MGB Roadster

[Rich Chernosky]

Sweet little ride there Trevor.  Interior is impressive.  Thanks for sharing.

[1959scudetto]

Super nice model, Trevor! The color suits it very well and the interior is awesome!

[PappyD340]

Awesome build!

[Beamerman]

Realy nice!

[Steve Geer]

Super nice MG Trevor – the interior, paint color and trim work are all exceptional.  Great piece of modeling!

[Bainford]

Thanks a lot for the kind comments, guys. I really do appreciate it. Cheers.

[Bainford]

22 hours ago, TooOld said:

Sharp little MG Trevor , great paint and very nicely detailed especially the interior !  I've got a couple of the Aoshima kits and never cared for the one piece windshield/frame either . I'm currently converting one to an MGB-GT .

Thanks, Bob. Much appreciated. I've been following your GT build. It's coming along beautifully. I have one of GT bodies myself and looking forward to getting at it someday. Cheers.

[classic]

Lovely model of the venerable roadster. My favourite colour too. You will enjoy the C1 Models GT conversion it builds really well.

Atb, Steve.

[AMT68]

Incredibly realistic looking build and interesting tutorial on the seat piping. I'm still digesting your tutorial on making gauge bezels. 

[happy grumpy]

The outside shots make it even more realistic. I never consider building one but now I changed my mind I want one. Great build and craftsmanship.

[Plowboy]

Very well built little MGB Trevor! Everything is nice and tidy just like it should be! Great work!

[drodg]

Very nice looking kit.  I would have assumed the wheels are after market as they look very nice.  

[rightrudder]

On 2/19/2022 at 11:51 AM, Bainford said:

Cheers Bill. Yes, from the days when sporting driving was done in simple machines. It's still my preference.

I appreciate the comments on the interior. For most of my building life I pretty much ignored interiors in favour of the more interesting things like engines and chassis. Somehow I've made a switch, and the last few years my builds have been curbside with all the work in the interior.

 Unfortunately a bit of rough handling pulled away the piping from the top corner of the passenger seat. I couldn't fix it without making a visible mess, but then I thought, "Piping torn away from the top corner of the seat, how authentic is that?"

I thought the torn-away piping was intentional, and a perfect touch!

Edited February 22, 2022 by rightrudder

[Bainford]

Thanks very much guys, for all of the kind comments. I really appreciate the good feedback. Cheers!

[Bainford]

On 2/20/2022 at 8:15 PM, AMT68 said:

Incredibly realistic looking build and interesting tutorial on the seat piping. I'm still digesting your tutorial on making gauge bezels. 

Cheers, Tom. If you have any questions on the bezels, just give a holler. The tutorial makes it look complicated, but once you get into it, it's really pretty simple. Expect to throw away the first couple, but you will quickly get the hang of it.

[Bainford]

22 hours ago, drodg said:

Very nice looking kit.  I would have assumed the wheels are after market as they look very nice.  

Thanks David. The wheels are indeed kit wheels, with a little Tamiya panel wash slathered on. Cheers.

[Davewilly]

very nicely done.  

[slusher]

Looks great, I really like the color choice..

[ewetwo]

Excellent. Nice color choice.

[Dave72]

Very nicely done! Looks perfect! Your attention to detail is spot on! 

[Oldcarfan27]

Model looks great, but one thing you should do is crop out the real car from the pictures. It detracts from the main subject. 

However, the other photos with the neighborhood background look good.

Edited February 28, 2022 by Oldcarfan27

[PatW]

Superb British sports car.

[Bugatti Fan]

I noted that this model is 1/24th scale not 1/32nd as is the norm with Airfix. Is it from the Aoshima moulds?

A lovely build that does justice to this very popular sports car. I like the way that the front wheels have been turned slightly that adds a little more realism to the model.

[Bainford]

Many thanks guys, for the very kind comments. It's very nice to get some positive feedback. Cheers

12 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said:

I noted that this model is 1/24th scale not 1/32nd as is the norm with Airfix. Is it from the Aoshima moulds?

A lovely build that does justice to this very popular sports car. I like the way that the front wheels have been turned slightly that adds a little more realism to the model.

Noel, thanks for the kind words. This is the same tooling as used by Aoshima. I always thought it was an Airfix tool, used by Aoshima, probably because I knew of the Airfix kit first. I really don't know with whom the tooling originated.

 

 

[Safire6]

Beautiful car, beautiful build and I like how you did the piping. It really sets the car off!