I'm in no way interested nor do I foresee myself becoming interested in collecting matchbox cars. But I stumbled across these videos and have become obsessed with them. Thanks you for this great escape from the day to day.
I can not thank you enough, Zac! it looks absolutely amazing! better than i could ever hope for! thank you for answering my plea for help! glad you had fun working with it! this AMX is gonna be one of my prized possessions. a center piece in my redline collection for sure! thank you so much!
Mate so what if you cut the wheels off and so what if you use a sharpie, if it works then why not. The car looks great and that is all that matters in the end. You turned a pigs ear into a silk purse, something people say can not be done.
Nice resto!!! However, as a carpainter I do need to point out that waterbased paints are FAR MORE dangerous than thinner based paints!!!! at the 3:40 mark, you said that the body can get rid of waterbased paints (fumes) more easily. That isn't correct: Since the human body consists of at least 75% water, the body recognises the waterbased paints as "it's own" part. So, the immune system doesn't spring into action against the harmful contents in the paint. So, I advice to wear gloves when you paint, wearing a respirator and use ventilation. For the respirator, NEVER use the carbon filters more than 40 hours after the package has been opened. Please do NOT feel like I'm criticising you; I just want to point ut the danger of using waterbased paint ;) Keep up the great work!
Thanks, David!! Will update in future videos. Probably the best practice is to always protect oneself from breathing any paint. Will try and pin your comment to the top.
Also, just piggy backing here, it DOESN'T irritate us that you do this that or the other thing ... we like watching you do it the way you want to do it! The people complaining about all of your methods (the people you keep addressing in your videos...) are the very-vocal tiny-minority. :)
What a load of crap! Water based acrylics a far LESS toxic than alcohol or thinner based acrylics! You only have to smell them to know this is true! The paint that children use in school in water based acrylic ffs! Nothing worse than a self proclaimed 'expert' that knows Jack shit..
it makes me so happy watching these videos seeing these great old cars that seem to be just about done living as they were being revitalized and given a face lift. i don't think refurbishing cars takes away the character, i think it adds character in that it was given more love and hard work than most other mass produced models.
Great job, I love how you explain clearly why you do something and why you don't. Answering the negative feedback is also very interesting. I enjoy hearing from someone who simply loves what they do and isn't too bothered if others don't like it...yet you are not so ego driven that you won't listen and even ask for advise from your viewers. Honestly, this channel is one of the best.
I absolutely LOVE the custom AMX, it is my favorite redline of all time. I don't own one, but someday I hope to! Great restoration! one of the best yet! please upload more redline restorations as I love watching how you do them. I have been using some of your techniques on some of my custom cars. They seem to work really well, anyways, keep up the great work!
I stumbled across your restoration vids about 3 weeks ago and have been transfixed ever since. This AMX custom is one of your best restorations I have seen thus far. Thank you for your intriguing and unique content.
Thanks for this. I recently picked up about 80 original redlines from a friend and two of them were painted with model enamel. With the AMX and Mustang I was able to use a towel with goof off and got all the paint off without damaging what was left of the Green on the AMX and the Gold on the Mustang. They are far from perfect but will show well in my collection since I didn't have either of these. Thanks for the videos!
Awesome! You do an incredible job. Thank you for the history of how redlines were painted spectraflame back in the day, I always find that interesting 👍👍
Wow this little beauty turned out great. I'm a sucker for the Spectra-flame colors. I remember the first time I played with Hotwheels and was astonished at the details of them. I thought then in the sixties that whoever made these really understood what a seven year old wanted.
How awesome is that !!! Seriously! Well done 👍 I really enjoyed watching you work! Very satisfying to see the end result. I would be thrilled if the car belonged to me 👏👏👏
Love your video's. I restore old pinball machines and its interesting how so many of these techniques carry over from one hobby to another. Thanks for posting these. Might give it a try sometime since I already have most of the required equipment.
thank you very much, sir! I'm shocked how well the nickle plating held up! it looks lust like it did on card in '69! center piece of my redline collection for sure!
I think this is my favorite. In other restos you do, you do it a bit cheaper as they are yours and it hurts my OCD. This one you did perfectly. All the best to you and family, Cristian All the way from Romania.
That came out great! I like that you add in the little side notes about the do's and dont's, its great info fpr anyone about to start this hobby like myself. Also i think the sharpie is the way to go for the tail lights. Ive tried to paint tail lights on some of my n scale cars and i never liked the way it came out. So youve given me a new idea and ill have to revisit my train set to correct a bunch of tail lights. In any case, great job and thanks for sharing.
Very nice restoration! I find it interesting as I owned a real '68 AMC AMX back in the early 1980s. I have several Johnny Lightning AMX cars, and want to customise one to match my old real car. Your techniques will come in handy.
I'm not a toy car collector, yet I find your restoration videos both interesting and entertaining. I would love to see what you could do with old rare Corgi models.
For the tail lights i would recommend transparent tamiya colors. It looks better and lasts longer. And if you mess up it doesn't dry instantly so you can wipe it off.
I know there is a large following for matchbox/ Hot Wheels cars but I never seen a restoration. This was really cool and as a scale model builder I'm tempted to try this at some point. Thanks for sharing this and you've been subbed
I'm just wondering what she thought you were going to watch. Just the first few seconds showing the before and the last few seconds showing the after? Nice to see the finished product, but I like to see what steps had to be taken to get to that point. If you were to skip over the almost nine minutes in the middle, then you didn't learn anything and the video doesn't have any real value other than to display a car.
Great video resto, I thought maybe the front wheels had been changed but I’m not sure,because I remember being able to pull and change the wheels of these cars when I was a kid.we didn’t think about keeping them in the original condition we just wanted to play with em in the dirt as we never had the track. Shell gas station used to give away a free hotwheel with fillup so I had to alternate with my brother.
Late to see this but wow 😳 the end result is spectacular!!! I’ll need to learn more about polishing and removing oxidation. I agree that Sharpie or Bic pens do just fine 😎👍🏻
"He's a wizard Harry!" seriously though its magical the final results are always amazing! i always leave here entertained and more informed, thanx for that ;)
Very nice job on the AMX. In the beginning, I didn't think you were going to be very successful, but after removing the blue paint, and moving on, it came out fantastic! NO reflection on your work, but I think I would have put the white stripes on it, as most AMX's had them from grill to tail lights, and would have really set the car off. Not a complaint, just a thought. Beautiful job!!!
I even use Sharpie markers when doing lights on plastic model kits, quick & simple, and look more realistic than painting them. Great restoration, and Merry Christmas from a UK viewer