Modelmartin Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 I just finished this white metal 1/43rd Mini 1275 GT. This was the car that took the place of the Mini-Cooper from about 69 to 79. For those who don't know about Mini history - the Mini-Cooper was the Hi-Performance version. The Mini-Minor was the normal one. If you think GTO and Tempest you have the right idea. The 1275 GT was based on the Clubman which has the ugly square nose grafted on to the regular Mini body. They produced these through the 80s but the old style nose was produced on other Mini versions at the same time and all the way through the end in 2000! The kit was made by Abbey Classics in England. There were about 20 parts in the engine bay including the engine. I passed on putting in plug wires and other detail. Enough is enough! It went together pretty well but the instructions were quite poor. They had very little reference regarding colors and detail painting and they didn't explain very well where all the little bits and miniscule decals went. The windows just snapped into place without glue! Not bad for vac-forms. It fills a little gap in my 250 piece Mini collection.
stevehansen Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 Cute build Andy, fun history, and impressive collection
Dr. Cranky Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 That's just too cute. Wonderful job. Nice collection.
surfjunke Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 Cool build, Andy. Very nice clean work. That's quite a collection, I like it!
Chuck Most Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 Cool model- I don't think I've ever seen a Mini with that front end before, especially not at this scale, and in a model this well detailed.
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