Hasegawa 1/24 Mini Cooper Countryman S

[Justin Porter]

In terms of buildability, this represents a bit of a vacation after the intensity of the Gunze Ferrari. What's more, it's a bit of a personal project because my current daily driver IS a 2011 Mini Cooper Countryman S All4 in Black Metallic. The Hasegawa kit is a very nice curbside so I'm looking forward to a friendly box stock build with some very handy reference material. Already, I've tackled the interior, first shooting it with Mr Surfacer Black then following that up with Mr Color Flat Black. Hasegawa's recommendation of their C28 Steel for the faux carbon fiber trim in the interior actually works out quite nicely. 

[Justin Porter]

Have I mentioned before that I love the way Hasegawa kits really just drop together? A full night of assembly plus some careful masking got the chassis together. The main color seen here is Radome Tan from AK Interactive which is actually a close match for the odd cream color underside of the Minis. The other colors are a variety from AK, Gunze Mr Color, Tamiya, and Vallejo. 

[kelson]

Looks great so far!?

[Bennyg]

Very nice!

Ben

[slusher]

Looking great!

[Justin Porter]

More progress on my Mini as it got into paint. Laid down Mr Surfacer 1500 Black and then painted Gunze Mr Metallic GX201 Metallic Black as the main color, then masked off and sprayed Tamiya TS-14 Black for the roof followed by two coats of Tamiya TS-13 Clear. Once all of that gasses out, it'll be on to masking off the lower body cladding and the chrome trim that separates the roof and body colors.  

[PatW]

Very good going so far!

[Foxer]

I had one too and never finished the kit.

 

[kelson]

Those colors look really good so far.

[Justin Porter]

Still more progress. Body cladding and the color separation chrome trim has been painted. I used AK Real Colors Rubber Black for the cladding and AK Xtreme Metal chrome for the trim. The grille is also in now and I couldn't resist doing a mock-up to check how it's coming together.

[Bennyg]

Looks ace!

Ben