A Chinese BMW - a Yatming BMW 320

This was a must for me to get and restore a BMW 320 (E21), but I simply didn't know where from? I didn't know was there any firm who produced this type of BMW? Luckily I found on the internet, that the Chinese Yatming made this car. And at a flea market I could buy one!

 

 

Its shape is alright, but its colour... with the tampoo... I really dislike it.  So I started to restore to give it a better colour.

 

I didn't noticed a small mistake: a little piece was missing on the left side, beside the lamps.

 

 

 I had to fill the hole with some putty.

The car got new brilliant red colour, and new wheels, too and I painted the details, as well:

 

Sport Renault From The Eighties - The Renault Fuego

Not so many toy factory made the Renault Fuego in 1/64 scale. I always liked this model, so I was glad, when I saw at a flea market this Norev-made Renault Fuego. The main problem was the wheels, the axles were not straight, and the wheels had to be changed.

It has got small wheels, not so easy to get them in this small measure. Luckily I had a pair from another restored car. These new wheels fit well to the Renault.

Although the factory paint was not shabby, was very thick, covering the smal details under. So I made up my mind to remove the original blue paint and give a better colour and thickness to be able to paint the fine details, too.

Recovery of a distorted BMW

The last autumn I noticed at a flea market this BMW 635, and I liked its shape, so I bought it. I bought it, in spite of its distorted chassis. I hoped, I can restore it without breaking it; and it happened so! Luckily the windows and the interieur were all right. Otherwise it is a totally noname toy car, nothing is written on its baseplate. (Later turned out, that it is an American brand, the TootsieToy-made model.)

The baseplate was made of plastic and only a little plastic part hold the axles, so when I changed the wheels, they were broken off. Never mind, I replaced with a better solution, which gave suspension, too, which the car hadn't previously.

Instead of the original yellow, I thought a metallic light blue colour would fit better to this BMW.

Finally I painted the details and made a number plate.

Too Big Boxes? Deliver Them Home With A Ford Transit!

I used to have an orange Matchbox Ford Transit with plastic boxes on it. Therefore I bought one at a flea market to restore and have it again!

The model was in not so bad condition, but the boxes were - naturally - missing. So I needed to replace them with other ones, made for H0 trains, but fit here perfect.

The new paint was almost the same colour, because I wanted to reach the original look of the truck. Then I detailed it and made numer plates, too.

After the resto it took place in my collection!

A Renault 17 In Matchbox Style

The Lesney-made Renault 17 is not really a true copy of te original car, other producers made it nicer, but I like this Matchbox the best! I had this Renault 17 for several decades, but it had to wait for the resto up till 2018. I had to get a new interieur, because te steering wheel was missing and the dashboard was broken, didn't hold properly the windscreen. The wheels were in very bad condition, so I replaced them, too.

After it I started the restoration.

It got a bright sun yellow, not the original red colour (I took the idea from a Lesney blister pack, where a yellow Renault 17 was on the picture and I got to like it).

And I detailed it; at the end it got a sticker (similar, like the original was) and a custom box with the yellow Renault on it).

A Universal Servant From The Mercedes - The Unimog

This is a small truck beloved by a lot of people, so the Lesney also produced this type of the Unimog. I have got a Lesney-made model, but I decided to restore one, too.

I could get a fairly good one. I changed the colours of the parts, not to stay at the original blue and red.

I thought, I would replace the wheels, too, but later I changed my mind, so I used the original ones.

 

Sedan Mercury Cars

This Mercury Park Lane is not a rare, but very popular model in the Matchbox range. The Lesney had only produced Mercury Park Lane sedan as a Fire Chief and a Police, but no civil car. So I decided to make one, but at the end I made two of them: a light metallic green and a metallic beige. (I think it is not a beige colour, but this name was on the spray.)

The hole of the roof light had to be filled and I replaced the baseplates, because the original was damaged.