Three famous minis

[neilc69]

Some of you guys will probably have seen these on other forums, but for those who haven't, here they are!!

[ptcruiser]

Welcome aboard Neil!

Yes I have seen them elsewhere, and I still want to poke your eyes out!! They're brill and far better than my poor efforts!

I particularly like the idea of the paper clip light bracket. I'm going to have to revisit mine. How did you do the lights themselves?

Cheers
Rich

[tinleeds]

Really nice little minis!

[seb]

Ahh - the Minis - lovely !!! brings back memories:


Penton Hook (Staines) 1969
My first car 1964 - 1973 (finally eaten by rust, in spite of a lot of TLC)
And I still have the number plates and the dashboard instrument panel

[neilc69]

Thanks guys.
The spotlights were made from lenses that I got from Historex Agents glued to beads that came from my daughters necklace making kit. The grilles are decals that I had made by the same guy who did the bonnet belts and the GB badges.

[rodrigo]

Beautiful Austin Mini Coopers....I love that car and the movie "The italian job" of course the 1964 original .

Hi Seb, nice to see you again. My first car also was a Mini, a spanish built ´73 Cooper . I was forced to sell it 4 years ago.
Here you are a picture:


Cheers

[alfadriver]

Lovely looking Mini's indeed.
It's now 10 years since the last one rolled off the production line!
We have owned 11 over the years (Mini-less at the moment) and nothing else has the feel that driving a Mini gives you.
I noticed on another forum that someone is scratch building the coach from the film. That will make a fantastic diorama when it's done.
Very nice builds, well done.
Steve.

[neilc69]

Thanks guys. Loving the photos of your minis.
I must admit that I have never owned a mini, but would love to have one.
@ alfadriver
I am currently scratch building the coach to keep the minis in. I have started a thread on this forum. It is under the bus/coach section.
I am also in the process of building the two Jaguars and have an Aston to do after that.
I will also be building a Land Rover, a Lamborghini Miura, a Fiat Dino (converted from an Isuzu) and have a 1/24th diecast Alfa Giulia to respray and convert to a police car. Other vehicles may get built as well but they will probably have to be scratch built.

[Deleted]

Here ya go folks, the link to the Bedford Val build ipmsuk.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=transport&action=display&thread=7684&page=1