RESTORATION OF A CORGI TOYS FORD ZEPHYR POLICE MOTORWAY PATROL CAR No.419
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- HI ALL, THIS TIME WE HAVE A CORGI TOYS No. 419 FORD ZEPHYR MOTORWAY PATROL POLICE CAR TO RESTORE WHICH WAS VERY KINDLY DONATED TO ME BY MR. DAVID YEATES. I DO HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE VIDEO!
BEST WISHES,
CRAPAUD NICK
Lovely that - and do them when you can: this is a hobby for YOUR pleasure, Nick. We get to hop aboard when there’s a video to watch. We can wait. I think the ‘big blue light’ on the bumper is actually a bullhorn loud speaker, so would probably be black, but it is a nice variation! Thanks for sharing, and the crazy-paving lesson: every day’s a school day!
Thank you Fraser, yes I thought the same about the big blue light on the bumper, the original model had it painted blue and on the Corgi Club remake model it is blue as well so I thought I’d better do the same, I think the light I did yellow would have been better painted blue instead. We’ll see how the paint does with time, I made the video a few weeks ago and the paint is still ok so far, I was surprised that the lacquer smoothed it all out no trace of any crazy paving left👍😊
All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Well done, Nick, when you were trying to put the rivet in, it called sods aw, ,most annoying. Another brilliant restro.😀😀😀
Thank you Wally, lol, these things are sent to try us🤦🏻♂🤔😁 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Excellent restoration nick looks amazing well done 👍.
Thank you Adrian😊👍🐸🐸🐸
Nicely done, Nick. You always do nice work on your cars. I like the music, too. Cheers.
Thank you👍😊 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Great work Nick. My late father in law had a zephyr station wagon in white. My wife has fond memories of learning to drive in it. No blue light then 😂. All the best to you. Cheers Chris 👍🏼🇦🇺🤩
Thank you Chris, lovely old cars those, I wouldn’t mind a full size one lol, glad you enjoyed the video, all the best Nick😊👍🐸🐸🐸🇯🇪
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Great job Nick take care
Thank you Rick👍😊 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
First off Mr Nick it’s not important as to how often you post a video for us subscribers to watch. You can’t be two places at the same time, and we are all more than happy to see them whenever. The point is that you keep on making your brilliant work available for everyone. As usual another great project done the Nick way. Thank you for sharing your video with us all Sir.
Thank you for your kind words, I’m so pleased you keep enjoying my videos and thank you for continuing to watch them, I thoroughly enjoy making the videos and restoring the models, I find it helps me unwind after I finish work😊👍 As Martin says, onwards and upwards and on to the next one😊
All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Hi Nick, that's a lovely job you've made of that. Looks so nice. Really nice casting from Corgi, it's a shame so many of the plastic seat interiors are so flimsy. This one is really rubbish isn't it? Good to see you again Nick, always look forward to your videos. All the best
Thank you Alan, you’re right about the interior, very thin and brittle, not good at all🤦🏻♂ Glad you’re still enjoying the videos, thank you for watching them👍😊 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
A wonderful old Corgi. You have restored it beautifully👍 Best regards 🙂
Thank you👍😊🐸🐸🐸
Just do them as and when you can always enjoy you and martin and sharing my model photos with you pair
Thank you Nigel, much appreciated 👍😊 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Another fantastic restoration Nick, I hope the paintwork stays ok, it looks superb and shiny on the video. Looking forward to your next video, take care and all the best. Peter.
Thank you Peter, paintwork still ok, fingers crossed 👍😊 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Excellent restoration, Nick. Even though you lacquered your self-made decals before you cut them is standard. To stop the bleeding AFTER you cut, you need to lacquer the sides of your cut ones. To seal it up again. Cheers Michael
Thank you Michael and thank you for your advice, I will be sure to remember to do that from now on👍😊 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Fantastic restoration nick well done cheers nick
Thank you John👍😊🐸🐸🐸
Maybe some foam would've helped keeping the interior in place
I just never thought of that, the old grey matter doesn’t work so well these days lol, and the amount of models I’ve done with some in🤦🏻♂😊👍 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Really nice resto Nick. Aerials have been a bit of a pain for me in the past. Now my solution for a missing one is to use the long tapered extention nozzles you can buy for little bottles of superglue. Cutting towards the end of the tapered tube nozzle works really well. And as for replacing the pop-off wheels, I resorted to slowly squeezing them back onto the axle using a small vice as for me, 😅using a hammer meant either a buckled axle or the base plate revisiting the caustic soda😢
Looking forward to your next project.
Thank you, these repro aerials are not that strong so not ideal, but your solution is a really great idea👌👍 I always dread putting those wheels back on, they never seem to properly line up and always seem too tight to get back on easily, the hammer is always a bit risky lol. Take care, all the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Nicely done, Nick .Hopefully, it won't go too crazy on the paint .it's happened to me on more than one occasion, so I wet sand the primer before the main colour now it seems OK now . Post videos when you can, Nick, we aren't going anywhere .all the best Martin
Thank you Martin, time will tell on the paint crazing, I did this one a few weeks ago now and at the moment it’s still ok fingers crossed, I will give the wet sanding a go next time, I think because I used the filler primer I may have put it a bit thick so I probably should have left it a bit longer before putting the main colour on. I want to try and keep my videos coming once every two weeks like that it should give me time plus it’s always good to get ahead and have some videos waiting in the wings just incase👍😊 Take care, all the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
Bit tricky this one nick dont thay use a sponge to hold the inside of the plastic in the car all the best steve
I never thought about putting a bit of sponge in this one as there wasn’t any in it when I took it apart, but yes that would have been the thing to do in this case, I must try and remember that for next time 👍😊 All the best, Nick🐸🐸🐸
nice job nick.
Thank you Gordon👍😊🐸🐸🐸
another brilliant video Nick, a great resto. What is that tool called that you extract the wheels with and where did you get it?
It's called a mini pinion puller for removing stubborn pinions off of R/C car motor shafts. They are a generic chinese product so prices vary, available on ebay. It was myself that found the product and introduced it to the diecast community.
Thank you David, as Kev says about the puller, I bought mine on Amazon, a great little tool, saves a lot of hassle and time👍😊🐸🐸🐸