Restoring die-cast toy cars

Hello and welcome back to my Blogspot. I would like to share you about restoring die-casts. Back in 2008 until 2012, when I was small, I really loved to play with toy cars (not really toy cars, I mean die-cast cars). My father also always bought them each time I went to a toy shop in a shopping mall. But unfortunately, that time I was small and I can't play those toy cars properly, so I ended up destroying them.

 Coincidentally, there is a COVID-19 pandemic this year, so I, as a student can study at home. Since I have more time at home, I decided to spend my time at home by restoring my old toy (die-cast) cars. Also, I loved to watch die-cast restoration videos on YouTube. That really inspires me to restore my own die-cast cars. So I start restoring them after school.

This is the Perodua Myvi die-cast that I'm going to restore. It's really damaged.

If you're wondering how the die-cast looked before, you can look it here

Firstly, I soak it with hot water, baking soda, and paint remover. After waiting for several hours, I clean the old paint using a toothbrush.

After cleaning it, I paint it using oil paint. But actually, I've should use a spray but not a paintbrush for better results.

1 day after letting the paint dry, I resemble all the parts. As you can see, these are the final results after restoring my die-cast cars. (except the left one because it's not damaged)

Okay, so that's just one of my activities during this COVID-19 pandemic. I also be making some other activities. Stay safe everyone. Goodbye for now