1/24 Mr Bean's Mini WIP.
I am building a 1/24 scale Morris Mini Cooper 1275S Mk.1 for my friend as a Christmas gift.
I will show some of my WIP pictures as well as a few of my reference photos. I am going to try and make it as close to the image as I can, including the mismatched yellow paint on one of the doors and the dead bolt lock on the door.
Reference Shots
Odd color door and damage
door lock
some interior
the concept photograph
The kit is going to be done without the actuial Mr Bean himself, since there is no 1/24 scale mr bean, and a stand in figure wont do.
The car itself hasent been started, but the accessories have been, here is a look
The Kit
The TV box and the Deadbolt
To make the card board box in scale what I did was...
I got a piece of computer paper, folded it half horisontally (standing as it would in a printed) I then unfolded it, slathered it in white glue, and folded it again. When it dried it was thick and very stiff. I then proceded to fold it into the shape and cut the areas to make the flaps fold. Once I did that I glued it in the box shape, but left the flaps unglued. I folded them like you do a card board box to keep it close without taping it (you know what I mean) and semi glued those down. I then put some masking tape cut thin over it on a part or two, to simulate packing tape. Then, simple brown airbrushing.
The WIP of the Deadbolt
I love my luck. I'm thinking, how am I going to make the lock itself? I go to plug in my dremel, to try and make the little thiny thin parts of the hanging lock, and I see this!
I glued one strip of syrene on the other, one slightly smaller on all sides.
When it dried I used my flat file to file a grove, as you can see on the referance pic. I then used my dremel to square it up and put the grove on the sides as well.
Then using a diffrent head I drilled a hole in the side (which is really the bottom, but how it sits its the side)
I then used gorilla glue (only super glue I have, it serves it's purpose) to attach the lock to the deadbolt.
NEXT STEP is to make a mask of a logo that says "TV" like is on the box in the reference shot.
Now, I do have a question. This kit is a solid body for the car body... but if you see the pics the front has some... damage to it, from hitting a certain blue regal reliant supervan III a few times. How can I simulate that damage?