I had the little mini many years ago and pleased to see it again 😀 the original orange red colour would have gone better with the decale but the red looks nice .
Thanks! I try to make videos that I personally would want to watch back - something I can enjoy with a cup of coffee when I get a chance to sit down for 10 minutes!
Great job as always Jason. If memory serves me right the 29 decals were originally stickers. Why not try copying the waterslides on to sticky paper etc sometime. Anyway keep er lit ya boy ye!
looks great again, the red-brown is pretty deep.. :) well, if it's a racer the windscreen ought to take some hits methinks. at least it wasn't a condor or somesuch... would have barely fit through the front window. XD I read somewhere that BMC mever made any money on the minis, pricing them so low they always had to lose money. Ford even offered them to up the price tags on the base Popular/Anglia so BMC could tag their Minis in an area where they would make money from, but BMC declined. Not sure if this is true, but considering what every boss did with their part of the Great British Leyland(tm) I deem this possible. Even Alec Issigonis is said to turn an uptight snob after being Lorded by The Queen... as if a Sir never listens to anyone?
Yes as I understand it the Mini was a loss leader for BMC though I think it was Ford who unravelled it by purchasing a Mini and dismantling it piece by piece to work out where the savings were being made!
@@DieCastRestos Probably with the rubber torsion springs. or later the "Whiskey-Soda-Suspension". XD the Anglia wouldn't have worked with rubber-torsion, I guess, the Mini was more compact and lightweight. and powerful enough to win the Mone Carlo three times in a row...
I don't think Lesney had 'an orange / bronze clear coat' it was just their well used red clear coat sent through the paint nozzles a tad faster than a Porsche 910, Turbo Fury, Jag E Type, Ford GT40 and a few others with the same combination (or silver basecoat on some) without doubt their most widely used colour combo given the variation they could apply to one or the other or both somewhere around metallic red would emerge glistening like a gemstone before being dropped in a box at 3 per second.
Nice restoration, it's ready to race again.
great turnaround jason
Nice restoration, details and paint job 👌 👍
I had the little mini many years ago and pleased to see it again 😀 the original orange red colour would have gone better with the decale but the red looks nice .
Great work as always.
Great paint , your finish is amazing .
Good show my friend.
Mike
I love this casting, you did a great job there Jason.
"Loosely based on a Mini", lol. Brutally honest. Nice job. I enjoy your streamlined videos. Good job squeezing in so much history!
Thanks! I try to make videos that I personally would want to watch back - something I can enjoy with a cup of coffee when I get a chance to sit down for 10 minutes!
Super pro finish on this Jason Top Marks Sir!
Superb once again Jason! Great job...
Awesome job Jason!
Great job as always Jason! I like your different paint layers!
Super cool la mini😊
Nice project!
Great job 👍
Matchbox. Superfast. Restoration. 29D. Racing. Mini
Great job as always Jason. If memory serves me right the 29 decals were originally stickers. Why not try copying the waterslides on to sticky paper etc sometime. Anyway keep er lit ya boy ye!
You forgot the official Mr. Bean pad lock!
LOL!
Great work. Will have to get those decals....but not for this model
Nice. Matchbox. Superfast. Mini
Nice. Job
I had one of those! 🆒🆒🆒🆙🆙🆙
looks great again, the red-brown is pretty deep.. :) well, if it's a racer the windscreen ought to take some hits methinks. at least it wasn't a condor or somesuch... would have barely fit through the front window. XD
I read somewhere that BMC mever made any money on the minis, pricing them so low they always had to lose money. Ford even offered them to up the price tags on the base Popular/Anglia so BMC could tag their Minis in an area where they would make money from, but BMC declined.
Not sure if this is true, but considering what every boss did with their part of the Great British Leyland(tm) I deem this possible. Even Alec Issigonis is said to turn an uptight snob after being Lorded by The Queen... as if a Sir never listens to anyone?
Yes as I understand it the Mini was a loss leader for BMC though I think it was Ford who unravelled it by purchasing a Mini and dismantling it piece by piece to work out where the savings were being made!
@@DieCastRestos Probably with the rubber torsion springs. or later the "Whiskey-Soda-Suspension". XD the Anglia wouldn't have worked with rubber-torsion, I guess, the Mini was more compact and lightweight. and powerful enough to win the Mone Carlo three times in a row...
I don't think Lesney had 'an orange / bronze clear coat' it was just their well used red clear coat sent through the paint nozzles a tad faster than a Porsche 910, Turbo Fury, Jag E Type, Ford GT40 and a few others with the same combination (or silver basecoat on some) without doubt their most widely used colour combo given the variation they could apply to one or the other or both somewhere around metallic red would emerge glistening like a gemstone before being dropped in a box at 3 per second.
Great job 👍