Dinky Space 1999 Eagle Restoration part 3 - Toy Polloi
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2014
- Part 3 of my Dinky Space 1999 Eagle restoration.
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you did a great job restoring the eagle.
I love how you Brits do things. With having a cherished value of the small things and details. I enjoy these videos.
The white eagle looks amazing !
+Dolls and more Thanks.
Boy the decals especially the moon base alpha one on the nose is a super nice touch❣️
I wish I still had my Dinky Eagle Transporter. Green as it was. Ah, nostalgia.
It looks fantastic. Well done. Makes me very nostalgic, I can almost smell the new toy paint. Just a shame Dinky didn't detail them like you have, As you say, it would have meant so much more to kids who loved the show at the time
My favorite sci-fy ship!!! I have looked for years to find the Dinky Eagle but sadly they are always way out of my price range. You did a great job.
Excellent job!
Well, this is absolutely BRILLIANT!
Very well done, mate.
Absolutely stunning work. Nothing like seeing something not only restored, but improved over the original. Commander Konig would be proud. ;)
Fantastic job! It looks so much better and would be a great look for a new production! This was my favorites show ad a kid here in the US
WOW NICE JOB
Your finished Eagle looks excellent! Nice work indeed :)
+redcardinalist Thanks. This one did come out very nicely.
Really impressed - thanks very much for tsking time to do this restoration - wish the original had been produced like yours! ;-)
getting one for refurb this week . Thanks for the advice
Beautiful restoration. Better than original.
That is beautiful work!
Incredible detail you put into this. You should be very proud.
Wow, really nice Eagle!
Looks incredible!
I love all these diecast toys, such a great feel to hold in the hand with a nice heft to them. You did a great job with this restore!
Wow that looks really great, better than the bad green original paint, looks so much nicer than the original! Two thumbs up!
You turned a wreck into a masterpiece. A very good job....👍
Great work! ...and a trip down memory lane. I always thought that the Eagles were some of the best and potentially realistic designs of any sci-fi space craft of any era up until today. Excellent job.
Mr Polloi- could you consider doing a video where your fans get to see you doing your photo shop work? It fascinates me how good your stickers are and I would really get a lot out of seeing where you begin with this design process.
Check out my video on creating an insert for the At-At. I show quite a lot of the Photoshop work in that video. It takes quite a few hours to create for some projects, so it's not always easy to show.
By far my favourite restoration...of my favourite spacecraft. Absolutely incredible job. The decals really do make it into something special. I quite like the bit of a shine that the varnish clear coat gave it. Very sporty.
Nice work mate. Love your attention to detail. Very inspiring.
I had about 4 of these when I was a kid. Thanks for the memories....
Dude you are a freaking artist! Very nice and your mods really did bring it to life.
+Nativtexan2 Thanks :D This one did come out really nicely. Still got it on display with my original eagles.
Alan Carter would be proud to fly your Eagle! Great job!
Much Respect for this great Job. 🤘
A highly skillful restoration, looks outstanding, masterfully job, well done!!!! ☺
Beautiful job.
Thank you so much 😀
Very nice repaint/restoration! If you do another one you could leave the transport section off and display it as a Combat Eagle
Amazing work and well explained.
I've always been a huge fan of the eagle transporter sweet work👍
Then you may well enjoy the new ones! Product Enterprise has now released most of the Eagles/Modules and these highly collectible craft as 12'' long and made out of metal.
Looks great!
Great job on this. Thinking my Mattel Eagle could use some restoration work.
Thank you for such a great tutorial,...Will start restoring mines!
Lovely job!
I liked your slight modifications on the Dinky Eagle Transporter as well as the Corgi Buck Rogers Starfighter that you did.
I agreed with you about the blue and green Eagles ... what was Dinky thinking? I'm in my sixties and well remember those old toys! These days I collect the Product Enterprise 12'' Eagles.
Definitely an Eagle Moon Base Alpha would be proud to have 👍
*Love it* Job very well done mate. I always wanted the true to screen white version. But my mam bought me the green one. So as a kid. I took it apart and painted it myself. I had a big collection of Dinky's and always took them apart so I knew how they worked on the inside. Right!...onto another vid of yours. Rob (london)
Brilliant restoration, I'm planning Eagle resto myself soon, These videos are perfect for reference, Ty.
+Jim Hannard Thanks. If you can, post some pictures of your restoration on my Facebook page. Would love to see how you get on.
I will, will be after christmas now as lot going on, but will definately post. A quick question if i may please. I purchased your eagle decals from your site, they look great, what paper/vinyl would you recommend for printing on too, i want them to look as best as poss. Ty
+Jim Hannard I used clear sticky backed vinyl printer paper. Bought from ebay. That seems to work very well.
Ty, much appreciated, shall go look now.
+Jim Hannard Hi Jim, i have 4 green dinky eagles for sale if you want to buy them to restore.
Great job. I bought a battered old green one on ebay without the pod. The prices of the pods alone are more than what I paid for the transporter. I actually ordered a 3D printed one which I'll have to paint. I wouldn't attempt a full restoration like on this video. I know I'll make a complete mess of it.
Nice work. Looks great. I always thought Dinky should made a white one also. Have a green one bought off a friend mines brother. It is decent shape.
Nice work !!!
Nice! I remember when these first came out in 1975. I was 13 years old. I liked the model, but I never bought one because the color was all wrong. So much for Dinky's view that kids wouldn't want an all-white model. It was the same with the SHADO Interceptor, which was painted in the same ridiculous bottle green. Both looked ridiculous at a time when every space ship from 2001 A Space Odyssey to Star Wars was painted white. Dinky lost at least two sales because they misread their audience.
Very awesome!
Hi,
A bit disappointed that you did not show how the action with the transport module works. I believe that the small metal thingy on top is a lever that, when moved, will release the module. That said, you have done a FAN-TAS-TIC job. That is what the toy should have looked like in the first place. I remember seeing those in the stores way back when and thought to myself : "Why in the world would you have a green Eagle".
Anyway, in the end, you must have spent a great deal of time and a pretty penny, but it is well worth it. The finish product is simply amazing! To me, you did not restored it, you made it much, much better. Good show!!!
Serge Desaulniers Thanks, it was actually pretty cheap to do, the most expensive part were the replacement jets. The paint was cheap, and the rest is just time.
1st off great job just a few things. Now I'm by no means a professional. But I have been watching a lot of other peoples restoration and model building videos so some things are reccomendations I have seen and others are questions. 1: Why not use a primer coat 1st on the metal to cut down on the coats of paint? 2: I'm curious why you didn't put the stickers on before the final clear coat to protect them as well? 3: I've been watching a guy that restores hotwheels. When it comes to rivets after he removes them when he's done he uses screws to put it back together. Thought that would be a useful tip for you, it makes it easier to take back apart if you need to. 4: hobby stores sell a tape similar to painters tape but thinner and helps prevent bleed through. And lastly with the great job and detail you do, I think a modelers air powered paint gun would be great for you. You did a fantastic job with spray paint and a brush, I think you would do really great with the paint gun
I thought the same on these points.
Great...!!...
love it
I did the same but as a little tip do a black wash / rub around the head and pick the indents up ! It looks like a different toy and more like the screen used
I ended up do it all over to make it look in service
Great upload
Try it !
As a kid I always wanted a toy Eagle, but Dinky painting them puke green turned me off. Nice restoration.
Excellent work mate :)
love it!!!!!
Top notch
This is going to be handy to refer to as I now have two eagles to restore, I'll need to sort out the decals now.
I always love how toy companies say that children won't like something, since many of us as kids never got the figures we wanted like Gloria Baker and Shark, Galadria and Virulina not to mention a whole bunch of stuff that we waited for but in the days before the internet couldn't understand where these figures/toys where. I search everywhere for the female visionaries gutted when I found out they never existed sigh. Oh and a transforming botsmaster Twig thats would have been amazing.
I feel the same, but when you’re dealing with the population at large they kind of do know what they’re saying about most kids not wanting such a thing. You can still see it till this day, for example female Star Wars character figures clogging the pegs at retail, etc. Most little boys just don’t go for it.
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Stunning job. Incredible attention to detail. I wonder if DInky would ever reissue the Eagle? It's really an iconic craft! I was about 10-11 y/o when the show debuted in the USA and I was completely hooked by the first season, it was like watching a real moon base in action with real believable scientists as well. Second Season was such a let down, it was like an entirely different show very disappointing especially the
writing and lack of focus on scientific exploration.
A good bit of modelling a job well done there i have sent away for an MPC eagle transporter 1:48 scale 22 ins long looking forward to building it. ps just seen three dinky Eagles going for £435 in mint condition boxed!!! one of them had blue colouring. Just put a bid in for one that need's restoring for £15.
I have reviewed the eagles as well and you will see the blue one I own, along with a few variants.
Hi, Brilliant work. Could you doi a video on making decals??
Looks super nice,,another idea,,making a more used version
Wow!Great work Sir If i may say with the masking try using the green painters tape?I have built Star Wars(Darth Vader's Tie Fighter,AT-AT and the At-ST) from scratch and worked really well.
I actually bought the 12" model of the Eagle and getting ready to paint love your videos
cheers From Newfoundland Canada Mate...
Beautiful job, sir! The only addition to that I would do, is to paint some tiny coloured areas on the plastic girder section, and to weather it slightly - all Gerry Anderson vehicles are weathered to some degree: it makes them look more realistic. At opposite ends of the scale, FAB 1 has panel lines and roadside dust on the underside; Thunderbird Four, which is bright yellow, is absolutely filthy, to counter the 'Toyness' that the bright colour gives it - see the Thunderbirds episode 'Desperate Intruder' to see what I mean. The Eagles have dings and scorch marks, as well as a light coating of moondust - they are, after all, basically spaceworthy trucks.
+brianartillery thanks. I didn't want to make this look too real. I was just trying to make it look a better toy version of the ship. I may do another soon.
I really love that you always keep the toy-ness in mind on these. This one was superb and probably how the original toy should have looked. The red highlights make it pop.
Have you ever thought of selling things like this? You can tell that the detail was there in the metal when the paint was stripped off, it just lacked the equivalent detail in the paintwork, which you've managed to perfect. Did always wonder why these Dinky toys were such strange colours - I grew up thinking Eagles were green and Thunderbirds 2 was blue!
Massive awe in what you’ve done here I had the eagle toys when I was a kid never understood why Dinky always deviated with the colour schemes of their replicas (Thunderbird 2 being blue and not green or SHADO interceptors being green not white and the Klingon cruisers being blue too) nevertheless Dinky really did break the mould in die cast toy manufacture stunning work
NICE 👍!!. Better than New?
Thank you so much - very helpful. I am wondering - hoping - you have (or know of) a similar guide to restore a FAB1.
I've not seen one. And don't have plans to do it myself at the moment. Should be pretty easy to do though. Dinky toys are pretty good for this.
I’m now imagining an alternate universe where Dinky got the Star Wars license and we have AT-AT toys with green head and legs. :)
You did a nice job only the one mistake you see on allot of these are they are made with the fuel tanks red. The studio models never had these in red. only the mattel toy one had them in red. the studio models were white like the rest of the Eagles body.
chris dav Hey. Yeah I realise the red is only on the toys. I wanted to make this look more like the studio model, but also keep some of the toy bits on there, so thought the red sits quite nicely with the bright red plastic on the doors and landing gear. I have a few other eagles with the un-pianted tanks and they do look nice.
Just found this video. Do make these for the general public? Beautiful work
One thing I found odd about the Dinky Eagle variants was the circular indentation on the front command module being just on the top than on the sides like the original models did.
I have a question, is there a reason you use liquid super glue as opposed to gel control superglue? Just wondering if it is a personal preference or if there is a model making / toy repairing reason.
Just personal preference. I'm sure the other stuff will work just as well.
I was a little narked that my Dinky Thunderbird 2 was that kind of metallic green rather than the matte dark green of the TV version.
Do you have a link where you got the reproduction Dinky Eagle parts?
Looks great. Looking to do a restoration project on my eagle. Where did you get the replacement thrusters from?
They were from ebay. There is a seller who always seems to have parts for the eagle for sale.
Toy Polloi cheers
they should have made it look like this!
Anyone knows the ref. fir the green and blue paint for the restoration of these vehicles ???
WOW!!! I wonder what you could do with a Dinky Toys U.S.S. ENTERPRISE?
do you print with an inkjet or color laser printer? also what vinyl do you use for it?
Richard Ricketts I picked up some clear sticky backed printer paper off ebay. It has no details on it at all. The printer I use is and inkjet. I think a laser printer would give better detail, but I don't have access to one.
+Toy Polloi Hi, would you sell me a sheet of stickers.
Andaroo64 Hey, Sorry, I don't do that. You can get the PDF's of my website and print them yourself. Thanks
+Toy Polloi Thanks!
Just purchased my first eagle, now I have to build up the nerve to restore it
What is your source for repro parts? Do they make parts for other toys? Thanks and great job! :)
There are sellers in eBay listing all sorts of repro dinky parts.
Sorry. I should have been more specific. I was wondering about toy reproduction parts in general and not specific to only Dinky. I was thinking about Star Wars, MOTU, etc. Is there a company that specializes in these types of repros that you deal with?
Usually lots of different individual fans and collectors that make repro parts for things they love. There’s not one big seller for all repros.
Old Video ..i know..but any idea of what the paint code is for the original green .. I think it is Emerald Green .. I only have 1 Eagle and i want to restore back to original .
I'd go to a car paint supplier and see what they have. It has a slight metallic fleck to it. I did this for an Optimus Prime i was working on and got some very close matches.
@@toypolloi Thank-you my friend :)
He should have painted the landing gear gun metal grey
He didn't paint the sensors on the command module
I could never understand why toy manufacturers painted TV themed toys the wrong colours.
The same thing went on with the Thunderbird 2 diecast models.....what were they thinking painting them blue?.........obviously green in the TV show.
Decals PDF not working what a bummer
+kev359 What trouble are you having?
+kev359 Just checked, all works fine for me. So let me know what issue you are having.
its ok wont work for me found your web site instead
I think that you should pronounce the little colored details you added "dee-cals", you know, to appeal to a more American audience, kind of like what worked so well for Fred Frieberger and the second season of the show. ... Just kidding. Great work! I remember seeing these in the stores as a youngster but I never really wanted to buy one since they looked so goofy with the different colors, like from a cartoon or something, even though I love the Eagles on the show so much.
The end is a bit messed up
joran oostvogels can you tell me what time is messed up? It looks ok here.
Its my ytb sorry it started flickering and the end time started going up its a bug
joran oostvogels ok, thx for letting me know. Thought it might be YT. Cheers
Sold mine on eBay years ago, for a pittance :(
Excellent restoration! Thanks for sharing.
Also: Found this video of an actual studio prop being demonstrated
ruclips.net/video/vRwrmmGEcf4/видео.html