GeeBee Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 No release date as yet, but this one is being worked on, a conversion for the Aoshima release
Matt Bacon Posted June 13, 2020 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.
unclescott58 Posted June 14, 2020 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.
beeRS Posted June 14, 2020 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.
peter31a Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Knowing the quality of C1 models I will be in line for one!
Matt Bacon Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 On 6/14/2020 at 3:58 PM, dbostream said: What can we expect it to cost? Expand Looking at his other stuff, I’d think around £30... best, M.
Bugatti Fan Posted June 14, 2020 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
Justin Porter Posted June 15, 2020 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
GeeBee Posted June 15, 2020 Author Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 12:31 PM, 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 Expand 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
Justin Porter Posted June 15, 2020 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".
1959scudetto Posted June 16, 2020 Posted June 16, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 9:34 PM, GeeBee said: No release date as yet, but this one is being worked on, a conversion for the Aoshima release Expand Geoff, do you know when this will be released and where it can be ordered?
GeeBee Posted June 16, 2020 Author Posted June 16, 2020 On 6/16/2020 at 8:46 PM, 1959scudetto said: Geoff, do you know when this will be released and where it can be ordered? Expand Not yet, but I'll post on here when it is with price etc....
peteski Posted June 22, 2020 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).
GeeBee Posted June 22, 2020 Author Posted June 22, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 9:28 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). Expand 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
beeRS Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 9:28 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). Expand I believe the coupe body was a Pininferina design. On 6/15/2020 at 4:12 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 Expand 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.
Mike999 Posted June 26, 2020 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). On 6/26/2020 at 5:12 AM, 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. Expand 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.
GeeBee Posted June 26, 2020 Author Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 5:01 PM, 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). Expand I'll dig mine out in the morning and check, it's in the hobby room somewhere.....
Spottedlaurel Posted June 27, 2020 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.
stitchdup Posted June 27, 2020 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
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