10242 Custom RED MINI COOPER.. thoughts?

[marco1264]

Hi All.  Just finished my Mini Cooper changeover project.  I really didn't like the green so I went for the more Classic Cooper look. 

 

 

What do you guys think??

 

 

 

I also put it up

eBay item number:

111429812246

 

[stephen_rockefeller]

Very nice! Do you mind me asking how much it cost to build it? You can pm me if you want.

[fredrick_louis]

I love it.. excellent work. nice work with the Union Jack on top!

[marco1264]

I love it.. excellent work. nice work with the Union Jack on top!

 

Thanks

[Curtis]

Awesome!  I too am curious of the cost as I've thought about building more than just one in various colors.

[MartinP]

Amazing! I think I like the red/white combo better than the British racing green.

[DoNotInsertIntoMouth]

Better than the original IMO. But I don't like green much.

[donliu]

Looks great. Can't wait to build mine

[XCool]

Curious about the cost as well.

[TheOrcKing]

I think you did an amazing job recreating the model in different colors considering the limitations with what is available and the Union Jack on top is a nice touch. I still like the original dark green tone but this is a nice alternate.

[gregpj]

Do you have to change the build at all or were all the pieces available in red/white? I ordered a second mini earlier this week to do an alternate build, but I don't think my color choice will be available in all of the same parts - orange with black roof & fenders. I really want to do a dark orange, but it has waaay too many missing parts, orange only has a couple I think I can work around.

[@rtisan]

Love it! A blue one would look great as well. 

[TheDarkness]

Love it! A blue one would look great as well. 

 

It looks fantastic, and I agree with a blue one!

[melmo78]

looks great, also agree blue would look great

[TWO2SEVEN]

Very nice! 

[BigStuP]

Excellent!

 

My Dad has a Red Mini Cooper with a Union Jack roof so I might look to build one myself

[marco1264]

Curious about the cost as well.

Do you have to change the build at all or were all the pieces available in red/white? I ordered a second mini earlier this week to do an alternate build, but I don't think my color choice will be available in all of the same parts - orange with black roof & fenders. I really want to do a dark orange, but it has waaay too many missing parts, orange only has a couple I think I can work around.

I was lucky enough to find all the parts, exactly as the original. Only the trunk was not available in red, so I had to continue the white.

[marco1264]

I think you did an amazing job recreating the model in different colors considering the limitations with what is available and the Union Jack on top is a nice touch. I still like the original dark green tone but this is a nice alternate.

Thanks

[Alpinemaps]

I was lucky enough to find all the parts, exactly as the original. Only the trunk was not available in red, so I had to continue the white.

 

Well, it looks perfectly natural, to me.  I like the white.  It matches the mud flaps well.

 

Did you look into any other color schemes?  I know people have different color T1's to get a fleet of them going.  Wondering just how close we can do that with the Mini.

[jhammill24]

Great job!  I know a lot of people don't like green...but British racing green is a classic color...especially for MINI.  I would love to see someone put together a John Cooper Works edition of the MINI...love the black and red on JCW editions.  A great thing about MINI is the ability to customize to your preferences and you've definitely captured that with this build.