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A little bit more work on this today, and I've finally got it finished, the hood isn't glued on as it was such a good fit and I didn't want to chance getting glue on the body, and at least I can take it off to see the interior I want to ....

Revell are doing some cracking stuff lately, the 2CV has actually got more detail in the kit than the Tamiya version, I'm 90% finished on the Tamiya 2CV, the AEC Routemaster bus is a stunning model, we can forgive them for re-releasing the ###### Japanese copy of the FX-4 taxi, but if they ever bring out the Morris Minor, which was a better seller than the Mini, and did actually make a profit for BMC, I would have to up my heart medication !!

It's going to be the 1964 Mini Cooper, the Tamiya version in the Cooper S, looking at the photo I found of it at the German Toy fair, it's going to have the proper "Deluxe" wheel trims, I'm really looking forward to this one !!!

I've been (Slowly) cracking on with the build, it's nearly there, just some bonnet catches to fit, plus the bonnet strap and the roof and wiper arms & blades, I've got the acrylic showcase on order for it ...

What a stunning build, I have a couple of these in my stash, I just hope they come out as good or close to it as yours, I also have a can of the same paint, which I was planning on doing mine in, and I don't think you need any luck with the Lamborghini, as you've done such a great job on the Daytona ...

Very realistic build and so is the weathering, which model and scale is this one ??

Love that colour !!

Looking good, I love the old Alpine's, but over here there over shadowed by the MGB and E-Type,

My order of the 2 part epoxy resin arrived this morning, so now I can get on with getting the lights and bumpers fixed on, plus of course the doors, but yesterday and today I have been finishing off the aluminium foil on the hood, didn't turn out too bad ...

Nice Mini and I love the diorama, very realistic !!

Well I have some more clear 5 minute glue on order, so I can't fix any chrome or glass on at the moment, so I've started the aluminium trim of the hood, for this Ii'm using aluminium Bare Metal Foil.

That's looking real nice, I'll get round to build mine one day ! .....

Very nice looking paintwork !!

When I masked off the bodyshell to paint the bulkhead black, I also airbrushed the inner wings, but because the way I masked off, I didn't paint the rear part of the under body, so that was done using Humbrol black acrylic brushed on, the exhaust was fitted and the rear valance and bumper bars were fitted at the same time, the front grill was a little bit tricky to fit, as I had fitted the grill surround at the beginning of the build before I had painted the bodyshell, but this should be fitted later in the build, but it's worth fixing it on before painting as it makes for a cleaner build, the bonnet panels were simply clipped into place, the wheels were also just push fitted onto the axles as there are poly caps fitted inside the axles, the spare was fixed into place using 5 minute epoxy.

Here's my lot of Mini's, the Almond Green and the Island Blue one's were built way back in 1995, and were built out of the box, they were the first few models I built when I got back into the hobby, the black Mini was a Tamiya kit converted into a basic Mini 850, there's a lot of detail you can't see, but the remote gearchange was removed and a gearstick was made out a pin with a blob of solder for the gearknob, and the wheels,hubcaps and front grill were done in white metal, but I am now re-doing them in resin, the red and white Coopers were built last year, apart from using factory matched paint and drilling out the 9 hole Cooper wheels, they were built pretty much out of the box, the Surf blue model was the Austin kit, but I used the Morris parts, a matching Fiesta yellow will be built soon to go in the same showcase.

Sorry, I must have missed your post, I paid £35.99 including shipping

Yes they are, all Routemasters after 1996 to meet the then current exhaust emissions had the Scania engine fitted, the old Leyland and AEC engine didn't meet the newer regulations,

Thanks, But If you take a drive to Malvern Links in Worcestershire (about 40 mile from where I live) you will still them road testing Morgans on the road, I was lucky to have a look around the factory in the mid 1980's, and it still hasn't changed today,

I must admit I do prefer it if the seat back were lower, I'm really not sure what year they changed them, but I know Morgan had to do a lot of work on them to meet the U.S regulation, I am thinking higher seat backs might have been one of them, but later 4/4's here in England have the same highback seats.

What a nice sight to see younger kids getting into the hobby, look likes she's doing a good job, I'm looking forward to seeing the progress on this one !!

I'm not sure where your from, but here in England, most coils fitted to these were the Lucas 12 volt coil, made of aluminium, some had a black top while others had a brownish top, this is a photo of a slightly earlier plus 4 with the standard triumph engine fitted, but the coil would have been the same as fitted to the 1600 4/4 which was introduced in 1968.

I should have marked out and painted the trim at the back before the bodyshell was fitted to the chassis, but you always think about these things after the event ! However I painted them this morning and it went a lot better than I had anticipated.

Got a bit more done today, finished off all the small parts under the bonnet, the instruction say to paint the coil black ?? I painted it aluminium and did the top in hull red, I used 3 hour epoxy to fix the chassis to the body as there a steering joint to fiddle around with and then I clamped and taped everything together, after that little lot the heater box and pipes were fitted and then the exhaust manifold, and as it had to fix in 4 spots to the engine plus it has to go through a hole in the inner wing, it was like being a gynecologist, but I got it nailed in the end, I'm sure parts grow as soon as you put glue anywhere near them, as I got it to fit perfect on the dry run, add some 5 minute epoxy and it didn't want to know ...

Looking good, I'll be following this build, I love the Stratos and have the Hasegawa one to build (One Day !)