As you can see, this is one of Airfix's 1970s "re-boot" classic cars, like the Vauxhall Prince Henry and Alfa 8C, with a lot of parts, and some very fine detail. It's moulded in a hard, and rather brittle grey plastic. I had a couple of fine parts break at ejector pin marks as I removed them from the runners - fortunately the plastic responds very well, and quickly, to Mek-Pak!
I decided to depart from the instructions and build up some assemblies which could be primed and painted before final construction. Red body, tan interior, black chassis. The drive shaft is silver (apparently). The only really dodgy fit is around the separate fuel tank.
That chassis detail... not bad, eh? Springs, axle and steering rods are separate, but there's only about six parts in that picture...
And finally, for now...
This little MG is destined for a diorama, with some nice RAF chappies standing around it (and originally, with one of them sitting in it!) 1/32 scale, eh? As you can see, the Airfix driver is a bit of a lightweight - more like a teenage jockey. The pilot figures are pretty consistent: (L to R) Ultracast, Dartmoor Military Miniatures, Reheat, Airfix driver, Master Box, so I'm inclined to think that the seats and hence the driver in the MG are undersize. I might try to widen the seats a bit so that there's some chance that one of the pilots COULD have got into the car...
bestest,
M.
