant van from Only Fools and Horses seemed so familiar - it’s Thunderbird 4 😂😂😂
Thank you very much
Beautiful restoration work as usual.Please keep it up.
I had one as a kid and will never forget that shrill squeal that the rollers make when it is pushed along.
My Dad bought it for me, from the Play Scene toy shop in Kempton Park, one Saturday morning in 1976.
One of the neighbourhood kids stole it. I knew who the culprit was but I had no proof, I later caught him stealing a toy cap-gun out of my room and beat seventeen kinds of crap out of him.
I would’ve told him “I want my Thunderbird two back, or I’m gonna beat you again, and this time you’re going to go to the hospital, punk.”
Thank you very much!
I love your solution for the foil air inlets!
Thank you very much Matt
I remember this older kid whose mom would watch me before school had this toy. I loved it and I would play so carefully with it. I loved the reruns of this show.
Thank you very much
Yup had this as a child and Thunderbird 4 was often on missions in the bath or sink.
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@@PaulRestorer Not as cool as your talent for restoration.
Thanks.
Wow I love the way he makes the original boxes ❤
Thank you very much
Great restoration of an iconic tv toy Paul!!! Love the upgraded legs and new molded engines. Decals and details are top notch. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much John
I was really looking forward to seeing this restored and you didn't disappoint
Very ingenious idea regarding the legs. Well done 👍🏻
Thank you very much Mike
The problem i have with a lot of the Dinky TV models are the wrong colours they were painted. Thunderbird 2 was a flat, non metallic green in the shows, but was painted metallic green by Dinky.
I was going to say that I agree with you man👍
It was the same with the Dinky UFO Interceptors. Dinky painted green, TV show white.
Dinky was crap at research
I’ve still got mine from when I was a kid, still in good condition in blue with the little plastic Thunderbird 4
I'm sure one I had too unfortunately I broke the bit where legs went up cracked bracket
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My favourite childhood toy and in the same colour I'm so glad you didn't change it to the green that came later
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Hey Paul...i watched the Thunderbirds growing up and number 2 has always been my favorite ship from the show. It looks great and good idea for the legs and diffusers! Makes me wanna buy one!
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Super renowacja kosmicznego ogórka! Pozdrawiam.
I didn’t know that Thunderbird 2 had a nickname.
LOL!
I stared with my mouth open. So unusual and interesting. Super video
Thank you very much Artur
I have still got my toy T2, the 1970s reissue, yes Dinky made it more bluish green rather than the TV series solid green which I found annoying as a kid. There are no water transfer decals on mine, they just went with sticky labels. The T4 that comes with mine is made from hollow plastic, I remember filling it with yellow plasticine to give it more weight and a more solid underside. I no longer have the packaging but I remember it wasn't a box with mine, more a folded cardboard tray and a transparent molded top covering, the plastic legs are still intact and working. Some kids attempted to stand T4 on its legs then push the pod down which caused them to break. I avoided doing it. Lovely restoration, thanks for the video.
Cool. Thank you very much
Huh! I had this when I was a kid. Such a great toy.
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About 30 years ago I worked with a guy who was an antique toy collector/dealer, as it turns out there are usually
quite a comprehensive backstory to some, if not all of these die cast toys.
Reasons as to why the Thunderbird 2 was so inaccurate in both colour and design. Both faults were corrected in
the final incarnation of which I have 2 mint examples.
So why are the original 60's versions blue and not green. ?
Apparently Dinky had a surplus of blue metallic paint and because back in the day everyone watched Thunderbirds
on a Black and White TV set they thought nobody would ever notice.
Why are the wings placed too far forward on these early models to the point it looks awful.?
Dinky were forced to move the wings into that position to accommodate the side push buttons for the leg
deployment apparently designed by a different department.
Your video is highly interesting and I shall be watching more of your content.
There used to be people out there (again I'm talking about a long time ago) who produced spare parts for classic
toys even copies of the original packaging, I have no idea as to whether they still exist. They were every expensive
though.
very interesting comment. Thank you very much and best regards
A beautiful series with beautiful models. Awesome as you have restored this model. The manufacturing of the new legs is also magnificent.
Thank you very much
Lecimy w kosmos 👍
W serialu były również inne ciekawe pojazdy.... 👍👍👍
Dokładnie , już parę zrobiłem
I always thought that Thunderbird 2 was much more of a glossy ‘pea-green’ colour, not so metallic.
It was, but as Paul say's above the toy came in different colours, although mine was the same colour as this one - metalic blue.
I thought I was going crazy because mine was definitely green
@@xanderguldie I can safely say (as I own a original in good condition) that the colour should be pea green.
The TB2 is pea green in the show, but Dinky painted their toy in that shade of metallic green.
@@devilmaycare2809 i can safely say that the green colour isnt the only colour this toy came in, there is a blue and a dark green colour
I had a green one with red struts and engines. Personally I was hoping that he would change the color to green...
I am in a assisted living situation and I have recently found out that my father has gotten rid of all of my collectable items. And I have, well used to have, a lot of stuff from space 1999 and ufo show. I would have loved to restore some of the stuff. So I have to settle for watching 👀 someone else do it. THANKS!
I had one of those as a child. Brings back some great memories. I had one of the 70's one as it was metalic blue
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I had one of these as a kid. Ah, the memories of youth.
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My go to Dinky when I was 6. TB4 lasted 2 days and was never seen again 😂
TB ARE ...GONE😢
I do wonder why Dinky often chose odd colours for their diecast toys. Thunderbird 2 is a great example, how difficult would it have been to make the paint green and the legs grey or black? Another one was the Space 1999 Eagle Transporter: the nuclear waste transporter was white IIRC but the personnel transporter was a very strange green colour lol
Back in the 70s we only had a black and white TV, up until 81. But for Xmas 77, my brother got this exact toy, in blue. So for the next few years I believed TB2 was blue. Imagine my shock and horror when we finally got a colour TV!
My brother passed away 2 years ago, but I've inherited his blue TB2, with original TB4, nothing broken but a few chips and scratches. It will stay that way too.
I also saved his 2 eagles. He managed to swap the bodies to create a full white Eagle, and a green/blue one.
I remember so many of these old model toys on your channel. - Good to see them brought back to life. TY.
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What a lot of effort you put into your restorations, with ultimately excellent results.
Especially this one.
Thank you very much
I love Thunderbird 🏅😍
absolutely excellent effort and great skill. sorry the colour is miles off. The green as a kid, was so distinctive. I appreciate getting a match is like...
I think they did that model in Green and blue, I’ve seen both
The V1 was green like in the show. Later versions were this turquoise colour (mine is) and it always really annoyed me that it wasn't screen accurate.
Many thanks
Loved the show as a kid, and had one of these T2's.
Your resto job came out magnificently; but I winced when you pushed the pod back into the body of T2...I thought to myself "that's going to take some paint off !"
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Cool, thanks!
What a superb restoration.
Bought a restoration offf ebay that had a repro box.
It looked better than it would have originally.
Thank you very much
@@PaulRestorer Hey, credit where it's due.
My thunderbird 4 was plastic yours looks metal ,and i never understood why dinky made them in that gun metal blue colour yet the tv series its green ?
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not all of them were gun metal blue there is like 3 versions green blue and dark green. its weird that dinky did that
Great restore Paul 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you very much Franky
Thunderbirds are Go! Corgi got the cool TV/film franchises like Batman and James Bond, Dinky just had the Gerry Anderson vehicles, I was happy to find a Captain Scarlet Maximum Security Vehicle last month. Great restoration of an iconic model. The legs look fiddly.
Thank you very much Jim
Awesome restoration and upgrade. The new Landinggear is great. The red Rocketengines looks a little to soft. But overall a very nice Result with a originaly recreated Box. Fantastic.
Thank you very much Udo
Hello nice renovation job, but the color of the TB2 is not accurate in my opinion cheers.
Definitely agree with that.. it’s true to the model, but way off from what it’s supposed to be.
Ok, thanks
I love Thunderbird 2 I have this exact same model Thanks for restoring this one ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR ...THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!!
That was Stingray.
@@HappyCynic oops I got a bit carried away! You are correct Sorry hehe
@@jamescasey1696 Sorry. My inner nerd got the better of me.
Brilliant! I smiled all the way through that. Loved it 👍🏻👏🏻👌🏻
As children my brother and I were avid Thunderbirds watchers. It always used to bother me that T2 would drop the pod for T4 in the sea, the door would open and T4 would slip down the ramp and go do its stuff. But how did they pick it all up afterwards?
Even now, that can keep me awake at night.....😉
Beautiful!
That is awesome!
LOL, that's what I always used to think, and also, dropping the pod from such a height I'd have thought Gordon Tracey would have a broken back!😂😂😂
Great job but as we know thunderbird 2 was green and not metallic blue...
This is metallic green not blue. I don’t know what’s wrong with what you are watching this on, but on my iPad the color is perfect.
I guess there's something wrong with my monitor as well then since it also looks bluer than the usual Thunderbird 2 to me. 🤷🏻♂
@@kenwaid8239 Puny human there is nothing wrong with the advanced alien tech we have in our ships!! We are watching your planet and have a massive armada above your planet's atmosphere. In fact, we are ready to invade and will enslave your carbon-based masses...I digress, We did however find your Thunderbird series amusing...It is somewhat ironic as you will also be our puppets very soon!!... Our color spectrum is far more advanced than your primitive tech...As it appears to you blue is green and green is blue...petty mindless humans!
@@kenwaid8239 it's between metallic blue and green
The studio model was green but apparently the model came out in different colors
I liked the used condition more, nice video though
Thank you very much
Nice job. I had one of these when they first came out around 1965-66. It was definitely matt green rather than metallic blue.
yep deep green like the show - later ones were turquoise
I still have the later metallic blue version which I got for either my 9th or 10th birthday 1975/76 ! Always wanted the metallic green version at the time, but they'd stopped doing that colour, despite it being in the Dinky catalogue. Also still got Lady Penelope's FAB1.
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It's a lovely restoration for sure, but I'm sorry - that colour is completely wrong. Thunderbird 2 was GREEN.
Thinking the same thing myself but I guess he's restoring the colour of the original toy, rather than correcting it.
Agree
Read the description
Step off the dudes nuts he matched it perfect to the old color
The Thunderbirds was one of my favorite cartoon when I was a child. You can watch it now on ME TV on Saturdays late at night.
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As well as the restoration, I found this so therapeutic and relaxing to watch. Thanks.
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Had one of those as a kid, it was a cool toy! I think my submarine was plastic. A++ even better than new!
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I thought Thunderbird 2 had a more yellowish green colour, not this metallic blueish green?
There were two types in the Dinky series, vivid green and this metallic turquoise version. It was dirty green in the original series, hence probably your thoughts.
Appreciated, good work
Thank you very much
Sir, may I congratulate you, not only for your skills, but also for your patience. Thank you for sharing this beauty with us !
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I used to play with that as a kid! I'm 35 now where did the time go... Thank you for the blast from the past.
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I had this toy also the Captain Scarlet cars and the SHADO UFO intercepter & SHADO Armoured vehicle.
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THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!!!! I remember the poing poing poing poing sound from the landing gear. This was a great hiding spot for little things.
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Sweet! Never seen Die-Cast Thunderbird vehicles. Awesome!
Thank you very much
you made the red boosters almost twice the size they should be
The T2 decal on top the wing needs rotating by 180. You got it correct on the underside. Check images from the show.
Thank you very much
Great job Paul, what a neat idea for it's legs, would never have thought of that. Hopefully my comment about Thunderbird 2's colour will help some people who criticise and say, it's the wrong colour, well, thats Dinky for you. As you've mentioned Paul, this model was released in 1967 and production stopped in 1975, this model that Paul has painted is a later production model in which its paint scheme had gone from green to a turquoise colour even though its model number is still 101, the later blue models were a new tooling and was given a new model number, # 106.
Thank yoy very much
I have one of those with the (mostly broken) spindly legs. I also got the "2nd gen" one with the beefier legs. Your solution is *spectacular*. Before I lost the little yellow shuttle I broke off the ends of the engine tubes. Thank you for doing this. These childhood memories deserve all the TLC you are giving them.
Very cool!
wrong colour?... should be Green ....great restoration though...nicely done
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@@PaulRestorer i wasn't saying you painted it the wrong colour ...... the Manufacturer originally did ...
you did an excellent job restoring it as it was..
I had those when i was a kid. im 69 now
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Moin Paul. Super Lösung mit die 4 neue Beine. Hast super zusammen gestellt und gefertigt. Tolle Video. LG Jan
Vielen Dank Jan
Very cool! I had one of these when I was a kid, and this video brings back the memories! Thanks!
Thank you very much
I could never understand why the later model was painted blue.
Because they thought that green toys wouldn’t sell, strange times back then.
Holly crap mate I had them when I was a kid
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