That silver paint is so much better looking than the chrome that most restorers seem to favour.

I couldn't have resisted painting it two tone coloring the interior doing all the lights and vents on it. Such a beautiful cast.

Hello from Adelaide South Australia....Great job on the VW camper good problem solving with the side doors keep up the good work.👍

Great restauration. I know that the VW sign was silver in total at this model. It would have been more original only to paint the VW and the circle and not the inner parts. But it looks great still with your painting 👍😀

The color matching was spot-on you did a marvelous job.

This was near flawless

Wonderful restoration!

I have several of these and it’s not necessary to remove the seats. If they are loose, it’s possible to secure them again with a little CA glue prior to primer. Reproduction parts all have issues with fit and generally require some fettling with files. Nice finish! A great restoration!

Awesome save Nick!

Almost looked like it originally had silver bumpers, but I checked and that isn’t the case. I have seen other people use silicone to reattach window glass to make future restorations easier. Congratulations on a beautifully restored car

Lovely resto!

Nice job on the restoration, makes me want to keep my eyes out for these old matchbox cars at flea markets and such! Thanks for sharing!...Bill

Another great video! Thanx for sharing

Great result mate. I would love a Camper van in real life. I don't have any Camper diecast in my inventory at the moment but hopefully will one day.

Another excellent job! Congrats!

I’ve always wanted to own a real Volkswagen bus. Good job in matching the paint, but I think you should’ve definitely put a clear coat over everything. Like other subscribers pointing this out, only the circle and the VW should’ve been painted Silver. I would’ve painted the bumpers too. Excellent fixed and the side door, it’s always amazing what a paper clip can fix. Keep up the excellent work.

Brilliant work,,, I restore them back to original as I remember them in the 60s,70s,,,there is a magic with the simplicity of these toys and they're like a lil bit of history,,,once again great work,,,Have a great week,,,,

A fine job. Your workmanship improves with every restoration. The Caravette looks great.

Nice. You're really finding your groove. Good technique in the trim paint, and very clever door repair.

Lovely job! That weird shade of green was, for some reason, popular on UK cars in the 1960's. An uncle of mine had a Ford Zephyr in exactly that shade. Your restoration is bang on. Nice one.

Excellent job. That is a tough one as I found out as well. Great job with the light green too

Great job. I've always loved campers and beetles

Great color match, looks great!

Came out great

I voted to paint in the details and not disappointed with the results

Great job!

Great job bud . I do think you should hit the front marker lights / turn signals with some yellow or orangish paint! But yeah it loojs awesome and great job with the doors!

Good job on the resto. Nice work fixing the one side door

It's a Beautiful job you did there I understand you prefer complete restoration, I think adding detail sometimes to some of these old toys actually makes them stand out could you imagine what it would have looked like with the roof being painted white .

Great job 👍

Awesome, well done.

Looks great!

Very nice restoration. Always love the vw buses. Sweet and simple.

Nice work!

Great work

Great work...

You matched the color perfect! Love it. Good work 😎👍🏽

Just a small suggestion, when putting the windshield back in , use silicone instead of epoxy. That way the windshield can be removed easily without breaking it if you or someone else wants to repaint or customize in the future.

Colour match was perfect it looks like it is straight out of the box👍

Excellent restoration. Have similar problem with my homemade rear doors for my Dinky Toy AA Mini Van, so I will use the paper clip method for this model. Can also be used on the pole on the rear deck of both the Dinky and Corgi AEC Routemaster London Buses too among other models. Used a paper clip for two mislaid clips on my wife's Nissan Figaro's fuel injection jet and modular clips, car was miss firing the last time I had started the car and it ran on three cylinders, now runs on all four. Paper clips do come in handy for alot of things.

Very nice work.

great work.

Really good job.

Enjoyed watching this video. It was always a lovely model.

Excellent restore 👍👍👍👍👍

Wow! Thats nicely done!

A great fix for the ill-fitting door. The final result is excellent!

Smart van now 👍🏻

Nice job!!!

Well done ! A good job, especially the 2 doors

Good job

Beautiful job.

Very good work. A little more detailing (bumpers) will finish it it off nicely.

I still have a silver-colored model,yellow glass and I didn't know that different models were available.Nice work. No, it is Matchbox Reg Wheels 34A Volkswagen. Nice work, I'm learning a litlle as I watch your work.

Bravo!

Looks amazing well done 👍.

If you put the glass in first and then add the epoxy glue you will create a removal rivet of glue

I think it looks pretty good and great job with the doors I was shocked when I first seen this because I have that exact same van I was at a yard sale and bought a box with 20 something old Matchbox and Hotwheels mine the glass is good and the doors are there but I have no wheels at all and without even one wheel I can't even make a mold very frustrating but I'm happy you share this thanks a lot

Future VW restorations, I suggest you paint the VW emblem white with body color in the background rather than the whole thing in silver. The medallion usually matched the bumper, almost always white/bone.

Thank you ...

Been following your progress as a matchbox restorer since the beginning. Your skill set is improving rapidly, to say the least. I really enjoyed this particular restoration. While the body colour leaves a lot to be desired, I respect your desire to bring the model back to original condition, and you did a great job. Now I want one of these. (Bought a lot of inventory recently to start doing my own restorations and customisations. Funny thing is, I'm an airplane guy. I don't understand what's come over me. For some reason, I just have to do this.)

Very nice.

Looks good

Great VW restoration, enjoyed the video a lot!!!

Das Modell ist wieder richtig gut geworden. Grüße aus Deutschland

Very nice restoration. Great job! I enjoyed this video very much. And that casting is so beutiful.

I think that was a great job, like the door fix.

Nice job

awesome !

beautiful

Awesome video! Very interesting casting, im not familiar with all the older matchbox castings but very interesting to see one that 1) has the interior riveted to the base 2)has a base painted in a different colour to black Keep it up :)

Love it! VW's are my favorite.

it looks great at the end - you have a lot of patience and a steady hand. it would be interesting to see how those toys were originally painted in the matchbox factory all those years ago, were they all dip painted or were they painted with mini spray guns like you did, I also wonder what they used to form the lip in the axle's originally

Nice job! Your VW looks great!

LOVE this. Great colour and colour matching

Brilliant job - well done!!!

I don't know about model but most campers were a two tone paint job with white top and contrasting [white] bumpers. Half had same as body color for vw shield.

Very nice restore. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for using the drill press. It’s always made me uneasy to watch anyone holding an object in one hand while drilling with the other. 👍

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Thank you, Thank you. I rember, this car the VW Bus, was one of my favorits toys, in my childtime with the age of 7 years in 1966. Greetings from germany.

Great work !!!

Great job

, nice piece of restoration work! I saw that Lesney does not have the rear lights on the right spot. they should not be on the valve of the engine compartment, but next to it

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Wow, that looks great!

Nice job. I did not catch where you found replacement doors?

Leuk karretje geworden. Mooie kleuren. - 6:30 Welkom in de wereld van airbrushing en verf...! De reden dat elke kleur weer anders reageert en "voelt" heeft te maken met de ingrediënten en dan voornamelijk de pigmenten. Elke kleur heeft een ander soort pigment. (Meestal. Het hoeft niet per sé van hetzelfde materiaal te zijn, dezelfde chemicaliën.) Elke kleur heeft dus zijn eigen toevoegingen om het werkbaar te maken. Het ene pigment laat zich makkelijker mengen met bepaalde oliederivaten dan anderen. Zodoende heeft elke kleur zijn eigen unieke eigenschappen. In principe heeft elke kleur zijn eigen manier van behandelen nodig, al zijn sommige kleuren weer erg gelijk. Ik werk veel met Revell. Glans zwart en glans groen en glans blauw, bijvoorbeeld, kan je allemaal hetzelfde verdunnen en spuiten met dezelfde naald en dezelfde druk. Maar mat zwart of zilver gedragen zich weer anders. Het ene pigment is ook veel groter, dus korreliger, dan een andere. De ene kleur heeft ook meer pigment dan een andere. Zo krijgt elke kleur dus zijn eigenschappen en verlangt dan ook zijn eigen manier van gebruik. - 8:38 FOUT !!! Nooit meer doen !!! Epoxy is in staat om zulke delen voorgoed aan elkaar te lijmen. Soms is een lijmverbinding veel sterker dan wenselijk is !!! Je bent een auto aan het restaureren. De bodem wordt vastgemaakt met schroefjes, niet met klinknagels. Misschien dat deze auto ooit nogmaals opgeknapt wordt. Die persoon gaat grote problemen krijgen om die blauwe ramen eruit te krijgen als het muurvast zit. Gebruik voortaan twee kleine dotjes Bison Kit of Velpon, o.i.d. Het hoeft maar te hechten, niks meer. Als het goed is wordt er niet meer gespeeld met deze auto, dus zo'n lichte lijmverbinding is goed genoeg en kan nog ongedaan worden gemaakt. Epoxy richt alleen maar schade aan, bij een restauratie. Doe jezelf en anderen een groot plezier en gebruik NOOIT MEER epoxy als je de ramen erin lijmt. En bij sommige Matchbox auto's houdt de bodem de ramen op hun plek, dus dan is lijm helemaal niet nodig.

Great Job. Nice door fix.

I *just* got mine. Gonna customize it soon :)

Looks great , a really nice restoration 👍

Nice work, and vying for Marty’s no.1 spot 😜 ( I know he inspired you to have a go yourself) I’ve got that model in plain metal and orange windscreen, pretty near mint too. Now to find it.

Have you ever tried doing emblems and detail paint with a pencil with an eraser on the end. Blot it lightly with paint and press it onto emblems I use that trick on my trains.

Great job yet again. Do you think one day, you could do a stock car/van etc into a full custom car? Would love to see the finished project.

Nice! A ver popular model, Thanks for sharing:)

Great job, amigo.

You should have only painted the letters VW and the circle around them silver, that's how it original looks like.

Another excellent restoration.

Nice one!!!!! Toch opletten met de combinatie glas en caustic soda...... De plotselinge temperatuurstijging door de reactie met het kokende water kan het glas doen springen....spreek uit ervaring!😆......beter een kleine emmer in harde plastic gebruiken.....👍👍👍

I love the colour. Great job!