Mini Cooper S Mk1.

[evilbob]

Hi, I'm a newbie here, although I've been lurking for a while... Thought I'd post some pics of my most recent - Tamiya's 1/24 Mini Cooper S Mk 1.

I've been modelling for a long time, but mostly straight out of the box. Hanging around here inspired me to stretch out!





This one contains many firsts for me. I used primer on the body - I'd never used primer before. D'oh! I attempted to superdetail the engine bay - added some hoses, part of the carburettor, wired the ignition and dashboard. And I used a black wash on the panel lines - not that you can really see it in that colour! I also used future on the windows, which I'd never used before, and fabricated some seat belts out of black ribbon and a coke can, plus some catches from stretched sprue and some styrene. Not bad, but I think I can do better. And I added the things that open the rear windows, and the bonnet stay, too.

The union jack on the roof caused me a few headaches... I tried printing out a mask onto printer labels, which worked... except that I couldn't get the sticky stuff off the paint without ruining it. Two baths in the brake fluid later, I printed a stencil onto clear actete (an overhead transparency), cut the sections out and penciled the design on the roof - then masked with tamiya tape. That was a little more successful!

Looking at the photos, I can see my detail painting needs a lot of work. But it was fun! Please let me know what you think, and what I can do better!

Dylan.

[quadzero]

First of all, welcome to AF. What a great model. I really like all the extra effort and all the firsts you put into this little beauty. From what I can see, the engine bay looks very good.

[Pippin1974]

You did a great job dude!

[stevenoble]

Cool little model.The union jack on the roof looks impressive,well worth the efforts you put into it.The engine area looks very nice as well and such a nice colour you have used for the interior.It seems to compliment the body colour very nicely indeed.

[Dave5.0]

Welcome aboard!
Very nice work, good details and nice paint.

[deedlit]

Good job

[little.collector]

Very nice little Mini....I like the color match!!!! What will be your next project????

[evilbob]

I'm just starting on Aoshimi's Back to the Future I Delorean - My wife loves that movie. I'll be starting a WIP thread sometime soon: when I've done enough to post a couple of pics!
Thanks for the comments, guys! Helps to keep you inspired!

[willimo]

You painted that Union Jack? WOW! It looks great. I thought for sure you'd used a decal for the new Minis or something. Awesome. The engine detail looks awesome from here, as well. You're certainly on the way to some great models, this one is killer!

[pirata12]

As an irritating hotel heiress would say: 'That's HOT!"