I lost my mum in June this year and this is one of the things left we both enjoyed watching together. Reminded us both of mum buying them new for me. Also she thought Kevin is hilarious which he is. So thanks for those last memories Marty.

@projektkobra2247

4 ай бұрын

Im not crying. There are onions..

Marty… the world is a better place with you back and making KZread videos.

As an ex RAF MTD (driver) who used to drive the 80’s version of this which was the Leyland AEC 7500gal tanker at RAF Brize Norton I really enjoyed this repaint.

@GalenLeRaaz

7 ай бұрын

what kind of fuel was it using for its own engine? I have a suspicion it was running on Diesel, so that was the jerry can for (just to answer Marty's querry about that particular detail)

@UlrichJakubiak

7 ай бұрын

​@@GalenLeRaazoo5

Very happy to see you again. Love your videos. Please never stop making great makeovers. 👍🏻

That toy Tesla had as much character and appeal as a normal Tesla....I'd say they got it spot on. Combustion engine all day for me.

I'm a simple man; I see Marty upload? I click

Comparing old and new Matchbox cars is like comparing old and new real cars. Thanks again Marty for this wonderful video!

@lancerevell5979

9 ай бұрын

I've noticed modern Matchbox cars are far better detailed than these vintage models. I expect Matchbox had to really step up their game with competition from Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightning and Greenlight.

@pfink70

9 ай бұрын

@@lancerevell5979 Matchbox has been owned by the same toy company as Hot Wheels (Mattel) since 1997.

07:28 I always look for the humorous headlines you find in your newspaper - you got two that complement each other today - well done.

Sat having a coffee and sandwich for lunch and marty pops up with another make over 👌, think you got the colour about right there

Fantastic color match, like it, like it, like it !!! David in Texas USA

Moin (G'day) from the North Sea shore. Well... I have to say, NO restoration is "boring".... 😜 Each one is a challenge and the Tanker Truck is a beautiful model. (8:01 - 8:10) That's what I like about the MBs.... That abundance of detail 🤩 I saw this three-axle truck "live" once. When I was a truckie, I once delivered a load to the RAF. There was a truck like this in the yard of this airfield. (Perfectly restored) Somehow your model reminds me of that day 😉 (It's just as excellently restored). Marty, I'm thrilled, clearly both thumbs up for this 👍🏼 👍🏼 Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏼 (and the memories of my truckie days) To you, Julie and all the team behind the scene have another bonza week and stay safe and sound. Keep up the good work, mate 😁 Greetings from the DCcoB at the lighthouse end of the Elbe River. 😎👍🏼🇦🇺🍻🇩🇪👍🏼🤠 (P.S. Shoutout to Australia's most koalafied ambassador, KEVIN 🐨)

This is Dave Seitz. I do very many reenactor boxes, sheets and the like and I dent the paper first and then cut one side only. Then the other side because it makes it so much easier to cut. Have fun like always.

I like the new Matchbox cars too, can't wait for the 1957 Ford Custom 300 in red! :)

glad to see you posting consistently again, marty. god bless you and take care.

Nothing like putting a big bullseye decal on top of a military refueling vehicle🤣🤣

Sometimes the simple models are the most satisfying to restore. Shout out for Julie; what WOULD you do without her?

Love watching these makeovers, very addictive watching the process and seeing the final reveal, I'm similar vintage to you and grew up loving Matchbox cars and have since bought a few of my favourite pieces that I enjoyed as a kid, and your right, you don't realize the detail of the models. Love the humour!!

So, I'm 60 now. I used to live north of Chicago, Ill. I would walk home from school each day, there was a shop, I would stop and buy an occasional matchbox car or plane. This was around 1970.

Nice video Marty. Beautiful model. You are correct about the pollution caused by manufacturing and then later disposing of electric car batteries. Once they have been produced by the millions, I hope an efficient methods are developed.

You did a great job restoring the fuel tanker.

Wow, Matchboxes in boxes! They sell them in the states in blister packs.

Those boxes the models came in-who knew when you were a kid that you should have saved them!

Marty, congratulations, you are a magician

Remember the tanker is carrying avgas or avtur. For aircraft, Hence needs Jerry can for the diesel.

One of the ads that played was of a koala 🐨 and I immediately thought of KEVIN !!

I have one of these trucks but in a much larger scale. The RAF blue/grey is BS381c-633 and car paint suppliers can make you a spray can up. I needed 30% satin gloss. My project was for a pair of British locos using this paint colour.

I remember that one! Lovely Marty. We need a model of you next to it at RAF Coltishall, you aren't quite old enough to be a period accessory.

I've got one at home along with about twenty other vehicles. They belonged to my cousins before me, my cousins are now aged 76 and 72. It is covered with purple watercolour paint so this will help me repaint it.

I still like reading the SUN headlines in your paint booth

Another great restoration Marty, I have lived in country Victoria my whole life. It was until I was a school that I realised you could drink town supply in some places. We always drank tank water. 😅😅

Nice work! Headline of news paper in your spray booth made me laugh 😂

Perfect lunch break treat. Thanks

That paint color match is gorgeous.

Hi Marty it's been almost two years that I have watch a make over great restoration greetings from south Africa

Didn't think modern matchbox cars came in the boxes still

Beautiful little model and I love that you made a box too. Really enjoy your videos.

It is always a pleasure and very instructive to watch your videos. We are happy with that! Greetings from Germany.

have not searched your vids in a few months...glad to see that you have new content to view

My introduction to Match Box toys was from a childhood friend whose father would buy him Match Box toys when he was on a business trip.

Another great video! Thank you.

Another match box master piece.

Looks great Marty, keep a look out for 1/76 Airfix model kits cause you'll definitely get some good decals then.

Always great to get a new video from you, Marty! Personally, I don't find this RAF Tanker to be boring at all. Quite the opposite, actually. There's not a lot too it as it's an early model, but that's also a great deal of the charm of it too! I didn't know that the black wheels version was worth so much! I have a gray, plastic wheels version just like this one, but now I'll keep my eyes peeled for one with black wheels!

Could I Suggest that you use a large furnace filter in front of your fan, it will save it's life for years to come.

I Remember convoys of these in and around Oxfordshire when there were still many RAF airfields.....Also, don't know if it is still SECRET, but at the side of certain roads in 'The Cotswolds' were, Pumping stations, where a huge aviation fuel pipeline ran underground between the RAF bases. At these pumping stations tankers like these would line up and be filled or unloaded.....I think they had a top speed of barely 40 Mph....the convoys were very slow. It's a Leyland Hippo by the way......Some had the civilian Cab, some had a military cab that could be split for transport, in the old transport planes we had back in the late 40's early 50's to the 60's........these trucks did very little miles and were in service for a long time...they were only changed because their capacity was too small for modern usage. The truck tank your have carried aviation fuel, jet fuel and in those days, maybe some high grade petrol....the Layland hippo had a Diesel engine, really old school diesel, in truth it would have run on the Aviation fuel, but it was better on Diesel, so the Jerry cans would have been for the truck itself, all British military trucks have in the past had Jerry can holders for extra fuel and range.😀

@jonathangriffin1120

9 ай бұрын

Good restoration, we had one of those when we were kids, I had it down as a Leyland Hippo as well. Keep up the good work Marty!

@AB-ku4my

9 ай бұрын

The pipeline is still secret, officially, and is not marked on commercial maps, but it has been described (without its actual route) in television documentaries. Like Buckingham Palace, The B.T. (formerly Post Office) Tower and a few other constructions.

Another fine job! We're happy with that.

Marty you are the man. Always a pleasure watching you. But I am envious of how organized your hobby room is. Mine is not so much.

Thats a lovely brick of a truck.

So happy to see another video - makes my day every time

This is a very interesting model. I love it. The two holes are to hook up pipe hoses for fueling. The jerry can I’d for filling a car or small plane that does not need the big pressure tank.

If you have an old fashioned bread knife with the rounded tip, they make a good tool for creasing card - as they thin, they are easy to run along the ruler's edge. And agree - inside crease is best.

Thanks Marty, turned out lovely.

I live near Southend - and we are indeed pestered with Werewolves!

Marty, - I use the decal sofener to put decal sign and whatever on brick building for my train set. It worked really great for me. Made it look as those it was painted by an HO figure.

Great video! I liked the military diorama you showed for a second too, i would like to see a video on that!

Brilliant job Marty 👍 thank you for sharing 🤗🙏

Caustic means burning via a chemical reaction. Caustic soda, being Sodium Hydroxide, is a strong alkali and reacts with the paint but not the metal beneath.

In Blighty we refer to that colour as 'petroleum blue'.

Thanks Marty for sharing this video

love this casting never seen it before very cool. looks better than new

Amazing to think that you can take a battered old toy from the 1950's and make it into something far far superior to the Matchbox stuff of today. Bravo Marty!!!

WE❤KEVIN!🐨

Nice vid. Welcome back!

I have never played with the original matchbox cars but i did spend a good time playing with little cars similar to the tesla one BUT those had a weird metal body (idk which metal) and a weak plastic base. The wheels were made of plastic and axles from metal. Those cars were significantly smaller than the tesla ones, but were darn smooth. One of the cars i had was a race car and i kid you not- it was LIGHTNING SPEED. I always loved the "tin" cars, as you said they had that strudy feel to them.

beautiful!!

As usual, great and fun video. Read that you are getting some of the Texas heat there. This the 4th day under 100 f ..in a row here...stay cool and safe...captjack...

Way to go Julie!!!! The brains of the outfit!!! Without her there would be no video today!!!!!

I would have put one more drop of blue to bring it back a bit but, I can picture those side by side & see shade differences like any example. As far as boring,... not so. It is your work along with your narration backed by that wonderful music that is very nostalgic for earlier times & posts. I love the subject matter of RAF refueling truck. Love your yard & surroundings also. I got crows, ravens & blue jays around here. Restaurant Portion Cups are what you are putting paint in. What they are called here in Maine. I like the Poly Strip the best. No splotchy crap. You could just attach shelf brackets to that diorama & mount it on the wall. Very nice by the way. An odd surprise.

Thanks Marty, your channel is a great distraction to the normal mundane reality of life. Your Matchboxes, look great. Please keep putting out the restoration videos. Oh, as a kid, I would save up, ride my bike to C. Foster's Toys in Hinsdale Illinois, and buy Matchboxes. The new ones, as you pointed out, are no where near the quality they once were. Thank You.

They make those pots in stainless steel. The plastic ones decomposes with thinner. I use the metal and can store for months

Marty: As the caustic soda (aka sodium hydroxide, or lye) dissolves in the water there is a chemical reaction that creates heat. A word of warning: Don’t put caustic soda on aluminum. It reacts quickly. Greatly enjoy your restorations!

Very interesting to see your workbench lighting setup for filming. I'm just setting up my workbench for doing videos so this was very useful. The video was very interesting too, cheers.

I noticed a Tank Diorama on the sink, is this another venture your lookin into ? Best wishes 👍

❤WE WANT KEVIN!🐨

Congratulations on getting your public toilets upgraded!. You have come along way from a bucket and open window to the street below!😂. Thank you marty🤗

Now this is the way to finish up a Second Monday ( what passes for Tuesday around here ) Thank you for the extra cool video and restoration, Mr. Marty.

Thanks again Marty for this fantastic makeover. It's been 11 years now since I was "down under" in the Blue Mountains. I missed those birds singing, lovely to hear them again❤

I got my coffee. Let’s go.

I've been watching your makeovers for a couple years now, and it's great to see how you're constantly thinking how to come up with new techniques for a more accurate restoration. With regard to a couple of the comment you made about features on the tanker truck, the two hose connections may be 1 outlet hose, and a return line in case of overfill of the airplane tank. The 5-gallon jerrycan may be used to recharge the pump in case it loses its prime. Just my two cents as an engineer of what those features might be for.

Great makeover Marty!

Great job Marty very relaxing to watch, nice double meaning made me smile anyway.

Once the caustic soda solution has cooled down to ca 40C, you can toss the wheels - and if applicable - other plastic parts in it. This works especially well, if there is paint on them. This will save you a lot of hassle with soapy water and brushes and you'll never need to mess about with brake fluid again.

Awesome job as always.

You undersold this big time. It was in not terrible shape to start. The fact you didn't open it up tells me it didn't have 50+ years of detritus inside it. But this looked lovely from the get go and you left it in wonderful shape. Fascinating the view and opinion on a current Matchbox model. Doesn't surprise me it's disappointing. But I'm left wondering if someone 50 years from now will be restoring a 2023 Tesla Matchbox model and highlighting their 3d printing capability and decal production means.

Not boring, it's a rare one - 😉

You did a great job in restoring this model back to looking new…. I have a theory about why this gas truck has Jerrycans on it…. The fuel it carries is aviation fuel and usually it is very high octane. If the truck runs on gas it is likely to be regular gas for cars and trucks.

That paint color is very similar to the color used on USAF vehicles from the 50's thru the early 80's

Enjoyable video a usual. 👍

Thanks from Heni SA

Ah - so good to see you again Marty! Been watching since the Pandemic started in 2021 - seeing you every week has meant so much to me - Sending you love from Dallas, Texas, USA 🙂

Yeah the Tesla's have a ton of plastic covering the bottom. It's supposed to make it more aerodynamic. Idk I know most of the bottom is one giant battery pack as well.

Awesome and therapeutic.

Awesome Marty. 😊

greatings from Spain, good video, i'm sure

Great work Marty! The RAF Blue looks like the colors I have seen in photos and the whole model looks really nice. I could not see the clear decal backing at all in the finish photos and the box was a good idea. Thanks for sharing this and I always look forward to a new tutorial from you.

I have been told that decal softener is more for irregular surfaces e.g. rivets or ridges on the model. The softener allows the decal to "hug" the contours better (no large air filled lumps).

Enjoyed it!

Good job. The tank is a hollow casting, the back of the tank is a press fit and should pop off (if you should ever want to). IIRC, the Bedford TK tanker is hollow underneath and does not have the back cast separately.

Thats a nice restoration Marty. The jerry can would be for standard fuel, the fuel in the RAF tanker is probably aviation fuel. It was nice of Julie to get your own pair of tweezers, did you ever return her toothbrush?

@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy

9 ай бұрын

That also they carry water and oil too in the cans not just just fuel. Especially if there is extra pump etc attached to a truck it operates all sorts of things and needs different resources on hand not just simply fuel.

@dougwilson4537

5 ай бұрын

🙂 Marty always returned her toothbrush. He was only 'borrowing it' to clean the parts. I recall that in one video, Julie did a cameo, (after her brush had been returned), and when she smiled, she had several teeth missing. (a la the movies). 😅 I cracked up at that one. And Kevin wasn't even involved!

Beautiful job.