I know it's not about Scales Cars. But I remember back in the EARLY 2000's.. I Found a 84 Merkur Sierra at my local junk yard here in California. Bloody thing was 800.00 and waited to long to rescue her. Still kicking myself to this very day.
Hi Rob. Way to go the extra mile. You were critical of you work but not demeaning. Takes a big person to see their flaws and correct them. Bet next time it won't happen again. I was afraid the black was going to be a matte finish, but happy to see it dried to a gloss. Nice color choice on the wheels as well. Bravo. Well done! 👍 🏁
WoW I had hundreds of Matchbox cars 25-30 of that size n at least 250 of the smaller 1:52 scale matchbox some corgi Tonka n margieroil I wish I still had them but seeing your video brought back so many great memories of building entire cities on my double bed so could play cars for hours n hours even sleep on the floor rather than destroy a good one n I'd have certain cars I'd get doubled of so I didn't scratch paint or let mates play with. Thanks for the video n memories n yes lottery win first car would be a RS500 Cosworth I love them
In the mid '70s, there was the Cosworth V8 Vega...I think it was only made one year ( 1975). Great color scheme. I like seeing an old toy given new life..
Very cool color combination! Im a big fan of gold wheels.Gloss Black is a hard color to shoot because it shows everything .That car looks familiar to a car that was sold in the states back in the 90s called the Merkur XR4TI
A mug of coffee and a Kit Kat as I watch this, Rob. Given your undoubted flair at these die cast restorations and customs, maybe you should take on more commissions. Excellent work mucker. Really nice. Top drawer, old bean.
Nice work. I’ve stopped using Tamiya paints on diecast. I find it lifts, sometimes, when I mask it up...very frustrating. I’ve started using enamel primers and paints. They have a much harder coating and give a good shine. When you wet sand them and polish them they look absolutely beautiful.
What a nice choice of colors the Black and the Gold on the rims it looks awesome yes the 500 Rs Cossi is cool car 👍 i own the little Brother from the cossie in 1 to 1 scale a 1989 Sierra MK 2 and i have a 1:18 scale Cossie in Black ,A good friend of me owns a 1990s Ford Escort Cosworth its a very fast car !! it is tuned from the original 220 HP to 330 HP 4x4 driven and its faster than a lot of 911 Porsches from 1990 ...
Next time you have separate taillights like that, try painting the back side of them silver or chrome, let that go through the plastic. I do that working on plastic model cars.
second paintjob was better indeed and at the end it didnt look like a too thick paintjob, so well done...think it would have been nice to do the part with the bumpers and wheelarches in a contrasting colour like orange or red to make it look like a race or rallycar again. that would also look nice with the gold wheels. just my opinion...
Another great job, that paint job was definitely improved after the rubdown and respray. Great attention to detail. Personally Black would not have been my choice, Dark metallic Blue maybe? But the the car looks 100% better than it did.
You did get a really fine result in the end, that looks like a car worth owning IRL indeed! With a body in the state that one was, I think that is when you should consider a zinc plating, sanding and polishing set up. The pitting was small, priming and wet sanding it, one or two times, should be enough to fix the pitting there before panting, buuuuut man, once you zinc plate a big nice body like that, sand and polish it nicely, you'd get that familiar shiny shiny look. And you open up the paint options too
Hate getting an "orange peeler" when they happen. You get all that way and it's a "grrrr" moment, because you know it will just stick in your craw!! You did a magnificent job altogether, but the "Round Two" results just decimated all! Utterly flawless looker now! Your commission customer will probably stick this in a cabinet (I know that I would-I wouldnt want anyone breathing on it, bit like that bit in Spinal Tap where he doesn't want anyone near his mint condition guitar!!) Colour choices for both this and the wheels are exactly what I would've chosen too. Favourite combination is black with gold 😊
Fantastic build/restoration. As a fan here in the US, I would read car magazines like Motor Trend and Car & Driver when they would test cars like the RS500. How jealoys I am/was that they were not sold here. Total bad a$$ little hot rod.
a mate of mine,once owned one of the Eggenberger group 2 racer's!said it went like stink.used it as a track-day car,obviously,but wanted to legalise it for road use!
The plastic model company called Aurora, actually ranks number 3. It's the plastic model company called Revell, which is really number one. The plastic model company, called Monogram ranks number 2.
I had a mint boxed one of these along with a jaguar xj5 police car , and blue range rover, I gave them away to a charity shop around five years ago, I'm kicking myself now I wished I had kept them, they probably ended up in some little boys toy box.
I know a casting of this size is a lot to take on. I think it would have looked better with some white and gold tampos. Those would help cover some defects in the casting as well. It still looks great though.
Unlucky with that first paint-job Rob but it really wasn't up to your usual high standard. The second attempt looks the business though.👌 Your commentors made the perfect choice imho; I *did* vote for black/gold myself and it seems most of us thought the same. Have you thought about trying waterslides for number plates? I'm sure your decal suppliers could knock you out some suitable ones, especially for larger scale cars like this. Either that, or try making your own. As always, just a thought, certainly not a criticism.😁 Cheers for now,🍻 Dougie.
Very good looking Sierra, golden wheels always fit with black body. Always liked this Matchbox Sierra, but didn't have that yet, but i think i have to start searching one.. 🤔
It looks nice reminds me of those 1/38-1/43 or 1/32 cars that I'd got expect half of them are JADA TOYS and some pull backs but very well detailed cause enough to the Matchbox King size.
That is a beaut! An RS500 Cosworth should always be black. I guess I'm conservative when it comes to colour, but I have a thing for black cars - almost all cars suit a dark colour. Is it harder to paint black colour? I find that most Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars have some flaws in black colour. You see every little detail or flaws in black that you don't see as clearly or much as in other colours
Second time's the charm. :) Do you find that the larger castings are more prone to paint finish problems? It seems like the bigger surface area would give more chances for things to go wrong.
I'm curious if maybe a clear resin coating would be able to mend cracks in windows. Perhaps not but it might be worth trying on some damaged ones you won't use. I imagine you'd have to polish and maybe sand it... Things I get stuck in my brain as you work. Nice job.
Cartoon Fish! Fun videos! It was for a little plastic tab that kept the body to the package base. I think I have a Quattro in the original box like that.
I'm curious as why you only seem to do a single coat of paint? I would like to offer the suggestion of thinning your paint and doing at least 2 coats to minimize orange peel.
Thanks so much Rob it looks mint !! So very pleased with it ...
Its heart taking how good of a father you are you get your sons favorite toy fixed up 👍 much respect brother take care
I'm glad you like it Brian 😀 I will get it in the post to you shortly 😎
@@MatchboxGarage stole my thunder lmao jk jk good video mate
Exceptional work. I'm especially impressed with how well the glass turned out!
Wow amazing result, every inch a Sierra Cosworth in all its retro glory!!!.
What a great custom I see by Brian reply he is well pleased.👍
Great job, it looks really cool in black and black
Takes my breath away!!! Wow!
That's a really nice Sierra Codsworth Rob , good job done ✔👏👍
Excellent job done, great looking car in the best colours.
👍👍
I'm a massive fan of yours.
Been doing some of my own the last year or so. Very therapeutic. Keep them coming Rob.
All the best mate.. 👍
Awesome restoration video
Excellent work rob ,looks great.
Awesome result!
Nice job rob on the Serra its amazing
I know it's not about Scales Cars. But I remember back in the EARLY 2000's.. I Found a 84 Merkur Sierra at my local junk yard here in California. Bloody thing was 800.00 and waited to long to rescue her. Still kicking myself to this very day.
Very good restoration friend, I look good, greetings
Hi Rob. Way to go the extra mile. You were critical of you work but not demeaning. Takes a big person to see their flaws and correct them. Bet next time it won't happen again. I was afraid the black was going to be a matte finish, but happy to see it dried to a gloss. Nice color choice on the wheels as well. Bravo. Well done! 👍 🏁
Beautiful job Rob. 🍻
This was the first car I bought when I was in high school but mine was a XR4Ti turbocharged. Loved that car
The xr4ti is still one of my favorite ford products.
WoW I had hundreds of Matchbox cars 25-30 of that size n at least 250 of the smaller 1:52 scale matchbox some corgi Tonka n margieroil I wish I still had them but seeing your video brought back so many great memories of building entire cities on my double bed so could play cars for hours n hours even sleep on the floor rather than destroy a good one n I'd have certain cars I'd get doubled of so I didn't scratch paint or let mates play with. Thanks for the video n memories n yes lottery win first car would be a RS500 Cosworth I love them
Fantastic job sir 👍
The extra work paid off 🙂
Much love from Canada 🇨🇦
In the mid '70s, there was the Cosworth V8 Vega...I think it was only made one year ( 1975).
Great color scheme. I like seeing an old toy given new life..
Nicely done
I had the same model but in the black and red Texaco livery. I complete forgot about it until you started to paint it.
Beautful Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Very cool color combination! Im a big fan of gold wheels.Gloss Black is a hard color to shoot because it shows everything .That car looks familiar to a car that was sold in the states back in the 90s called the Merkur XR4TI
You did it more than justice Rob. Just as it should be. Well done mate 🙂🚗
This was great, black with gold looks awesome
Looks great!
Looks awesome buddy
Awesome mate
Black and gold looks great on every car I think. Nice job, mate
A mug of coffee and a Kit Kat as I watch this, Rob. Given your undoubted flair at these die cast restorations and customs, maybe you should take on more commissions. Excellent work mucker. Really nice. Top drawer, old bean.
Nice work. I’ve stopped using Tamiya paints on diecast. I find it lifts, sometimes, when I mask it up...very frustrating. I’ve started using enamel primers and paints. They have a much harder coating and give a good shine. When you wet sand them and polish them they look absolutely beautiful.
The car looks great Rob!! The windows look like new and redoing the body made a big difference!! 👍👍👍
Beautiful paint job Rob, glad you took the time to fix the pitting 👍😎
Great job
Legend has it that RS500 Cosworths came with a pair of foglights in the boot, as the holes were much better used as cooling ducts...
That sounds about right
Nice rework of a well use model LOOKS LIKE IT HAD DONE SOME MILES enjoyed the clip
What a nice choice of colors the Black and the Gold on the rims it looks awesome yes the 500 Rs Cossi is cool car 👍 i own the little Brother from the cossie in 1 to 1 scale a 1989 Sierra MK 2 and i have a 1:18 scale Cossie in Black ,A good friend of me owns a 1990s Ford Escort Cosworth its a very fast car !! it is tuned from the original 220 HP to 330 HP 4x4 driven and its faster than a lot of 911 Porsches from 1990 ...
Well that turned out brilliant fantastic job amazing looking now cheers KC Tasmania
Omg it's my old car lol
Had one just like that thanks that's a smile on my face
Again Rob. Another fantastic job. Beautiful.
She is Stunning! Great job ❤
Lovely job Rob knockout 👍👍👍😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
great job
Next time you have separate taillights like that, try painting the back side of them silver or chrome, let that go through the plastic. I do that working on plastic model cars.
Beautiful job!! I wish I had the patience to do what you do!... Pays to be a perfectionist because the results speak for themselves!
second paintjob was better indeed and at the end it didnt look like a too thick paintjob, so well done...think it would have been nice to do the part with the bumpers and wheelarches in a contrasting colour like orange or red to make it look like a race or rallycar again. that would also look nice with the gold wheels. just my opinion...
Another great job, that paint job was definitely improved after the rubdown and respray. Great attention to detail. Personally Black would not have been my choice, Dark metallic Blue maybe? But the the car looks 100% better than it did.
Looks sweet keep it up love that you went the extra mile
No way I've had that exact Sierra since I was a kid
Very nice!
I love rally cards and normal cards became race ones
Lovely!
it looks good. i’m glad you repainted it. the first paint job looked like a warthog’s but.
It turned out really nice 👍👍😊
You did get a really fine result in the end, that looks like a car worth owning IRL indeed!
With a body in the state that one was, I think that is when you should consider a zinc plating, sanding and polishing set up. The pitting was small, priming and wet sanding it, one or two times, should be enough to fix the pitting there before panting, buuuuut man, once you zinc plate a big nice body like that, sand and polish it nicely, you'd get that familiar shiny shiny look. And you open up the paint options too
Hate getting an "orange peeler" when they happen. You get all that way and it's a "grrrr" moment, because you know it will just stick in your craw!! You did a magnificent job altogether, but the "Round Two" results just decimated all! Utterly flawless looker now! Your commission customer will probably stick this in a cabinet (I know that I would-I wouldnt want anyone breathing on it, bit like that bit in Spinal Tap where he doesn't want anyone near his mint condition guitar!!)
Colour choices for both this and the wheels are exactly what I would've chosen too.
Favourite combination is black with gold 😊
Rob Great job with your Custom work on that Matchbox Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth. just be a bit easier to work on the larger size Matchbox.
"Coming up at the start line is Colin Mcrae,he would have been here without the work of his chief engineer Rob"
Mcrae never drove a serria he drove for Subaru
Fantastic build/restoration. As a fan here in the US, I would read car magazines like Motor Trend and Car & Driver when they would test cars like the RS500. How jealoys I am/was that they were not sold here. Total bad a$$ little hot rod.
Black just is a very hard color to get right on bigger surfaces.
You are so awesome. Such great videos :-))
Beautiful job, well done!
Operating Headlights and Tail lights would totally take that over the top
Very nice
Hi Rob,having the same model as this it turned out awesome, the colour fits it perfect, great video.
a mate of mine,once owned one of the Eggenberger group 2 racer's!said it went like stink.used it as a track-day car,obviously,but wanted to legalise it for road use!
The plastic model company called Aurora, actually ranks number 3. It's the plastic model company called Revell, which is really number one. The plastic model company, called Monogram ranks number 2.
Unfortunately, I am going to work in an hour, so no Coors light for me. Great paint job! Love the Matchbox Superkings!
I had a mint boxed one of these along with a jaguar xj5 police car , and blue range rover, I gave them away to a charity shop around five years ago, I'm kicking myself now I wished I had kept them, they probably ended up in some little boys toy box.
I know a casting of this size is a lot to take on. I think it would have looked better with some white and gold tampos. Those would help cover some defects in the casting as well. It still looks great though.
Nice!
in the 70's there was a chevy vaga cosworth and they were in that black and gold color combo very nice
Sheer class.
Great job on the Sierra Rob! Most of the private import RS 500"s that ended up in Australia were this exact colour with the same wheels.
Great build 👌
Unlucky with that first paint-job Rob but it really wasn't up to your usual high standard. The second attempt looks the business though.👌 Your commentors made the perfect choice imho; I *did* vote for black/gold myself and it seems most of us thought the same.
Have you thought about trying waterslides for number plates? I'm sure your decal suppliers could knock you out some suitable ones, especially for larger scale cars like this. Either that, or try making your own. As always, just a thought, certainly not a criticism.😁
Cheers for now,🍻
Dougie.
Very nice, awesome work 👍🏻🔥🤘🏻
Nice. I have both this one as it was and one in black with "Texaco" livery. It looks good in a plain colour.
Needless to say, I was jealous.
Very good looking Sierra, golden wheels always fit with black body.
Always liked this Matchbox Sierra, but didn't have that yet, but i think i have to start searching one.. 🤔
Looks like the Mekur XR4Ti here in the states
I personally would buy an RS200 in a heartbeat if I had the jackpot.
This is pretty cool but it's still missing something bud. A racing stripe maybe...
SIERRA R500 COSWORTH ALL TIME CLASSIC.
I was going to customize mine into the mad Max intercetor Police car yellow blue and red.
Faaaaaaaaaaackin hell bow bells you av viv nar farkin talent FOUC xx
Nice
Looks great Rob, I always preferred the Lotus Carlton myself, though it was always somewhat rarer.
Lotus Carlton 😍
Lotus Carlton/Omega - 950
Sierra RS500 - 496
It looks nice reminds me of those 1/38-1/43 or 1/32 cars that I'd got expect half of them are JADA TOYS and some pull backs but very well detailed cause enough to the Matchbox King size.
That is a beaut! An RS500 Cosworth should always be black. I guess I'm conservative when it comes to colour, but I have a thing for black cars - almost all cars suit a dark colour. Is it harder to paint black colour? I find that most Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars have some flaws in black colour. You see every little detail or flaws in black that you don't see as clearly or much as in other colours
It's the very same with *real* cars Joakim; they're a right pain to keep clean.
@@2H80vids I thought so. And you're right about painting real cars black too
Nice
Second time's the charm. :) Do you find that the larger castings are more prone to paint finish problems? It seems like the bigger surface area would give more chances for things to go wrong.
Yeah definitely the larger the harder
Chuffed you went with gold, I've even got fast ford magazines I read in the toilet with this exact colour scheme.
Looks like a minter.
I'm curious if maybe a clear resin coating would be able to mend cracks in windows. Perhaps not but it might be worth trying on some damaged ones you won't use. I imagine you'd have to polish and maybe sand it... Things I get stuck in my brain as you work. Nice job.
How funny, in the UK it’s the Ford Sierra and in the states it’s a Mekur XR4TI. The Sierra here is a pick up truck made by GMC
We had a Sierra XR4i which had 2.8 V6. The Mekur was the same car but had a 2.3 turbo I believe.
I always wondered, what is the keyhole looking thing that is on the base of these diecast cars?
Cartoon Fish! Fun videos! It was for a little plastic tab that kept the body to the package base. I think I have a Quattro in the original box like that.
I'm curious as why you only seem to do a single coat of paint? I would like to offer the suggestion of thinning your paint and doing at least 2 coats to minimize orange peel.
Darker than black. With magnesium wheels.
Has some kind, Madmax Ford Falcon V8 "Interceptor".
A ground-to-ground missile, blasting the republic.