It's been a long wait I know, but the MVC version is now available to download from my test development site

https://www.reddick.co.uk/Mvc/Topic/Posts/1244

If you notice any issues here, please post them in the bug forum. Any questions on the new layout, functionality etc. please post a question in the help forums.
Functionality now included in the base code for MVC

1. Multi language
2. Private Messaging
3. Polls
4. Banner Ads
5. Disable Edit/Delete posts with replies
6. Themes
7. Avatars
8. File Upload/Attachment
9. Active Users
10. Anti Spammer CAPTCHA Registration
11. Blogger
12. Split/Merge Topics
13. RSS Feeds

Extra functionality available as plugins

1. Events Calendar
2. Image Gallery
3. Bookmarks
4. Post Thanks

I may have missed a few

Nice work Huw. When I visited earlier, the site was crawling. But it's better now on my second visit.

I made a few tweaks to cache some query results that were being repeated, there are a few more I can cache too when I work out where the query originates . It helps running it against a reasonable sized forum to iron them out

updated initial post with 'what's included in the new version'