Have received my Morris J2 Pickup. Got to meet the man himself. Was awesome to meet both you and Julie. Absolute honour and pleasure. The model is sitting with pride in my display unit. Thank you again 😊😊😊
I always appreciate you saving these beautiful models marty. Instead of being on the rubbish pile or abandon in the toy box, you give them a second life. That's a very happy and touching hobby 🙂 thank you for doing it! Because at some point, every toy was some little boy or girls happiness. Thank you for keeping it alive! Bless from the state's 😃
Dude - I really like when you're a bit creative and don't just do a 'makeover' Maybe do a sub-series where you do extra detail/tweak how you want? Marty's Pimp That Matchbox
As soon as I saw the link and without the makeover I thought that is a beautiful car. Please do it justice. And you did. Never doubted your mad skills. You could say, “I’m happy with that.”
I loved these "models of yesteryear", and I had a few of them back in the 70's. The problem was that they were too large to fit into my carrying case. As a result, while I still have my original mid 70's carrying case with all of its contents, any larger vehicles such as these are lost to time. You did a great job, thanks for sharing with us!
Hi Marty, I love the work that you do with the matchbox cars. Some of them my dad bought to me when I was a little kid, especially this model was one of my favorite. I get some tears on my eyes when I saw the restoration finished. Really you bring me back a such good memories from my childhood. Thank's
Great work Marty as always. You bring back a lot of childhood memories with the cars you restore and get from people. All the best wishes and please stay safe.
I think the smashing result is what Rob at Matchbox Garage calls a restoration plus. Just beautiful. And what Kevin did to you remids me of the Bugs Bunny cartoon, "The Rabbit of Seville."
The Rolls will be a great one for the breast cancer awareness month challenge. It's gorgeous. I was really hoping to win the mini but, oh well. I hope you and Julie and your family are keeping safe.
The gold really sets off the pink. wonderful job! Hey, I also wanted to mention the great job Kevin did on your shave. He is a master with the razor Marty.
Hey Marty, American painter Bob Ross once said " There are no accidents, just happy mistakes" :o) I like the colour reversal and besides Lady Penelope had a pink Rolls Royce. Looks FAB.
Marty, you should never worry about the quantity of your videos as the quality will override that every time. I would much rather have one of you videos a week than 1of somebody else’s every day. Yet another cracking job my friend 👍
The paint reversal was a "happy accident" and, I think, it looks *better* that way. The gold paint did a good job too. The pink is quite a bit away from the original red but it suits the old Roller and it's certainly not the first pink Rolls Royce. Great result Marty.👍 Congratulations to the three winners - well done guys. Cheers for now, Dougie.
My dad had three or four dream car matchbox models on his dresser from the time I could remember until my parents retired. This, in these colors, was his favorite. He once got to drive one at an exhibition at a local race track when they held a gigantice track day car show. My grandfather was the sports editor of the local paper and was able to get my dad in and on a couple occasions behind the wheel of some amazing exotics.
Fantastic restoration I so appreciate that not only you show everything but you explain your choices and reasons for what you are doing which greatly enhances my understanding esp when you have done all you can with certain pieces and can't simply replace them Beautiful work Yes I would love such a car haha
A pink Rolls Royce... what would my old great granddad have said! You can certainly be proud of all the work that went into this restoration, Marty; it looks a million dollars! And it's lucky for you that Kevin didn't shave a dirty word into your hair. 🐨🦲
Nice job even if the two-tone is reversed. Being a Matchbox model of that era, it would have been painted originally with Humbrol gloss enamel. The original colours on this car look to me like Ivory 41, and Sunset Red 51. As for the lights on the Rolls, they would have been acetylene lights. The gas generators are those pots on the running boards. You filled them up to a mark with water and then put a few lumps of calcium carbide in, and put the lid on. After a few minutes you could open the taps and light the lights with a match. An old friend of mine had a (full size) 1905 Peugeot Italia, it used the same system. On the Rolls the lever with the grippy thing on it operates the back brakes, and is also the parking brake. There's also a pedal brake that works on the prop shaft. No front brakes on this car, but then, the national speed limit in 1905 was 20 mph! The ball topped lever is the gear change. It was a 3 speed. Throttle, choke & timing advance/retard were levers near the wheel. Clutch was a pedal on the floor.
When you see how the earliest cars had to be operated, it makes you wonder that the things ever caught on. Ford's Model T is another great example, with its insane pedal arrangement, bizarre gearbox, and habit of running over its owner at startup if not set up exactly right. :)
The one thing I always look forward to is reading the newspaper headline in Marty's paint booth. This episode's headline was hilarious! Almost as funny as seeing the results of the Koala's effort to cut your hair. Love it Marty and keep up the fantastic work.
I think it looks great! I like the reversed colors and the Tamiya Pearl Lacquer worked very well on the Vallejo Magenta. I too have used Tamiya products and I cannot say enough good things about them. Their primers are the best ones around and they always work well on metal or plastic. Thanks for sharing this, it was great to watch you restore a piece of toy history.
