That's right... I spray-painted bonnet stripes on a brand-new MC...
 

Yep... Call me crazy, but I didn't have this beauty out of the box for 5 minutes before the masking tape came out:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...mini_mini1.jpg

Here we go... primer stripes are down and we're looking good.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...mini_mini2.jpg

But, I think that they really need some black highlights to really make 'em pop...

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...mini_mini3.jpg

One day, he's gonna grow up and be a big, strong MCS...

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...mini_mini4.jpg

Don't let anyone tell you something can't be done! :thumbsup:

Way too much free-time :)

Dude, if you knew everything I did this weekend, you'd eat those words... :razz:

Nice job! :thumbsup: Are you practicing for the real thing? :wink:

that looks good! :)

i need to paint white strips on my black MC too... it's a 1/72th.

nice job, when i opened this thread i thought i was gonna be reading about how someone tried to spraypaint bonnet stripes on their mini (the big one)

Nice job! Where'd you get the model? I've been looking for a Cool Blue MCC for my wife, and this is the closest color I've seen.

Ken

lol looks good

+1:grin:

I found it in KB Toys... It's a metal-bodied toy, not a model kit. I think they had a red one, too... I'm still on the search for an orange cabrio toy in a larger scale - I think that Hot Wheels makes one, but I've never actually seen it.

And, no... I'd never consider spray-painting stripes on a REAL car. :)

I hope you didn't use that nice Dell XPS notebook as a paint table! :lol:

NIce work!:thumbsup:

That's my spray booth... :thumbsup:

How long of a bake job on the stripes? :lol:

Can you do my pink/white/black UJ roof? :lol:

If I thought for a moment you were serious, I'd agree, but... :razz::razz:

I have a JB toy MINI... but it has a white roof and no bonnet or boot stripes (it's also justacooper). If you'd like a real challenge, make it look like Malibu Stacy!

Nice work :thumbsup:

But I took a less drastic approach to mine:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ini143-med.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ng/stripes.jpg

I build plastic model kits so I just trimmed some leftover decals.

I bet I could do that, actually... The boot stripes might necessitate taking off the tiny Cooper sticker, though... Nothing I can do about the MCS scoop, though, unfortunately... What scale is your car - the 1:18 or the 1:24? The blue one I did was the smaller 1:24 but I have a red 1:18 on my desk at work that's going "under the sprayer" tonight, and I can tell that that car has room for boot stripes.

I painted a silver roof on a purple MINI that I found to match my wife's Cooper, but I don't think I've ever taken a photo of it. . . . .

:lol: Not a problem. I debadged the "COOPER". I just have an S.

:lol: :nod: :cool:

Hey, why not? I taped off the roof of my Hot Wheels Cooper so I could put a checkered roof on (I just used a Sharpie), and think that is a perfectly good use of one's time!

YOU'RE OUT OF CONTROL!!! :nod:

I wanna see more pix of "youified" toy MINIs!!! :nod:

Try spray painting bonnet stripes AND a UNION JACK! :grin:

:thumbsup: Excellent! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!