Retro Double Decker London Bus Gets Restored - Die Cast Routemaster

This old London Routemaster Double Decker Bus was made by Corgi probably in the 70's or 80's and has not been playing with for decades. In fact, it was thrown out as junk. I decided to give it a new lease of life. and instead of painting it, I powder coated it. Enjoy.
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[@edselboston3452]

I always enjoy your work. Your use of powder coat makes you stand out from the other restorations I watch . Thanks for letting us watch.

[@RetroHax]

Thanks bud

[@jsking306]

Having "glass" all the way around both levels is really cool. Great restoration.

[@michelbrisebois4317]

Great results. 1st time see powder on a diecast.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Nice shiny paint job!!

[@coopers4491]

What a bus ,use to catch the 13 to finchley every sat morning to the gaumont cinema as a kid!!!!!! Great job ...... Great content......STAY SAFE......☕☕☕☕☕☕☕

[@martyclack8782]

Nice job truned out great.

[@barneykennett9282]

Turned out very well Martin...👍

[@PeterRapley-gv5vt]

I had a goodly number of Corgi London Transport Routemaster buses for my childhood Christmases.

[@GregAlanEdwardsEmmanuelRidge]

Excellent, Martin. Just excellent.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Thanks for keeping the videos flowing during difficult times.

[@walterroszko6841]

Very nicely done. Just discovered your channel and will watch out for more.

[@dodgydruid]

Another little anecdote that made me chuckle. Back in the 70's there was a joke shop up in Holborn that sold mega strong stink bombs and me and me mates bought a stackload and we used to lurk outside the bus station in Lewisham or New Cross and wait for the bus to pull out and as it passed us we would lob on a couple of these horrendous stink bombs and within seconds you heard this frantic dingdingdingding'ing as the clippy is trying to get the driver to pull over and then to gales of us almost wetting ourselves, you saw the people literally bundle off coughing and gagging. So one day we did this poor hapless bus and who was on it but me mother and oh boy did I catch it hot, lady of Irish temper and did she give me a proper hiding for it and I had to hand over the stash of these stink bombs :( We also used to lob 'em down the escalators at tube stations, Oxford Circus was an absolute hoot and seeing these poor people having to scatter like leaves in a wind and the pong that wafted up was proper bad. We were all banned from the shop in Holborn but I discovered another joke shop in Bethnal Green that did the same evil bombs and we musta paid this blokes holiday the amount we kept buying hehehe

[@RetroHax]

Haha, can you imagine doing that in today's world lol. it would be called a terror attack lol

[@dodgydruid]

Oh that brought back a massive fond memory as my uncle Stan was a driver then clippy on the ol' route 12 and guess what he got every birthday and Xmas but someone in the family would buy him one of the models and he got quite cross about it in the end hehe That route was a murderous one too, drivers had to be taken off when their kidneys were giving up as it was from outside of South Croydon to somewhere in the wilds of NE London suburbs it originally ran and he did 4 trips a day 2 there and 2 back then the unions got through crew changes etc but still to and from Victoria I think was pretty heavy going. On our local route 94 (old 94 not new one) we had this conductor who used to sing all the old music hall songs to the passengers and he was bloody good at it, he was about 90 and no one wanted to retire him off and he never got any trouble from us troublemakers either and anyone giving him a hard time soon found we had his back as he was such a gentleman. Imagine that on todays bump n grind joyless plastic boxes.

[@martindaredare]

Very smart restoration Martin 👌👍

[@Themovieman1971]

Awesome , it looks brand new.

[@RetroHax]

Yes, thanks

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

A FANTASTIC restoration job!!.. All ready to go back on the streets of London!!.. Keep up the great work Bud!!

[@normsmowers4758]

On the buses would be proud of that one 👍👍👍

[@shankill178]

Great job Martin.

[@bensgrandad1840]

Entertaining stuff Martin. Thanks

[@petefroud5308]

Great work Martin . Love them old Route masters.

[@RetroHax]

Still no stickers yet Pete.

[@petefroud5308]

Martin ok if they dont show can send more perhaps your postie is a Taryl fan.

[@ronnieahman6958]

Easy like as usual. You brought back old memories.

[@ianhow100]

Very nice restore

[@lord.onk99]

Lovely job Martin. Stay safe you lot. Ken in Essex.

[@wildefox1478]

Beautiful work Martin, excellent restoration as always!

[@jeannettemorley5872]

Used to get the 279 to work in Tottenham, and the N90 at night.......i don't know how I didn't break a limb jumping and off those things! Miss them though....

[@brandonstebbins7242]

That bus came out really nice. I gotta say you do a great job on your restoration projects.

[@DiecastPowderCoating]

Lovely Job Martin, she looks wonderful.

[@davidvickers9029]

brand new again, great Martin

[@rustybum2]

Hey Martin, you certainly have an "eye" for this kind of stuff and the skill to do it justice.Enjoyable and addictive video as always----thanks for sharing.

[@spanermantim]

Watch out another two will be along any minute. Good job.

[@simonsuv8376]

Great video as always looked fantastic thanks for keeping us entertained during this crisis stay safe

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Nice job on the small fine details too!!

[@JuanAntonioOrtizEscobar]

Muy bien.... Felicidades...

[@johnchetcuti6518]

Like always, good job.

[@jonnno100]

very nice job Martin, one to be proud of for sure.

[@philipnewton7524]

Very nicely done. Martain in stoke on trent in the 1970s I was a child but our bus service was called Pmt they still had a few of these running around I went on a few remember the Tv series on the buses ha mate classic Phil from stoke

[@RetroHax]

Cheers Phil.

[@billywhizz98]

That brings back memories

[@philjames2542]

Great job again Martin. I may have to invest in some of that Pledge polish, it shines so well!

[@alandykes2519]

Fantastic restoration again Martin beats me why anyone can give it the thumbs down 👍👍👍👍

[@tootall5559]

nice work

[@frankbing1]

Brilliant Martin, make me wished i was a kid, I remember the real old Route Masters travelling up the M6 late at night in the early 80’s, I think they we’re going to Lancaster to have all new brakes fitted, they used to travel in groups of 3-4 at about 35 mph, can’t think for the life of me why LT had them travelling that sort of distance to have new brakes fitted when there must have been somewhere more local to London, I do remember by the time they we’re all done shortly after they started to retire them sad really such an iconic bus.

[@RetroHax]

Yes I remember them well and had many journeys on them too.

[@sallysmith4231]

Brilliant ❤

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

That really turned out amazing, Martin. I bet you have a lot of those double decker buses in your part of the world. Not so much here in the states. I like when you do something no matter which it is you're restoring, you go all out and do the best you can.

[@RetroHax]

Thanks bud.

[@roystheboy]

What a great job Martin I know a group of people that will enjoy this going to share it to them

[@RetroHax]

Thanks Roy.

[@2ahdcat]

NICE job! :)

[@alanhodgson5975]

Another top notch transformation Martin my sweet tooth is calling for the chocolate variety keep up the great content 👍👍👍👍👍

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Did you find an umbrella on the bus? If so, it's mine. Really fun video to watch. Well done as usual. Thanks.

[@martinringis7782]

Fantastic job, I can only hope to be 1/2 as good. 1 suggestion, I'd have painted the wheels RED to match the body, unless the busses came with chrome wheels.

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Nice restoration from the grubby looking model at the beginning, but, I never liked these Routemasters as much as the Dinky ones from the 60s with spun wheels. The early Corgi ones too have a charm about them These models had the larger plastic oversized wheels which were nasty. The Corgi OOC models are great as are the EFE first editions.

[@thomaswhitten2537]

Classic!

[@juliesmith5567]

I still cant find any where to get one or any because around where i am nobody sells them its a pain😮😢

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

A decent casting with good bones..

[@barbarawiddowson635]

Looks as good as new Martin. All the while this video was running a song was running through my head."Get on board,get on board come and join the Double Deckers". Can you remember the series or was it before your time Martin?

[@RetroHax]

It was one of my favourite shows as a Kid Barbara lol

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Looks like quite a job just getting this apart...

[@OurDaysOut]

I don’t believe it, I’ve just started one exactly the same. 😀 on my Paul’s Workshop channel. (Nice Job)👌👍

[@sheep1ewe]

Awsome!!

[@robertcarey8294]

Is that a felt tipped pen that you used to draw the lights and engine grill ?

[@RetroHax]

Chrome paint pen bud

[@binnawan]

Great job as usual Martin. What medium do you have in the blaster, and what pressure?

[@RetroHax]

Its Aluminium Oxide, the blaster is at 90 psi but it drops off.

[@glennmoreland6457]

They should've kept the old AEC Routemasters...🇬🇧☺️

[@markbowles8847]

Wowwww lovely job martin, where did you get the little handheld (orange) polisher from please buddy cheers mark

[@RetroHax]

Amazon Mark, it charges up by usb.

[@michaelwest7874]

Fantastic I would love to know what is you proper job.?

[@RetroHax]

This is my job.

[@michaelwest7874]

Lol 😆

[@999thenewman]

This was a time in Britain's history where busses had a smoking section. Probably smelled mostly of cheap tobacco, herbally soap, and mouldy arsehole.

[@SargeWolf010]

1st time I've ever seen a corgi toy but 2nd time I've heard about lol [youtube channel]

[@jackberry1919]

Wait until sharron finds out you’ve been using all her washing up liquid lol

[@carguillo1]

Hi Martin can you do the old james Bond car from the 60s

[@feisdee1]

The final spin video is super blurry.

[@enriquelopez7050]

Vous et votre famille êtes en sécurité en Angleterre

[@HERAS900]

after watching loads of your retrorestore channel and some of your butlersempire it is strange to come back here and not here you talk lol

[@buckshotbob1]

I'd recommend getting some plastic spudgers for prying and scraping. Less likely to cause damage than using a small screwdriver.

[@cuddytom]

Thinking the same thing or at least some seal pullers. Like the picks but not sharp or pointed.

[@yorgunsamuray]

Are these old models still going around in London? I had heard that when they were being replaced, some would run on selected routes for nostalgic purposes. If only there weren't those pesky copyright bollocks, the suitable music for this restoration would be "Summer Holiday" by Cliff Richard.

[@RetroHax]

Yes, I like that track. I have to pay for the music I licence in my vids though.

[@yorgunsamuray]

And that movie was really funny.

[@robertedward9456]

I would like to see you do a spinning top at some point in time if you can find one might make a good video or a old tin rocking horse just some ideas

[@cabdriveruk]

Great video Martin. Turned out great and all the small detailing on the headlamps and grill make it stand out more. Cheers, Jeff.

[@AlexHonsalesModelRestoration]

Coooool!

[@steelscooter]

I am not sure powder coating is the best fit for a such a small model, quite a bit of definition was lost. 🙂

[@RetroHax]

No it wasn't bud.

[@simonsuv8376]

Didn't see anything wrong with it looked fantastic

[@dombarton2483]

Rubbish..it is awesome!!!

[@BulletNoseBetty]

Nice job. I have one, but it's done up to resemble the bus from the old Cadbury's Double Decker chocolate bar commercials from around 1980 (so it's orange). Not sure if it's worth anything, but I'm keeping it because I like it--and Double Decker was my favourite chocolate bar!

[@PeterRapley-gv5vt]

It's nice to see a model bus getting restored to his former glory so to speak.

[@selfrestoration9564]

Good Restoration Done 👍

[@elfowl6873]

EXCELLENT!!!!! beautiful Double Decker.

[@matchboxmark8191]

Nice!

[@buckneighkidd419]

Super detailing, great job.

[@lawrencereid9375]

Looks better than new! Well done.

[@Hoonozit]

Good work. It turned out nice.

[@joieholguin6827]

That came out pretty cool 👍

[@MorganatorOne]

Very nice. I wish we had these in the US

[@nicopatrizi1953]

I want it Retrohax!

[@stuartwest1236]

Just subscribed, great viewing in this lockdown👍

[@RetroHax]

Thanks bud

[@paxtonfettel7268]

8-)

[@davegreen9463]

Great video again did you do the decals for the bus yourself

[@RetroHax]

Yes I did in Photoshop.

[@theropesofrenovation9352]

Neat! I'd be nervous working on something that small. I'd be afraid I'd break it! The red is beautiful

[@kevinlawson5570]

Get an ultrasonic cleaner for the plastic parts.

[@RetroHax]

I have one already.

[@dodgydruid]

Ooo I likes that dremel tool, my Parkside is getting a little noise and has a bit of a wobble on the end shaft so might have a look at one of them tacklifes :)

[@congaman100]

An idea; how about hooking up with some of the magnet fishing fellows to see if they might be interested in you restoring some of the things they find?

[@rick79991]

Great skills,could u tell me where u got ur orange dremal type thing from? Cheers

[@RetroHax]

Amazon Rick, its called a Tacklife

[@rick79991]

@@RetroHax Thanks for that,they look a good tool

[@kevinfoster926]

Brilliant Mr Hax, even more so because I had a similar one as kid (60's, Dinky toys), Busses in Newcastle were yellow not red, but at least you could have a smoke and a can of beer on the upper deck...............................aged 11. Edited to add when did you get the microwave oven?

[@RetroHax]

I've had it a few months, I's a convector oven for small Powdercoating jobs.

[@paulorth2251]

Nicely done, sir. The colors and decals are really spot on.

[@SCOTTISHPREPPERVARIETYCHANNEL]

Fantastic me and Erin watched this she was amazed all she said was the bus the bus constantly she I mean we really enjoyed the restoration

[@RetroHax]

Haha, nice one Chris.