It is not the Polizei, but the Gendarmerie - a Mercedes-Benz 240 from the Corgi Junior

Some months ago I bought this Corgi-made Mercedes-Benz 240 and I knew at once, that I will not restore as a Police car, but a Gendarmerie! It is rare in 1/64 scale, all these models are Police cars. Now this Mercedes breaks the rules and turns into a similar, but a bit different patrol car. This type of Mercedes is made by several other producers (Siku, Schuco), that time I could get only this Corgi-made one.

The chassis and the baseplate were in fairly good condition.

The car after the white paint:

And then came the details:

The Last Cortina by Lesney

I bought this car about 30 years ago. It wasn't new in a fairly good conditin. Originally this car was metallic beige, so later I tried to paint it to a similar colour.

But I wasn't satisfied with it, so i tried several other colours - and paints - at the end a light metallic blue became the winner!

Naturally I painred the details, too.

And finally I designed a custom L-type box for it!

No need to worry - the Doctor comes!

This Mercedes-Benz Binz Ambulance car was always one of my favourites, so I restored it with pleasure. Originally it had a strecher with a patient on it, but it was missing when I bought this model, so I needed to get another one. Luckily I managed to buy a newly made one and I painted it.

This model was in a very poor condition, bur nothing was broken and the rear door functioned well.

And I made custom stickers for it, too.

  

And last not least it got a custom E-type box!

AMG Mercedes 500 SEC - á la Matchbox

Although this is not a Lesney product, but a Matchbox International one, I like it very much. 30 years ago and today, too. Now I have no picture before the restoration, but it was the black type which I really don't like. (I don't like generally the black cars.) So I gave him this metallic beige colour.

I painted the small details on this car, too:

And it is for my own collection!