Yorky D's Küchentisch - Purists look away now.....

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Peter Cross

Peter Cross

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Ian@StEnochs said:
Fun cars to drive and easy to service requiring very few special tools and no electronic diagnostic equipment.
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Very true. Valves were dead easy. Quarter turn back from touching the valve, lock up all done and dusted.
Smoothing out inlet and outlet manifold improved the breathing and made the 850 livelier. Never did it on a 1000 but, I expect it would of done the same.
 
Focalplane

Focalplane

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I am no mini expert, having owned but one a long time ago. One thing no one has mentioned so far is that the early models were officially sold as Austin 7 and Morris Mini.
 
P A D

P A D

Western Thunderer
Yorkshire Dave said:
Having spent time filling, filing, sanding, filling, filing, sanding, filling, filing, sanding........

.... and and some more surface primer the yellow and blue paint were applied. The Yellow is standard Vallejo Model Air and the Blue is Railmatch acrylic.

However prior to applying the yellow and blue I experimented with some underpainting first to see what effect it would have.

A bit of an identity crisis as white and dark grey vertical streaks were applied.
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After drying the yellow was applied followed by the blue. This took about a week after allowing the yellow paint to dry prior to masking.

The Railmatch BR blue paint was thinned to a milk/single cream consistency with Vallejo thinners with a couple of drops of their airbrush flow improver. I understand Tamiya thinners also work with Railmatch acrylics.
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This shows the effect of the underpainting. The idea was to create a patchy worn finish. I also added a few patch paint repairs. For this I just added a darker blue to the railmatch blue.
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No 2 end.
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This end got knocked creating small indentations. Rather than fill and repaint them I just added some dark rust paint and turned them into rusting scratches.View attachment 64144
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Hi Dave,
Just been catching up with the start of your thread as most of it passed me by, being a relative newcomer on WT. It's amazing how much good stuff is on here that I havn't seen yet. I got as far as your Lima 33 conversion and it's all fabulous stuff. Love the roof on the coach done with toilet paper and super glue.

What caught my eye is the BVB mug used in the photos of the 33. My son and I are fans of ths Bundesliga, he being a Hanover 96 supporter and me Dortmund. As German was his best subject at school, we have holidayed in Germany for more than 10 years, always picking up a Bundesliga match when possible. Last year we lucky to be in striking distance of Dortmund and went to the opening match of the season vs Leipzig. Great game, 4 - 1 to Dortmund and a packed house of 83,000! What an incredible atmosphere and experience. Of course you may have been using the mug not because you are a BVB fan, but because it was the only piece of junk you had to hand. :D

Digression over. Keep up the good work.

Cheers,
Peter
 
Yorkshire Dave

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
P A D said:
What caught my eye is the BVB mug used in the photos of the 33. My son and I are fans of ths Bundesliga, he being a Hanover 96 supporter and me Dortmund. As German was his best subject at school, we have holidayed in Germany for more than 10 years, always picking up a Bundesliga match when possible. Last year we lucky to be in striking distance of Dortmund and went to the opening match of the season vs Leipzig. Great game, 4 - 1 to Dortmund and a packed house of 83,000! What an incredible atmosphere and experience. Of course you may have been using the mug not because you are a BVB fan, but because it was the only piece of junk you had to hand.
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Thanks for your comments Peter.

BVB is the German side I follow - used to have a shirt! The nearest experience I've had with a BVB match was outside the Westfalenstadion when a few friends and myself were attending Intermodellbau Dortmund one year. When we reached the Intermodellbau at the Westfalenhallen (in 7 halls no less) BVB were playing Bayern München and the atmosphere from outside the ground was intense.

Not only was there a football match and the Intermodellbau show there was also a gig getting ready for the evening in the concert hall. Masses of people and their transport systems cope very well. We struggle when there are two different shows at the NEC!!!

Once the match had finished we travelled from the local station on the S Bahn and outside the station there was a fan arguing with the armed Polizei with alsatians straining at the leash! A situation I would rather not endure.

And yes, the mug is used for liquids.
 
P A D

P A D

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I've been to quite a few Bundesliga matches over the years and despite all the alcohol flowing around in and outside the stadium, I've never encountered any trouble. I guess I must have been lucky.

I agree they transport system is far superior to ours. Was in Berlin in February and went to one of the Hertha matches on the train without problem. Mind you my son was working there and speaks fluent German, so knew the ropes. Anyway, enough blather or I'll get sent back to the other place. :'(
 
paulc

paulc

Western Thunderer
Ian@StEnochs said:
The differences between Austin and Morris versions were mostly cosmetic with different grill patterns and badging. The basic models had simple bumpers without over riders and the super deluxe got the extra ‘handles’ on the ends. Handy for pulling the car out of the hedge!

Fun cars to drive and easy to service requiring very few special tools and no electronic diagnostic equipment.

Ian.
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Just needed a plastic bag to throw over the distributor and a can of WD40 if it started raining otherwise the electrics all went phut .
 
Focalplane

Focalplane

Western Thunderer
paulc said:
Just needed a plastic bag to throw over the distributor and a can of WD40 if it started raining otherwise the electrics all went phut .
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Ah, yes, Joseph Lucas, the Prince of Darkness. I once met the inventor of WD40 in Houston. He drove a BMW Z8 at the time. It’s the only car my wife has ever drooled over. Understandable but too expensive for our budget.
 
simond

simond

Western Thunderer
That’s captured the shape really nicely, but if you’re going to view it at that height, you’ll need inner wings in the rear wheel arches!

Memories...
Simon
 
BrushType4

BrushType4

Western Thunderer
Would a slip of silver foil behind the headlights makes those look a bit more lifelike? Small point as the whole car really looks really good.

Reminds me of my mum and dads stories of them watching the Italian Job at the pictures and driving home in their mini like they were in Italy.
 
adrian

adrian

Flying Squad
BrushType4 said:
a slip of silver foil behind the headlights makes those look a bit more lifelike? Small point as the whole car really looks really good.
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Agreed it does look rather nice. One other small detail that can make a difference to the "look" - I believe that for that version the front indicator lenses should be orange, they were white bulbs and orange lenses - the later models had the orange bulb and white lens.
 
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