MGB By Minichamps
MG Enthusiast|August 2017

MGB By Minichamps

Andrew Ralston
MGB By Minichamps

As every MG fan knows, the letters stand for Morris Garages, a reminder that the marque is one of many in the motor industry that derives its name from an individual. That’s something which rarely happens in the model car world, where manufacturers prefer to come up with trade names that will make an impact – Corgi, Models of Yesteryear, Lone Star and the like.

One exception, however, was a range launched in 1990 under the name Paul’s Model Art. The Paul in question was Paul Lang. Since the 1970s he and his brother Hans Peter had been running a company based in Aachen, Germany called Danhausen and they used to issue a hefty publication called the DanhausenWorld Model Car Book listing thousands of models sourced worldwide and available by mail order. The Langsmade arrangements with

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