Restoration of dinky toys Austin van no/470 1954/56. 

Thanks Alan iam pleased you liked it. Best wishes Martin

Thanks very much Phil its much appreciated my friend and history teacher All the best martin

Thanks very much my friend 😀

Cheers KC glad you liked it and thanks for your support my friend

Thanks mike ,yes it's an oldie but a goodie, nice and easy. All the best martin

Thanks Derrick glad you liked it. The post office van will be early next year now because I have all December's builds marked out . All the best martin

Hi mike I saw one on Google images when I was researching mine, thay look better with the windows in I must admit. I bet that mad a nice camper. All the best martin

Cheers glad you liked it my friend

Thanks Charlie, I hope you are well my friend

Thanks Andrew for those kind words its very much appreciated my friend. All the very best wishes martin

Thanks Peter iam pleased it was of some use All the best martin.

Thanks very much its really appreciated 😊

Thanks mick for those kind words ,in means a lot . All the best martin

Thanks Glyn it's good to have an easy one to do , but these old one are great full of charm and details. Keep well and best wishes to you all.

😄😄😄 yeah sometimes it gets noisy round here lots of wild life and a busy neighbour who loves his garden toys 😀 All the best Curtis 👍

Thanks Adrian much appreciated my friend

Thanks paul ,I hope you are well my friend, All the best martin

Thanks Scott much appreciated 👍

Cheers Col, iam good thanks I hope you are too 😀 easy one this week it helps now and again. All the very best Martin

Thanks Juan always good to hear from you .

Thanks Paul very much appreciated my friend

That would probably mean deaf, not dead

🤣🤣 nice one les , just sounded strange when I played it back . All the best martin

Hi Ian not a bad idea for a code 3 . Cheers Martin

🤣🤣 yep two for the price of one ,it is odd though 🤔 All the best Martin 👍

Cheers Alex glad you liked it my friend

Hi mr P the 911 is a new arrival the paint work is awful on it , thinking of changing the colour can't make my mind up. Shame about your lorry kit being that bad . All the best martin

You and me both Geoff, this was the first livery dinky did , I need to get the other 2 for the set . Have a good Sunday my friend

Thanks Shuan thay do stand out a bit . All the best martin

@@martindaredare yes they do !

Thanks Lee my main man 👍

Thanks Tony, we still have a few over here unfortunately not the most popular classic. All the best martin

Cheers Ian much appreciated as always, the snow plough is going to be a good one it has a broken and missing peice that holds it up and iam working out how best to dismantle it 👍. 2 of the best colours to paint as well ( not ). All the best Martin 👍

Hi Dougie, thanks for that much appreciated, dinktoys very often painted 2 tones on there castings mainly to make them more attractive as a toy and also to look like like the real vehicle The masking was done by way of a cap of sorts that fitted over the top in some case or a shield type stencil held up to the castings by operators and spayed on with very early versions of an air brush especially on the front grills and lights . Thanks for watching and thanks again for your support my friend 👍

@@martindaredare Ah, OK, interesting stuff.👍

🤣🤣 got it right this time thanks Brian 😊

Thanks Gary for the sub its very much appreciated 😀

Thanks Steven, yeah it's not the best looking van a bit boring really. Thanks for your support my friend

Thanks Chris glad you liked it my friend

Cheers Jeff , yes thay used a couple of different types of masks ones that fitted over the top lake a hat for the two tonnes and a shield type for the front grill lights and bumper the workers normally women sprayed them with a very early type air brush. It's an interesting process common in a lot of toy manufacturing back then .

@@martindaredare Well they certainly did a good job, considering how many they had to make. Thanks for the info. Take care, Jeff

Definitely is 😄😄 thanks for watching my friend its much appreciated

YOU ARE RIGHT MICHAEL THE EARLY ONES DID WITCH MINE WAS LATER THAY ADDED SEPART LIGHTS . ALL THE BEST MARTIN

Cheers Ian ,go for it ,no thay didn't do a post van on this casting. Best wishes martin

@@martindaredare I already did. Was a custom mod. Used the decals for the Dinky Morris J, cut the ER off & stuck those on the doors. Wasnt enough room on the side panel otherwise

Thanks very much , Iam interested in the work on the bigger scales thinking of doing some 1/18 cars so your channel will be helpfull All the best martin Thanks for the sub its much appreciated

I used to have problems two toning as well. I use hycote etch primer. Go with Martin

Hi Fraser iam using acrylic rattle cans l do a light coat leave for 20 minutes then a final coat and leave for 24hrs to harden off ,then the masking tamya is the best tape sometimes I use a piece of glass to lay the tape on then remove it it takes some of the sticky off it ,then after painting i remove the tape after 15min or when the paint is just on the turn . I don't always get it right every time not a lot of people do if there honest. Hope this helps in some way ,with the clear coat rattle can again I do the same a light coat first then I leave it a bit longer before the wet coat .the light coat is important especially on 2 tones it seals the2 colours at the join if you go to heavy the 2 colours will bleed in together. All the best Martin 👍

@@martindaredare Thank you very much for that. Trial and error is a pain!

Hi Brian good to hear your joining us,. Code 3 basically means alterations to the casting ,different wheels and paint colours that we're not on the original model. All the best Martin 👍