Harry_the_Spider Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Soooo... I was on eBay last night after a few glasses of red and stuck in a cheeky offer on a Dinky SHADO mobile. Forgot all about it until I checked my messages this morning, and now apparently I own it. So, I'm looking at a restoration that will be more representative of the TV version rather than the toy. I've sourced new tracks, decal and clear parts. Can anyone point me in the right direction of the light metallic blue paint? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld4This Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Aah, Dinky, they don't make toys like that anymore, this and the Eagle were my favourite. Oh, and the SPV, but sadly that's one I never owned, and only saw later in carboot sales for ridiculou$ money. I couldn't tell you the colour, however, find an image online that you think looks: "right" and use the colour-picker plugin to get the actual hexcode for that colour. Best I can offer I'm afraid! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Ford glacier blue. Have a search in the sci fi WIP section . Enter shado to find the resin build by @Kallisti 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 I subsequently bought enough paint stripped, paint and decals to do half a dozen of them. Then another wrecked Dinky and two sets of new tracks and clear parts to spread the cost. I'll see how the first two turn out. If they look OK I may do some more and move them on. There seems to be a market for sympathetically restored ones and those done up in the TV show livery. Some of the "restored" ones don't look too great when you zoom in. You can get SPVs on eBay for not very much, but finding an intact one that just needs paint and decals could be a bit trickier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Ford Glacier blue metallic paint is what I used on my Mobile However, since Halfords stopped having brand specific paints, its hard to get a can of this. I ended up finding one from Hycote when I needed to do some touch ups to this model earlier this year. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 @Kallisti I saw your thread the other day. Very impressive! I ended up getting Peugeot Moonstone Blue. Searches on "Ford Glacier" kept leading me to "Ford Tonic". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalrescue Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Still have my original Dinky Shado Mobile and Interceptor from when I was a kid. Cherished them when new and still hold a prominent space in the display case. Curious where you sourced the tracks from; I've scene used mobiles for restoration but concerned about the condition of tracks. Hey did you outbid me! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 @internationalrescue Here. Dinky 353 SHADO 2 Mobile Reproduction Parts, Box & Ephemera - Choose from List | eBay 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 Bits. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 Trying to colour match the green. From my collection of Tamiyas it looks like Field Grey is the closest, but I can see myself going to the model shop armed with a battered Dinky toy and seeing what else is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted Wednesday at 07:22 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 07:22 AM The model is currently marinading in a vat of detergent. The dark and light green paint came off with paint stripper and a stiff brush, but the orange on the underside of the roof is tougher than the stuff on the bottom of a space shuttle! I'll just prime over it and see how it goes. Decided not to take the wheels off at this stage, but suspect that I may have to. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted Wednesday at 09:50 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 09:50 AM A question... What colour were the screen accurate wheels? Depending where I look they are either blue, green or gun metal. Quite like the idea of doing gun metal, but I'd also like to know what colour they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted Wednesday at 05:24 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:24 PM Stripped. Took the wheels off in the end. These two are costing somewhere north of £100, so I had better do it right. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted Wednesday at 05:35 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:35 PM 10 minutes ago, Harry_the_Spider said: These two are costing somewhere north of £100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted Wednesday at 08:32 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 08:32 PM Yeah, but I've got enough stuff to do a few. So if I can find another couple of cheap ones I'll do them up and move them on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted Wednesday at 08:37 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:37 PM (Horrendous Monty Python French accent) But you see, I've already got one... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted Thursday at 04:30 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 04:30 PM Ooops. Bought another. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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