Kustom Mini

[GlennM]

Hi guys

Thought a few of you might like to see one of the (far too) many models in mid build on my workbench - or rather living room floor - a mild custom mini, complete with matching trailer! Lots of minis have been modded, but I haven't seen one done like this before. I junked everything but the body to start off with, sat it on the Daytons and thought it looked good. Then I chopped the roof, and wondered if I could have it look better with additional mods and a different wheel/tyre combo, so the 49 Merc wheels had their outer lips removed to fit the smallish tyres. Not sure where they came from, bigger than stock but still small, I then painted the sidewalls white and decided that was a better look. The grill has been widened and a toothed one added, and obviously the V8 that I always wanted it to have required a scratchbuilt chassis. Radiator fuel tank and battery will reside in the back, no room for weekend luggage, so that's where the trailer came in! This is being built from a 2nd old and broken built mini. Holes are cut in the rear for a set of 59 Cad tailights, same for the trailer. It's also completely smoothed and deseamed, and has the 41 Willys headlight buckets added. Paint is Pactra r/c polycarbonate Pearl Grape, just with one coat of clear at the moment but plan on adding maybe 3 more coats eventually. The paint is meant for lexan r/c bodies and stays soft, hence the clearcoat just to give it a hard protective layer for now. 

Hope you like it, I think it's quite cute and a bit different to most minis, but feel free to comment on it, any are welcome!

[wayne swayze]

That's cool !

[crazyrichard]

cool!!!!

[OldNYJim]

What a sick build!  The teardrop headlights really give it that kustom look, and the colour is great!

[DrKerry]

Nice, that looks kool

[Chuck Most]

I like what I see so far! I've had a mind to do a "lead sled" style Mini, seeing this one go together might inspire me to finally try it.

[exesivefire]

Wow! That is super cool

[Brizio]

Love it!

[Davewilly]

pretty cool!

[Foxer]

I have a 2nd new Mini Countryman I want to do on a similar vein to what you have here. I really like the look you have and the top chop is just right!

[bobthehobbyguy]

Really cool. Nice job.

[retroguy]

very cool little project,nice change from the usual...

[GerN]

It's great to see a custom, it being a Mini makes it even more so, and the scale engineering ties it all together.  Thanks for sharing.

[Skip]

Nice job on that top chop!  When I first saw this one it looked like you were going for the Mini "Sprint" chop and near equal body section.  Now that would have made the V8 a little harder to drop in!  Interesting ideas, I'm keeping an eye on this one. Incidentally someone did a Mini-Merc in "Actual Size" a few years ago, there are probably still pictures of it on the 'net. The rear looked like they used a Riley Elf to start with.