Restoration Dinky toys Foden Regent tanker,no/942 1955/57. 

Lovely restoration turned out nice looks great

Bravo Maestro, bravo! That is one beautiful restoration.

Very impressive Martin, lovely restoration.

Fantastic job on the Foden Tanker Martin , great one 👏👍

hi there,i had one of these trucks in 1962 as a child, i think it was 12/11p, good to see this one restored. i now have 2 scammell wreckers and 10 bedford rls from the army range all in good nick.good memories of the past

I’ve always liked the looks of double steering front axle trucks no matter what make or model, ya did a very nice restoration on this particular truck Martin, paint, decaling & detail work great 👍! My friend you& your misses take care & stay safe, see ya on your next build. 👋. 😎👍👍👍🚗🚙🚘🚜🚍🚌

Hello Martin great restoration as always you made it look like new. Hope you and your family are keeping. Well regards Glyn

His one looks a real treat great job Martin.

Wow what a great job. Looks awesome 👍👍

I think these are 50s ir 60s toys it's great to see these being restored

Belle restoration 🇫🇷 merci beaucoup x

I actually like the white stripe! Nice job, from London, Ontario Canada! 🙂

nice one Martin,this truck was in the need of a good resto ,awesome

That old Foden looks brand new now Martin. Magnificent job!!! 👍👌❤️

Another great job Martin...I agree with you ...with painting the strip...it is quite large..stay safe mate..🇨🇦

Beautiful job Martin 👏👏

Nice restoration Martin turned out excellent

Well executed Martin. A very nice Foden

Excellent job, keep me coming Martin 😉

Great job Martin, those Foden trucks a big,I have a couple that I purchased restored about a year ago.compared to other Dinky trucks they are big.Your Foden has come up well,I was a little worried that you may have had some problems due to the cabin cracks,but you worked your magic.Thanks for another great video again.

Very nice job as usual Martin well done 👍 it’s a bad place for cracking behind the cab I’ve seen it before. Thanks for the video David

Great restoration of a beautiful model! Looks magnificent, Martin! 👍🏻🥊

Hi Martin this has a stunning finish, the paint and the trim really do shine. Nice job sorting out the crack although looking at Stanley we think he's been on some. All the best from Ian & family.

You are the Master. Brilliant job I did look at buying one of those but chickened out of going for it. You make it look easy. 👍

Very smart, really nice work 👍🏻👌🏻

Hello Martin what's a lovely finish on that tank you done I think it looks better and it probably did when it come out the dinky factory you are right you could have sprayed them white lines on better than the transfer stay safe my friend and see you on the next one. Ralph

Great work as always. I don’t have this casting. Very rare . Awesome truck .

Beautiful job.

Awsome thanker truck, 👍🚚

Nice job Martin the finished article reminds me when a flatbed one of those full of sugar (Tate and Lyle) got stuck in a ditch down my street and had to be unloaded by hand , it took ages. The two stroke supercharged diesel engine was screaming where the driver was revving it up to get it out of the ditch. Eventually it got towed out with another Foden exactly the same. Two in the same street, quite a rare truck now though.

absolute stunner martin

I can see how a kid would love these toys. The sense of ownership/possession - the smell of the rubber tyres and paint job - almost like owning a real vehicle. Minor details didn't matter it was about the effect of overall appearance. Everything is relative. If I were a collector I would particularly prefer the industrial vehicles over the cars.

GGGGGday Martin Beautiful job another one for the display cabinet. I wish I could get cheap acrylic paint here only cheap stuff is enamel cans from the auto shop and it takes a week to dry so you can handle it. I did a spot on Zephyr 6 a few years ago in a green colour when I looked at it the other day it had all gone flat😥. I'll have to have a dig around on ebey and see what I can find. Catch ya on the next one mate stay safe.😜👍

I'm not sure why, but this is so relaxing!

A well restored tanker. It looks good with the white stripe o me. I really like what you did to it

Absolutely beautiful Martin as always! Especially considering what it look like when you first started!

Very nice to watch

Nice work Martin that looks great mate stay safe

Excellent work Martin, love these old lorries, this one turned out absolutely stunning, bummer with the crack behind the cab but you sorted that out ok, beautiful result👌👍😊 Take care, all the best, Nick.

I look forward to Wednesday teatime every week to watch your latest restoration video, you're the best program on TV, Martin. Today was a stunning restoration of a fabulous model, absolutely brilliant. Like MrRestore said below, "this is so relaxing." It must be about 60yrs since Dinky made that model and it still looks great, I have the new Atlas Dinky Super Toys version (made in China) in my collection. Can't wait for the next video, keep well, all the best. Peter.

Hello Lee very nice 👍 as always love vedeos brother 😁 Lee

Outstanding!

One of the nicer looking Dinky's... Thanks for sharing, Martin 👍

Stunning job Martin....Regards PJ;)

One in mobile red would look great ,I had a corgi major Mack rig in esso livery with rubber tyres and jewelled head lamps ,always wanted the dinky AEC one maybe one day you’ll do one of those ,great resto mate ,all the best Mark

Great one Martin.... always a pleasure seeing you do these restorations.... Cheers mate!!!!

Looking very smart Martin, thanks again for a great video!

Absolutely brilliant restoration Martin. Looks great!

I hope the red baseplate didn't mean this was a unique, one-off trial, issued by mistake on the very first day.😁 The paint looks great and the finish, especially on the blue, looks perfect. That silver trim looks superb. Funny how the metal bumper looks so much more 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑐 than today's plastic equivalents.😁 A great restoration of an excellent model. Well Done to you and Dinky.👍👌😁

Love these Foden's....the tanker is one of the best. Looks great Martin as always 👍

Great restoration of a beautiful model! Looks magnificent, Martin! Best wishes

I love these Foden tankers. I've got a good original Mobilgas one. Fantastic job👍

What a beautiful toy. Great job Martin. Looks stunning

Hey Martin, great job and finish. Love the fodens , as I have a few of them. One I have to do end caps on the tank. I have a few things on the old bench right now and hope to get a channel up soon. Hopefully you’ll get that package I sent you before too long, but I know the mail is quite slow. I’m still awaiting a UK parts delivery from December! Anyway, all the best from across the pond! 👍🏻🍻😎🇨🇦

What a lovely model, awesome job on the paint and decals, looks so shiny Martin.

Nice work Martin. Lovely restoration.

That's beautiful Martin and I love the colors!

Turn out Perfect amazing job Martin well done 👍.

Superb job

Hi Martin, very enjoyable to watch, I am doing the same model for myself and I will take your advice about the white line around the centre of the tank because my tank has a few small dents in it. Also my chassis is cracked behind the cab like yours, so l think it must be a weak point ! Looking forward to the next one, stay safe and well. Regards Tony Hawkridge.

Great restoration Martin, i have one of these myself, I'm looking forward to your next restoration.

Excellent job Martin. I've done a number of these as you know and they make brilliant restored models and display pieces. I would mention to the congregation that if you are thinking of doing up one of these and you need maybe a tank, ladders, caps and tyres, it works out much cheaper buying a Dinky/Atlas tanker, maybe an Octopus, and using it as a donor vehicle. If you're lucky, you can get a brand new one for maybe a tenner. Shop around on Ebay. The tanker components are fully interchangeable with a Dinky chassis and the quality is excellent. So, rather than separate purchases and postage, a one off Dinky/Atlas will probably save money instead of buying different parts from the usual suppliers. The paint on the Dinky/Atlas models is tough to remove but if you key off the decals with wet and dry, reprime then paint as normal, tanks etc will come up fine.

Fantastic resto martin love the colour scheme also , the tyres do look better black than the grey great job mate 👏

cool job👍

Hi Martin, this one turned out really well, very tricky applying the decals.I had this one as a kid, nice to see.

great job again as usual Martin,its one of my favourites

Nice repair Martin, and your eye is still in there, judging by the front end detail. That looks really elegant. I am glad you didn't bother trying to take the dents out the tank - it looks more realistic with the odd ding here and there. The ladders must have taken ages, but the result looks terrific. Better than new!

Get a piece of tin, or even plastic, cut a slot in it just wide enough for the axle to go through. Slide it onto the axle between the tip and the wheel. You won't grind your wheels away.

What a great transformation Martin ,when are we going to start making fuel deliveries . Are you going to think about restoring a fleet of tankers for a diorama ? . Stay safe .Rob.

You must have collection to be proud of good buddy. Another fine mess you've gotten out of

I thought the front end was a bit bent up from the beginning. good thing it didn't break off completely. :) great work again, nice and shiny. Dinky surely would havbe wished to do such a smooth paintjob. :) those rattlecans are seemingly some highclass product. interesting way to do the tanker. what do you think, did they want to save on the sheer weight of the model truck, or on the zinc alloy? surely interesting what they could do with pressed steel back when. :)

You are the master. I learn a lot from you. Tks! Question: what is that you keep applying with a small brush over the decals? Also: how do you make the decals last? Mine crack or peel off when they are dry.

I wonder what Dinky's yearly consumption of metal was, must have been fairly substantial

Looks awesome,the wire wheel you use what type and grade I don't want to wear details down on models,have you done a dinky austin taxi ? I have two to do and need to watch you do one for info 😉 Thanks.😀

Hi Martin, Hope you're well?, A question for Ya, Can You get ribbed tyres as the original, or are they smooth these days?, btw, in this video You sounded like a Dentist!, sure You'd make a good One!😉👍

Where do you get all the equipment from ?