Not quite a submarine..

ET2SN · 12-18-21, 01:55 PM

So, I got a notification last week and bought this on the spot:

I/18th scale diecast 1997 (legacy) Mini Cooper, left hand drive.
The quirky met. purple just screams "Mini" and the detail is very good, although the model only features opening doors and steerable wheels.
Then again, there isn't much to see under the bonnet or in the boot, anyway.

A friend I knew in college had a 60's era Austin Mini (right hand drive) that had been "willed" to him by an Uncle or Grandfather who had it imported from the UK. The Austin was as bare bones as it got but it could corner on a man hole cover and the tires could be used as seat cushions for a child's stool.

What was great was that if you ran out of gas, you could just pick it up and carry it back to the dorm.

Seriously, these things cornered like a skate board and it was easy to drive yourself out of danger.

I parked the model next to another 1/18th scale car, a 1964 1/2 Mustang, and the Ford dwarfed the Mini to the point where I wondered if the scale was wrong. So I did some checking and broke out a ruler to check, and danged if the Mini didn't scale out perfectly.

Recommended, as long as you don't need working/opening everything.

https://www.diecastmodelswholesale.c...car-by-solido/

12-18-21, 01:55 PM	#1
ET2SN ET2/SS Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,513 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Not quite a submarine.. So, I got a notification last week and bought this on the spot: I/18th scale diecast 1997 (legacy) Mini Cooper, left hand drive. The quirky met. purple just screams "Mini" and the detail is very good, although the model only features opening doors and steerable wheels. Then again, there isn't much to see under the bonnet or in the boot, anyway. A friend I knew in college had a 60's era Austin Mini (right hand drive) that had been "willed" to him by an Uncle or Grandfather who had it imported from the UK. The Austin was as bare bones as it got but it could corner on a man hole cover and the tires could be used as seat cushions for a child's stool. What was great was that if you ran out of gas, you could just pick it up and carry it back to the dorm. Seriously, these things cornered like a skate board and it was easy to drive yourself out of danger. I parked the model next to another 1/18th scale car, a 1964 1/2 Mustang, and the Ford dwarfed the Mini to the point where I wondered if the scale was wrong. So I did some checking and broke out a ruler to check, and danged if the Mini didn't scale out perfectly. Recommended, as long as you don't need working/opening everything. https://www.diecastmodelswholesale.c...car-by-solido/