Mini Cooper John Player Special

For a groupbuild I had to build the exact same kit. The Tamiya Mini Cooper racing.

I found a nice Mini on Google that I will use as an idea. Will not be exactly the same.

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First of all the kit:
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I painted the body in primer, followed by a gold layer. After that I masked off the gold trim and painted it black.

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Next were the decals.

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After that I clearcoated the body. I had a lot of dust in my paint so I had to polish the body. I used Micromesh 1500 til 12000 grit and Menzerna 4 step polish compounds. Now it's shiny!

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Kris.

The painted "pin stripes" are amazing!

Cool.

The coolest build,i've seen in a long time!!.

How on earth did you mask such thin stripes? Did you cut masking tape into stripes? Can they be bent arround curves like that?

How on earth did you mask such thin stripes? Did you cut masking tape into stripes? Can they be bent arround curves like that?

I used Aizu tape. Don't know the right size bit its like a milimeter or simething. Its pretty easy to bent but you really need to press everything good in shape before painting.

Kris

Amazing !!!

Interior and engine are done. No extras just an oob build.

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Kris.