It's my car Thomas modelled this on, and now the model is mine too! Thanks so much Thomas, the result is great and it's wonderful to see the techniques you've used to make it so accurate to the full sizer.
Outstanding result Thomas! The best gifts are ones someone makes especially for you. I’m sure he will love it. I see the weather in your spray booth is good; it’s been raining in mine. It also alternates between to HOT or too humid! Got to get that control fixed. Keep up the good work! 🚗
Thanks a lot Richard. Yeah, he only got the car last year and I'd wanted to make the Aoshima kit so this seemed like a good idea. We have been having some great weather in the spray booth - hopefully I'll get some paint down on my Ferrari later.
Many thanks for taking the time to produce this video. I'm about to start it myself, and the little hints and tips will prove really useful. Hopefully I'll be able to get close to your levels of skill.
Nice work Thomas! I have one of these kits as well. I also picked up an MGB GT transkit, from C1 Models, both are in my "I will get to them after I retire" stash.
Nice build! It looks like the body sits high relative to the top of the tires and ground, though. I'm not sure how you'd correct that without doing major surgery on the kit. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Hugh - you may be right. I believe the ride height on the 1974-1980 rubber bumper version was higher so possibly the internals are based on that?
Thanks for this very helpful video. Two comments: (1) I owned a 1968 MGB Mk II in Australia, and it did not come with headrests. (2) Where can I get that very useful tool that you use to hold the bodywork whilst painting?
I'm glad you found this so helpful. The car is based on my uncle's one as I built it for his birthday and his does have headrests so I made some! The tool is the Tamiya paint spray stand and it's incredibly useful. www.tamiya.com/english/products/74522stand/index.htm
What type of glue did you use to attach small parts to the body, such as door handles? I painted the body already, but not sure whether humbrol liquid poly is Ok because it is designed to weld 2 pieces together
I used either foam safe super glue or super glue gel. Either way it was very, very sparing. White glue such as PVA or school glue would work also although the cure time is a lot slower. I hope that helps
I had a mustard yellow 73 MGB that had the chrome bumpers but had the 74 rims that weren't spokes. I would like to build the 68 version as a 73 since it is similar to the 68 however I was wondering how I could get the rims included in the 74 version? Not sure if there is an aftermarket product. Also, I need to make it left hand drive and am thinking I may need to manipulate the model dash in some way. Also, trying to figure out if Tamiya has a mustard yellow that I could try to match. Alot of questions and appreciate any help.
Thanks for the message and I've done some research for you - I think it's Rostyle wheels you are after. I had a look at the '74 version of this kit and it looks like it does come with the chrome bumpers as well as the later rubber ones, so you could use that. As for the dashboard, all I could suggest is very carefully cutting out both sides and swapping them over. Might be too much to ask. It's worth checking sites like USCP as they do aftermarket resin parts. For the paint, not sure about a Tamiya TS mustard but look at auto paints - I find some list on eBay where they will make a spray can if you have the paint code. I hope that helps and good luck!
They are very old cars now - I think my uncle likes to be able to tinker around with his MGB to fix stuff. It's not something you can really do with modern cars.
It's my car Thomas modelled this on, and now the model is mine too! Thanks so much Thomas, the result is great and it's wonderful to see the techniques you've used to make it so accurate to the full sizer.
Thanks so much Sean and I'm really glad you liked it. I look forward to going for a spin in the full sizer some day! 😁
What an amazing job Thomas, you are a true professional😃👏👏
Thank you very much Helen. I really like to do my best.
Great finish, worth the nerve-wracking Dremel! Such great details, an authentic looking result👏👏👏
Haha. Yeah, I had a bit of a practice on a plastic spoon to start with. I will definitely use that again on my next road car build.
Outstanding result Thomas! The best gifts are ones someone makes especially for you. I’m sure he will love it. I see the weather in your spray booth is good; it’s been raining in mine. It also alternates between to HOT or too humid! Got to get that control fixed. Keep up the good work! 🚗
Thanks a lot Richard. Yeah, he only got the car last year and I'd wanted to make the Aoshima kit so this seemed like a good idea. We have been having some great weather in the spray booth - hopefully I'll get some paint down on my Ferrari later.
@@BOABModels good luck with that! It’s a pleasure to watch your videos. Take care! 🏎
Many thanks for taking the time to produce this video.
I'm about to start it myself, and the little hints and tips will prove really useful.
Hopefully I'll be able to get close to your levels of skill.
You're welcome, Tony. I'm sure you'll do a great job. It's a nice little kit which makes a great representation of the car.
I love it Thomas and your uncle has great taste in cars!
Thank you very much Shawn. I went to see it when I gave him the car yesterday - I'm very jealous! 😅
@@BOABModels I bet!! Lol
Nice build! A very rusty ivory white 1964 MG-B was my first car back in the 1980's. You've inspired me to seek out and build this kit.
Thank you very much! It's a lot of fun and goes together really nicely. 😁👍
This was great! Watching this come to life, replicating your uncles car, great execution on this!
Thanks a lot - I only saw the real car itself on the day I gave it to him.
A beautiful model. Good work.
Thank you very much
amazing!! thanks for sharing. have a nice weekend👍
Thank you very much!
Great build! I'm sure he will be well chuffed with it.
Thank you very much - he really loved it. 😁
Excellent work, well done
Much appreciated, Sarah Jane.
Outstanding Video and presentation.
Very kind, thanks a lot 😁👍
Came out amazing 🙌🙌
Thank you Nathan.
Nice work Thomas! I have one of these kits as well. I also picked up an MGB GT transkit, from C1 Models, both are in my "I will get to them after I retire" stash.
Very nice, Joe. My grandad had an MGB GT - probably one of the reasons my uncle decided to get one. I should have a look at that trans kit.
Nice Build!!! Great Work!!!
Cheers Mike 👍😁
Really nice job. Great idea for the head rests. I like all the car facts you spread thru the video.
Thanks a lot! Researching the cars is one of my favourite parts of the build.
Nice video Thomas!
Cheers Tim.
Nice build Thomas!
Thanks a lot for watching, David.
Very nice build ! 👍😉
Thank you very much.
Looks great! I have been wanting to get this kit myself and I can see why! Beautiful build.
Thanks a lot Spencer. I totally recommend it. Get the rally version as it comes with a load of extras too.
I'm pretty pleased with this!
Thanks a lot - me too 😅😅
Lovely little kit that, and a great result! Your modelling skills are coming on leaps and bounds! 👍Rock on Silverstone G.P.!
Thanks a lot Paul. I appreciate it.
Thank you for that, I shall do some research.
You're welcome
Great build! I actually own the 68 and 71 year cars.
Thank you very much! They are lovely cars
You selected a great piece of music.
From the 1980’s movie 🎥
“Somewhere In Time”. Great love story.
Theme of Paganini 👍🏻😎🇺🇸👍🏻🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸👍🏻🇬🇧👍🏻🙏🏻✝️🇬🇧
Thank you, your majesty
This car is the bomb I’ve got four in the collection
Wow! Yeah, I'm considering getting one of the other versions in the future.
Nice build! It looks like the body sits high relative to the top of the tires and ground, though. I'm not sure how you'd correct that without doing major surgery on the kit. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Hugh - you may be right. I believe the ride height on the 1974-1980 rubber bumper version was higher so possibly the internals are based on that?
Very very nice. Thanks
Thank you too, Pete.
My brother-n-law had one when he was young back then.
Your brother in law had good taste!
Thanks for this very helpful video. Two comments: (1) I owned a 1968 MGB Mk II in Australia, and it did not come with headrests. (2) Where can I get that very useful tool that you use to hold the bodywork whilst painting?
I'm glad you found this so helpful. The car is based on my uncle's one as I built it for his birthday and his does have headrests so I made some!
The tool is the Tamiya paint spray stand and it's incredibly useful. www.tamiya.com/english/products/74522stand/index.htm
What type of glue did you use to attach small parts to the body, such as door handles? I painted the body already, but not sure whether humbrol liquid poly is Ok because it is designed to weld 2 pieces together
I used either foam safe super glue or super glue gel. Either way it was very, very sparing. White glue such as PVA or school glue would work also although the cure time is a lot slower. I hope that helps
I had a mustard yellow 73 MGB that had the chrome bumpers but had the 74 rims that weren't spokes. I would like to build the 68 version as a 73 since it is similar to the 68 however I was wondering how I could get the rims included in the 74 version? Not sure if there is an aftermarket product. Also, I need to make it left hand drive and am thinking I may need to manipulate the model dash in some way. Also, trying to figure out if Tamiya has a mustard yellow that I could try to match. Alot of questions and appreciate any help.
Thanks for the message and I've done some research for you - I think it's Rostyle wheels you are after. I had a look at the '74 version of this kit and it looks like it does come with the chrome bumpers as well as the later rubber ones, so you could use that.
As for the dashboard, all I could suggest is very carefully cutting out both sides and swapping them over. Might be too much to ask. It's worth checking sites like USCP as they do aftermarket resin parts.
For the paint, not sure about a Tamiya TS mustard but look at auto paints - I find some list on eBay where they will make a spray can if you have the paint code.
I hope that helps and good luck!
Hey
What did you use to paint the tail lights?
I actually can't remember! It was either Tamiya transparent red and orange or it was Sharpie permanent markers!
@@BOABModels thanks
Have you painted the grill, rims and bumpers?
No, they came with that chrome finish in the box
My Son had one, body wise it really wasn't too bad but mechanically it was a bit of a dog, great fun when it worked though.
They are very old cars now - I think my uncle likes to be able to tinker around with his MGB to fix stuff. It's not something you can really do with modern cars.
👏👏👏👏
Cheers 👍😁
When i said my brother-n-law had one, i meant he had a 1 to 1
Oh cool! I hear they are quite a good classic to own as parts are quite available.