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Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:24 pm
by Malibu
Looks very good Joe - 10 points from Germany.

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:58 pm
by Tinman
Malibu wrote:Looks very good Joe - 10 points from Germany.
Thank you!

I have a confession to make, things around here had become unsettling around Christmas time and afterwards. I had totally forgotten I was supposed to be making a window insert for you. Yesterday, I opened an order from Flowers and seeing the window inserts I ordered made me think of it again. I'll have that ready to send out in the next couple of days. Please PM or email me your snail mail address again.

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:00 am
by Tinman
I love the Matchbox Originals castings. With the right wheels and paint, they really look fantastic.

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:37 pm
by misterpop
Nothing much from me this year yet as I have been finishing last years easy sales restos..But you lot are setting the bar high for 2021 .Must get some code 3s sawn up ready for the coming cold nights.Oh Happy new year all from me and mine. :)

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:45 am
by Tinman
Another "Matchbox Original" that's been brought back to the 1950's. I did a treatment to those awful bright silver metal wheels and put the ole Lesney look on them. Model is painted a red-orange (like the Lesney model) but my camera and/or lighting makes it look red.

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:50 am
by Tinman
This cement mixer has been sitting on my work bench for months. It's dump wheel broken off and long gone. The replacement part is from Flowers and the casting needed work before it was acceptable for use. Turned out quite nice and it's the early casting with the tiny handle on the motor housing.

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:19 pm
by matchboxtom
Tinman wrote:A dyslexic Y13
Love this one

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:55 pm
by Squid
I like the cement mixer. It's such an unusual subject.

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:54 am
by Tinman
I finished up a red hub K6 today and decided it looked good enough to have it's own little "show place." Click on thumbnails to enlarge.
K6a 1 (2).jpg

I did this one in Kingsize colors and with hubs and tires. I really like it. They should have used the wheels and hubs on this one from the start.

Re: Latest projects (restorations & customs)

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:04 pm
by Tinman
And ... it comes with it's own box.