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If this diecast build is not proper for this thread, please move it to the correct place. It's on my work bench so I put it here. 30 years ago, I raced E Production MGB's. Over the years I've owned over 60 MGB's and still have a 1970 MGB GT. I guess you could say I'm an MG enthusiast. When the Corgi diecast version came out, I bought 2 of them in the hopes of building a replica of my second racer and maybe do one of my first racer (which I rolled at Bridgehampton) and paint it as it was when I was doing road rallies with it. I think some parts of the Corgi die cast stacks up fairly well against the Kyoscho and Auto Arts versions ... but most if it is really pretty dismal. As seen, I stripped off the paint and de-chromed the body. My car had an aluminum finned valve cover, so I scratched one out of aluminum and turned a cap for it. I have tried for 20 years to find a set of minilites for this build. I tried scratch building one to make a mold from, but couldn't quite get it. After lurking here I while, I took a chance and placed a post. AFX sold me a set ... and here I am. Not *exactly* minilites, but close enough. I ran 2 in. S.U. carbs on my car. I modified the velocity stacks from a set of Weber side drafts. I built this set a long time ago. The odd color on the engine is engine paint for late 60's MGB's. The color seen in the next picture down is a better representation. I got 12 cans of this paint from Moss Motors when I had my last repair shop over 20 years ago ... and it's still good. The tops on the SU's and the spark plugs are bits of Allen wrenches that I modified on my lathe. The distributor, oil filter and pulleys are also turnings. The sparkly stuff on the block is just dust. I know there is a lot of touching up to do and one of the plugs is in backwards. Blame it on my 66 year old eyes and cheap glasses. The chassis wasn't bad, but a lot of stuff, like the molded in center console and the 4 inch thick floor had to go. My racer had no heater ... and a lot of the stuff in the engine bay just wasn't correct. It's almost all gone. The MGB has a unibody instead of a chassis ... but Corgi left out a whole lot ... so I'm making adjustments. I'm trying to decide if i should try to grind off the fuel and brake lines and do it right. More to come here. Just like the real thing, the seat in the Corgi MGB is TERRIBLE for a race car. On the real car, I used a seat out of a 914 Porsche. For this build, I scratched up something out of aluminum and bits of plastic to hold me in the car better. Another shot of the valve cover.