Corgi Restoration:  

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.

Love to see the larger scale restorations. So much more detail to work with. Your artistry really shines.

Definitely worthy of the Marty's wife's toothbrush award for outstanding restoration. Really liked the practical demo of the tire casting

I actually "Wow"d out loud when I saw the reveal. SO well done mate. One of your best. Truly amazing, thanks.

Sorry about those "obvious comments" on the acrylic rolling pin 😉... All in good fun.

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.

Incredible work. I can't say when last i even heard the name Corgi. Taking me back.....way back.

Man, that was a fantastic result. Great casting job on the tires. Love the technique.

Little toy works are truly gems.

Love that era of the Thunderbird. Again, you are showing us how far on a different plane of restoration you are.

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!!!

The black paint is fantastic. Can’t wait to see that purple flake in use. Great video!

This is a magnificent restoration. Your comments and explanations are very entlightening.

You gave that old Thunderchicken a new lease on life, job well done!!

A great job on one of the most beautiful cars of its era.

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.

Man I would drive that and drive it proud. Nice work.

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.

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.

Brillant!

Turned out nicely as far as I see it

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!

Not only are your final restorations amazing , but your knowledge on chemicals and proper tools needed is what really impressed me .

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.

Wonderful restoration BM, thanks again, from South Africa

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!

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.

Just beautiful. The professor does it again.

My 8yr old Son says "I love the way you fixed all the cars!"

Beautiful result. Takes me back in time.

Looks great. You make it look easy. Thanks.

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.

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.

Very beautiful result, thank you for sharing your story. God bless you and your family

I love the attention to detail you put in on both the restorations, and on the videos !

A masterpiece! You are an artisan of the zamak canvas!

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.

the car after you restored it looks like something the Old Man from Pawn Stars would have driven.

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.

I thought I had them all. This one I have NEVER seen. Neither the convertible nor HT. Very cool ‼️

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!

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.

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

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.

Wow, gorgeous.It looks like it came right off the showroom floor at a Ford dealership. Love your work.

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.

Whoa! I have a real 59 Thunderbird! Thanks for doing this, I had no idea they made these!

What a beauty! Love watching your process and problem solving. And the results speak for themselves!

I love this bigger scale restoration

Great tips and tricks. What a restoration!

I love how thurough you are with your restorations... Even recasting the tyres... Fantastic...

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

Wow, this looked spectacular.

I restored a tootsietoy chevy yesterday and these videos were very helpful!

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.

“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!

I'm loving that rolling pin

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😭😂

Great work!!! I could watch your videos all day

You are a great teacher! Gary

It came out very nice in my opinion

You never cease to impress me with the restorations you carry out in your videos!

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!

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!

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.

So many things I learn watching your vids, Thank you

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.

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.

So beautiful restoration. Great job!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍

What a car! And what a restoration as well!

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!

Nice! You restored 1 of my favorite cars!!

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 ?

The tyre cast technique is so impressive!

I’ve just started restoring dinky and corgi loved this restoration, more please 😊

British toys are so well made

You sir are a national treasure. Thank you.

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

Absolutely gorgeous

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.

Zero dislikes that's what I like to see on a vid like this

Very nice....I’m a matchbox guy but do enjoy seeing some corgis

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.

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 RU-vid someone who makes videos out of his passion nothing more.

This could be the start of a whole new series and I'm ready for ot

The paint job looks great. Thanks

Excellent restoration! It looks brand new. Thanks for sharing this tutorial.

This video still amazes me i love the 59

Very thorough update as usual

Solid looking Thunderbird

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, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺😊😊😊

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's some thin plastic they used to do the interior, you did a great work as always 😎👍

Looks great in red and black

Like new - good restoration!

Two tone paint looks great👍👍

That turned out nice great job making the new tires

I liked the part where you used the blue stuff. It was a very imaginative way of producing replicas!