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Alternatively titled: I came. I grew. I grew some more! Looking around my stash seeking inspiration as the recent Toyota Cafe Menu wip drew to a close, I realised I had the opportunity to chart the evolution of the Mini. In model form of course. So this thread will be the building of Hasegawa's Mini Cooper Sports-Pack (1998), Fujimi's Mini Cooper JCW and Hasegawa's Mini Cooper S Countryman ALL4. Unfortunately I do not have any of Tamiya's models of the original / real Mini. I did build the Monte Carlo Rally model when I was a teenager, but that is long gone. I am not prepared to pay the going rates for these nowadays and I am hoping Tamiya's recent re-aquisition of the BMW licence might see some reissues! The boxes.... In my mind I picture the original Mini like a late teenager. Super energetic, lithe, agile, willing to take on any challenge. Athletic. My model is one of the many recent Hasegawa variants; in this case the Mini Cooper Sports-Pack. The first BMW generation Mini is my protagonist now into their mid-twenties. Still plays sport on the weekend when possible but starting their 'adulting', with career on the go and the need for a bit of.... sensible. This is Fujimi's Mini Cooper S with John Cooper Works Kit. Finally, the Mini Countryman ALL4. Our hero has hit full middle-age spread! Career, life partner, babies, fur babies, trips to the flat-pack furniture fecundity. But if you glance sideways in the mirror, you might just catch a glimpse of what once was... Ah, the nostalgia! This is a Hasegawa kit again, in "Ray Package" spec. I have no idea what the Ray Package was in real life, or if it even existed. In model form it appears to mean some decal stripes in two colour options and different mag wheels. I have clear thoughts on the first two models, while my initial thoughts on the Countryman were slightly confused by the recollection tonight of the decals in this particular variant. Not sure if I will use them or not, or how best to incorporate them if I do. The variation wheels I will definitely use.
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Hi all Here is my first post in this section of BM. This is probably only the 3rd vehicle I’ve ever built and the first for around 25 years. I brought this Airfix 1:32 Mini Cooper S a couple of years ago and did start it at the beginning of 2024 but quickly lost interest as really not my modelling genra. Anyway with Christmas over I decided to get back down off the shelf of doom and on to the bench and finish it! Tamiya paints used for the yellow,white and black for the main colours and MR Hobby MR Colour super fine silver for the wheel hubs. Thanks for looking and Happy Modelling Now the pics.
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Hi everybody! This is my first "Ready for inspection" This is the Tamiya kit of the 1966 Morris Cooper S MK1. I wanted to build this because I built one from a wreck, and had it for 19 years. Of course, this had to be an exact copy. Well, as good as possible! First; this is a picture of the original: Then, I do not have much pictures from the building process. At least I can give you this: Here are some pictures of the model, as it is today. (I have not painted the logo on the trunk lid and the S on the bonnet, yet. I will try to make it with a fine pen. (Chicken!) You might wonder what the silver spot close to the right windshield wiper is? The fact is that I not know either! The original had a hole there. I guess it was a hole made for a radio antenna. Strange place to put it, but it was an easy place to get the cable into the car, compared to the normal frontwing. I knew about the hole, but I forgot (!) to weld it before the body was painted! Then I drove in all years with a silver blinding there! Then I had to paint it on my model too! Other topics to be aware; - The grill is not correct. This is the Austin grill. But the Morris grill is not included in the set! - The rims are some kind of cosmic rims! I drove with the standard Cooper S rims; 3,5”. Later I “upgraded” to the optional 4,5, that looked similar and could have 165/70 rubber! The original rims had 145/10. No question about what I preferred; the old standard! And no one in the Norwegian Cooper Club were driving with 3,5” rims! Just me! - The color is Surf Blue, on the 1:1 car. The color on the model should have been greener! Besides this I am very satisfied! Other Mini expert might also discover other small details, but those are differences that belong to standard and Cooper. My car started its life as a MK1 850 and was converted to a replica of Cooper S. Below I have put the Mini into my “Picnic Dio”. The next difficult question is: What is next? I have several kits in queue, but on the "next building wish-list" are Billing Boats "Osebergskipet" (the Viking ship), and the Pocher Lamborghini Aventador. 8-)
