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[minimissions]

Nice work ryan, i do like the engine bays a little smoother like that, think i may do this with the van...

[ryan22_lgm]

Nice work ryan, i do like the engine bays a little smoother like that, think i may do this with the van...

I just thought what's the point in the random holes everywhere!!! Haha

Got it etched and primed up tonight ! Boot will be next up for a coat

Going to find out my colour code and get my paint ordered up ! 👌🏻

[minimissions]

Haha defo i no what you mean there is no point is there really. I look forward to some colour, will it be bright green again?

[ryan22_lgm]

Haha defo i no what you mean there is no point is there really. I look forward to some colour, will it be bright green again?

Sadly I think the Kawasaki green is now a bit overdone on minis! There's a guy local to me who's made a recreation of how this used to look!!! So no I'm going with smoke grey with a OEW roof and black arches. Then hopefully as I plan to never sell it I won't grow out of the colour! :)

[Baldspeed Racing]

meh death of the kwak green, but its why I mixed mine up a bit going two tone so its not the same ol. Looking forward to how yours comes out tho dude

[minimissions]

 

Haha defo i no what you mean there is no point is there really. I look forward to some colour, will it be bright green again?

Sadly I think the Kawasaki green is now a bit overdone on minis! There's a guy local to me who's made a recreation of how this used to look!!! So no I'm going with smoke grey with a OEW roof and black arches. Then hopefully as I plan to never sell it I won't grow out of the colour! :)

 

Yeah i would have to agree with you there, the mini scene is going back to very retro look cars, so that will be a great colour choice i am looking forward to seeing this one, are you keep the van grill or swapping out for a nice mk1 grill?

[PNL629G]

Just finished reading the whole thread - cracking work and should look great in your colour choice! Thanks for taking the time to photograph and post - thoroughly enjoyed reading it!

[ryan22_lgm]

meh death of the kwak green, but its why I mixed mine up a bit going two tone so its not the same ol. Looking forward to how yours comes out tho dude

Trouble is I already have a Kawasaki green car ! So I can't have 2!!!

[ryan22_lgm]

 

Haha defo i no what you mean there is no point is there really. I look forward to some colour, will it be bright green again?

Sadly I think the Kawasaki green is now a bit overdone on minis! There's a guy local to me who's made a recreation of how this used to look!!! So no I'm going with smoke grey with a OEW roof and black arches. Then hopefully as I plan to never sell it I won't grow out of the colour! :)
 

Yeah i would have to agree with you there, the mini scene is going back to very retro look cars, so that will be a great colour choice i am looking forward to seeing this one, are you keep the van grill or swapping out for a nice mk1 grill?

Mk1 grill is going on ! I cut the van grill out a while back because it was a bit crusty and was Easyier to get rid than clean it up ! Haha should be good !!!

Been working on the boot again tonight more fillerwork slowly getting there.

Spent £200 on materials today so all set for some painting ! Picking up topcoat tomorrow another £200 I expect!!! Better be worth it

[ryan22_lgm]

Just finished reading the whole thread - cracking work and should look great in your colour choice! Thanks for taking the time to photograph and post - thoroughly enjoyed reading it!

Thanks for taking the time to read it mate! Makes it worth it and gives me motivation to crack on. Hopefully the next few updates look better !!!!

[Baldspeed Racing]

hahaha fair play on the mk4 didn't know you had one, good to see another dubber as Ive got MK3 golf estate :)

[minimissions]

Nice Golf think I have seen it on Facebook, i used to have a mk4 estate, it was a great car, but sold it to buy a T4 which shate all over me with repairs lol

 

Buy a T4 they said, it will be fun they said.....

Edited by minimissions, 13 April 2017 - 12:54 PM.

[ryan22_lgm]

Picked up the paint today !!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Looks like primer in the pic but it's not lol

Spent 3 more hours prepping the boot tonight then masked it up and etch primed it first.

Let that go off and gave it 3 coats of high build. I didn't realise it was so hard to paint inside a mini boot!



Next up is the inside to be primed!!! Then I can get some sealer and top coat on the insides.

[alex-95]

Great work, I ended up doing the same as you've done welding up the bulkhead holes that aren't needed. I know what you mean when you say it looks like primer by the colour, after I painted mine smoke grey people used to say so whats the final colour going to be

[ryan22_lgm]

Great work, I ended up doing the same as you've done welding up the bulkhead holes that aren't needed. I know what you mean when you say it looks like primer by the colour, after I painted mine smoke grey people used to say so whats the final colour going to be

I suppose there's extra holes for different models with extras and stuff like that. It's a weird colour really looks blueish in real life but when you take a pic it looks just like primer XD hopefully when it's on the car and polished up it will look better! Thanks for the positive comment mate!!! :)