i got some items

I went back to the carboot sale and bought the following
ertl thumper £1

back

compared to the take along one

Terrence ertl and thumper

changed the treads as I like the darker ones

another trackmaster Stanley £1.50 originally £2 but seller didn't want to get change so I only paid £1.50


back

compared to my other one (might customise this one)

ertl bill and ben 50p each but I bought together so £1

side

and another angle

and last but not least believe it or not Tomy Oliver got it for £1 he was in a terrible shape but I fixed that
side

side

back no coupling hook

and the front 

one axel missing 

inside is dusty and has some broken wheels

the wheel base had this tangled 

got a metal axel and modified it to be like the one that was there before I had to make it thinner and cut to size it worked

I put a bit of plastic here to hold the motor (not pictured) I also added a coupling hook and place to put it as it didn't have that again not pictured but did do

buffers were cracked so some modelling clay and sanding later got to be flat 

the motor and body

was able to paint the black dot on his face to be somewhat perfect

painted buffer beam 

and some final touches later

side 

other side

back now has a coupling

compared to thumper

I argue that this was a good purchase as I paid way less than I would have done and also due to the restoration I did as I felt it could go back to its glory days again