GeeBee Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 No release date as yet, but this one is being worked on, a conversion for the Aoshima release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Comet404 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 One here, please!!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Top stuff... I'll have one for sure to replace the really yucky garage resin shell I have, which is probably a copy of the SE Finecast white metal body. Might have to track down an SE Finecast Rover V8 as well... best, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Oooooh! I like what I see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I'd love to have any MGB kit in 1/25 or 1/24 scale. I'm surprised that kits of these cars are very common from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 This will be very welcome. Aoshima recently re-released the Roadster as two kits; a early chrome bumper and later 'rubber bumper'. Later one includes newly tooled RoStyle steel wheels which is lovely. I'd like to build a late model rubber bumper with the Coupe body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter31a Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Knowing the quality of C1 models I will be in line for one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 What can we expect it to cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, dbostream said: What can we expect it to cost? Looking at his other stuff, I’d think around £30... best, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) The pic that Geoff posted at the beginning of this thread of a C1 models MGBGT Body looks great. The Aoshima roadster moulds have done the rounds between different companies so should be obtainable relatively easily as fodder for his conversion. Having seen the GT body it will be interesting to see what other allied parts will be included in this trans kit. There will certainly be many MGBGT owners and ex owner modellers very interested in this. Matt Bacon mentioned in one of his replies about obtaining a Wills Finecast white metal Rover V8 engine. Matt, I think that South Eastern Finecast (ex Wills Finecast) still supply the engine you are looking for. HTH. Edited June 14, 2020 by Bugatti Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Yes! I will definitely be taking one as soon as they're available. I'll have to get another Aoshima MGB into the shop as soon as I can. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Justin Porter said: Yes! I will definitely be taking one as soon as they're available. I'll have to get another Aoshima MGB into the shop as soon as I can. lol You can usually find either the Revell Germany or Airfix version of Ebay pretty cheaply, there the Aoshima kit reboxed, obviously if you want the Ro-Style Wheels you need the later Aoshima kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Very good to know, but the Aoshima kit's in current production which means at the moment it's just a matter of my distributor getting them back in stock. I've been waiting on a restock for about a month and a half, and now I've got a reason to go "one for the shelf, one for the shop". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 11:34 PM, GeeBee said: No release date as yet, but this one is being worked on, a conversion for the Aoshima release Geoff, do you know when this will be released and where it can be ordered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 56 minutes ago, 1959scudetto said: Geoff, do you know when this will be released and where it can be ordered? Not yet, but I'll post on here when it is with price etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 That body looks great. I always hoped that someone would come out with a nice rendition of that MGB body style. I find the coupe quite elegant (maybe even more so than the convertible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, peteski said: That body looks great. I always hoped that someone would come out with a nice rendition of that MGB body style. I find the coupe quite elegant (maybe even more so than the convertible). When I was working at British Leyland I wanted one of the last MGB GT's, they had all been reserved so I had to have a TR7 Coupe instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 10:28 AM, peteski said: That body looks great. I always hoped that someone would come out with a nice rendition of that MGB body style. I find the coupe quite elegant (maybe even more so than the convertible). I believe the coupe body was a Pininferina design. On 6/15/2020 at 5:12 PM, GeeBee said: You can usually find either the Revell Germany or Airfix version of Ebay pretty cheaply, there the Aoshima kit reboxed, obviously if you want the Ro-Style Wheels you need the later Aoshima kit Interstingly, the Airfix kit includes parts for both the chrome bumper and the rubber versions. If you get the new Aoshima releases its one or the other. Aoshima kit includes lovely PE MG badge too! And on the rubber bumper version gets the ROstyle wheels. Don't know anything about the RoG kit though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I read somewhere that the Airfix MGB kit also has 2 dashboards, for right or left hand drive. Can anybody confirm that? If true, it seems like the 2 dashboards would still be in the latest Aoshima kits. So I suspect it's either an Urban Legend or my memory misfiring (again). 11 hours ago, beeRS said: Interstingly, the Airfix kit includes parts for both the chrome bumper and the rubber versions. If you get the new Aoshima releases its one or the other. The new Aoshima Rubber Bumper kit still has parts for either Rubber or Chrome Bumper cars. I just checked mine, it's the last Aoshima Rubber Bumper re-issue in the white box. The chrome grille, bumpers and wire wheels are still in the box, on the chrome sprue. They're just not mentioned in the instructions, and the parts are grayed-out on the parts layout drawing. But they are definitely in there. I had an older Aoshima Rubber Bumper kit and it was the same way, with parts for both versions. I don't know if the Chrome Bumper kit had all the parts, maybe not. The new RO-style wheels are on a separate sprue, molded in white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Mike999 said: I read somewhere that the Airfix MGB kit also has 2 dashboards, for right or left hand drive. Can anybody confirm that? If true, it seems like the 2 dashboards would still be in the latest Aoshima kits. So I suspect it's either an Urban Legend or my memory misfiring (again). I'll dig mine out in the morning and check, it's in the hobby room somewhere..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I built the Revell version 10-odd years ago, I don't have any photos of the parts before assembly but I don't remember it having alternative dashboards or rubber bumpers. Built up nicely, although I should have reduced the ride height - as standard it's correct for the rubber-bumper models but looks a bit off-road for an earlier chrome-bumper version..... I don't know why I opened up the bonnet when it doesn't have en engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 There's also a resin rover v8 available, I've got one in the stash somewhere I was saving for a brit style pop or mk1 cortina. I hope aoshima will release the rostyles as a wheel set, nothing wrong with mg, just not my thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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