A Lesney SuperFast legend - the Pontiac Coupe

The last year I managed to get a Lesney made MB-22 Superfast lilac Pontiac (in very poor condition) and a red regular wheel one (in better condition). I mixed them, so I assembled and restored a red, SuperFast car with opening doors. When I heard, how much does it cost an original in mint condition, I knew, I will not buy, but make one - of course, for myself!

I replaced the wheels, for smaller ones, because I don't like the Lesney-given exaggerated, too big wheels. It looks, like this:

And adding some details - it looks then more realistic:

And at the and it got a new custom G-type box, with the picture of a red Pontiac on it!

New function for the old Pick-up truck

In the first half of the seventies there was a Ford Pick-up truck, in which there was a lion under a plastic canopy. Yes, it was the so called Wild Life Truck with Rola-Matics function. It was the same model, like the Kennel truck with the four dogs. The big problem in the present days, what sould we do with this pick-up truck without the lion and canopy? Well, this is the question.

(This picture is taken from the internet, as an illustration.)
At the end, I think, I found a proper solution! It shell deliver small barrels! They are stuck onto a plastic plate which is fixed to the car. The part of the Rola-Matics function, the yellow disc is removed before I fixed the plate with the barrels.

It is obvious, that this way the Rola-matics function doesn't work (let alone the fact, that I bought it in that condition).

Sportscar from the seventies - the BMW 3.0 CSi

Although the Lesney produced this kind of BMW, too, that wasn't a correct shaped replica, so I preferred this Majorette-made one. The only problem with it - the doors, they always stay in a strange position. They should be set alright.

I had a nice new colour spray, which was similar to the original, so it was out of question what colour got this car. I painted the details, too, it should look, like the real car!

As I posted it on the Facebook, someone wrote me at once, that he wanted to buy this BMW. Now this car is in his collection.

From behind the Iron Curtain - Restoration of a Škoda 130

In the second half of the eighties, the Matchbox International produced a Czechoslovakian car, the Škoda 130 LR. This was a surprise for the East European collectors, because it wasn't a usual thing that East European cars would appear in an international model car producer's catalogue. This type of the Škoda was a rallye version, but I made a civil one out of it.

About some 15 yers ago I Tried to repaint it but I didn't like the result. The last year I made the decesion to repaint it; so it got a vivid metallic green colour.

Luckily in this case its parts were alright, I changed only the wheels.

And the last step: paint the details:

Although there were collectors, who wanted to by this Škoda, it has been restored for my own collection!

A British Ford - Cortina Mk II

I bought this Ford Cortina at a flea market and the car was 'nude', because had no paint on it at all. I knew, I will repaint it - only I didn't know that this poor Ford Cortina must wait more than 20 years for that action.

Otherwise the other parts of the car were all right, so the last summer I started to renew it. The window and the small wheels were in very good condition, so I used the original ones, it wasn't necessary to replace them.

The original colour might have been meatllic marine blue, so I painted it also blue, but a bit greyish-blue.

And in this case, too I detailed it.

And I made a custom G-type box for it:

This is for my private collection. Later I restored another Ford Cortina MkII, but that was for sale.

The car of The Saint

Yes, we could see this Jaguar XJS luxury sport car in the TV-series: 'The Saint' starring Ian Ogilvy in 1978, only his car had white colour.
This is a Corgi Junior car, in dark green colour, which I didn't like at all. That original paint also was not in good condition, so I decided to restore and give it a nicer colour.

It got nice metallic lilac and the details, too:

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.