Lesney Ford Cortina MKII Custom Restoration

Some collectors choose not to tamper with these old lesneys, but since it was not my childhood toy and no childhood history of mine involved here, I decided to customized it to my liking. I usually custom all the cars I get from trift shops and make them into a "small scale replica" of the real thing, or as close as possible.

The Ford Cortina MKII by Matchbox Lesney


and after the customization and restoration...







I hope to see a Ford Cortina MKI and an MK3 in 3 inch scale in the future!

Lesney Matchbox Mercedes Benz 300se

My friend Mark gave this to me as a gift. When I got the Benz, it was already painted in red, no wheels, and no windshield and window glasses. My first attempt was painting it green, and since I don't have the proper wheels for this Merc at the time, I used a tomica regular wheel and painted the middle to body color.


after a year, I decided to re paint and finally I found some decent wheels for my Benz...