Blue DTC Brands have kept things simple this month with their Corgi Model Club release of the 302 MGA. The first thing that will strike you as you open the box is how red it is! Very red. Quite definitely red. The second thing may be that red again but the second or third will be how nice it is to have good protection for the vulnerable screen in the shape of two now familiar chunks of polystyrene or foamy plastic. You also get a piece of tissue paper this time, not the thin plastic stuff.
It is a lovely-looking model and they've chosen the early edition with shaped wheels, not seen on a Club re-issue since the Land Rover Breakdown Truck. There's not a lot that can go wrong with making this one, although I do wonder about the slope of the radiator grille at the front. It appears rather more upright than my copy shown below.
As usual, the detailing is precise and really just like the original except better determined.
Whilst I am aware that colours can change with age, I do feel that the choice of such a bright red was a mistake.
How many times do we get to see such a pristine and shiny, rust-free tin base? Lovely. If my memory serves me right the only other re-issue of a tin base model has been for the Mercedes-Benz 303S. However, with suspension required, the used a different style for that one.
The description card or certificate tells us that there were three colour schemes for the MGA. We all know about the red and the metallic green but I feat they have simply copied data from The Great Book for that cream one. As is the case with many of dear old Marcel's memories of colours used for models, he is confusing colour trials with what actually made it into a box you could buy. You would not have found then, and certainly will not find now, a cream MGA with red seats other than a factory sample.
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