Some odds and ends
Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 1:39 pm
When I was at college one of my friends was into painting dungeon & dragon type figures. He was really good at it, and was unimpressed by the basic repaints I did on old toys, because they didn't have weathering and shadowing, etc. He offered to do something with a scrap Matchbox Victor I had, and this was the result. Not to everyone's taste, but the skill in painting such tiny detailing is clear to see.
This is the kind of repaint I did at the time, certainly much more basic, but I still added extra detailing compared to the original.
Matchbox made some nice items in the 80s, and I enjoyed detailing a few of them. My favourite was this Escort. Painting the badging on the bootlid was rather fiddly.
Here's a |Corgi Juniors Transit which has had similar treatment. Wheels are off a Hongwell Porsche!
Nowadays I tend to just collect rather than restore and modify, which is a shame in some ways.
This is the kind of repaint I did at the time, certainly much more basic, but I still added extra detailing compared to the original.
Matchbox made some nice items in the 80s, and I enjoyed detailing a few of them. My favourite was this Escort. Painting the badging on the bootlid was rather fiddly.
Here's a |Corgi Juniors Transit which has had similar treatment. Wheels are off a Hongwell Porsche!
Nowadays I tend to just collect rather than restore and modify, which is a shame in some ways.
