A cute little Italian - the Fiat 127

This car was one of my favourite ones, although it is not a Matchbox, but a French Majorette. This Fiat 127 has got a cute shape, it was a popular car in the 1970's and the producer of this model car fairly well gave its unique figure. It is funny, how a very big dog looks out of a window (which as far as know couldn't be opened in the real car)...

The car has got its new skin:

And the toy car turns into a model car, as it got the details, too:

This car is a dear member of my own collection.

When a Fire chief car turns into a police car (MB-59 Ford Galaxie)

This is one of my favourite Lesney model car form 1970. The original one is a SuperFast Ford Galaxie Fire Chief Car, but I wanted a Ford Galaxie Police Car, too! The Matchbox produced the Ford Galaxie Police Car with regular wheels, but not with SuperFast. That's why I thought to make a custom one!

I bought a very dirty SuperFast Galaxie and as I looked at it I thought, it came directly from a playing ground. Luckily the chassis, the windscreen and the towing hook was alright, only the wheels were so worn, that had to be replaced.

At last I gave it original narrow SuperFast wheels, but smaller ones, because the originals were too large comparing to the chassis.

I made custom police stickers, not the Lesney ones.

An unusual Land Rover (Lesney MB-57)

There is a unique kind of Land Rover, not the usual one, because it is a fire truck. I bought it especially for my own collection, not for sale. My goal was a simple restoration, nothing special. 

It has got a ladder on the roof, (I got it now), only I removed it, doesn' appear on this photo.
Originallly it had regular wheels, but I don't collect these models, only SuperFast ones, so I decided to change the wheels to SuperFast. I had to do very carefully, because the baseplate is a 50 years old plastic and it breaks easily. Otherwise a real SuperFast version  of this truck (in mint condition) is very rare.

 I neede to create new 'Kent Fire Brigade' stickers, too.

An American icon: Dodge Challenger

Telling the truth, this car is not one of my favourites, but it was pretty good and easy to restore a Lesney-made Matchbox MB-01 Dodge Challenger.

Originally it was red, but I gave it a metallic bordeaux. I was told,it was a good choice!
The interieur got a light grey colour, because I didn't like its original chrome one. The I painted the details, as well.

And last, not least I designed a custom L-type box for this nice car!

An elegant German - from France

The end of the last year I could get a Majorette-made BMW 733 in a fairly good condition. The windows were not broken, the baseplate and the chassis also was OK. Originally it was metallic pale green.

I thought I give it a brighter colour, so I painted with my new metallic sea-blue.

I took it outdoor, too, to take some photos in the nature.

This car is not for sale but for my collection.

Do you like pizza? An appetizing offer

This is not a Matchbox car, but made by the French Majorette. Originally it was a circus fourgon (truck), but it became a pizza delivery van.

I designed the custom stickers of 'Pizza Francesca' onto the bonnet, the rear doors and of course both sides. The original wheels were in very poor condition, so I changed them for new ones.

I restored it for sale, within some weekes it was

Another Mercury - another change: a police car turns into a taxi

When I saw this Mercury Park Lane Commuter, I thought, it should be a taxi. The Lesney hadn't made Mercury taxi cars, so i decided to create one. So it is a real custom car.

It got a nice yellow paint and I designed the decoration, printed and put the stickers on it.

 

I made a unique custom G-box for it.

It was a hit, a collector bought it very soon!