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 Post subject: Sony MDP-9
PostPosted: 23 Jan 2018, 04:01 
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I recently was given a model kit of the Benetton B187 and in it was a flyer where you could win a bunch of stuff by sending in your answer card. One of the items was the Sony MDP-9.

Since I didn’t know this model I looked it up and it seems to have two pickups...but also two spindles, audio sections, drawers, etc. Like most LD players it can play CDs but for a change this one can play one of the each at the same time. It’s two players in one case with serial link built in.

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laserdisc_archive/sony/sony_mdp-9/sony_mdp-9.htm

Does anyone have better pictures? Has anyone ever seen one?
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PostPosted: 23 Jan 2018, 04:14 
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That is a very interesting looking player.
Thanks for posting it.
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 Post subject: Re: Sony MDP-9
PostPosted: 23 Jan 2018, 15:55 
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What an odd player. Especially since the audio for the CD portion isn't as good as the LD portion!
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 Post subject: Re: Sony MDP-9
PostPosted: 23 Jan 2018, 18:00 
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weird find. Hopefully there are better pics out there but who knows it could be kinda of rare or something. never knew sony to do this.
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 Post subject: Re: Sony MDP-9
PostPosted: 23 Jan 2018, 22:31 
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elahrairrah wrote:
What an odd player. Especially since the audio for the CD portion isn't as good as the LD portion!


I’d assume that the CD section is cribbed from one of their cheaper CD players. Building an LD player was expensive enough so I guess there wasn’t much budget left over for the CD part.

Think of the Laseractive. It plays games! But basically every aspect of it sucks to keep the price down to merely ridiculous. :)

Of the two pics shown one seems to have wood side panels like Sony’s fancier VCRs. It seem more like an industrial use machine though, for bars and shows and stuff.
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 Post subject: Re: Sony MDP-9
PostPosted: 24 Jan 2018, 00:35 
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signofzeta wrote:
I recently was given a model kit of the Benetton B187


Hi,

was it the GUNZE SANGYO B187 1/24 Scale model?

Just curious (or perhaps nosey) but how does it compare to the usual suspects from Japan?

Cheers.
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PostPosted: 24 Jan 2018, 01:07 
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je280 wrote:
signofzeta wrote:
I recently was given a model kit of the Benetton B187


Hi,

was it the GUNZE SANGYO B187 1/24 Scale model?

Just curious (or perhaps nosey) but how does it compare to the usual suspects from Japan?

Cheers.


It was that very one, yes.

It’s like other kits in the series. It’s nowhere near Tamiya 1/20 quality. The control arms are thick and like a lot of old Gunze kits it’s made so you can motorized it easily. Detail-wise I’d compare it more to a slot car.

It’s molded in the blue-green color and has large decals for everything including the driver’s helmet and visor. If I can get a nice deep clear on the plastic and I can get the decals to work I think this may turn out really well. After all...it’s this car, right? If the colors are right you won’t see the rest. The other cars in this series with more simplistic livery might be pretty sad though.

I’ll let you know when I get to building it.
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 Post subject: Re: Sony MDP-9
PostPosted: 25 Jan 2018, 01:32 
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signofzeta wrote:
je280 wrote:
signofzeta wrote:
I recently was given a model kit of the Benetton B187


Hi,

was it the GUNZE SANGYO B187 1/24 Scale model?

Just curious (or perhaps nosey) but how does it compare to the usual suspects from Japan?

Cheers.


It was that very one, yes.

It’s like other kits in the series. It’s nowhere near Tamiya 1/20 quality. The control arms are thick and like a lot of old Gunze kits it’s made so you can motorized it easily. Detail-wise I’d compare it more to a slot car.

It’s molded in the blue-green color and has large decals for everything including the driver’s helmet and visor. If I can get a nice deep clear on the plastic and I can get the decals to work I think this may turn out really well. After all...it’s this car, right? If the colors are right you won’t see the rest. The other cars in this series with more simplistic livery might be pretty sad though.

I’ll let you know when I get to building it.


Thanks for that & only saw a few of the GUNZE SANGYO kits years ago now, as soon as you described them I did recollect the type that they were - battery box in the base etcetera if my memory serves me.

Got a few TAMIYA kits away in boxes but have not looked at them for years, perhaps time to dig through some boxes again. A few are started, a couple almost finished so time to look out the modelling tools & clear the space perhaps.

Enjoy the build when you get round to it.

Cheers for now,

John
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