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...

Cortina or Taunus?

 Surely in England they call this car Cortina. In Germany - Taunus. In Middle Europe English cars were not so frequent, so when the Lesney released this model, we knew this car as Ford Taunus. Other producers had made this Cortina/Taunus, but I prefer the Matchbox casting.

That one I bought at a toy car börse begged for restoration.

So I obeyed her and restored/customized.

A little fat piglet - or a slender family car?

I always liked this NSU RO 80, so I thought if I can get a Corgi model, I will restore/customize it. But when I could hold it on my palm, I realized that is is not a nice model, not an exact casting from Corgi Juniors. Nevertheless I made up my mind and started to work on ir. 

There was a photo which I used as a sample. Comparing with the model it's similar, similar, but... the model looks squat and fat small car, the real one is a big nice, slender family car.

The Corgi Juniors model in its original colour:

And the result: the new colour and the details helped a little bit for a better look...

This is my fourth Hungarian Police Car, a Mercedes-Benz 240, but in this case it is not a German SIKU model - like the previous was -, but a Corgi Juniors one. It is a special model, not so easy to disassamble, because I had to take much care for the plastic base which can break very easily. Luckily it had its towing hook, too.

Originally it was a German Police Car, but I thought, this Mercedes should be my fourth custom with the stickers of the Hungarian Police (Rendőrség).

 After the restoration in white colour, without any details:

And now with the new stickers and all details:

Another Gullwing - Another Corgi Mercedes 300

I have already restored a Corgi Junior Mercedes Gullwing, but I could not resist this one, when I met her at a fair. Although it was only a bit shabby, I thought I give her a nicer new colour!

I think this metallic light blue fits much better, than the original did.

A Ford Escort Mk3 by Corgi Junior

Several producers made this Ford Escort Mk3 in several quality and scale; in this case I restored this Corgi Junior one. Its shape is all right, only on the backside the Corgi-type towing hook system is strange... And unfortunately the towing hook was missing. Never mind, restored, and customized it.

When it got the details, looks much more realistic:

A British Idol - A Jaguar XJ6

It is hard to find in complete condition an old model car, like this Corgi Junior Jaguar XJ6. Okay, the towing hook was gone, but luckily all of the other parts were all right, so I could start the restoration/customization. I used to have a similar Jaguar made by Matchbox, but it was a broken one, that's why I was glad, when I found this Corgi Jaguar - fairly complete. I didn't like its original colour, I rather gave it a new colour: a metallic burgundy, where the "chrome" parts look much better!

 

 

 In the trunk you can see several bottle of booze to complete the weekend party!

 

And I made a custom box for it - with similar design, like the originals use to have.