Junkman

Firstly, a Matador is not a Mopar, secondly, I'm not sure whether all Mustang fans would agree with your opinion regarding the Mustang IIs and IIIs, but what you have in mind with that II looks ace! I think you're on to something there and you should proceed with it.

Thank you. You need to aim for the slightly sloppy finish, otherwise they lose their charm. Making spray masks is the next thing I want to do, to achieve exactly the effect you describe.

Thanks! I can only recommend it. You can get wrecked ones for Pennies at a boot sale/flea market/garage sale. I don't know about the American brands, but you can even get spare parts for most of the British ones.

It has crossed my mind to put some Cragar SSes on mine.

Fiat Multipla

Nice! I started some Spot-Ons, but haven't got around to detail paint them yet. I wanted this Bentley to resemble Jason King's car in Department S. Then did the Isetta for good measure: And a Jag MK1:

Entirely by the way, how did/do you chaps do your instrument panels? Some googling was done, and what I saw in the real cars is rather naff. OK, nothing wrong with that, but there seem to be quite a few variations of a boring theme. Some have woodgrain (I guess Daytonas), some have body colour, and some have beige paint.

Because you used hardware store antique white spray paint right on that black plastic. Often the biggest imaginable rubbish in combination with the most laid back attitude just works. Don't ask. It just is so. And your model is just bloody brilliant. Ye olde Englishe white and a red interior just look good every time.

VW Transporter. This one is actually quite rare, since the tool was modified to make the tow version. Note: the shonkiness of the detail painting is deliberate! It wasn't better on the originals.

I, too have gotten into diecast toy restorations. Mainly old Corgis, Dinkys and Spot-Ons, what you can buy for Pennies at the boot sale. I'll treat this thread more like a blog, because I feel to open a separate thread for each one would spam the forum too much. Anyway, I gave all the models I restored so far (a whopping two) to my children to play with them. They agreed that once they are done with them, I'll restore them again, and they will give them to their children to play with. I'm telling you guys, these toys will survive me! So here goes for starters. Corgi Jag MK10:

This post has too few pictures.

I got this one for a tenner, because it's missing the aerial and the rear view mirror. Otherwise it's good, and I like the green, because I'm weird. What I instantly disliked, are the whitewalls, so I did a 30 second conversion: It's all about style, you know. But what I really can't live with, is this grimness: I say, I say, it's about as inspiring as the waiting room at the dentist's, what, what? And it's such a shame, because the interior is actually quite nicely detailed. Something must be done. And I started it today: Believe it or not, it was two hours work to make a kit out of it. Plans are now to tart up the interior, instrument panel and engine. The latter isn't anything to write home about, but at least a bit of colour can be added. My plan for the interior is to make it green, which was available for the real car. I'll also paint the roof beige, including the underside. The upside for appearance, the underside because I hope one can see the interior better, when it's a light colour. Then I will foil the side window frames, and 'glaze' the vent windows and quarter lights. The rest will be a bit of foiling and detail painting, like e.g. the taillights. I hope my resident graphic artist will have made my numberplates soon, because I want to finish it off with a nice set of period plates.

So let me get this straight... You made this from a Gabriel kit? You are Gerald Wingrove, AICMFP.

Nah, it's junk.

Erm: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94174

I would never ever build this kit... That is a nice colour, starting to regret that I made mine green. Mine is made from the blue plastic, and the colour is the only difference between those kits.

AMT made a Ford Capri MKII as well, but one could argue it is a German car, since it is US spec and those were built in Cologne. One could make it into a UK car quite easily, though. Then there were Capri MKIs in 1/20 scale, initially by Sharp, those were later reissued by Bandai several times with various box arts. Bandai also made a Capri MKII in 1/32. Not sure whether the Otaki 1/24 Capri MKI RS 3100 has been mentioned yet. It is crude in the Palmer school of kits, but was reissued by Academy/Minicraft. Best avoided. How about the Tamiya Sierras? IIRC there were several versins of the RS500, and an XR4i. Revell made Escort MKIIIs in 1/25. Has the Imai/Aoshima/Revell FX4 Taxi been mentioned yet? Not strictly cars, but there are the Bedford kits by Emhar, and the Revell Routemaster. ESCI did a Transit MKII with a RHD option included in the kit. Unfortunately it was never reissued by Italeri. Wills Finecast (now Southeastern) made a 1/24 scale Morgan 3-wheeler. Not sure whether that is still in their lineup portfolio. The Parts Box (Australia) makes a resin Bedford CA van and a Bedford S-Type in 1/24. On a different note, the Revell Cadet kits that were mentioned earlier (Rover P5, Vauxhall Cresta, Jaguar MKI) are not 1/32 scale, but smaller. They vary in scale from 1/45 to 1/40. Midori made a 4.5 litre Blower Bentley, which was reissued several times, even by Revell once.

OMGNOTSLAMT!

Cheers, m8! Well, it's about time to watch it again, then?

Aren't they just joyful little things? Thanks god I'm old enough to just about still having had a nice childhood, filled with Dinkys, Corgis, and Spot-Ons, and completely void of computers or colour telly. Lately, I caught myself doing up some old Corgis and I gave them to my little daughter to play with. Once she is done with them, I'll restore them again, and give them to my eventual grandchildren. She is merely eight, and has already agreed to it. I would have never guessed, that anyone one on this forum could possibly be into such stuff. So let's see how popular it really turns out to be.

Oh thanks, Junk!

Flocking is a pip, if you apply a simple trick. Paint the area to be flocked with some slow drying enamel close to the desired colour, or with some slow drying enamel clear, if it is already in the desired colour, mix your flocking to the desired colour (you can mix flockings like paints), and dust it through a tea strainer like this onto the still wet paint. After a few minutes, shake off the excess. The initial result after that won't be very encouraging, but do not despair. After the paint has dried, it'll be perfect. It never failed me. Re. Hemi - this thing is as curbside as one could possibly get, so it packs a Hemi if I say it does. Which I don't. Because it doesn't.

Ahem... Even if he'd whack some Donks on it, it would still be OK, because we all can do what we want. I'd slam this thing and paint it so psychedelic, that even John Lennon's Roller pales in comparison.

I'm baaaack! After what amounts effectively to a 15 year hiatus, I decided to do a few builds. To get off my hodad status, and put you all in a state of awe, I thought something really advanced for a start is the order. Hence I chose this utterly complex old Jo-Han Stomachacher Studebaker kit, with its overwhelming parts count. If you struggle to count past three that is. Or even seven. Besides, I wouldn't cry if I ruined it in the process, but so far, everything looks like this isn't even happening. I painted the body and foiled it: I think it would be rather beating a dead horse if I told you lot of artisans how to do this. Some primerage was had, then I whacked on the contents of a 30 year old rattle can, that I heated until the bottom bulged outward, followed by some clear lacquer, which I bought new. One thing I noticed is that despite everything became worse over the past 15 years, clear lacquer seems to be the only thing that actually improved. Anyway, I think the colour does approximate 1962 Studebaker Green Jade pretty well, at least when you see the model in the flesh. Then I brush painted the interior, and flocked the floor: And did a preliminary mock-up: Now it's all about adding the second interior colour, and detail painting. Oh, and slagging off my work is not only welcome, but explicitly encouraged.

Actually, in 1962 I was still flying with the mosquitoes. My parents just had met and were dancing the twist. Photographic evidence present in family album. Gave me quite a roffler tbh.