This auction is for a vintage sealed new-old-stock 1:16 scale MG-TC British sports car plastic model kit by Entex Industries, Inc. The box is marked in part as follows: ENTEX. MG-TC. THE CLASSIC SPORTS CAR. 1/16 SCALE. 164 PIECES. SUPERB DETAIL THROUGHOUT. COLORS MOLDED-IN. NO PAINTING. FINE-SPOKE WHEELS WITH RUBBER TYRES. NO. 8223. UNASSEMBLED: CHILDREN UNDER 10 MAY REQUIRE ADULT ASSISTANCE. ENTEX INDUSTRIES, INC., COMPTON, CA. PRINTED IN JAPAN. THE LAST MODEL YEAR WAS 1949. AND IN THE MIND OF THE TC FAN, MG HAS SIMPLY NOT BUILT A CAR SINCE THEN.
The box has aging, caving, bowing, bumped corners, dings, dents, crushing, edge wear, creases, and dirty and/or stained areas (see pictures). The shrink-wrap has scratches, scuffs, nicks, dings, dirty and/or stained areas, and debris trapped between the box and shrink-wrap. The shrink-wrap also has what we believe to be several vent holes on the bottom and top that were added by the manufacturer (see pictures). One of the sides of the box has an old faded price sticker attached to it (see pictures). The box measures roughly 16 1/8” x 9 7/8” x 2 1/8” and weighs 1 lb 1.6 oz. This vintage sealed new-old-stock 1:16 scale MG-TC British sports car plastic model kit by Entex Industries, Inc. is sure to be a nice addition to your collection.
This is one of just over a dozen vintage model kits we currently have listed, mostly sealed new-old-stock kits of various MG models. They came from the estate of a long-married couple of petrolheads. Another shared interest actually brought them together—ham. Radio that is. The pair of young hams—the YL then becoming one of America's youngest licensed female ham radio operators when she was just 15—spoke through the air for a year before meeting. Between them the couple was licensed nearly a century-and-a-half, each maintaining their original call signs for over 70 years! It's no wonder that their shared appreciation of technology and technical precision would lead them to collecting their much beloved MGs (with a side of Porsche). It seems equally natural that they would garnish the hobby with precision model kits of their favorite vehicles, applying their eye for detail at the workbench as well as the "shack" and the garage—a collective 150-year legacy of technical passion we are proud to pass on with this kit.
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