The Flagship Of The Renault In The Eighties

The Renault 25 was the executive car of Renault and was produced in the 1980es. I think, it is an elegant car with modern shape, I liked it very much. The Majorette casting is which I like the best.

This model I bought the last year was hand painted by a not so talented someone, it was no question to restore it and make it nice again!

The new, nice golden colour (here without the details yet):

 

And the finishing:

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 Rare Volkswagen, The K70

This is a rare kind from the Volkswagen, had been produced for only 3-4 years.It had a new shape, a good looking car - all the same it was not a successful one. Some toy car factories made it, just like Schuco, Polistil and the French Majorette.

This was very shabby model, but in fairly good condition, so after remove the old paint it got its new skin, which has a bright yellow colour. I painted the fine details, too.

At the end it got its own garage, a custom box, too.

The smallest Mercedes from the eighties - the 190E

I always liked this smaller Mercedes-Benz, which had been made by several producers, like Siku, Majorette and some other factories from the Far East. I think the Majorette-made model is the nicest.

When I bought it, was a bit worn, the windscreen had to be changed.

Although some 30 years ago I had this Mercedes in this metallic green colour, now I don't like it, so I painted it with another colour:

 Is's complete with the details.

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...

A SEBA-made Opel Omega

Previously I have never heard about this Polish model car named SEBA. Its casting is not so exact, but I liked it, so it was a must to buy it and restore/customize.

And here is the result, the freshly painted and detailed model car. Looks a bit nicer, than before...