1953 MG TD [FINISHED]

[dge467]

This is a older reissued kit by Mini Craft of the real old Gowland and Gowland kit from the nineteen fifties. I am using a old Strombecker chassis from I believe the early 70's. It has a nice low RPM motor. I am still in the mocking up stage, the body will sit a little lower in the front. Also I am making my own wheel inserts and using the wheel center caps from the kit.

[btaylor]

That looks great. I love those old gowland kits, and the re issues. They make some fun slot cars. Looking forward to seeing your end result.

Bob

[Mitch58]

Not too fast, but fun none the less.

[73emgee]

Nice build!!!

[HomeRacingWorld]

Yes a very interesting model. You will make a stunner as usual.

Nice one there Mitch. Not all fun slot cars are light speed fast.

[chappyman66]

Yup, doesn't have to be fast to be fun...
That's a great build! Kitbashing allows so many more interesting cars....how about the chassis shots?

[dge467]

Mitch, your MG looks really nice!

I sprayed some Rustoleum Gloss Almond paint on the body. Here is also a picture of the chassis before I mounted the posts to the body. Not really a great chassis, but I am just trying to use what I have. It is [was]a brand new chassis. It dose run well though in testing! Not a real high RPM motor, but that suits this car well.

[Audi1]

That is one nice looking car! Maybe a peak on Sunday...……….??

A lot of MG TC's, TD's and TF's ran SCCA you know...……… :lol: Just sayin'...……….

Allan

[dge467]

After some slicing and dicing plus some scratch building, the interior is done. Driver is from Pioneer.

[bill from nh]

Nice job with the interior. It looks authentic to the car. :clap:

[Mitch58]

Is that Wimbleton White? I originally painted mine that color, then switched to black, then for the "Last Open Road "proxy I added a passenger and painted it green and removed some of the parts to match the one in the book.
You've done a great job on the details

[dge467]

Thanks! I painted it with Rustoleum Gloss Almond.

[model murdering]

Killer finish!

You know you got it right when it reflects your work bench. I see a lot of painstaking brush touch too.

I can almost read the Tach :clap:

[dge467]

Well it is all done! After doing some chassis tuning as the front axle had a lot of up and down movement, so I added a piece of tubing for the axle to go through. The car was tippy through the corners before adding the tube. I also added some weight to the chassis and found some urethane tires for the rear wheels that fit well and I sanded them also. Some front tires were found in my tire pile to replace the dry rotted and out of round originals. I made the wheel inserts and the hub caps are from the craft store.I was also missing the passenger side curtain for the top, so I made one out of some plastic sheet stock. These kits come with no glass so I made my own from some clear plastic. The headlight lenses are from the junk box. The car runs really well!

[4424ever]

Sweet ride I’m not much for English sports cars my self but that’s a nice one :music-rockout: