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tamiya 1/24 mini cooper

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:17 pm
by keith
paints used model master chrome and aluminium tamiya semi gloss X18 ,gloss green X5 ,gloss white X1 and the racing green was a mix of X5 green 12 parts X1 black 1part and X4 blue 3 parts in % thats 75 green 6% black and 19% blue used the imodel app to work this out and very happy with the end results the biggest problem i had was with the decals tepid water and softener and they still tore on me as you can see
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iv put these two in so you can see the inertia work
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the T-REX shot
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Re: tamiya 1/24 mini cooper

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:26 pm
by Coen
These are great keith... T-Rex Shot... haha I like that one.
Did you brush paint all of this...?
The finish is really nice.

Re: tamiya 1/24 mini cooper

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:57 pm
by wappynutter
Sat humming the theme tune from the Italian Job now..... :whistle:

"your only suppose to blow the bloody doors off!"

ha ha ha...... classic..
..and another excellent build Keith, you are an Auto build God...... :bow::
Well done mate. :clap:

Re: tamiya 1/24 mini cooper

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:25 pm
by UKscalemodeller
Looks great, I also like that your work area looks like mine, not the neatest in the world :thumb1:

Re: tamiya 1/24 mini cooper

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:33 pm
by keith
UKscalemodeller wrote:Looks great, I also like that your work area looks like mine, not the neatest in the world :thumb1:
I have clear up even half way a session cause I can't move for crud

Re: tamiya 1/24 mini cooper

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:36 pm
by keith
wappynutter wrote:Sat humming the theme tune from the Italian Job now..... :whistle:

"your only suppose to blow the bloody doors off!"

ha ha ha...... classic..
..and another excellent build Keith, you are an Auto build God...... :bow::
Well done mate. :clap:
For from it that car was made with a surgeons moto all my mistakes are buried its only my second car the first was a rusty VW