Mini Cooper S conversion

[turbos86]

Alittle over 2 years ago, I had an pathetic attempt to convert a Revell new Mini Cooper into a Mini Cooper S. (This one: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...ad.php?t=70805
I hope this time, I'll do better.

Progress pics:
Cut out left side hole in the rear bumper and cut open the area where the exhaust come out.


Here, the right side hole is done, and the original exhaust cut out is blocked off with stryene.


The left hole seems to be alittle too big, gonna have to putty it up. More progress pics tonight.

[Porsche Carrera]

good start!

[BMW dude]

lookin' good!!! i like the cooper s more than the regular cooper

[Samurai75007]

Looks like this will be good...

[turbos86]

Cutting open the intercooler hole


More update tomorrow.

[drunken monkey]

in case you didn't know....
the bonnet of the cooper s has an extra bulge at the front where that intake is.
in the real car this is to make room for the supercharger and it's feed, so a little putty work might be needed to give it that beefier look.

[Samurai75007]

MINI


MINI-S


Looks ok to me... there's no bump only the opening

[Ferrari TR]

Looks good!

The hood shape is different. The contour is so slight in scale that I don't see a reason to even try to duplicate it.

MCG makes a PE set with the S badges too.

[drunken monkey]

if you've ever seen the two cars lined up next to each other, you can clearly see a difference.
even in the pics you provide there is a difference.

like i said, on the real car, the extra space is for the supercharger.
the 'bump' is where the opening is.
if you follow the line where the front wing meets the 'bonnet' line (yes, i know it's a clam shell...), you can see what i mean.

but yeah....
in scale i guess it won't make that much of a difference.

[robrex]

Without getting involved in the bonnet debate, nice progress so far. I'll look forward to following this thread.

[turbos86]

Revell has put a lot of plastic in that area of the hood, so it's already pretty bulgy. I'm not going to mess with it.

Did some work on the front bumper today. Mainly cut open the radiator openning to S spec.


Another angle


Puttied up the rear, have to sand it smooth tomorrow


Hopefully more updates tomorrow.

[blubaja]

Hey,

You've been busy today. Are you going to make this an S cabriolet since you have the coupe already? Keep up the great work.

Frank X.

[drunken monkey]

y'know, i think the model making companies are missing something not making the entire range of minis in kits.

they haven't quite twigged what an obsessive lot we are.
i mean, if they did produce kits with accurate details of the mini one, mini cooper AND mini cooper s (not to mention the cabriolet), how many of us wouldn't buy all three?

anyway.
always good to see a mini of any sort.
have you chosen a colour yet?

[sjelic]

It is not that there is a bump on top of the hood just the hood goes different, like drunken monkey said, on "s" hood goes very quickly up and gets to higher point just on top of that intake and on ordinary one it goes slowly up. So you will end up with that intake opening not being straight enough but it will be laied down to much. I don't know if you understand what I mean . By the way nice progres of a nice car. What rims will you use?

[drunken monkey]

something else came to mind,
i keep thinking i saw a fujimi mini cooper kit with the chunky 8 spoke cooper wheels (not the five spokes).