
Land Rover 88 Series 1 Open Top Dark Green MCG 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Land Rover
- Manufacturer
- MCG
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- MCG18367
- Year
- 1957
- Era
- 1950s
- Body Type
- Open-Top
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4052176803158
About the Land Rover 88 Series 1 Open Top Dark Green MCG 1:18
TL;DR: MCG's 1:18 diecast Land Rover 88 Series 1 open top reproduces the 1957 off-roader in dark green, cast as a sealed one-piece body carrying the vehicle's exposed panel construction. New model, fresh box. Displays naturally beside its hard top sibling for an early Land Rover pairing.
An open-top Series 1 has a rawer, more utilitarian read than the hard top variant, exposing the seating and cabin structure that the closed roof otherwise hides.
Casting the Open-Top Cabin Honestly
Without a solid roof, the open-top version puts more of its detail on display at once, so the seats, dash, and simple fold-down windscreen frame all have to hold up under direct scrutiny in a way a closed body does not require. MCG's diecast tooling handles this well, with a molded interior that captures the Series 1's spartan cabin without over-detailing it into something more modern than the original. The body itself is sealed, a fixed one-piece shell with no opening doors, so the flat wing panels, exposed rivets, and simple wheel arches all read directly off the casting rather than through opened panels. Dark green is a period-correct color that many original Series 1 vehicles wore, particularly military and agricultural examples, and it suits the vehicle's practical origins better than a brighter hue would. The finish is even across the flat panels, with no bleed at the color transitions around the grille and wings. As a new model, there is no prior handling to note.
Pairing Open and Closed Series 1 Variants
Land Rover offered the Series 1 in both open and hard top configurations from the start, since the vehicle was designed as flexible farm and utility equipment rather than a single fixed body style, and displaying both versions together tells that dual-purpose story more completely than either piece alone. This open-top model in dark green makes a natural pair with the light beige hard top from the same range, letting a buyer show the two roof configurations side by side on a shelf dedicated to early Land Rover history. As a starting point for a marque-specific collection, the Series 1 predates every SUV convention modern collectors associate with the brand, giving it real historical weight despite its modest, utilitarian shape. At MCG's diecast tier, both variants remain accessible enough to buy as a pair without straining a collecting budget, which makes building that origin-era pairing an easy decision.














