PatW Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 This is one of my part built ebay finds. This was just £1.76! Hey did you remember the spare bulbs? The body was already painted, but I couldn't find a match on my paint shelf oops! Right so lets have a break over Christmas. So everybody wherever you are have a great time and a very happy and prosperous 2015. Now what shall I start with in the new year? Stretch a Meyers Manx into a four seater with the standard length Beetle chassis? Build a Ken Meri C110. Put Dually arches and wheels on a Tamiya Hi Ace Delivery Van or build a Toyota 86 Greddy Rocket Bunny Enkai? Decisions, Decisions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Nice save Pat. I have this kit in the stash. Definitely want to build it one of these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmathew1us Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Great Save Pat. I just started this kit as well, typical Tamiya perfect fit so far. For those that may be unfamiliar, this is the Monte Carlo Rally winner that was the last of the Minis. A ridiculous disqualifiation of a Mini that won the race the year before occurred after it was found to have illegal filaments in the lamps (as Pat reference in his post). A French car ended up winning due to that irregularity (surprise surprise). This model of the car won the Monte Carlo rally the next year, getting revenge for the outrage of the disqualification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Yes thanks guys. Yes the Works team used what we would see now as halogen bulbs, but it took years to perfect them and be able to use them in competition and in road cars. Their first problem was that they would get so hot and melt the light lens if they using perspex covers to stop stones etc. breaking them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Cool little car , nice work Pat ! Merry Christmas to you and yours ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Real nice model Pat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Cheers guys for your feedback and it was great fun sorting it. Especially having seen these in the flesh being tested nearby supposedly in secret, prior to both rally use and track racing. We just had to have the bog standard 848cc Mini Countryman, yes the one with the wood trim down the side and double doors at the back! Very inconvenient the double doors when you were driving, because as you looked in the interior rear view mirror you only saw a big metal bar down the middle. A few years after production started a Fibreglass body parts specialist came up with a single rear door with a large window, hinged on one side, but of course that was an aftermarket extra so you had to buy it and fit it yourself and as it came in base white fibreglass you had to paint it as well! Yes Bob & family, please have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Model making New Year in 2015 and that also goes for everyone out there wherever you are! Edited December 24, 2014 by PatW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I vote the Hiace as a dually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 (edited) Yes Joe I reckon it should be. When I looked yesterday at the artwork It looks although it already has a double tyre width on the back, it just needs extending outwards! Although I haven't yet looked in the box since it was washed when it was first delivered about 12 months ago Edited December 25, 2014 by PatW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Stretch the Hiace, make a pickup dually out of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Norton Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 those Tamiya mini kits are just so neat....this one of yours looks great, Pat. I built the dark green race version back about 15 years ago, and wish I still had it...this inspires me to grab another one and build it all over again...thanks for sharing,.....the ace..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 (edited) Thanks Miles now suggesting turning the Hi Ace into a Pick-up has really what we say in the UK 'Put a cat amongst the pigeons'! My imagination whilst cooking the Christmas dinner and serving up to the family is going to work overtime! Thanks also to ace, I've also started the Cooper 'S' racing version............... But not quite finished it. Perhaps the first finisher of 2015? Edited December 25, 2014 by PatW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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