Lovely job. Worthy of Marty! Like your background music, too.

I enjoyed that - I do the same and get enjoyment out of resurrecting old Dinkys that would otherwise would be destined for junk, and giving them new lives as ‘code3’s’. 😁👍🏼.....and a thumbs up too for the string classical music

@peterleach5864

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

Excellent work. I still have a few of my old Dinky, Corgi, and Matchbox toys. You've inspired me to restore them. I really had no idea replacement parts are available for tires etc.

@peterleach5864

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind comment

@railtrolley

5 жыл бұрын

Restoration of these little gems is very feasible now. There are many suppliers of reproduction parts: windows, tyres, plastic parts that often go missing on the originals.

Excelente as imágens e a trilha sonora. Parabéns!😀👍

Nice restorations and good taste for music also.

Nice work, the old toys brought back to life!

@pgjleach

7 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your comment, cheers.

Excellent 🇬🇧👍👍

Great work! I've had many of these as a child and it made me feel good to know that they're not gone. Keep up the good work, I think it's great!

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment

These are amazing, you have a real talent.

@peterleach5864

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for viewing

Very good quality work! Nice to see someone going the extra mile!

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you - the earlier ones ae a bit heavy handed but my results have got better with practice , as shown with the later ones I'd think, I hope to get time one day to another video with my more recent restorations.

You do a Superb job with these restorations, look as good as New !

@pgjleach

7 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you, it's a learning curve !

Fantastic restorations ,done some of these myself too.are you still restoring cars? Your 101 sub is here ,cheers Laz

Superb work. The royal mail van is a Morris J type. I remember seeing these in green, getting around delivering bread. In Melbourne, Australia.

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking.Pete

Great job on these restorations! It was fun to watch! Thanks!

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bill, pleased you liked my little film.

@WilliampLogue

5 жыл бұрын

Love watching theseshowings . Have some cats I would like to do

@WilliampLogue

5 жыл бұрын

Cars

I really enjoyed watching your vid. You have worked magic on these.... well done Sir.

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carl, appreciate your nice comments

Nice videos, and at last some decent music.

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for looking and for the nice comment.

Nice work, for sure....I have rescued a number of these toys, and I would mix Humbrol paints and spray the toys with an airbrush....thus controlling the thickness of the paint.

@veroniquelot5101

6 жыл бұрын

SSGTA44 moto

The Dinky Vanguards were Standard Vanguards, the Standard company was later to become Triumph :) Nice restos BTW

@pgjleach

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks - appreciate your comments

Good job👍

Great work. I really like the Bedford Kodak van. How did you repair the missing roof on the flat bed truck? Amazing. Thank you for sharing.

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you - sorry for the delay in responding. I repaired the roof with P38 car filler !

Best 17 minutes i've spent all day, lovely jobs. Could you tell me where you get all your decals and little plastic men and accessories from please, many thanks and keep up the good work.

@pgjleach

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I get my spares, decals etc from www.model-supplies.co.uk/

@saab900t16

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers for getting back to me PG

@saab900t16

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the information, Cheers.

Hi Peter. Thoroughly enjoyable video and inspirational as I'm just starting out on code 3s and restoration after years of military modelling. Excellent work. Big question though.....have you left any wrecks out there for the rest of us to have a go at??? 😊 Thanks for the video... Mike

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Hello Mike - worry not, plenty of wrecks out there. This video is a few years old now and looking back some of my restores are a little heavy handed, I must make another video some time soon with some of my later restores which I think have a lighter touch and look nicer. Thanks for viewing.

@icenesiswayons9962

5 жыл бұрын

Hey bud! You can find many of these car at flea markets, yard sales, stockyard sales in the junk bins that no one ever looks into just ask but don't be too over excited about to the seller. Usually you can get them for ¢ 25 -¢50 if you don't find any on the first outing. look again the next. When you find them they come in hordes! :-)

Nice work!!

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Robin

Some really great work Could do with a little slower between photos so we can really enjoy your collection 👍

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter - if I do another - been meaning to a while, I'll slow it down.

Beautifull cars and excellent work. I also started one projekt today. Can you tell me, how you replace the rivets.Thank you. Thomas

@pgjleach

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Thomas - I buy replacement rivets (easy to find, there are sellers on eBay) and just glue them in.all the best

Bravo! Well done!

@pgjleach

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

@pgjleach

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Good work...but the first one is a Standard Vanguard

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment - I know I mis-named the Standard, it would be quite a lengthy process to edit the video so I've left it as.

Really good presentation1

@peterleach5864

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much

Sir. Your models are very nice. I'm curious about something, the tires are orings?

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Jean - thank you. The tyres are new replacements made for Dinky hubs - I buy mine from Dinky Club (dinkyclub.com)

@stephenater9687

5 жыл бұрын

When I was a boy, I was always losing tires. O-rings from the hardware store worked well.

Hi, Great restorations. Is it possible for you to restore some of the models in my collection? Thanks. Rajiv.

They look Great!! don't listen to the purist comments,, they are probably just jealous, keep it up, and post the results,

@blue6058

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks - appreciate it, I didn't get upset by the one neg comment - and I'm sure most people if they have the patience to watch my over long video all the way through, for which they deserve a medal, will realise that I only restore previously abused examples - by personal choice, I don't judge anyone over their use of a toy !

its not called a vauxhall standard car , it is a standard vanguard phase 1 car by dinky.

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, yes - if you read the comments this has been pointed out several times. It would be a lengthy and tedious process to edit the video so I've not done so - I hope you liked it otherwise and thanks for looking.

@robertgarrett4046

5 жыл бұрын

i did read all the comments , i just wish people like you would get your facts right .

i got a few dinky cars from growing up they was my dad's. Think i might start looking into dinky restorations. I haven't got a clue where to start. I feel intimidated going on dinky forums as some people on forums can be very rude.

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Hello Johnathan - apology for the late reply. I'm sorry my fellow enthusiasts have been so snooty. There are in fact quite a lot of websites that give good advice, and of course some You Tube videos. The forums can be good and you can gather tips without entering into conversation if you find people rude. The best place to start is with the older Dinky's which are usually simpler, and perhaps if you have one that is so poor you can't make it worse - start with that as you will probably make mistakes to start with. Myself - and I'd think most of the other hobbyists - have learnt a lot as we've gone along through the mistakes we've made - trial and error !

Are those new rivits or solder?

@pgjleach

7 жыл бұрын

They are new.

@pgjleach

6 жыл бұрын

new rivets - sorry it took me 10 months to reply - only just read the comment

very good but standard vanguard was the first

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks - I know I mis-named the Standard, it would be quite a lengthy process to edit the video so I've left it as.

@georgethe100

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply Great resto on an iconic car by the way .And yes I had this model as a kid . Thanks again and I was not trying to undermine you cheers

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

@@georgethe100 Never thought for a sec you were getting at me :-). Thanks for being interested in my restorations. all the best.

you are the master of code 3'. Like my dinky to be lightly played and not trashed!

@peterleach5864

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I do prefer them original but where they have been abused I've no issue restoring them.

Tchaikovsky was the best. Was that Perlman?

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is some ear you have - yes it was. I would never recognise a particular performer as you have done - but then I've never played, I do have a sister who was a professional violinist.

@Hertog_von_Berkshire

5 жыл бұрын

@@blue6058, I'm not really an expert. I just know that if certain passages in certain pieces give me goose-bumps, then it must be a certain performer. Also, if a violin piece sounds extemporized, even slightly then in all probability it's Nigel Kennedy ;-)

You creare Code 3's! Nice if you know how.

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for viewing.

And again...the mustard one...another Standard Motor Co...VANGUARD...not Vauxhall

@robertgarrett4046

5 жыл бұрын

someone else who knows its not a vauxhall and not a standard vanguard.

What's the music?

@peterleach5864

6 жыл бұрын

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D

the music ?

@blue6058

5 жыл бұрын

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D