Corgi Restoration:
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- In this video I will restore a Corgi #214S Ford Thunderbird.
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It's funny how this isn't even a hobby of mine - I watch your channel because I love your presentation and I like the tips for the modeling I might eventually do when I have the space. But this car is gorgeous, both the base model and the restoration job you did. This would be one worth owning for me just to have.
It does look like a relaxing hobby.
Relaxing and takes time .-.
Me too
i watch a lot of restoration videos from these old toy cars to furniture/appliances to fine art. i have no particular desire to do it myself, but i'm entertained by them for some reason.
I just think its very satifying seeing the progress and then the comparison
Definitely worthy of the Marty's wife's toothbrush award for outstanding restoration. Really liked the practical demo of the tire casting
Nick Radell haha! That so needs to be a thing! “The Pink Toothbrush Awards!”
I'm happy with that
Love to see the larger scale restorations. So much more detail to work with. Your artistry really shines.
Ok. You've made up my mind. I've decided to raid the very innards of my attic to retrieve my old Matchbox, Corgi and Majorette cars.
I understand that! we have been digging old cars out of bins and storage boxes for weeks.
I actually "Wow"d out loud when I saw the reveal. SO well done mate. One of your best. Truly amazing, thanks.
Love that era of the Thunderbird. Again, you are showing us how far on a different plane of restoration you are.
Man, that was a fantastic result. Great casting job on the tires. Love the technique.
We accidentally found these videos about 2 weeks ago and now we can’t stop watching them! Forget the yard work. Forget the home work! Forget our own channel! We are obsessed. Nice work!!!
Wonderful restoration BM, thanks again, from South Africa
Hey, I found a fellow countryman in the wild
Jan-Philip Schoeman So MR Schoeman, where are you?
The black paint is fantastic. Can’t wait to see that purple flake in use. Great video!
Man I would drive that and drive it proud. Nice work.
OMG, just how tall are you?
@@dalemoskalyk1227 LOL Dale, then this is the car for you! Cheers.
@Steve Jarvis You have no sence of humor.
The Ford Thunderbird was from the golden era of American auto design. This was a beautiful restoration, and I hope you can find a second one to do in teal. My Dad is a mechanic, and he had a Teal 1960 Thunderbird in his shop last summer. It was the oldest vehicle that he has had there, beating our 1961 Chevy Apache by a year.
I loved the real Chevy Apache. My dad's friend had one in mint or aquamarine.
Michael Chugg The Apache really changed the game in the pickup truck industry. The 1958 was the first to feature a flat “fleetside” bed, and the 1960 was the first pickup to have an independent front suspension setup, making it ride more like a car than a truck and reducing wear and tear on the vehicle and driver. Apaches don’t get enough credit in the automotive world, so that’s why I’m proud to keep one of them on the road. I love them too, they’re my favorite vehicle from the 1960’s.
What a great hobby. I wish I had kept all my Majorettes and Matchbox. I literally had 100's of'em. Love your show, you bring back to my youth.
Not only are your final restorations amazing , but your knowledge on chemicals and proper tools needed is what really impressed me .
So I don't collect, or restore any of these, yet whenever one of your videos appear in my subscription I need to watch it. I feel I have learned a lot from your videos even though I haven't gotten around to using then just yet. Especially the clear coat on the molotow, that paint has been my nemesis. I just wanted to say thank you for the work you do and share. It's a pleasure to watch and learn.
Incredible work. I can't say when last i even heard the name Corgi. Taking me back.....way back.
You are always innovating and I salute you for that: the metal plating, the soldering on copper plating and now the "blue stuff" molding. Excellent work!
So, it's not enough to humble me in 1/64, you had to change scales and humble me in 1/43...Thanks pal!
Seriously, what a beautiful job. I would just bought reproduction tires. Don't know if I'll ever make my on tires...or plate...Nice to see a level of excellence I can still learn from even if I'll never reach that far. Beautiful and entertaining and informative!
Turned out nicely as far as I see it
Whoa! I have a real 59 Thunderbird! Thanks for doing this, I had no idea they made these!
You gotta get one. Everyone should have a scale model of their real car.
Looks great. You make it look easy. Thanks.
I love the attention to detail you put in on both the restorations, and on the videos !
Man, what an extensive restoration, one day I wanna go ahead and do something like this, but i need to set up my own table and paint booth. love watching your restos.
Very nice work. The black paint has such a deep gloss, you look into it. I used to see a convertible, in Moorabbin in Melbourne. The rear bumper stuck out about 2 feet, as this one was optioned with a Continental spare.
You gave that old Thunderchicken a new lease on life, job well done!!
It came out beautiful. I’m restoring Hot Wheels and I don’t have all the good tools like you got but I make do with what I got. I’m only a year into it. Well 10 months technically. My mentor just passed away. He was my age. Goes to show we can go at anytime and life is precious. Thanks for sharing your talents and God bless y’all.
Great job as always on the restoration. 58-60 birds never get much love, but you turned this one into a classic that anyone would appreciate. Thumbs up and thanks for all your restoration tips.
My 8yr old Son says "I love the way you fixed all the cars!"
Brillant!
I thought I had them all.
This one I have NEVER seen. Neither the convertible nor HT.
Very cool ‼️
A great job on one of the most beautiful cars of its era.
Zero dislikes that's what I like to see on a vid like this
What a beauty! Love watching your process and problem solving. And the results speak for themselves!
One of the best examples of a restored miniature car, mate. No apologies necessary. Beautiful. What a shame that the manufacturer wanted to cut costs with a cheap plastic interior, as if it would have been more difficult to make a normal plastic die cast interior.
That "Blue Stuff" kind of InstaMorph thermoplastic beads. You toss them in hot 140°F water till they turn clear and mold it whatever shape you want and when it turns white it's hardened/cooled.
I never thought of using it as a mold, that's a really cool idea. Another great video as always, I love the finished product. It turned out beautiful.
I always loved doing what you do but it really came to life about 3 years ago when I had to buy a collection I always bought mint cars but I had to take everything so many 50's and 60's stuff in played condition it feels so good to bring them back to life.
I love how thurough you are with your restorations... Even recasting the tyres... Fantastic...
Have to say this is one of my favourites, that paintjob is perfection!
One of the best restos iv seen, looks awesome. I’d love to see you restore a corgi bat mobile. Cheers from down under
Little toy works are truly gems.
Mother's 303 is another good polishing product. Yep, gloss black shows all imperfections in paint work. But still it turned out GREAT! Thanks for sharing with us.
the car after you restored it looks like something the Old Man from Pawn Stars would have driven.
I love the design of the 59 Thunderbird its got great lines, you did a real good job on the resto I might steal your idea of casting new tires it works really well.
This is a magnificent restoration. Your comments and explanations are very entlightening.
When I was a kid I had three Corgi's. A fire engine "snorkel", the James Bond Aston Martin DB5, and the Batmobile. The working features on all three were amazing. Corgi's were, and still are, my favorite die cast cars. All paid for by a paper route. Remember when kids them ?
You never cease to impress me with the restorations you carry out in your videos!
The paint job came out great. It almost seems to have purplish tint but could be my screen. Molding the tires was a brilliant idea and looked as though they cast nicely. I have never seen a Cory of that scale before. The casting details look very precise. You brought the windshield back better than expected as I'm sure it's an unobtainium piece for sure. As always thanks very much for sharing your expert remanufacturing process.
Wow man. That's a beauty. I'm a huge fan, but I take note of a new approach or product you use. You are an artisan sir. I like your art
when I've restored missing wheels in the past, I've used a gasket around the same size made of rubber, and spun it in a drill chuck, this gave me a really nice rubber effect.
Sorry about those "obvious comments" on the acrylic rolling pin 😉... All in good fun.
I watch your videos late at night whenever I can’t sleep. Your monotone voice and long ass detailed videos over hot wheels cars puts me right to sleep. No lie please keep doing what you do😭😂
The tyre cast technique is so impressive!
“Holy Messin’ With Resin, Batman! It almost looks like our rig!” It’s funny how, now that I am retired, I find myself researching items of my younger days....and have recently developed an interest in the 1960s George Barris cars....in particular, his Batmobile based on the concept Ford Futura. I never noticed the similarities between the Futura and this year’s Thunderbird! That black and red even smacks of Baris’.....uh, Batman’s car! And I don’t know what’s up with Robin.....but there is absolutely no way that I wouldn’t be taking that hot ride out on a Saturday night with Poison Ivy! As always....Bravo-Zulu on this 1:43 model. Your ingenuity when addressing a challenge never fails to amaze me!
The process and effort put into reproducing those tires was awesome. Consistent attention to detail like that makes watching this channel one of the most worthwhile ways to spend time during the day. Thank you!
This is a true CZcams someone who makes videos out of his passion nothing more.
What a car! And what a restoration as well!
Lovely job. I still have mine from new as a kid, repainted and pretty bashed up as most of my cars became stock car racers. I seem to remember it was originally brown with the red top.I also had the soft top ( a kind of moulded fringed canopy) version as Hawiian taxi, but that is long gone.
I meant to add - the taxi version had a removable driver so it had to have a full interior too.
British toys are so well made
Right now on Friday 9th October, I deeply love how you continued to restore die cast cars in brand new condition, the results are incredible dude, the Thunderbird looks magnificent.
What an amazing job! I can't think of anyone else that would ever put this much time care and patience into a work but I can see that when you do it comes out just fantastic. Wonderful job
Excellent restoration! It looks brand new. Thanks for sharing this tutorial.
You sir are a national treasure. Thank you.
That turned out nice great job making the new tires
That car came out looking great! Can't wait to see that purple flake paint on another car!
Wow, gorgeous.It looks like it came right off the showroom floor at a Ford dealership. Love your work.
Just beautiful. The professor does it again.
Nice! You restored 1 of my favorite cars!!
Really nice job, thanks for the video. I always preferred Corgi toys to Dinky or Matchbox when I was a kid. I seem to remember owning this model in the sixties - happy dayz!
A masterpiece! You are an artisan of the zamak canvas!
Beautiful result. Takes me back in time.
Once test drove a 1959 EDSEL at a small town Used Car dealership, just to say I had driven one! With the addition of "Power Steering," that car would've been near-perfect!
I have a Corgi Plymouth this scale and age that also has rotted tires but in white. Very good tips on how to proceed on mine now.
The paint and finished result looks great. A truly fine job.
Wow, flashback!
When I was a kid (60's-70's) Corgi was the top of the line for toy cars. So much so we had to go to the big city of Dallas to get them, a biannual trip for my family back then.
I like how you restored that old Corgi. I think they call it a quill. God job
Who dislikes this video???? great job man i learning a lot!
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Beautiful restoration, I'm always in ore over the finished product, I learn so much from the vlogs, thank you for taking the time to do this, great work once again, big hello from Melbourne Australia, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺😊😊😊
Fantastic job in this restoration! (I happen to like all of your restorations, but don’t let that get to your head).
My Mom says my Dad’s ‘57 Thunderbird is what caught her eye, and the rest is history. The ‘59 isn’t styled much different, but if my Mom saw this one it would bring a tear to her eye. You did a great job!
Still....instead of that turntable , I think it would be great if you could place the cars on a moving belt in a diorama... Yup, takes a lotta time to create, but it would be outstanding to see your beautiful projects "moving" through a landscape instead of that dull turntable ( tho we did notice the 3D printed redline wheel ). Almost every modelrestorer uses a turntable, and especially you, sir, are outstanding in these videos. Never a dull moment.
I've got a belt sander somewhere I'll see what I can do...
Thunderbirds puppet series used a moving belt for the side views of cars moving. Would have needed 2: one for the road, and one for the back scene.
That's a beautiful restoration, if you ever get a convertible version of that TBIRD , maybe you can do a tribute to Elviras car (Elvira Mistress of the Dark) 👍😉
Oh yes i want to see that happen in the future it going to be fun project for baremetalHW if he find t brid convertible and nice video there for doing a bigger scale diecast witch is good change of pace for you my friend.
That's a great idea!
Very beautiful result, thank you for sharing your story. God bless you and your family
That model of T-Bird had a "hardtop convertible". The trunk opened up and the roof slid on rails into the trunk. Quite a demonstration of 1950's automotive technology.
Excellent Vlog - I'm impressed by the fact that you were able to make spare tyres - never seen that before. I believe I had the same vehicle back in 63 in England. So I was delighted to see this pit stop upgrade - I guess that's why I subscribed. 👍
One of your best videos! I loved the info on blue stuff and casting the resin. Great video and a nice change up...
Can you add a link for the great pipettes?
I used to own one of these as a boy.
The same colour.
Yes early 60s I think, but I'm English.
You've done a great job here!
I restored a tootsietoy chevy yesterday and these videos were very helpful!
Nice job. And I like that you have chosen to do a larger scale model, the majority of restoration channels seem to only do hotwheels and matchbox.
Patience is a word that comes to mind after watching the detail of the restoration. Saving this toy is wonderful and will be appreciated by the next generation of car nuts like me. I was around for the 58TBird's intro in 58 I was 8 years old. So now that you know my age you can see I lived through the greatest era of cars ever made the 1950s & 60s BTW I owned a 58, 60, 64, 68 & a 77 TBird. I am currently looking for a good deal on a 2002-2005 TBird.
Great job fella. Liking the urethane paint and the very subtle detailing which really enhance what for Corgi was quite a primitive casting transitioning from early models into the heyday years of the 60's and early 70's.
The Corgi model came out in UK almost as soon as the real thing hit the streets. I got the Corgi convertable on my 5th birthday in August 1960!
You're killing me smalls. If only you could do this full time. Waiting for an upload I feel like an addict.
I wish I could do it full time...lol
I always love these videos. I’ve always wanted to do these myself.
Watching this one again... I realize what a great looking car this is. Certainly a candidate for a vintage custom Batmobile project, in my opinion.
That came out great! Super veal job. Great tip about that blue stuff mold.
that's some thin plastic they used to do the interior, you did a great work as always 😎👍
I’ve just started restoring dinky and corgi loved this restoration, more please 😊
I liked the part where you used the blue stuff. It was a very imaginative way of producing replicas!
I would HIGHLY recommend that when doing ANYTHING that creates metal shavings, you wear some type of gloves (these days, there are some really good disposable rubber gloves designed for mechanics.)
You REALLY don’t want to miss a small shaving on one of your fingers and get it in your eye.
This could be the start of a whole new series and I'm ready for ot
awesome result ! nothing wrong with it man 😊
Awesome job, congrat, it take a lot of patience and time, to get good results likes that.