Diecast Restoration Dinky Toys Bedford Fire Escape Ladder no/956. 1958/69
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- Опубликовано: 8 янв 2025
- Diecast Restoration Dinky Toys Bedford Fire escape ladder, this was a good restoration to do but unfortunately iam not very good at stringing these ladders so I will be revisiting the ladder stringing at a latter date hopefully put up a follow up video.
Hi Martin Very nice restoration better than new 👍
Thanks very much my friend its really appreciated
A tricky one Martin to say the least. Love that you show us the restore warts and all. After all, we all get them!
Thanks Tommy I appreciate it I do my best enjoy your weekend
great restoration Martin ,I am with you on the knots ,I am all thumbs ,you will get in the end
Thanks very much, my friend, nd, knots fiddly things I will sort it out.
All the best Martin
Hi Martin. Beautiful job. The model regained its former glory. Congratulations 👍🙂
Thanks very much my friend
Great work as always .
Awesome restoration.
Full watch and share.
Big like 👍
Thanks Mike for sharing I really appreciate it my friend 👍
Another stunning restoration Martin, superb detailing. It really does look fantastic. I admire your patience and perseverance with the ladders, hope you can sort out the knots. All the best. Peter.
Cheers Peter I think we might have it sorted will keep you posted .
Absolutely outstanding! Beautiful finish! Fun to watch! What more could you ask for? 👏🏻👍🏻👌🏻
I did up a crane on a Bedford (I think) chassis for my grandson and had a similar experience trying to string that....... I invented a few new swearwords that time; one even grew wings and flew round the house for a month before I could catch it 🤬
🤣🤣 yeah iam with you on that one a few more swear words were invented that day ,glad you enjoyed it my friend 👍
Cool retro fire truck, there was a lot of work :). Well done Martin 👍👍🏆🏆😊😊
Cheers 🍻 I appreciate it my friend
Beautiful restoration Martin always top work well done take care 👍
Thanks very much Adrian I appreciate it my friend 👍
Hi Martin, that's a beauty. Don't worry about your knot tying. I was a crane hitcher fror a few tears and I'm not great at them either.. Another job well done on your part. Cheers.
Thanks Gerry, glad you liked it, sounds like it was a good job .
All the best Martin
Martin great restoration looks good with out the string another one to add to the collection.😊
Thanks Anthony it does display well 👍 all the best Martin
Nice one Martin 👍
Thanks very much my friend its really appreciated 👍
Not the easiest of models, but you pulled it off brilliantly. Great result!
Cheers Johan it was certainly interesting, all the best Martin
Excellent work as always 😊😊😊😊
Thanks mick 👍
That wasn't easy Martin, that ladder is a nitemare mate, great restoration, beautiful work, 😎👍
Thanks very much Tom, yes sometimes these things are a pain but then life would be boring and that's worse. 🤣 all the best Martin
Great job, Martin. I love fire engines. 🥐👌☕👍🤗
Thanks very much glad you liked it my friend
Lovely restoration Martin looks fantastic
Thanks Paul, I appreciate it my friend and all the best Martin
very nice restoration Martin, superb coat of paint and livery I'm sure you'll sort the sting from the comfort of the dining table all the best 👍👍👍
Thanks very much Neil, yes I will sort it out at some point thanks again my friend
Love the videos never no whats gonna pop up to watch
Thanks very much my friend
Great Job Martin looks fantastic great work
Thanks very much Kevin it's really appreciated my friend
This was a very difficult restoration Martin ,absolute nightmare but I did enjoy watching you struggle because that reminds me of my horrors on the bench ,immediately makes me feel like I'm not the only one! Will be nice to see the ladders working Martin .
Thanks laz some of these are never easy as you well know all good fun .
All the best Martin
That was a restoration with a lot of moving parts, it looks great! Take your time and do the knot tying when you feel up to it, or get some help if you can. You have a great day and cheers!😁❤👌🚒
Thanks very much my friend it was fun though iam glad you liked it 👍
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Cheers Kenny my friend
Fantastic restoration Martin 😊
Thanks very much Charlie I appreciate it my friend 👍
Martin you did the right thing. put it down and come back to it later and it still looks great.
Thanks John, yes it was the best way to go I will get it done shortly.
All the best Martin
Terrific job, Martin: looks a peach! The sensitive washing and detailing on the ladder assembly is brilliantly handled - just enough to suggest, not too much to be in your face. I'd have been temted to string the ladders before mounting the unit on the turntable, but the threading can be a bugger - a bit like the belts on the Jeep conveyor (my aftermarket belts, btw, bought in the summer, have split after 5 months in a cabinet out of the heat and out of the sun! Go figure!) Nice one!
Thanks very much fraser I appreciate it very much
The transformation is awesome. Nice work. 👍
Thanks very much Charlie I appreciate you watching my friend
I managed to get one of these models for my self . They are great and what great work on your part
Thanks very much my friend its a very nice model to have iam pleased you have one excellent
Another lovely resto pal
Thanks nigel I appreciate it my friend
Such a great restoration! (I really like fire engines) Don't feel bad about stringing the ladder. It's really complicated and tricky. Take your time and you'll get it. Thanks so much for all you do.
Thanks very much my friend glad you enjoyed it, I have a few more different ones to restore so keep an eye for them
An exemplary restoration. 👍
Cheers Andy 🍻 much appreciated my friend
Thanks very much Andy
Another excellent resto Martin, not to mention all the work in putting up the video. Much appreciated and inspires me to keep going with my own restos.
I have also spent far too much time stringing this model without real success. Meccano used the same principle on the 969 BBC TV Extending Mast Vehicle. I wonder if a special non slip, non stretch cord and a special sailors knot is required. I also wonder if this ever worked properly even out of the factory.
If you really want to knock yourself out, try the French Dinky 32d Delahaye Fire Engine. No pinch roller, just a friction roller and, would you believe it, elastic cord. Try getting the tension and knot right on that! If anyone out there has a tip for doing this right, please share!!
Keep up the good work and all the best for the Channel this year.
Thanks very much my friend its really appreciated and I do have the dinky BBC extended ladder one to do 🤣🤣 all the best Martin
Martin that was a very technical restoration and you did a outstanding job brother ❤
Thanks very much Shawn it's always more difficult when in front of the camera all the best Martin
Great job done Martin a really nice model mate you are so right when you said to leave it if it's not going right and have another go later very wise mate, look forward to seeing the next one
Thanks Paul, yes it was a good decision it will get done shortly.
All the best Martin
A bit of a fiddly one this one, but you came through and once again you have done a superb restoration, I know what you mean about the fiddly knots, very hard to do on any model with string but this looks like one of the worst kind to get to grips with, good luck in getting it done! Another very enjoyable video, superb work as always, all the best, Nick🐸🐸👍👍
Thanks nick ,yeah very frustrating trying to do the knots in the thin cord but I will get there at some point .
All the best Martin
Great job Martin 👍🏻
Thanks Mark, all the best Martin
@@martindaredare you're welcome 😊
That ladder stringing definitely wasn’t a easy task as you well demonstrated Martin , I have seen model ship builders use tweezers on rigging of sails🤯🤯🤯,(to me that’s easier said than done also)🤣🤣😆, Always Enjoyed watching your restorations 👍, you take care my friend 👋😎🚒🚗🚙
Thanks Jeff it's not easy especially for me 🤣🤣 my friend he has done a few ships with rigging, and he uses tweezers, unfortunately he lives a fair way from me so I couldn't pop round with it 🤣 all the best Martin
Hi mate it always amazes me how such a small diecast vehicle can come to life with a bit of new paint and some attention to detail just magic, excellent job. Bit of a tricky job looks like MRS Dare might have to give you a hand to juggle those ladders while you tackle the knots. Good to know the flooding river isn't giving you trouble. Here in Australia in Victoria they are wearing snorkels to walk around outside. In Queensland they have a saying...Beautiful one day perfect the next. They may have to change it to...Beautiful one day six foot under water the next. Nice and dry here in SA.....Well where we are anyway. It's starting to warm up here in the 30s this week time to get the shorts out and blind the drivers on the road with my white legs.🦵🏻🦵🏻😂🤣 Catch you next week mate.👍🏻
Thanks Geoff, the Mrs does have plenty of advice 🤣 say no more .
The river isn't to bad now its a fair size one with a series of large lock gates which thay open when the rain is heavy to keep flooding away from towns and then it all comes down here to the flood plains
Enjoy your weekend my friend
Beautiful job Martin . I have a couple of these and the ladders are missing too .
Cheers Glyn, yeah there must be a lot of ladders piled up somewhere 🤣 all the best Martin
Great work as always Martin...Dont keep us sringing around lol...
Thanks Brian hopefully I'll get my head around it if I don't get to strung out 🤣
Haha
Another masterpiece Martin, hope 2024 is going well🙏, all the best👍 Cheers🍺🍻 KC & CC 🇦🇺🤝🇬🇧😎✌👍
Cheers KC ,I hope you and CC are having a good start to the year and long may it last blessings to both of you
@@martindaredareMy pleasure Martin, and yes its getting a little better everyday thankyou 😊👍🇦🇺🍺🍻
Nicely done ol buddy, looking forward to threading video, try the super duper. Cheers Don ✌️😎
Cheers Don ,so you would enjoy seeing an old man cry 🤣🤣 iam thinking of taking it to my local hospital and get a surgeon to do it 😀 as a mental emergency
Lol, I feel you pain ol buddy
Martin try running the string in opposite direction, by tiring the string at the end of the main ladder, then hook the line into the other little piece, then what ever you do for there. Other words start at the end and work yourself to the start of the line. I'm just guessing from what I saw on the paper. For some reason that doesn't work, get a cup of tea and a biscuit and relax. Great video, I enjoyed it. Thank you
Thanks Edward I appreciate your help it's very useful..
All the best Martin
Excellent
Nice restoration on the Fire Escape , Fire engine Martin , looks great . Yeah tying that fiddly cord , l'll pass on that mate , lm all fingers and thumbs just thinking about it 🤔 😂😂
Cheers Jerry, yeah iam not good with knots especially that small 🤣 all the best Martin
Awesome restoration Martin. Too bad about the string. It's only a problem if you give it to a child to play with. Cheers Timo
Thanks Timothy,that's a good way of looking at it, all the best Martin
Another kool restoration Martin cheers mic😂
Thanks Michael I will send it to you and fumble fingers to string the ladder for me ,good luck .🤣🤣
Nothing to apologize about...you'll get around it...
Thanks Muhammad I appreciate it my friend
Hello Martin great paint work most of my restoration s do not work l just like my models to look good in the cabinets hope you and your family are keeping well regards Glyn
Thanks Glyn yes I have done the same on certain models it's all good 👍 all the best Martin
Proper job that Martin, it's always difficult to know when to stop the camera rolling when encountering problems, you feel obliged to show as much of the resto as possible but sometimes it's best to walk away and deal with it off camera. I'm sure you will stop the ladder from stringing you along.🙂
Thanks Kevin and you are definitely right about that ,it's difficult to get a happy medium .all the best Martin
That's Knot a bad resto Martin. Knot something to take lightly hey! Knot only that but chilly finger's do Knot work well. Cheer's JV
Hey JV hope your doing well and the family, Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Cheers🍺🍻🍺🍻 KC 🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺😎✌👍
🤣🤣🤣 hopefully I won't get strung out doing it definitely knot to be taken tightly all the best Martin
Beautiful restoration of a beautiful model, but with a pesky string-system... what a nightmare. I wonder how they did these at the Dinky factory? Maybe they had some special tools, but I guess we'll never know.
Thanks very much my friend yes the string is a pain ,but the more you do I suppose the easier it gets,but I would say thay would have tools to do the job a lot easier.
All the best Martin
Hi Martin and this couldn’t have come at a better time for me as I was thinking of doing the same model but was unsure of the process of dismantling it - now I know! The end result looks fantastic and I can only hope that mine will come out looking half as good as yours. Brilliant video mate, we’ll done! 👏👏👏. Cheers. Graham.
PS. Did you receive an email I sent to you the other day?
OK that's good then have fun and I hope you find it useful, all the best Martin
Im fixing mine up Marty , arnt they lovely
Thanks very much my friend yes it's a nice casting to restore, have fun 👍
Great job.
Martini how did you fix the wheels back.
Hi Colin, yeah I peend them over carefully with a medium weight hammer on a metal surface.
looks nice and shiny again! good thing the ladder was't squeezed into oblivion as it so often happens with these pressed tin ones... and why not markign it as a truck from the fire station down the street? nice touch. ^^
"Knocking the bells off" sounds like a slang term meanign either something naughty, or something involving pints of beverage with too many RPM... XD
aside that, the stringing looks awfully complicated; no wonder you grew frustrated. I know the feeling.
say, I would have assumed the string would make a loop around the handle, because like this it can't function to draw the ladder up and down. is there something at the back end of the main ladder the string could go around? maybe I'm missing something.
Thanks Lothar, 🤣🤣 knocking the bells off ,the inner ladder is definitely flimsy and can be easily broken.
Not a bad idea for stringing the ladder I will try anything at this point.
All the best Martin
Well that was a sod wasn't it. Yeah throwing your toys out of the pram \ or shed 😂 isn't wise . Nice job 👍
Thanks very much my friend I eas very tempted to throw it but held back 🤣🤣 all the best Martin
Where did the decals come from mate ?
The decals came from black square decals, he also does custom decals of your design. All the best Martin
What brushes do you use?
No particular brand but go for mid priced brushes there's a lot of different brands to try get a couple of different brands and see what's best for you .I hope this helps.
Can't comment too much on this one Martin, Internet playing up.😢
No worries Terry 👍
All the best Martin
I wanted to hear a few good ol' fashioned swear words. When you said 'Here's the offending piece of s...' I thought here it comes - but then you finished off with 'string' . Boooo! Nice work though
🤣🤣 I did have to restrain myself.
All the best Martin