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[SamieHowson]

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So which is your favourite?

Green & Purple?
Yellow & Blue?
Teal & Pink?
Magenta & Orange?

[SamieHowson]

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There’s a few things been going on in the background but not an awful lot

 

I’ve been trying to take a break from sitting on my PC

 

[SamieHowson]

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Front View = Best View

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Since I ran out of reference for the boot floor

 

I decided to move further forward for the time being, so this week I’ve been re-working the front bulkhead

 

[SamieHowson]

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The Inner Wings are in 

[jbuenavides]

Mini_SideColours_GreenPurp.jpg  Mini_SideColours_YellowBlue.jpg

 

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So which is your favourite?

Green & Purple?
Yellow & Blue?
Teal & Pink?
Magenta & Orange?

 

 

The Green & Purple combination reminds me of Mr. Bean's car. 

[SamieHowson]

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The engine bay is underway

[SamieHowson]

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Decided to take it easy this weekend but don’t worry there’ll be more progress in the Engine Bay next week

Edited by SamieHowson, 09 October 2021 - 07:31 PM.

[SamieHowson]

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Just throwing this out there, I could do with more reference data of underbody / running gear for the project

 

 

[SamieHowson]

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A little work in the engine bay this week

Added the crossmember bracing on either side

[SamieHowson]

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How often has your Mini looked like this?

Edited by SamieHowson, 16 October 2021 - 05:27 PM.

[SamieHowson]

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So I completely reworked the front end

 

It probably didn’t need it and you probably couldn’t tell if I didn’t put them side by side

 

But I know it’s better now

 

[SamieHowson]

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I’ve had no chance to make any progress on the Mini this week because I’ve had something pretty cool in the works

[SamieHowson]

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More tedious front end work behind the grille

 

[SamieHowson]

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The engine bay sheet metal is steadily taking shape