Tamiya 1/24 Mini Cooper
(painted by John Tolcher, puttyandpaint.com)
'barn Find' Mini Model
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mab01uk
, May 05 2015 07:15 PM
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Posted 05 May 2015 - 07:15 PM
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Posted 05 May 2015 - 08:55 PM
spot on, except the hinges should be either the car colour or door colour, not both
Edited by ChopperHarris, 05 May 2015 - 08:56 PM.
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Posted 05 May 2015 - 09:31 PM
That looks ace (can't stop staring at those hinges now though).
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Posted 05 May 2015 - 09:59 PM
spot on, except the hinges should be either the car colour or door colour, not both
Unless they were blue to match the door and then some lazy/careless owner started to primer the a panel or course!
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Posted 05 May 2015 - 11:05 PM
spot on, except the hinges should be either the car colour or door colour, not both
Not quite. I've seen people split mk1 hinges apart to remove the door.
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 06:43 AM
Ok then you should see the door part inset into the body part! Also, how often you seen that compared to separating at the other two points
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 07:12 AM
spot on, except the hinges should be either the car colour or door colour, not both
Not quite. I've seen people split mk1 hinges apart to remove the door.
Done it like that myself 
I get the feeling John Tolcher is taking the peesh out of all these 'barn finds' 
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 07:14 AM
"C" reg Mk 1 would be sliding windows wouldn't it? My "H" reg MkII was still sliding. Otherwise really amazing!
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 01:29 PM
Check the quarterlights...tis an export
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 04:52 PM
Always was the only way to get mk1 doors off as the A panel nuts would be rotten and the door card got in the way of the others.
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 05:01 PM
I've seen MPI coopers on ebay with a fresh mot in worse condition than that, lol
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 05:50 PM
Perhaps he should have really finished it off by tearing some holes in it and breaking bits off.
I think a few scabs and holes would be an improvement, other than that, looks good
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 05:51 PM
Looks awesome lot of work in that
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 06:03 PM
Some lumpy patches with underseal on the sills and a bottom rear quarter repair panel in red oxide primer would be my add ons 
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Posted 06 May 2015 - 06:38 PM
Has it got oversills?
Excellent, inspired work by the way.
Edited by Haynes, 06 May 2015 - 06:38 PM.
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