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 MY RESTORATIONS

 

PICTURES OF MY RESTORATIONS SO FAR.
 

THIS WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO RESTORE A DINKY TOY.

 DINKY 480 BEDFORD VAN .

ALL THAT WAS NEEDED TO RESTORE IT WAS 4 TYRES AND A NEW SET OF TRANSFERS PLUS PAINT.

 
 
A BIT OF AN IMPROVEMENT
 
 
 
HERE ARE SOME MORE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES
 
 
DINKY 965 EUCLID REAR DUMP TRUCK.
 
THIS JUST NEEDED STRIPPING DOWN , REPAINTING AND THEN ADDING NEW TRANSFERS.
 
 
   
 
 
DINKY 425 COAL WAGON.
 
THIS TOOK A LOT LONGER TO RESTORE AS IT NEEDED TAKING APART AND PAINTING SEPERATELY.
IT WAS FITTED WITH NEW WHEEL HUBS, HEADBOARD, TRANSFERS, COAL AND A SET OF SCALES.
  
 
 
 
 
DINKY 188 JENSEN FF.
 
AGAIN THIS JUST NEEDED STRIPPING DOWN AND REPAINTING, THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS WAS FINDING THE INTERIOR AND WINDSCREEN ASSEMBLY, WHICH I MANAGED TO GET FROM A TOY FAIR.
I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER JENSEN WHICH HAD NO DOORS OR BONNET AND HAD A BROKEN PILLAR. I MANAGED TO GET ALL THE SPARES FROM THIS.
 
  
 
 
 
 
DINKY 40G MORRIS OXFORD SALOON.
 
THIS WAS RELATIVELY EASY AS IT ONLY NEEDED STRIPPING DOWN AND REPAINTING.
THE ONLY NEW PARTS NEEDED WERE THE TYRES.
 
 
 
 
 
MORE PICTURE OF MY RESTORATIONS TO FOLLOW.
 
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