SimonT - 1/24 Abandoned Mini

[Jim R]

Me too. Come on Mr T dig it out :smiling:

[BattleshipBob]

I like knackered minis, in fact i hate minis:tongue-out3:

As a 16 yr old 1st yr apprentice trying to change the bottom radiator hose and by pass hose with fingers like sausages plus no room. Hours later bleeding fingers, shot nerves!!!!!

So Simon bring on one ruined mini

[JR]

Oy!
you got my hopes up for nothing!

Me too Neil, we can all go back to sleep .

[mrtintheweb]

Sorry..................................

[SimonT]

Hi Toby - oh dear you have woken up the rabble :smiling5: Yes it has been on hold for a while now - not long to go before we can have a stalled day party for it :smiling4:

Neil, Tim, Jim, Bob, John and Toby - it is not forgotten and shall make a return at some point

It is currently sitting in a box within a box along with the also temporarily on hold T55 enigma and the JS-III

[Mini Me]

Yeah yeah yeah, that's what you said about Julie and the Cwazy Wabbit...........:rolling:

[SimonT]

They are here, just waiting for me to be able to stay awake long enough to fling some more paint at them

[papa 695]

Well I've just had another look through it all again Simon, some really great work.

[langy71]

I remember a magnet being essential when buying a used BMC or Ford in those days. It was the best way to spot sprayed over filler.....

I did exactly that when i bought my first car ..(a mini)..after passing my test..

[Tim Marlow]

Don’t try it on an Audi A6 though.....I went to Normandy with a couple of mates a few years ago, and bought a magnetic GB sticker because I didn’t want to stick anything permanently onto the paintwork. Trouble was, we ended up propping it in the back window. There just isn’t any steel at the rear end of an A6, it’s all aluminium and plastic LOL.....

[SimonT]

Morning - since you asked for it, I dug this one out again last night and rebuilt the bonnet


as usual with kit parts they tend to be rather thick to aid moulding - the bonnet is just over 1mm thick


so I scraped and sanded it down on the inside to a tad less than half a mm - it was turning translucent





I then made the interior detail of the bracing bars, scribed the groove down the centre, added the return flange to the front edge and sides

it will all need trimming and filling but it is a start

then it will need corner strengthening panels and the inboard hinge mounting points of the early type bonnet

[Neil Merryweather]

Oooh good to see you back in the saddle with this one

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
You have bowed to the pressure of the mob :tongue-out3: Glad to see it back on the go. Typical Simon T work on the bonnet :thumb2:
The worst car I ever saw for rusting was a Lancia Beta. I had just started my first teaching job in the early 70s and the head of the school bought one. It was a lovely car, his pride and joy. Over the next year or so it just disintegrated before his eyes.
Jim

[mrtintheweb]

Hi Simon
You have bowed to the pressure of the mob :tongue-out3: Glad to see it back on the go. Typical Simon T work on the bonnet :thumb2:
The worst car I ever saw for rusting was a Lancia Beta. I had just started my first teaching job in the early 70s and the head of the school bought one. It was a lovely car, his pride and joy. Over the next year or so it just disintegrated before his eyes.
Jim

I feel a little guilty now lol.
As for 70's cars rusting my uncle and one of our neighbours had AlfaSud's and both crumbled away over 2 or 3 years. When our neighbours' car was 'stolen' my dad was convinced it was an insurance job as all the rust had made it unsellable.
T

[SimonT]

Neil - they never really go away. They all come around again eventually

Jim - well, if they want to see it back again who am I to argue :smiling2:

Toby - no need to feel guilty. It was just having a holiday. I very rarely sit down and build something from start to finish in one sitting. Things go on hold while something else gets a bit of work then I will swap to something else. Eventually one will get to the finish line
If I am working on this it just means I am not working on something else - only one pair of hands and limited building time