Revell Mini Cooper 998c.c

[Guest]

Finished this one a few weeks ago, it was built out of the box, apart from doing the flooring with powder blue flocking, the wheels were stripped of there chrome and redone using Alclad, the trim around the wheel arches and windows were done using chrome BMF, the paintwork was airbrushed in a genuine BMC shade of Fiesta Yellow, one of the unpopular colours of the Cooper and was detaled in 1965.

[Ian M]

Nice one Geoff. A very tidy little mini. I do like the original minis a lot more than the over priced BMW thing...

Nice five star mini

Ian M

[Guest]

That's a stunner, reminds me of my first car too

[john i am]

Lovely mini fantastic chrome and trim do you have a beetle by chance I would love to see one done to your high standards thanks John

[Guest]

Just found more photo's of the build, they were on my other photobucket account, here's one of the interior, the carpet was replicated using powder blue velour flocking

[Guest]

Lovely mini fantastic chrome and trim do you have a beetle by chance I would love to see one done to your high standards thanks John

I built one a few years ago now, not quite upto the standard of what I'm building today, just found a couple of photo's of it, it's the '66 1300 from Tamiya

[flyjoe180]

Wow, they are both fantastic Geoff. Your Mini looks like the real deal in a show room.

[john i am]

Thanks for sharing the vw beetle it's a beauty

[papa 695]

Great work on both But the Mini steals the show without a doubt

[Andy2035]

Hi Geoff,

Your models are simply stunning and look like they have come straight off the factory assembly line, may I ask what sort of flock you use please and where do you get it please...

I have tried doing carpets but they never seem to come out clean like yours, they tend to be a bit clumpy, I use a strainer and PVA glue to stick it down...

A huge ***** from me...

[Guest]

Hi Geoff,Your models are simply stunning and look like they have come straight off the factory assembly line, may I ask what sort of flock you use please and where do you get it please...

I have tried doing carpets but they never seem to come out clean like yours, they tend to be a bit clumpy, I use a strainer and PVA glue to stick it down

The one I used for the Cooper was made by Detail Master, and was much finer than I have been using, but it went on o.k, I don't use a strainer, but pop the flocking in a plastic cocktail stick holder, and use Solvite wallpaper and border repair adhesive, it's PVA based, but it doesn't pull away from the edges like PVA does, once the glue is one, put the flocking on and push it down with a finger or a small wooden stick if your putting it in hard to reach places or corners, I usually do a couple of coats, once it's dried out, get a make up brush and brush the flocking in one direction, this picks up the pile, then get out the hairdryer and give it a blow over on a low heat.

I tend to buy my flocking off eBay, but on my latest build I needed some 'buff' coloured flocking and no one in the U.K had any in stock, so I've had to order some from down under, BNA Model World in Australia - Your Online Scale Model Centre hopefully it will come next week so I can get on with my current build.

Here's another one I'm working on, it's a Tamiya Morgan 4/4

[Guest]

very nice indeed. A standard I shall aspire to for a long time.

[Guest]

Fantastic

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[Guest]

Stunning work on both models Geoff. 5 Star from me too. Cheers Derek

[takeslousyphotos]

Both great models superb builds I really like the mini ............... I never owned a mini, or quite frankly really never wanted to. My missus has a new BMW mini cooper S and that's awful. I had a Beetle once, that I bought as a non runner to restore. I gave up in the end and scrapped it.

Peter