MG Writer Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 it is great to see a handful if those old favourites such as the Triumph Herald, Triumph TR4, MGB and Ford Escort occasionally relaunched. However they are just a tip of the iceberg because back in the 1960s and 1970s, modellers like me used to wait for the next release in the "modern cars series" with great anticipation. Three of those, which I made (not especially well) were among the best resolved of all of them, and they have a "family connection" to each other as they were based on full size cars from the BMC/BLMC stable. I am thinking of the MG1100, Austin Maxi 1500 and the Morris Marina 1.8 TC Saloon. How fantastic it would be to see these three back in limited production, assuming the tooling survives. And even if it doesn't, is there any mileage in 3D scanning a good specimen of a rare surviving unmade kit? In the case of the MG1100, the rarer US Airfix version even had a separate sprue of plated grille and bumpers! How about it please Airfix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 From memory, some of the kits included....Ford Cortina Mark I (moulds may have been modified for a horrid custom car kit around 1974)Ford Zodiac Mk III (simliar fate to above)Ford Capri 1969 (maybe again modified?)Austin MiniRenault DauphineSunbeam Rapier ca 1960MGB (still made with a terrible radiator grille which needs retooling)Austin Healey "Frogeye" Sprite (reissued)Vauxhall Victor FD Estate (seemed a weird choice even then!)Maserati Indy (superb kit)Porsche 917 (fantastic kit)Jaguar E Type Aston Martin DB5VW Beetlesome kind of dune buggy?Ford Escort (reissued)Triumph Herald (true classic)Triumph TR4Jaguar 420Vauxhall Viva (reissued)MG K3 Magnette (lovely kit)various Veterans like the Bentley, Rolls Royce, Model T Ford, Bullnose Morris... That's from memory and there may be more I have temporarily forgotten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Add theMercedes 230SLBond Bug?Dune Buggy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Bugatti! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabriel_oconnell Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 yes and what about the rally version of the triumph tr7 v8 , left hand drive with per ekland, why not that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhead Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I've got the Escort (in a Haynes tie-in box), on the modelling table at the moment, ready for a street racer/mild custom build. I'd love to see as many as possible of the other "modern" cars rolled out again, as I was too young to get most of them first time around. (I do remember building the customised Capri- then turning it into a wrecked combat car- though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 There are rumours that the Maxi and Marina tooling might have been stored poorly at some stage - perhaps "Admin" can tell us - but how badly corroded are the tools, I wonder? full size car makers have been known to store body tools outside (they are very big and heavy) but if they do, they treat them and wrap them. Hopefully Hornby know the real story! Either way, what also happened to the MG1100 tooling? That was from around 1964/5/6 I suspect but it was a great kit with superb detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Do the short lived Hornby car kits fall in to the kitstarter philosophy, I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 How much would it cost Hornby to scan kits and sell small numbers of resin copies in suitably sized batches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Just to acknowledge that "Admin" has responded on broadly the 3D topic here https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/forum/3d-scanning/?p=1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 yes and what about the rally version of the triumph tr7 v8 , left hand drive with per ekland, why not that one I guess that was 1:24? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 Just been looking at various sites and I see that the MG1100 was last listed by Airfix in 1974. The actual full size car dates from 1962, the same year as the MGB which Airfix also made (and, unlike the 1100, have reissued). An MGB & MG1100 twin pack could replicate their 1962 Earls Court Motor Show joint debut 53 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Siviter Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I would love to see the Vauxhall Victor estate, Morris Marina and Austin Maxi again! I hope that we get the chance one day. I would gladly pay to get these through the Kit Starter program.I did bring this subject up with Airfix at a buyer's trade day at Margate a few years back ( I was a buyer in the hobby industry then ). They really didn't feel that there was a market for a re-release of the 1/32 car series and thought no one would want them. I fought their corner and suggested they looked at the current Ebay prices for those kits. Surely the nostalgia draw alone would sell them? Regards;Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 I would love to see the Vauxhall Victor estate, Morris Marina and Austin Maxi again! I hope that we get the chance one day. I would gladly pay to get these through the Kit Starter program.I did bring this subject up with Airfix at a buyer's trade day at Margate a few years back ( I was a buyer in the hobby industry then ). They really didn't feel that there was a market for a re-release of the 1/32 car series and thought no one would want them. I fought their corner and suggested they looked at the current Ebay prices for those kits. Surely the nostalgia draw alone would sell them? Regards;Steve I agree wholeheartedly. Is there scope for low volume resin versions? There are some fantastic scale resin models around by people like the supremely talented George Turner (google him). You have to wonder if there might be scope for Airfix to generate some low volume business - maybe mail order and model shows and a few dedicated model shop outlets rather than the pile-em-high merchants and obviously they would have the great benefit of the very strong Airfix brand name. Using Resin parts would have the side benefit of being easier to finish with Halfords type car paint, which tends to react with styrene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hubert Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Please can we have the 1/32nd scale mini (the sixties one not the modern kit based on the Scalextric body or the re-boxed 1/43rd Heller). Also the Porsche 917 (I'd buy about 6 of those as there are so many alternative finishes!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Please can we have the 1/32nd scale mini (the sixties one not the modern kit based on the Scalextric body or the re-boxed 1/43rd Heller). Also the Porsche 917 (I'd buy about 6 of those as there are so many alternative finishes!) Yes, agreed especially on the Porsche... One of the best 1:32 kit builds of my youth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Please can we have the 1/32nd scale mini (the sixties one not the modern kit based on the Scalextric body or the re-boxed 1/43rd Heller). Also the Porsche 917 (I'd buy about 6 of those as there are so many alternative finishes!) Yes, agreed especially on the Porsche... One of the best 1:32 kit builds of my youth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Airfix Lotus Cortina....£100 on eBay!/media/tinymce_upload/deb34d678def6a3c11e5cda1d00f42b7.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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