These small car restorations come out so much nicer when you take that extra step of sanding, buffing, or other ways smoothing the surface before painting. Very entertaining to watch.

Absolutely love my commercial vehicles. Fantastic job done. Thanks

I love that old toys get a second life. Great job.

Cool casting. I have a few trucks and things but until now I have discarded them. Maybe I should restore them one day

Very good job on this restoration found you by accident glad I did

Looking newer than new. Great job.

Really good work! You turned the frame back. But he is bent too.

I really like this casting, there is so much detail on the compressor parts!

Looks good but still bent downward in the center of the chassis between cab and compressor section. Overall paint and details look good. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely job thanks 👍🇬🇧

I like your restoration effort on your yellow lorry mate. I also really dig the Eric the Biker music in the background mate!👍🚚😁👍

Great restoration 👍

Looks superb! The detail on the compressor engine is excellent given the size of the model.

Excellent. Using cockpit spray on the wheels is a new one on me...I'll give it a try. When you do get a drill press you will find doming the axles so much easier,..especially when the wheels are recessed under mudguards (you call them fenders). A drill press also helps when drilling out the rivet post. I see that one post mentions using a cup head nail punch to dome axles...that really works as well. This is an excelllent restoration....keep up the good work!

very nice restoration

Ah, I have one of these from when I was a kid and it's in pretty much the exact same condition. :)

Well done!!..........

Wow, nice paintwork indeed. Maybe for future you might consider small ball head hammer for wheel installations. I think the body is still somewhat bent, maybe during half a century of playing, someone stepped on it.

Well done.

Lovely job and very like the original. Personally I would have left the generator engine as bare metal and blackened the rear radiator.

Great job!

Great job mate, look forward to the next one!

You make me smile, proudly smile! It's look great, it's like a slice of my childhood that turns another life. I'm remember the real truck rolling by the streets in my old town, maybe not exactly this model, but the same truck....and obviously, seeing the Matchbox toy.....

Nice job....👍

Nice job looks better then new well done

Try using rubber to hold your cars in you give that will help not damage your cars and it will keep you for catching your drill in the clothing in case it slips or you hand slips :-) thanks for the video

Bright light for painting is good. Manufacturing and body shops use lots of fluorescent tube lights. I myself use one of those magnifying lamps with a circular tube and another 4' twin light over the spray area.

One tip - you might want to buy a pin hammer with a pein end. It’s a smaller hammer with a smaller head. Less likely to damage paintwork if it slips.

Great attention to detail. The whole model has finished up looking like new.

Just getting into the Restoration hobby! Job well done! By the way, I need that soundtrack! I want to listen to it as I work! lol

Nice, work Dude. Dig the music!

You may want to look for a 'cupped-tip nail punch' for creating a 'mushroom' on the axle ends. That might make that process a bit easier. (If anything, it will prevent that hammer from getting too close to your finished restoration.)

Like how you use basic tools and procedures to do the restoration, which looks great btw.

Well done. Looks very nice.

Fabulous! One . . . I really like this casting, great find. Two . . . I think the yellow you chose looks perfect for this. Keep 'em coming, I can't wait for the next!

Looks great

Never seen that casting! Great!

I would look into the Pilot Silver Marker. The one with the Extra Fine Point Paint Marker.

Awesome, well done and thanks for taking the time and effort in putting the video together.

I've just subscribed. Your restorations look great and your modifications to Marty's techniques are also terrific. That is, using a hammer instead of a drill press to reform the axle flange. I've started collecting Matchbox and Hot Wheels for my own restorations because back in the '60s I loved playing with these cars. Now that I am 60 it's time to play with them again by restoring them back to their original (or better than original) state.

Another thoroughly enjoyable video, thanks for sharing dude. Anyone else getting transported back to the 70's and visions of Huggy Bear with that super pimp music? lol

stunning

Just use an aerosol paint stripper. It’s usually odorless and can be sprayed indoors, and works way better than brushing it on. It gets into all the tight areas way better than what you and others use in these videos. Good work on the model, though.

Very nice work, looking forward to seeing some more MB restorations. I like how you describe the paint and the mixing details.

Nicely done and color is pretty spot on. Keep on doing them most enjoyable. John.

Interesting casting. I've never seen this one before. Nice job on the restoration too.

Very good

Excellent!!!

Happy New year. A beautiful restoration . Such a pleasure to see. Thank you for sharing this.

Nice job on the truck, and great filming/editing. Keep them coming!

hey when you hammer the axles back on i would suggest a nail set they are pretty cheap and you wont damage the paint or the model

Thank you for sharing. Awesome editing/camera work. The truck, along with the firetruck and ambulance, look fantastic. Found you in my recommendations, I am very happy and subscribed. Looking forward to many more.

Great job, pal! That's one more like!

That hammering looks scary. You did a nice job and one wrong slip could ruin all the work you put in. Try using a jewelers rivet hammer, no risk of hitting the body.

I would have loved to see some custom paint colour touch's on the engine and parts

Nice work, not 100% sold on the musical ambience but nicely presented video/restoration 👍

Nice job fella; may I sugest some WD-40? A few drops would help a lot the sandpaper job 😉

Very good but, for realism, should the truck's compressor engine not be silver or grey, rather than yellow?

Nice

might want a tack hammer for them axles

Just looked her...original Praga S5t....nice..

Lovely job.Haven't seen anyone tackle one of the larger Matchbox models yet ;)

Looks great. I think Marty has a rival!! The paint didn't come off because you didn't use your WIFES toothbrush!! 😂😂😂

👍👍 saludos cordiales desde la ciudad de México 🇲🇽😎

Several recommendations: Short: 1) Use Floor Polishing liquid to clear the transparent plastics (this is from Marty's videos) 2) Use 2-pin drill press, like Marty does. Hammering the axles bears the risk of bending them 3) to clear the paint use the same paint stripper Marty uses (you are in the same country, so it should be easy to find the same) 4) When removing the lip, hold the near-by wheel in order not to scratch it with the sanding roll from the Dremel tool. 5) To de-oxydize the car, you might use electrolysis and electroplating (more details here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g61jnJBjxtjZfoE.html) 6) For the clear view on the top coating, as you've said in the video - use a brighter lamp or many bright lamps. Turn them off afterwards. 7) Drill the rivet post while dissembling the car, and leave there the screw, in order to protect the interior from accidental paint occurrence. 8) at the end on the rotating disk show the car before the restoration (so you need to record this before starting the restoration) and then add the video on already restored car (this can be seen on the most of the Marty's video) 9) Put some oil on the tap, when making the threading. Do not put too much, as hydraulic pressure might be formed and ruin the post. (Marty shared this in his videos) 10) Use transparent decals, not stickers. In time the stickers shall become yellowish. 11) Re-purpose a drill bit for the rivets, making the tip of the drill bit shallower, this way reducing the probability to puncture the whole roof or other surface on the other side of the rivet. Long: for tips 1, 2, 3, and 4, 7, 8, 9, and 11 watch all the videos of Marty. There he P.S. English is not the primary language for me.

Oh it’s lovely, turned out great, well done to you, take care, from South Africa 🇿🇦 Is that Air brush complete with compressor?

How 'bout using a "nail set" to round over your axle hubs? They come in various sizes..one should work with your axle diameter. It'll get that hammer blow safely away from that freshly painted body.

I would've masked the compressor and left it bare metal then painted the rest of the body then clear coated the whole thing personally (would've made it a little more detailed and interesting)

Ohhh with the music next-door are complaining😊

Until you get a drill press take a nail and put it in your vice and create an indent into the head of the nail. (You can use it later in the drill press) Then just tamp on the other end of the nail. (I'd flatten the point!) Then as you tap it with the hammer, move it around a bit to help round out the end of the axel. You can also just chuck this up in your hand drill, and use that as well. I've done that before. I kept waiting to see the hammer hit the truck fender and ruining your work!

Awesome restoration! One thing...is it me or does it have a slight dip in the middle when viewing from the side? Has it been pushed down?

Great job. Is the cab bent slightly back, or is that factory? Watch out, Marty!

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ziet er mooi uit voor zo weinig middelen. Wat voor een pompje en airbrush gebruik je?

Just subbed awesome channel and resto... big thumbs up.. :) ;) =) :D

Nice job, are you planning for the future also the kingsize Matchbox models?

Your work is up there with Marty’s Matchbox restorations and BareMetalHW’s Matchbox and Hot Wheels restorations. Great job! BareMetal also does custom work. I am referencing his restorations, not his custom work.

Merhaba

Very enjoyable. I just found your channel, so I was wondering about your technique on the axles: grinding off one of the nubs and then re-creating it by hammering the ground-off end worked fine, here; but if you had an axle that didn't have as much side-to-side play as this one - or was rusted or bent - do you fabricate new axles? Marty's Matchbox Makeovers usually just snips the axles in the middle and then makes new ones out of rivets. I would like to see you tackle a larger model, as was commented earlier in this section, but maybe something more unusual than a King Size; something like a Battle King tank, or a Sea King, or even a Yesteryear. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go watch all of your previous videos (so much for going to bed early, tonight...)

Really neat restoration. Which language of Belgique do you speak? Just wondering, cuz if you speak French, I'll make my future comments in French.

Video excellent! Background music to distracting. Looking forward to more restorations from you.

Well done. Perhaps too much paint, it took some of the quality of detailing away. Maybe more thinners, lighter finer spraying and drying between applications. The paint can be a make or break. Maybe the clear-coat needs thinning or omitting altogether. A good job over all.

Love your videos sir. Only one complaint - the music is a bit overpowering. Otherwise very inspiring.. might have a go myself. 😉

You sounds like owner of Plasmo.

Good job! Where are you from buddy?

you can get a decent enough cheap drill press for around $100. I cringed while you were hammering the axle.

Very nice result. Please clean the camera sensor. It has quite some particles on it.

VOLUME

I would've painted the engine/compressor black & grey, but that's me. Otherwise; UBER FINE JOB!

Waar woon jij?

It's bent between the cab and the compressor. That's why it just looks crooked. You failed, dude.