DINKY Restoration No. 715 Beechcraft Baron C55 1968
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- This model plane has been on my list of things to do for the best part of a year. Such a beautiful model that deserved to be brought back from the brink. It took much of my time to do and I considered not filming it as it is not a Matchbox. The thing is, if I had not filmed it, then I would have missed out on an opportunity to show case this forgotten toy from the Dinky aircraft range. I hope you can all forgive me for briefly wandering off the Matchbox path.
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Marty, I always loved my Beechcraft but it has remained in that condition for years and years nagging me to restore it. I knew in the end I would never do it and so it could not be in better hands than your own. I am SO pleased you have it and so pleased that you have done the job that I could not do. A massive smile on my face!
Dean! - So pleased that you watched this video and approve. You certainly did a great job as a kid in wrecking this beautiful model. We were all so stupid when we were young and seldom appreciated the details and work that went into theses toys! - Have a happy Christmas from Marty and family! ;)
That's true but the makers of this model accomplished their goal. They gave a child some wonderful hours of playtime and some great memories.
What a fantastic job Marty.Absolutely better than new.Kevin managed to land it OK then.So funny❤😎👍!
This is wholesome
The dents in the tail and fins was caused when I threw the plane out the upstairs window, hoping it would fly. It had everything that real planes had, propellers, an engine, wings and a cockpit, I was so surprised when it failed to stay airborne. It hit the ground rather hard and I lost the engine covers and one propeller on the very first try.
Curses! Foiled AGAIN! 😂
I look forward to it’s upcoming “Air Crash Investigation” episode!
Were you any more successful the 2nd or 3rd tries?
Bet you were quite upset when it broke after a failed flight
Disappointed rather. I had expected that it really could fly.
Marty! One of if not your best makeovers. This makeover truly shows your talents. I know that Lesney is your Bread an Butter(Australian translation :Toast and Vegemite)makeovers but you do all so well. Keep stretching yourself to other diecast makeovers . Your fans love all your work, not just Lesney.
I enjoy watching your videos old chap. You are an artist, genius and comedian.
I use to have this Dinky plane, we flew all over the world together - to the back garden, the front garden and up and down the stairs. Happy days. 🙂
yes same here.
I always like the outtakes at the end they really show how relaxing the hobby can be. :D
If people only knew the frustration and failures that have occurred over the years!! - They would never take this hobby up!!
True, but we're glad you did.
Oh, but that feeling of satisfaction when finished.
My audio was out so all I saw was a bandage appear and figured: "Kevin!"
I understand the frustration of working with small parts. My choice of vocabulary would make a sailor blush when I encounter an angry moment.
It doesn't matter what brand of diecast you makeover people will get tips and ideas from your videos. Keep them coming Marty.
Than you for this channel. Even though I’m a girl, I loved matchbox vehicles when I was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s. I broke my leg in 2 places this week, because 2020, and I enjoy watching the restorations of these vehicles. 😊
Great job, Marty. I am amazed Dinky went through the effort to paint the Continental engines gold, but the color is generally accurate. The Baron continues in production to this day, nearly sixtiy years after it was introduced. They retail for about 1.5 million dollars, U.S. If only your model were so valuable.
If a project doesn’t give you grief, you feel less satisfaction when it’s done. All art is pain. Spectacular restoration, Marty!
These Dinky aeroplanes seemed so much better than the Matchbox because they made a much better effort with the undercarriage, it's so much more realistic. As ever a great restoration.
Good Morning, Marty! You are without a doubt, the PLASMO of the miniature Diecast Hobbying World. ;o)
I own & fly a full-size version of this model, and fondly remember the Dinky that I had as a kid. The plastic engine covers (cowlings) were the first thing to get lost; nowadays it’s rare to run across a Dinky Baron that still has them. Your mention of expensive parts holds true in the full-size models as well. All aircraft parts are expensive, but Beechcraft is notorious for expensive parts pricing. At least they still make them! The hatch on the nose is primarily a baggage bay, although mine also has some avionics mounted there as well as the aircraft’s batteries. The bump atop the cabin is an air vent, although it’s not as pronounced on the full-size model as on the Dinky. Most Barons from this time period (late 1960s and 1970s) would have had a large “flying V” antenna mounted on the roof just ahead of that vent, but I imagine that Dinky omitted that detail because it would have been rather finicky to produce and easily broken. The light on the tail is an anti collision beacon; these were usually red. Sometimes there was a second rotating beacon on the belly. There would have been a white navigation light on the tip of the tailcone, along with the standard red & green ones on the wingtips. Mine has the taxi light in the tip of the nose; on newer versions this was moved to the nose gear for better illumination and to make room for a radar antenna in the nose. As you speculated, the rear two seats are somewhat smaller than the front four, and are best used by children. The access to these seats is pretty tight, and best accomplished through the rear baggage door. As someone else previously mentioned, these seats as well as the middle row can be removed to make room for cargo, and on later stretched models they can be arranged facing each other, with a small table between. A Baron is a really nice flying aircraft; the real ones do it better than this poor Dinky. Another commenter mentioned Sky King and his Cessna 310; the Baron was the Beechcraft competitor. Apologies for the long-winded comment, but thanks for a beautiful Baron makeover! Merry Christmas to you and Julie (oh, and Kevin too)!
P.S. Mechanics working on the real ones use the same vocabulary as your out takes! I figure it’s an extra $50 every time I hear one of those words!
CaptainVector Beechcraft: you can buy better but you can't buy more expensive
Our fleet (ProCharter Zambia) has the oldest commercially operated D55 in the world. I have about 500 hrs on it. Reg 9J-MJS . 22000 hrs that we know of...and used to be a BA training aircraft in the UK. Love flying it when I get a trip...and go into all manner of bush strips, so I watched this with keen interest!! Yes, also has the V antenna and the taxi light in the nose. The model is pretty close to the original except the rear undercarrairge which is a little to far rearwards....to offset Im sure the lack of engine weight and let the plane sit on its wheels and not on its bum! The first plane restoration I have seen....and loved the rebuild! Thank you!
In my opinion...and I have flown most brands, Beech IS expensive...BUT...the quality and feel from Beech..from the Baron to the King Air, is unsurpassed. You can feel it in every fibre when you operate the types.
Excellent post, very interesting to read. Thank you so much for taking the time to point out some details of the real thing. Marty.
I’m a Dinky Toys restorer myself but your makeovers started me doing Matchbox makovers as well. Thank you for your great vids. I even adopted Marty’s method on the axles. I’ve learned a lot from you! 😎
No need for an apology Marty. This was a brilliant makeover of a severely damaged model. The end result is fantastic.
Amasing what can be done . My hobby is metal detecting , finding old metal toys is common. At one time I had a person that would buy all my old pieces and parts. He had a scrap yard of
cast cars and toys. He would pick the best pieces and use them to restore that item . he allways amased me with his craftmanship and detail
The engines in Barons are manufactured by Continental Motors, and the factory engine color is indeed gold. Nice detail work, there.
That makes sense of the fact that the originals were painted gold. I thought it was just some idea from Dinky to make their model look a bit flashier.
"I'm happy with that!" very nice job. I don't mind other models apart from matchbox it makes a nice change. Also different vehicles are a nice to see as well.
I might throw another one in from time to time to keep my channel fresh and interesting. They will always be of the same era ie 1950 to 1969 ish.
I cannot believe how great it turned out. It looks brand new! I rate this makeover with the crushed dump truck you did. Both took a great deal of work to restore. The paint is beautiful and stickers look really good and I am impressed with how well you designed and made them . Thanks for sharing this as it was great to see the model brought back into flying condition again.
Thanks John it really makes a difference to hear this kind of feedback, it's what makes me continue!
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers I noticed your soldering skills have really improved too. The Muggy Weld looks like a great product.
Lots of fun watching. I have been collecting Dinky aeroplanes since I was a kid in the 1950's. I do have a collection of pre-war and post war birds. I have flown the real Barons as a pro pilot, good flying birds!
My favourite dinky as a kid. Ended up flying one as my first job flying. Of course now I need to find one to restore! Great job Marty. Now I fly the 787 from Vancouver to Melbourne! Cheers!
Awesome. I am actually restoring a Dinky E.J. Holden at the moment. It has jewelled head and tail lights, an opening bonnet and boot, and working steering. It will be a beautiful thing when it's finished.
This restoration was certainly a challenge.
The result has become beautiful.
Will be a quiet Sunday now that Kevin is flying.
Fabulous job Marty. I love how it originally looked like a plane that had crashed into the jungle complete with rust and busted wings and tail fins, and now looks fresh off the factory floor.
Wow. A lot more than just a repaint. The master's hand! Thanks again, Paul in Thailand
Excellent paint job, and once again your ingenuity on the wheel repair and tail was great to watch.
Thanks Bill appreciate your comment!
Nacelle is the entire engine housing, cowlings, fairings, etc., and the cone is called a prop spinner fairing. And while you could call it a canopy and people would know what you mean, that plane doesn't have one. In real life, those windows are separate. Great job on the restoration. Planes like that fueled my love for flying as a child, and helped me achieve it as an adult. Nice work.
FYI, the fairing over the hub of a propeller is called a Spinner. The Nacelle is the part behind the engine, where it joins onto the wing. Also, Barons have Continental engines, which are painted Gold - nice accurate touch to have them Gold on the model.
The engines are air cooled boxer 6's. Just like a Porsche 911.
One of the most beautiful models you worked...
It's 06:30 here in the UK. I'm glad I woke up early today
One of my lifes greatest regrets was loosing my Dinky Spitfire with the powered motor. I earned the toy for having an eye operation at age seven. (Now 51) Oh how I yearn for my toy back . Love your work , You are very talented.
Nice job Marty! I was ten years old living in Wichita Kansas in 1966. The Beechcraft factory where the Baron was built was only a few miles from our house. We went on a tour inside that factory.
Yes the Real Continental Engines are Gold. Amazing the Gears look Pretty Accurate . Nose lockers in the right spot Good Job. Yep We are Working here today at Beechcraft Flight Department. Nice Job!!!!
Great to here that they are still in production, much like Boeing I guess!?
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers We are apart of Textron now. The little nose light that was from the 50s. We sell but not a much as in past years. Idk if thats good or bad. The crew that makes them, We Are All Getting Older. Well Thanks for Showing a little bit of Our World. Nice Paint work. Thats why I watch
I like the fact you've done something else other than a Matchbox, and what an amazing you you've done too. Who'd have thought it would have looked that good when you started it.
Very impressed with your workmanship & patience.
No need to apologize for this model not being a matchbox. This was an excellent restoration! (Insert Tim the Tool Man grunts)!!!
Wow, it came out beautiful Marty, it doesn't matter which brand you are doing its always awesome to see and the end result is amazing.
You should expand to restoring all brands of old vehicles-this was great
Marty is showing how it's done, alright, but please stick with the vintage Lesney.
Beautiful work Marty. Dinky is another nostalgic brand for original Matchbox lovers. 😍👍
Fantastic, was a boy again, you are a genius sir, I was in my mind that boy running around the table, making engine noises, lol. Thank you I loved watching you work. ✅👍🌟
Beautifully Done!!
Totally enjoyed that, as usual. The few Dinky toys I had as a kid were well loved, too. Those "jewel" headlights were cool, and my Mom's old button collection provided suitable replacements when necessary!
Nice job, Marty. As a pilot myself, I'd proud as a peacock to have that Baron sitting in my hangar.
Most people would probably thrown that model away but it just shows what ingenuity and determination can achieve. An excellent result.
It’s still a MATCHBOX make over, love the touch
Up up and away with my beautiful beechcraft airplane, what a restoration 👍
Watching your videos is a kind of therapy for me. Love listening to you natter on about these toys. 🤗
My reaction to the reveal..... Wow -How Excellent Is That!
"I feel like a panda trying to pick up a bowling ball"
I KNEW I was going to hear that sentence today 😂
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For some reason I love it whenever Marty says "transparency" :)
You know Marty it's okay to go outside of your comfort zone to try something new once in awhile most people do it and you finale did something that worth restoring and you did a good job with the plane and looks good as new.
Yesterday I'd watched a video where a guy restored an Old Barclay Plane that was very old but he'd manage to pull it off and it looks good as new.
I've got to say, as impressed as I am with your restoration skills in bringing these little jewels back, I'm equally impressed with your use of digital resources for replicating decals or full 3d parts as well as your video editing skills. How you put Kevin in that cockpit is beyond me. Excellent as always!
Dinky, Matchbox - no matter! Your extraordinary talents and ingenuity appear to work equally on either. This was a particularly difficult restore, and watching you overcome some of the inherent issues was entertaining as well as amazing. Thanks for the "morning coffee" video, mate!
Outstanding finished project! You have tackled so many techniques and solved so many problems in this casting! Congfats!
Continental Motors of Mobile Alabama paint some of their engines gold. Great repair!
Brilliant result after a lot of skilful work. Thanks.
Another amazing makeover. Looks brandnew when finished.
Your best production so far 🙃
Oh, boy, that's a nice one!
I lusted after this in the Dinky catalogue.
Man you are a genius at this. Thank you for this great video!
Marty, your outtakes are as priceless as the actual makeovers! Thanks for the laughs.
I own and fly one of these aircraft in real life. The bump on the top is an air vent thats controllable from the cabin to bring ram air into the cabin. The door at the front is the forward cargo bay. The level of detail on this model is incredible - I can point out all the details that are also present on my real one. Good job on the restoration.
Thanks for showing all the great techniques!
That was challenging...Beautiful work, as always!
A DInky! It's the end of the world as we know it!
Seriously, that was a super restoration and it really doesn't matter if it is a Corgi, which I always felt were the best, Dinky I felt were just bigger Matchboxes.
They all have special places in our hearts and deserve restoring and being given a new lease on life.
The engines on the 1:1 aircraft are probably gold, but truly a lovely restoration.
Music for Kevin's flight of fancy....Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf. Maybe Flight of the Bumblebee (Koala)
Flight of the Koala may sound a bit Wagneresque. eh?
I think its okay that its not a matchbox; there are many models out there that could deserve a new lease in life. And as always a great job! Looks fantastic!
Great video...entertaining and educational. True reality video bit at the end is what really happens behind the scenes...Come back, Kevin!
Best makeover yet Marty, you should do more Dinky/Corgi models.🙂👍
Hahaha!! Force of habit I guess calling the propellors "original matchbox parts". (32 minute mark) Cracking job as always!
What a marvel, Marty!! Very impressed with your metal work on the tail section. Can't believe how well that turned out. A tremendous makeover. Thank you for all your hard work and frustrations to makeover these diecasts. Anyone "offended" you "strayed" from doing Matchbox only toys, is a crackpot. Thanks again, Marty!
Thanks Marty, I really enjoyed that restoration. Made a real nice change to see something different being brought back to its former glory
Great job, Marty! 👍🏻🔝
Thanks Peter!
Great restoration Marty! It looks brand new!! I just can’t say enough about how awesome it is! Fantastic job!
Excellent restoration, Sir! It is a pleasure to watch your work. Some of us "hobby" vicariously through your channel.
Marty, don't apologize for not making over a matchbox, this was a great makeover! Keep up the great work!
Outstanding, as ever I hasten to add, Marty. It's got great proportions, a really beautiful little model.
It sure is a beauty, i can only imagine what it looked like straight out of the box at Christmas 1968!
Car or not it's a lovely restoration with a blooper highlight 💜💜
I like that you put time and patience into a model. It turned out like new. It's like you felt that it deserved to be a new toy again. Great job. I'm happy with that!
You are an amazingly patient and talented gentleman indeed. Thank you for posting. --Tom LLAP
The 'avionics cover' is actually a luggage storeage area. Very nice restoration.
Superb work. That one was a mess and needed restoring. Nothing wrong with restoring other brands of diecasts. It's a bit late now, but the non spinning propellers mentioned at 27:52 could be placed in a drill chuck, and a very small file applied to the prop shaft - to turn the shaft down, in the part where it goes through the engine nacelle casting.
You know what I'm going to try to push them out from the rear of the prop shaft and give this ago!
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers Good luck. Even just filing the paint off the prop shaft will make a difference to the diameter. It's a bit like turning down a piece in a lathe.
Amazing makeover Marty! You are truly an artist.
A really good restoration job there Marty. With the newspaper headline you should have had Kevin buzzed by a UFO when he was flying the plane.
Would of been great but would probably have taken another hour to make it happen! - Sometimes you have to say it's time to 'call it' and start to edit all of the footage. This 30 minute video was cut from over 2 hours of footage , just to put things into perspective! :)
Wow! This came out great. What a heck of a lot of work! $5.00 Patreon supporter here. I'm glad it's enabling you to do great restorations like this.
Thanks Marty for brightening up a drab Sunday morning here in the States.
Than you so much murrij! - I need you guys!
Marty, good Makeover, I would grant you an Airworthiness Certificate!
🎵🎶 Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines they “Go Uppty Up Up, they go Downdity Down Down”.🎶🎵
I see that Kevin is as cheeky as ever.
You used all your skills for this one! Great job! Props to Kevin for not bringing a civilian aboard the first test flight of a newly recertified aircraft. It also leaves more cargo room and weight capacity for the drugs he is smuggling in off the Asian coast by flying low under the radar and landing on small bush airfields.
Absolutely the best part of the weekend; fresh cup of coffee and a new Marty's Matchbox Makeover video! (Even though it's not really a Matchbox but a Dinky.) As long as it's Marty doing the repairs, "I'm happy with that!" Thanks again Marty for a super restoration.
Great restoration! Btw, that newspaper headline about a UFO over Darwin looked interesting lol.
It's a shame they haven't picked up Kevin, yet...
What a GLORIOUS RESTORATION.
I LOVE IT:)
I love that you used my local paper the NT News. Thank you for another great tutorial.
From Damo, Humpty Doo, NT, Australia
My dad used to have one as a kid. He now has a red one instead of the yellow one. I used to sand the wheels off of my model airplanes because I found some looking nice with them "up" BTW! The front part is a baggage compartment. My sister LOVED that hole and always was in there. We had a baron sitting in our hangar for more than 5 years
looks great, I think you did a perfect job
It is uncanny how that low volume music you use makes one feel as we watch the work unfold,..SNAP,...Ohhh "M@#*F@**R". Matchbox or not this was a great makeover. A nice little toy.
Hammer the rod out thinner to make it easier and melt a bit faster when it comes into contact with the hot base metal. Love your videos, Marty.
Don't apologize. This was as good as any of your other videos. This is your channel. You do you.
Dinky Toys was the brand name for a range of die-cast zamac zinc alloy miniature vehicles produced by Meccano Ltd. They were made in England from 1934 to 1979, at a factory in Binns Road in Liverpool.
Yes, I know.
Thanks for that,, I didn't,,,
@@jamescampbellhenderson1689 youre welcome
This was an awesome restoration , Marty !!!!!!!!! So enjoyable to watch you you work , Sir. Also have a Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!
Great video, and a beautiful restoration! The outtakes were unexpected, and the best!
I love the way that you fix the tail, at the end of the video looks like never been broke, excellent work
Thank you very much!