An American Muscle Car - The Oldsmobile Toronado

This autumn I got this Oldsmobile Toronado made by SIKU. I have never seen this version before, because it is a rarer one with wide wheels, made in 1974-75 in the V-series. The real car was a big one, but not as big as this model car to the other SIKU V-series models. The general V-sereis cars are in scale of 1:60, but this Oldsmobile seems to be in scale of 1:50. The American car models made by SIKU that times are much bigger than the Europen ones. But why? And then its name: 'Toronado'. Why not 'Tornado'? 

Nevertheless it was a very good base to restore and customize it, the casting by SIKU is very nice and accurate.

Let alone the fact, the windscreen is cracked a bit, the car is okay. I thought, i'd swap the wheels, but they were in quite good condition, so I didn't. It is not so easy to get out the axles fron SIKU models, so I skipped it.

Although I liked the orginal yellow colour, I wanted a new, cool metallic blue, I saw somewhere on the internet. 

The interior became light sand colour and then I painted the details on the chassis, too:

Another Volkswagen Polo

The Italian producer, the Polistil also made a Volkswagen Polo, but it is smaller, than the Corgi juniors model. The Corgi is about 1:55, the Polistil-made Polo is about 1:62 - 1:64. The Polistil produces the Polo in 1:43, too and if we compare them we will see soon, that the 1:43 model is more realistic and exact, the small brother is a bit inaccurate.

Nevertheless, I was glad to get a Polistil-made Polo and I started to restore it immediately.

I gave it a new color - a vivid yellow - and new, wider wheels, too.

The Smallest Volkswagen by Audi - The Polo

The first Volkswagen Polo was actually the cheaper version of Audi 50. Not so many toy car maker produced it, rather the more popular Golf. It was a must for many manufacturer, but the Polo - wasn't. Why? Who knows? Anyway the Corgi was so kind and produced for us a fairly good looking model with opening doors and a towing hook, in scale of (approx.) 1:55. 

The model I bought was in quite good condition, only the towing hook was missing (but never mind). Although its original colour was alright, I wanted a quite new colour, which fits better to the '70 era. 

Here with the new skin without the details:

And of course, I painted the details, too, and at the end came the varnish.

Its own, custom box is still missing... Maybe the next year I will make one...