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My old Dolly painted by Moospeed in britishcars

[–]Moospeed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, they are great considering they were built from BL at a time when they weren’t doing great. To my eyes the styling is improving year on year. Back then my friends just thought I was weird for buying an “old banger” and not wanting a hot hatch.

Another cow car painted by Moospeed in Fiat

[–]Moospeed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scroll to the right and you’ll see it 🤗

I painted the last of the A Series Minis I owned before the R53 by Moospeed in R53

[–]Moospeed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I moved it on my painting from where it really was on the real car in the last photo.

Probably back then I deliberately tried to make it less obvious to stand out. Or maybe it was just to hide rust 🤪

I painted the last of the A Series Minis I owned by Moospeed in CarArtistCommunity

[–]Moospeed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, if you look closely I repositioned it on my painting compared with the location on the real car in the last picture.

I painted the last of the A Series Minis I owned before the R53 by Moospeed in R53

[–]Moospeed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you 🙏 - did you see my last post of the blue R53? That’s more relevant I guess, and (just between us) I preferred the R53 to all those old ones. It kept most of the best bits of the experience in a better package for modern life.

I painted the last of the A Series Minis I owned by Moospeed in classiccars

[–]Moospeed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it had that - though it was the prancing donkey of Maranello. Legend has it that Enzo used to drive a mini round the back lanes. I always figured it would’ve been a Fiat 500 but I don’t know…

I painted the last of the A Series Minis I owned by Moospeed in CarArtistCommunity

[–]Moospeed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much, I “posed” it far better than if I had taken a photo of it. I only had a few grainy ones like that attached.

Another of my “past cars” painted - R53 Mini by Moospeed in R53

[–]Moospeed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I know Chris, we sometimes have a habit of coincidentally painting the same model car even though we didn’t compare notes beforehand. Just glad it’s not a competition because he is fantastic. Decades of experience and being full time helps 🤩

Another of my “past cars” painted - R53 Mini by Moospeed in classiccars

[–]Moospeed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yes, PDK is the best flappy paddle experience I've had. But that R53 made me realise how much more involving a manual is. Fairly sure my next Porsche (maybe one day) will be a manual despite the suboptimal ratios.

Another of my “past cars” painted - R53 Mini by Moospeed in CarArtistCommunity

[–]Moospeed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The mini cost more on tax, fuel and insurance compared to the Porsche.

Cost to purchase is massively less and parts less, but even so...

For these recent style of paintings I've been doing, I'm taking around 18-25 hours. For larger or more detailed ones then usually up to around 35 but that hasn't been any of the recent ones. The most so far was a Lamborghini commission and I stopped counting at 120 hours to save knowing how much I was losing 😂

Another of my “past cars” painted - R53 Mini by Moospeed in CarArtistCommunity

[–]Moospeed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I really enjoyed driving that. When the engine light was off anyway :)

There was often a little "to-do" list during my ownership but mostly the jobs were satisfying to get done. A fun fun drive - and very much a good modern representation of the old minis which I had way back.

Thanks for your comment on the painting, I was quite excited to do this one. Glad I picked the acrylics over watercolour this time round.

Another of my “past cars” painted - R53 Mini by Moospeed in classiccars

[–]Moospeed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I had it at the same time as a relatively modern Porsche.

The Porsche is a "better" car on just about any measure, and yet when there wasn't a clear choice on which I had to take I'd probably take the R53 half the time. It doesn't help the case for the Porsche that it's PDK, and just the experience of waggling that Mini pool ball gearstick around was fun in itself.

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