Tamiya Mini Project :)

[Danny California]

Courtesy of my darling amy, I got myself a little 1/24 scale mini cooper s to build! Had it a while now but been putting off starting it, but I made a start on Tuesday and believe it or not I'm almost done! Its loosely based on the Gulf racing colours, and colour coded accordingly. Anyway I'll let the pictures show the progress:









Paint looks a bit sloppy when the pics are this big, looks tidy in person promise!


More progress tomorrow

[minicity]

Hmmm, the fan belt could do with a tighten

Nice work mate, great attention to detail and be good to see it all finished,

[Huntyfm]

I have that

I used a metalic blue on mine, but it dried to quickly and went horrible

[ljonez]

looking good, i got the same kit (also bought by the darling girlfried) got to roughly the same stage as you but never finished it ;(

[Danny California]

Cheers phil, I've been gettin far to anal about it lol. Had to take a step back when I started dabbing silver paint on all the subby bolts

Like I said, its almost done actually, few more hours I reckon tomorrow will see it done. I've got a fair bit further than the pics show, just couldnt be bothered with a post overloaded with pics. Dig it out and finish it lawson, its pretty theraputic actually!

[Amy :)]

yey im glad you're finally building it!! looks like my money went to good use yey cant wait to see it when i finish uni x

[ljonez]

yeah i used to do loads of kits but then cars came along. might well dig it out i got another 3 waiting to be started

[Danny California]

Been a bit slow updating this one sorry, but I'm nearly done with it now! Just a few bits to figure out how to do. I'm not sure what to paint the rear lights with to keep them translucent but with a good finish, and I've no clue how on earth the bonnet hinges work (they dont look like they move, but why would they tell you to glue down the bonnet so you cant see the engine?
Anyway, here are pics of more progress, they still dont show the full amount but I'm a bit of a tease so you'll have to make do with these for now!











I love having so much time to kill!

[coedy]

Link to the kit please...

[16vtaff]

i want this kit! so much detail in it, best build ive seen!

[Danny California]

This is the one I got, but there are a couple more, a works style one (very cool, i'm doing that next) and a touring car cooper. As long as its 1/24 and tamiya, then I'm pretty sure the detail will be exactly the same as this one. Seats dash and steering wheel all in now, and all the brightwork is on the shell

edit, forgot link
cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tamiya-1-24-Morris-Mini-Cooper-1275-24039-/250639036120?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3a5b402ed8

[Huntyfm]

fairplay, very good detailing mate, i know how hard it is to get that sorta detail (im still trying )

And those flipping clocks were a pain in the peach to stick the decal on, kept coming off

[Danny California]

Tell me about it, I dropped one in my shoe, spent ages looking for it! All done apart from the paint on the rear lights, decided just to spray them, a light dusting should leave them pretty transparent. Also decided to have the bonnet and roof as removable items, since the roof clicks into place and the bonnet sits nicely on its own.
Had a total disaster with the paint though, I had the tube of glue explode all over my favorite shirt, and it got on a magazine without my realising, and I put the roof down in a little patch of it And somehow got a drip on the bonnet, so both of those now have to be re-touched Not happy!

[ljonez]

this is as far as i got with mine



that was 2/3 years ago

might carry on with it soon

[Huntyfm]

yes the glue is a right nightmare, wrecks the plastic, and clouds your headlights

[Danny California]

I got away with the lights, I tried slowly trimming down the excess spru plastic off the sides, and eventually they just clicked perfectly into place! There is a dab of glue on them just to be sure, but they didnt go cloudy Decided to leave off the front number plate aswell, just looks cooler without it I'll pop some pics up in a bit but apart from touching up the screw ups its all done!

[Huntyfm]

As far as I got, beat LJ for once..

[Amy :)]

looking good, where's the completed piece pictures dan?? can i just mention here that i am obviously the best girlfriend ever for buying him the kit looks good finished and he's put it on display

[Danny California]

Oh yeah, forgot I never put pics up. I'll get round to it eventually.

[Amy :)]

go on then, you've got nothing to do in life at the mo, so do it