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Gravesend Australia die-cast salvage
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Customisations and restoration of die-cast cars.
Models include Dinky, Corgi, Matchbox, Majorette, Spot ON, Tekno Denmark, Gamda Koor and many others.
When I started this channel I started using a battery powered airbrush as I'd never used an airbrush before, and couldn't justify the $600 expense for a compressor with a 1 litre tank when I can buy a compressor with a 60 litre air tank for half the price.
Diecast donations
P.O. Box 11
Gravesend NSW 2401
Australia
Models include Dinky, Corgi, Matchbox, Majorette, Spot ON, Tekno Denmark, Gamda Koor and many others.
When I started this channel I started using a battery powered airbrush as I'd never used an airbrush before, and couldn't justify the $600 expense for a compressor with a 1 litre tank when I can buy a compressor with a 60 litre air tank for half the price.
Diecast donations
P.O. Box 11
Gravesend NSW 2401
Australia
Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels Jaguar XJ6 4
Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels Jaguar XJ6 4.2L
If you have been a long time viewer of Gravesend Australia Diecast Salvage channel then you’ll know that I moved back to Gravesend from Sydney in December 2023. At that time I moved back there was the promise of regular work and the possibility of permanent full time employment. Unfortunately this has not eventuated, so I am asking for support of this channel by way of donation/s to my GoFundMe page.
gofund.me/632e14c9
The aim is to raise funds to purchase
Colour Laser printer to make decals and paper /cardstock buildings for diorama’s
3D Printer to assist in making spare parts that are not available or for diorama’s
Replacement Air compressor for Sand/Sodablasting, as the 15 year old compressor has stopped working
Also to maybe help out others later in this hobby as it’s not cheap hobby as some people might think.
Diecast and Modellers Community Facebook group
groups/diecast.modellers.community
The DMC group is a place where diecast builders/restorers and other types of modellers can get together show off their projects share ideas.
Some get together in the Tavern of Transport, on Friday nights 9:00pm UK time where we chit chat have some laughter, get a bit bawdy at times this is only allowed after 11:00pm UK time and lots of friendships from around the world have come out of meeting in the Tavern of Transport where EVERYONE is Welcome.
Hope to SEE you there one night.
Check out the friends channels of Gravesend Australia Diecast Salvage.
The help and knowledge from the diecast and model builders listed below is outstanding
Mid Life Models - Diecast Restorations
ua-cam.com/channels/4qihRlurniIXmvdODfG4ig.html
Martin Dare Dinky restorations
ua-cam.com/channels/PU_lxSrvYY6uSJTutKvw5Q.html
PB’s Retro Restorations
ua-cam.com/video/1KJwQVk47WU/v-deo.html
Paul Restorer
ua-cam.com/channels/zVmELzRrenJhguFCcDQ3xw.html
Hellboy 58 Diecast Wetworx
ua-cam.com/channels/M_FiNY_s9xTWHiPWrEUygg.html
Lazilow Collectables
ua-cam.com/channels/TvUOR4CWySVk1I8TZ_HdYw.html
SoMo Diecast
ua-cam.com/channels/UMsAUxznZ8huyKkgFiH_Fw.html
Zelda Diecast Racing
ua-cam.com/channels/JSiJ8CTyfk-VC5GT1B3iWw.html
CRAPAUD NICK'S DIECAST RENOVATIONS.
ua-cam.com/channels/4-muolqyjg0iXH2CG5ZnXg.html
Kev’s Banger Racers
www.youtube.com/@kevsbangerracers2027
Luke Diecast Outlaw
www.youtube.com/@Diecastoutlaw
If you have been a long time viewer of Gravesend Australia Diecast Salvage channel then you’ll know that I moved back to Gravesend from Sydney in December 2023. At that time I moved back there was the promise of regular work and the possibility of permanent full time employment. Unfortunately this has not eventuated, so I am asking for support of this channel by way of donation/s to my GoFundMe page.
gofund.me/632e14c9
The aim is to raise funds to purchase
Colour Laser printer to make decals and paper /cardstock buildings for diorama’s
3D Printer to assist in making spare parts that are not available or for diorama’s
Replacement Air compressor for Sand/Sodablasting, as the 15 year old compressor has stopped working
Also to maybe help out others later in this hobby as it’s not cheap hobby as some people might think.
Diecast and Modellers Community Facebook group
groups/diecast.modellers.community
The DMC group is a place where diecast builders/restorers and other types of modellers can get together show off their projects share ideas.
Some get together in the Tavern of Transport, on Friday nights 9:00pm UK time where we chit chat have some laughter, get a bit bawdy at times this is only allowed after 11:00pm UK time and lots of friendships from around the world have come out of meeting in the Tavern of Transport where EVERYONE is Welcome.
Hope to SEE you there one night.
Check out the friends channels of Gravesend Australia Diecast Salvage.
The help and knowledge from the diecast and model builders listed below is outstanding
Mid Life Models - Diecast Restorations
ua-cam.com/channels/4qihRlurniIXmvdODfG4ig.html
Martin Dare Dinky restorations
ua-cam.com/channels/PU_lxSrvYY6uSJTutKvw5Q.html
PB’s Retro Restorations
ua-cam.com/video/1KJwQVk47WU/v-deo.html
Paul Restorer
ua-cam.com/channels/zVmELzRrenJhguFCcDQ3xw.html
Hellboy 58 Diecast Wetworx
ua-cam.com/channels/M_FiNY_s9xTWHiPWrEUygg.html
Lazilow Collectables
ua-cam.com/channels/TvUOR4CWySVk1I8TZ_HdYw.html
SoMo Diecast
ua-cam.com/channels/UMsAUxznZ8huyKkgFiH_Fw.html
Zelda Diecast Racing
ua-cam.com/channels/JSiJ8CTyfk-VC5GT1B3iWw.html
CRAPAUD NICK'S DIECAST RENOVATIONS.
ua-cam.com/channels/4-muolqyjg0iXH2CG5ZnXg.html
Kev’s Banger Racers
www.youtube.com/@kevsbangerracers2027
Luke Diecast Outlaw
www.youtube.com/@Diecastoutlaw
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Spot On L W B Land Rover2
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For more information on Land Rover can be found here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover This is my entry in the Diecast and Modellers Community monthly event. This month is Any Land Rover. If you have been a long time viewer of Gravesend Australia Diecast Salvage channel then you’ll know that I moved back to Gravesend from Sydney in December 2023. At that time I moved back there was the promise o...
Dinky Toys 39A Packard + 180 Packard Clipper + Making window units from scratch
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In this video I make window units from scratch using Amazing remelt to make a temporary buck/plug, cover the temporary buck/plug with liquid silicone rubber to make a permanent resin buck/plug to use in a vacuum former. Note that this is my first attempt/pull of making a complete window unit from scratch using a vacuum former. Whilst its not perfect, it's still doesn't look that bad either. I'v...
Dinky Toys 1950 Hudson Sedan and 1957 Hudson Hornet
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Dinky Toys 1950 Hudson Sedan and 1957 Hudson Hornet
Some of my purchases from the last 6 months
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Some of my purchases from the last 6 months
Dinky Toys No 40J & 161 Austin Somerset
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Had a few challenges with equipement failures. The 2 tone will be a do over at some time in the future
Corgi Toys No. 220 Chevrolet Impala
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Corgi Toys No. 220 Chevrolet Impala This is a car which became a staple of the Corgi range from its introduction in 1959 and right through the next decade and beyond. Information source chezbois.com/corgi/corgi_modelpages/Chevrolet Impala.htm If you have been a long time viewer of Gravesend Australia Diecast Salvage channel then you’ll know that I moved back to Gravesend from Sydney in December...
Saturday Night LIVE with the DMC RECORDED VERSION
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Tomica Toyota Corolla TE71 LEVIN
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I am asking for support of this channel by way of donation/s to my GoFundMe page. gofund.me/632e14c9 The aim is to raise funds to purchase Colour Laser printer to make decals and paper /cardstock buildings for diorama’s 3D Printer to assist in making spare parts that are not available or for diorama’s Replacement Air compressor for Sand/Sodablasting, as the 15 year old compressor has stopped wo...
Matchbox Superfast No 9E AMX Javelin
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Dinky Toys 165 - 265 Humber Hawk Police & Civilian versions
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Dinky Toys 165 - 265 Humber Hawk Dinky Toys Humber Hawk came out as a two-tone saloon and as a Police car. Early releases of the civilian car had either maroon or green bodywork with contrasting lower sides and roof. Cream for the maroon car and black for the green car, these were made from 1959 to 1960, from 1960 to 1963 the car was green with black sides and a green roof. The Police car is al...
Corgi Toys Medrcedes Benz 220SE
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Corgi Toys No.230 Mercedes Benz 220SE Well modelled and well made. The opening boot was still a novelty in 1962 and it had a spare wheel inside. Later, in 1964, it got a pair of suitcases in addition to the spare wheel, however the later version lost the steering. You can tell the early model as it has the same steering set up as the Bentley Continental. The No.230 Mercedes 220SE was first adde...
Dinky Toys Austin A30
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Dinky Toys 160 Austin A30 Together with its companion piece the Fiat 600 (No.183) this is a bit of an oddity, seemingly in slightly smaller scale - although a model of a very small car, and I have checked it - it is 1:43 - it has Lesney style solid plastic wheels, maybe Meccano were looking for cheaper production methods. It was made between 1958 and 1962 Information Source: From Little Wheels ...
Siku Mercedes Benz LF508 Diecast & Modellers Community monthly event "Any European Vehicle"
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Matchbox Speed Kings K 60 Ford Mustang II
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Interesting how much was that vacuum former? The amazing melt is that PCL polymorph thermoplastic? I've purchased some of it but I haven't used it. I thinking because the plastic feels pretty quickly what would you need to make a resin mold couldn't you just hope the plastic going around the melt? Cheers Graham
ow, that one was heavily corroded! but you saved it nicely. I'm kind of glad you went with the coupe roof, I think the previous window frame would have been way too long proportion-wise. the coupe looks way better. :) and now we know why they invented vinly roofs: to cover up when they were too cheap to clean the c-pillar secions... ;) the others' red looks fine, too. went through my piles and boxes latey and found a number of castings I don't remember ever purchasing. so you're not alone with this. XD
Nicely done Michael, the convertible looks great 👍
Thanks 👍
Nice restorations, details and paint jobs 👌 👍
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Nice resto job. Always good to pick up new tips. What happened to the paint on the inside of the tray?
Nice work 👍
aw, a Spot-On. :) those are really, really rare here in germany, where you could almost spit over the water and hit ireland... guess they never tried to export them to outside UK for the castings being all-british vehicles. not that kids would actually care. I think. nice colours, they look authentic. but I wonder why they gave it two outside spare wheels? one on the bonnet and one in the back... maybe there were jerrycans on a rack? looks like the casting has the tropical roof. ah, whatever. :)
Nicely done Michael, Cool job. Cheers JV
Thank you
If the Land Rover 12-seater Station Wagon is a Series 2 (which it looks like judging from the grille, door hinges and deeper sills) then it would have a flat dash with a central instrument cluster quite low, rather than the cluster centred above the steering wheel. A look on Google would give you a pattern for a wee sticker for the dash. Interesting that the casting has no fuel filler recess on the back wing. The white glue masking works brilliantly - I've been using that for years: if you thin it with water a little bit, it'll do for masking the side panels for a two-tone as well! Nice build, Michael - looks a treat!
Cheers for the info
Nice job Michael! I need to start participating in your teams builds!
Please do. I do have something in mind for one of your up coming D.I.Bs build. I'll send photos to either you or Ron when it's done. Cheers Michael
@@gravesendaustralia Thanks mate! where do I send my glamour shots?
@matchboxmark8191 you can post them on the DMC Facebook group page, or you can send them to me or PJ
@@gravesendaustralia Will do! Cheers!
Excellent restoration Michael
Thanks Martin
Great restoration Michael loving the home made stripper ya done a good job of that mate and works well 👍
Yeah thanks Luke. It's light and portable.
Nice build, details and paint job 👌 👍
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Well done 😊😊😊😊
Thanks 😊
Hey great job . I actually have a Gamda Koor VW police model … on EBay you can buy corgi beetle bumpers front n rear from ACME 3000 parts . But I like the fact you made your own .
Great work, big like. Best wishes
Great job Michael .Best wishes
Very good and interesting video Michael, thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice work Super like 👍 💯💯💯💯💯💯 Congratulations, for the good content of your Channel👋💯👍💯💥 Excellent work 👍 💥💯
love the colours, and that gelee is an interesting stuff. nice to make those windows from. they might be a tad too big, but I'd say more if I had experience with that stuff; so, there. :)
This was an experiment after watching a Paul Restorer video sometime back. Yes what I did was rough. A lot was learnt and future attempts will bear this out.
Nice restorations, details and paint jobs 👌 👍
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Amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice double restoration Michael. Best wishes
13:00 ah yes, Polistil. they were high quality, before the founder sold it to Mattell, only to start over with Bburago later... I have a Ford Fiesta from that era, didn't realize all doors and lids would open before I had it in my hands, that's how exact they were cast. 19:25 those wheels look like stolen off some pullback-type model. :P please put on something that fits the wheel wells. :) a nice model, but the front is way too short and stubby. :/ 29:35 funny, I have the same casting laying here. :) looks the same, too. ;) the K70 was meant to replace the last DKW/NSU two-stroke-powered sedans, but then VW came and bought NSU off the hands of Mercedes, with this car almost ready to sell. so they reluctantly built and sold them while trying to kill the car off. which is a shame, it's really well-made. but destined to fail... 30:35 LOL the spanish police would maybe have killed for a partol car like this. XD a Stretcher Fetcher by MIRA? funky. the only thing that I see right away is the way the wheels are fastened. in my opinion the real problem the small MIRAs have, the wheels are pushed onto stubs cast into the baseplate. if it breaks off, you lose. I have one MIRA in mint condition if not for one missing wheel... 35:20 oooh, it's mint and complete, too! they have become rare here in germany for whatever reason. the larger Schuco in general, that is. 38:20 SIKu actually did a mix of T2a and T2b, for whatever reason. the twincab version has it, too, and this slip was never fixed. I'm not sure why the sliding door would fall out no matter the condition. my guess is the whole construction with the three pins loses either internal tension, or it moves around the middle. maybe one has to straighten it out slightly. 41:00 ah, Schabak. those are actually meant to be taken apart, so you'll only have to edge out the bumpers carefully and it should fall into pieces. :) those paper cut-out buildings are interesting, and they come with scaling instructions, too. :) some pieces should go onto corugated cardboard, maybe even the double-waved from the grocery market. weights nothign and is sturdy.
Great finds, love all the BMW 2002
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Well done again Michael. Best wishes
Thank you, Paul, for your encouragement, and inspiration
Nicely done!
Thank you! Cheers!
lovely colour on the Hornet. :) but the other, I can't tell in this lighting. is it like blank steel, with a hint of rust and then clearcoated, or just a copper or bronce colour? :) btw, with those gaps in the glass inserts, you can drill a tiny hole into the end of a gap to prevent it from spreading further from warm/cold or slight pressure movement. :)
The Hudson sedan was supposed to be a copper bronze colour. From a metal cast rattle can. Instead of an even spray it came out like it was not mixed even though I did use my rattle can paint mixer. It was a new rattle can and I think the spray nozzle was not fitted correctly as more paint came out from under the nozzle than through it. No clear coating was done. Cheers Michael
Nicely done Michael, great colours 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Great job on them 2 Michael well done mate 👍
Thanks 👍
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funky, I didn't know Majorettes made it to down under... :) I was waiting to give hints afterwards, but apparently these ain't the first Majorettes you've taken apart. ;) the most extreme on different paint hues on parts I have seen was on GAMA 1964 Ford Taunus coupe, where the doors were a considerably darker blue than the rest of the body. and since I have seen some obviously unrestored ones since then it seems to have been a feature at GAMA's back when. XD
The dinky toys Mercedes pullman suffer from the different shade of paint colour from the factory. When restorers use plain colours, it's not so noticeable. It's more noticeable on metallic colours, mainly due to the layering of the amount of paint used
@@gravesendaustralia true, depending on the clearcoat as well, if it's dyed or plain. but sometimes it's like a different colour altogether... makes one wonder how nobody caught it at the beginning of production. or it was ignored?
Well done again😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks again!
Excellent work Michael, so true that if you paint the doors separately they will look different, love these 2 ,brilliant, cheers Laz
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent work 👍👍👍👍
Nice work man. Always a great restoration video . Time and work. Big Like 👍 👍👍👍👍👍👍. Mike
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Great work on them Michael....Look smart...
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Nice double restoration Michael👍 some good tips in there. 👏
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Great restorations Michael well done mate 👍
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Good all round video Michael, nice buildings, and some very nice purchases, the jag is a straight 6 2.5 or 3 ltr
Series 2 XJ6 3.4 or 4.2 litre 6 cylinder surely.
6L could refer to LWB version.
Awesome
Great finds, love all the VW's 👍🦘🇦🇺🦘👍 49:54
I actually owned a 2 door Passat the same colour and mine had the rectangular headlights as well 👍😊 37:18
Great restorations, details and paint jobs 👍
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lovely pair, love the two-tone. :) scraping the paint off with a driller and a brush is radical, but still better than what I did as a kid: scraped the stuff off with a sharpened screwdriver. XD the stuff flies everywhere. especially into places where it shouldn't... ask me how I know. :)
AWESOME !!!! Big like 👍 Mike
Thank you! Cheers!
Very Nice
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Nicely done Michael looking good the J number is the old number system, same casting
Thanks Martin
Hi Mike, Greetings from Gravesend, England! Model railways float my boat but I do nonetheless like watching die-cast restoration channels in order to glean useful modelling tips. I was particularly interested in this project as I had a real Austin Somerset, also know as an A45, back in the late 60's. The car was made in 1955 and was quite spacious as it had a column change gear lever. This effectively provided a bench seat at the front, which my girlfriend at the time quite liked, enough said! I was particularly interested in your comment relating to blinkers as my A45 didn't have any, either on the front or rear! Instead it had what was known as a trafficator located in a slot cut into the door pillar on each side of the car. The trafficator slot can be clearly seen in the door pillar, on the photo of real green A45 that you have displayed. These were solenoid operated illuminated pointers about 15cms in length, which were operated by means of a directional switch mounted on the top side of the steering wheel boss. When the switch was operated the corresponding trafficator was supposed to spring out. They probably worked when the car was new but suffice it to say mine were bloody awful in that they were prone to sticking and so often gave no indication of my intention to turn. When turning right I often had to thump the door pillar in order to get the damn thing to spring out. Furthermore, even when they did work they were not that obvious to other drivers. Anyway, following several near misses I decided to treat myself to a Wipac indicator kit, purpose made for old cars like mine. The kit was comprised of 4 indicator lamps, a coil of wire, a fuse carrier and what was known as a flasher unit. These were wired up to the steering wheel switch and gave a clear flashing signal when turning a corner. Happy memories! Anyway please keep the videos coming as I do enjoy watching them. Best Regards Bob.
Thanks, Bob. very informative. Here in Australia, we call trsfficators wigwags. Many cars had them VW's pre 1960s, both beetle and konbis had them.
I, too, watch a few model railway models on UA-cam like Everad Junction and Chadwick model railway. I think i get more ideas for dioramas from Richard at Everard Junction than from Charlie at Chadwick.
@@gravesendaustralia Thanks Mike, Nice to compare notes. Regards Bob