Me too! Started out with my old Tootsie cars to practice stripping/painting techniques (no disassembly needed) ... slowly moving onto my old matchbox cars. ... saving my favorite car (' 72 Javlin) till my skills are up to snuff....
The color came out fantastic! Though I did notice that the interior looks to have bee bent downwards on the aftermath shot, here's hoping that was caught before the car was sent back. Otherwise its great as always!
There are more methods of concealing the broken windows, if you clean the part and dip it in Humbrol Gloss Coat it has an incredible effect at removing scratches both light AND heavy, it is definitely something you should have a go at with some of the extra windscreens that I am sure you have lying around. Model medic has some videos on his channel about this, and it is a trick a lot of model aircraft builders use to remove scratches on cockpit glass. Another good video BMHW thank you.
I definitely agree that the root beer spectraflame over the metallic primer looks far more realistic and even gives the model a more accurate desirable appeal amongst its peers. Excellent job with this one!
I like the guy with a beer in his hand getting pulled over. Don’t drink and drive!! Great job on the car, I agree that the paint color seems more appropriate for the style. 👍
I typically don't care for Root Beer/brown paint on cars, but that looks beautiful! It also looks more like a paint Mercedes would've used. Excellent work, as usual.
Agree totally with the colour choice, gives it a realistic believable feel and your excellent prep and finishes really make it pop. 'Top Job Fella' ;-)
Here in the UK we pretty much had the choice of Matchbox or Corgi in the 80's. Corgi always looked and felt much cheaper and lighter than matchbox, you can see the difference in the big door gaps and low quality wheels. I'm trying to customise a few at the moment and it's hard to make them look good. You've done a great job with this one!
My first thought at seeing the original blue was I hope he doesn't redo that, and you didn't disappoint. Root beer looks fantastic. Love your channel. Thanks for your hard work.
I actually like the root beer color a lot better. This looks really sharp. I’m blown away at your attention to detail. As odd as this may sound, sometimes it’s relaxing just listening to your videos. Love the channel and I really enjoy the variety in cars, paint, and techniques that you use! Have a fantastic day and thank you for making awesome content so often.
Corgi Collector here with some notes on the model. The Mercedes 280 was introduced by Corgi in 1969. They were pretty up to date on designs. It was first released in the Rockets line and as a regular wheel model. In 1970 it went to Whizzwheels. The model you are working with was made in around 1973. The mold was getting long in the tooth by then and the casting lines were getting rough. Although not as well known in the US, in the 1970's Corgi was the third largest diecast producer after Hot Wheels and MMatchbox
more a modelcar than a toy car….but i even liked the Original, theres an interesting siku model like that and ive never seen the corgi. great job on the base and paint. this restoration wont ever disappear, will stay forever! thats great.
That rezto is awesome, great colour as well, the only bummer is the original wheels, but it still looks fantastic, and the wheels do suit the car 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘
Excellent restoration as always. I've never seen you do a bad one. Mind you, you probably don't show us those.... A little trick for wheels scuffed up like those is to gently melt the frays with a lighter. It takes a bit of practice but i bet you have a bunch of wheels you won't use so there's lots of fodder for mistakes. If you get good enough, it puts a bit of gloss back on the wheels. Keep on putting out these excellent vids...
The paint job turned out great. I was surprised that you painted the silver basecoat instead of zinc-plating, but I can't argue with the results. Looks good.
The rootbeer color along with the worn beat up looking tires makes it look like one of those really old cars you would find hidden away in a garage but had a reasonable amount of care still given to it.
Root beer looks great. Looks more realistic. Great choice!
Yes, officer. It's just root beer.
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the paint brings out shadows and gives the surface detail a 3d look that most car paint jobs obscure. Nice work
Really love the final panorama. The guy with the beer in his hand, hilarious :D
He reminds me of Leatherface from TCM, lol.
Agreed
Mr. DUI didn't completely hide the jacked up dash.
I think the car looks great, very realistic in that color. You have inspired me to try restoring/customizing my own cars recently
Car turned out great, unfortunately the driver looked a bit worse for wear with his Pabst, lol . Another great job!
The tires show the fun a kid or multiple kids had playing! Awesome job!
Truly talented. Because of this channel I've started working on my own Hot Wheels as well as moving on to model cars.
Me too! Started out with my old Tootsie cars to practice stripping/painting techniques (no disassembly needed) ... slowly moving onto my old matchbox cars. ... saving my favorite car (' 72 Javlin) till my skills are up to snuff....
Brilliant paint job, adds realism. Thanks for the video.
Wow! That color really works with this car. It really brings out the detail and depth in the casting.
The color came out fantastic! Though I did notice that the interior looks to have bee bent downwards on the aftermath shot, here's hoping that was caught before the car was sent back. Otherwise its great as always!
There are more methods of concealing the broken windows, if you clean the part and dip it in Humbrol Gloss Coat it has an incredible effect at removing scratches both light AND heavy, it is definitely something you should have a go at with some of the extra windscreens that I am sure you have lying around. Model medic has some videos on his channel about this, and it is a trick a lot of model aircraft builders use to remove scratches on cockpit glass.
Another good video BMHW thank you.
I definitely agree that the root beer spectraflame over the metallic primer looks far more realistic and even gives the model a more accurate desirable appeal amongst its peers. Excellent job with this one!
I like the guy with a beer in his hand getting pulled over. Don’t drink and drive!!
Great job on the car, I agree that the paint color seems more appropriate for the style. 👍
Good job the root beer is a decent colour for that project 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!
Incredible!!! I love how the paint settled in the body lines. It made the entire car “pop”.
wow...thanks for bringing back the beauty and magic that these cars gave their owners...
This is one of the best restorations yet. I love the color.
Pure awesome. Great colour choice for that car. Love the guy drinking a beer with cop.
You have an awesome eye for colour! That Root Beer is a great hue!
I really like the color you added to this car. Very fitting to the model.
I think it looks more realistic in the Root Beer color then the plain blue. Thanks for sharing this and the model looks great!
I typically don't care for Root Beer/brown paint on cars, but that looks beautiful! It also looks more like a paint Mercedes would've used.
Excellent work, as usual.
Agree totally with the colour choice, gives it a realistic believable feel and your excellent prep and finishes really make it pop. 'Top Job Fella' ;-)
Here in the UK we pretty much had the choice of Matchbox or Corgi in the 80's. Corgi always looked and felt much cheaper and lighter than matchbox, you can see the difference in the big door gaps and low quality wheels. I'm trying to customise a few at the moment and it's hard to make them look good.
You've done a great job with this one!
Loved this restoration, and I'm really liking the base used to showcase the car at the end, a nice touch.
My first thought at seeing the original blue was I hope he doesn't redo that, and you didn't disappoint. Root beer looks fantastic. Love your channel. Thanks for your hard work.
This color really add to this casting! It's a beauty.
The color was spot on. Looks fantastic!
Looks great. That screams 70’s Mercedes
Looks great mate but I definitely would have liked to have seen a wheel swap on this one
Bang on, Rob.
Great color combination...and another beautiful restoration.
I actually like the root beer color a lot better. This looks really sharp. I’m blown away at your attention to detail. As odd as this may sound, sometimes it’s relaxing just listening to your videos. Love the channel and I really enjoy the variety in cars, paint, and techniques that you use! Have a fantastic day and thank you for making awesome content so often.
Great job. Looking forward to your take on redoing plastic windscreens on the fly! Thanks for your dedication to this hobby and sharing with us.
That rub-n-buff stamping process was very clever!
Awesome bud, I was just looking through some Corgi jnrs I have last night. Looks fantastic in that color.
That turned out beautifully! You should try the Molotow chrome paint pens on the worn wheels. They work great.
Looks awesome. Realism at its finest.
You know what, I LOVE this color and the decision to keep the old wheels was neat. They fit perfectly in the final result. Amazing!
Your work has inspired me to learn how to airbrush my plastic model kits
Outstanding job! I reckopn that this car never looked this good even when it was new. Your painting is gettingt better with every job you do.
Always an enjoyable experience watching you restore these cars. Thank you.
Corgi Collector here with some notes on the model. The Mercedes 280 was introduced by Corgi in 1969. They were pretty up to date on designs. It was first released in the Rockets line and as a regular wheel model. In 1970 it went to Whizzwheels. The model you are working with was made in around 1973. The mold was getting long in the tooth by then and the casting lines were getting rough. Although not as well known in the US, in the 1970's Corgi was the third largest diecast producer after Hot Wheels and MMatchbox
This color on this car definately appears to me less like a toy. It turned out very nice. Great work!
That paint job looks gorgeous!
Looks awesome! Definitely better than the original blue. The stamp technique with the wheels was extremely clever and worked great!
Really LOVE that paint job!
Great looking results! Very nice color choice.
Absolutely beautiful finish !!!
I think that is a very elegant color for that car. It looks great.
Looks gorgeous in that paint!
more a modelcar than a toy car….but i even liked the Original, theres an interesting siku model like that and ive never seen the corgi. great job on the base and paint. this restoration wont ever disappear, will stay forever! thats great.
Looks bloody fantastic, outstanding work.
Looks great, just right colour for that car. Hope you do more Corgi Juniors cars.
The color is fitting! Great video
I love the new colour. Looks great.
personally i think this is your best one yet.
Dude with a root beer coloured car being halted by a cop for DUI lol.
The color gives the casting a realistic look 👍👍
That's great ,excellent paint work love the colour.
Great choice of colour. Elegant car too 😊
Man, that turned out gorgeous. Love the color!
That rezto is awesome, great colour as well, the only bummer is the original wheels, but it still looks fantastic, and the wheels do suit the car 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘
Love the colour . Great restoration with limitations of the owner.
Nice classic color for a nice classic sedan.
Wow what a fantastic restoration! Nice job
Awesome restoration! Love the color!
Nice restoration! I love the details on your turntable!
Very good work! The color is very hard to get used to, but very interesting on this model!
Thanks for the video!
Love the finished product/scene!!
Very nice looks a lot better. Thanks for sharing.
I truly believe you do the best paint jobs!
Looks like Biff from Back to the Future in the end lol. Great resto on this one!
Nice hack on the tire painting. Good color choice.
Thumbs up, another great video
Great looking paint work
As always amazing work and great color choice!
Really nice work. The new color suits it much better than the blue that Corgi put on it.
Great final scene! Memories....
That color was made for that car. Looks great good job.
The paint job looked incredible 👉 almost like a porcelain. 👌
That Turnd out really nice, you get the paint to go on so nice great work.
The color goes well with the car style. Nice work.
Great techniques. Enjoyed following your channel.
Great job bud, Very nice color! 👍👍
I think the color used turned out excellent, works great on this car.
Excellent restoration as always. I've never seen you do a bad one. Mind you, you probably don't show us those....
A little trick for wheels scuffed up like those is to gently melt the frays with a lighter. It takes a bit of practice but i bet you have a bunch of wheels you won't use so there's lots of fodder for mistakes. If you get good enough, it puts a bit of gloss back on the wheels.
Keep on putting out these excellent vids...
Beautiful, Great choice of color for the target effect. It does look more like a real car then a toy.
I’m with Jay all the way on his comment. Love the figures too 👍🏼😎 x 1 million likes
I love the color! The end result looks great. 😎
I don’t know what it is but I like this whole set up. Good job on this.
The paint job turned out great. I was surprised that you painted the silver basecoat instead of zinc-plating, but I can't argue with the results. Looks good.
Bam! That color is fantastic!
The rootbeer color along with the worn beat up looking tires makes it look like one of those really old cars you would find hidden away in a garage but had a reasonable amount of care still given to it.
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Great color..Mercedes would be proud.
Who’d a thunk root beer would look so good?! Great choice and nice to finished car.
Looks great, the paint looks way better than a bright color. Keep up the great work!!