In Box Review of Miniart 1/35th Scale
Italian Tank Crew
Kit no. 35093
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2011
Available at Hobby Terra for $ 9.00 or at Sprue Brothers for $11.49 or at Mega Hobby for $13.49 or at 1001 Hobbies for $13.99 or at the PM Store for $13.99 and 11 locations overseas on the web.
I paid $16.79 for my kit at a local hobby shop that went out of business.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2011
Available at Hobby Terra for $ 9.00 or at Sprue Brothers for $11.49 or at Mega Hobby for $13.49 or at 1001 Hobbies for $13.99 or at the PM Store for $13.99 and 11 locations overseas on the web.
I paid $16.79 for my kit at a local hobby shop that went out of business.
THE KIT:
Miniart is an old prolific model company based in the Ukraine. They manufacture many model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit comes in a very blousy shrink-wrapped end-opening type box.
This box is 4” too long and 1 ½” too wide.
I am no fan of this type of box, because invariably parts or the decal sheet will find their way past one of the end flaps of the box to become lost forever. Give me a tray and lid type box any day of the week.
The cover art shows 5 Italian tank crewmen. Three are standing and two are seated. They are posed against an all-white background, similar to how Tamiya brand also does the majority of their box arts.
Trees are not alphabetized. However, each figure is alphabetized.
Reading left to right, the first man is letter D. He is seated. He wears a khaki uniform with a black leather helmet with ear flaps. He has a pair of goggles strung on the helmet. His shoes are done brown but labeled as being black. He has a leather ammo bandolier across his chest and a pistol holster on his belt.
The second man, standing behind him is letter A, he also wears a black leather helmet with ear flaps, a long black leather coat, khaki trousers bloused into high black laced gators over brown shoes.
The standing figure in the center is letter B. He also wear a shorter black leather jacket, gray trousers and cloth side cap, trousers bloused into high black laced gators over brown shoes.
The man to his right is letter C. He wears an all-black uniform is bare headed with a pair of goggles on his head and brown shoes
The final man on the far right is letter E. He is seated. He wears the same color uniform and gear as the other seated figure.
The box bottom serves as the assembly and painting guide.
It shows repeats of the figures as they are shown on the box art. Over a listing of paint colors by Vallejo, Testors, Tamiya, Humbrol, Revell and Mr. Color brands of paints.
Miniart is an old prolific model company based in the Ukraine. They manufacture many model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit comes in a very blousy shrink-wrapped end-opening type box.
This box is 4” too long and 1 ½” too wide.
I am no fan of this type of box, because invariably parts or the decal sheet will find their way past one of the end flaps of the box to become lost forever. Give me a tray and lid type box any day of the week.
The cover art shows 5 Italian tank crewmen. Three are standing and two are seated. They are posed against an all-white background, similar to how Tamiya brand also does the majority of their box arts.
Trees are not alphabetized. However, each figure is alphabetized.
Reading left to right, the first man is letter D. He is seated. He wears a khaki uniform with a black leather helmet with ear flaps. He has a pair of goggles strung on the helmet. His shoes are done brown but labeled as being black. He has a leather ammo bandolier across his chest and a pistol holster on his belt.
The second man, standing behind him is letter A, he also wears a black leather helmet with ear flaps, a long black leather coat, khaki trousers bloused into high black laced gators over brown shoes.
The standing figure in the center is letter B. He also wear a shorter black leather jacket, gray trousers and cloth side cap, trousers bloused into high black laced gators over brown shoes.
The man to his right is letter C. He wears an all-black uniform is bare headed with a pair of goggles on his head and brown shoes
The final man on the far right is letter E. He is seated. He wears the same color uniform and gear as the other seated figure.
The box bottom serves as the assembly and painting guide.
It shows repeats of the figures as they are shown on the box art. Over a listing of paint colors by Vallejo, Testors, Tamiya, Humbrol, Revell and Mr. Color brands of paints.
One side panel of the box gives a feature of the kit: Unassembled plastic model kit. This kit contains 63 parts. The box contains models of 5 figures. For modelers age 14 and older. Not suitable for children under 3 years of age, because of small parts. Paints and cement are not included. Made in the Ukraine.
This is said in Ukrainian, Russian and English. Each language is labeled with a color illustration of the flag of the country that speaks the languages.
This is said in Ukrainian, Russian and English. Each language is labeled with a color illustration of the flag of the country that speaks the languages.
The other side panel shows 2 color box arts of other figure kits that Miniart manufactures: Kit no. 35126, U.S. Tank Crew and Kit no. 35105, French tank crew. Followed by: Not suitable for children under 3 because of small parts repeated in multiple languages, including English. Minitart's street and e-mail address in the Ukraine are provided.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
The kit holds 2 medium-gray parts-trees and a small sheet that is 4” x 3 ½” format printed on one side with the parts trees illustrations on it.
As already said, the trees are not alphabetized, but the figures on them are.
One tree holds the parts of figures alphabetized as C, D & E. Figures are divided into separate heads, torsos, arms and legs, also included are 2 leather helmets with ear flaps, 3 pistol holsters, ammo bandolier pouches (38 parts)
The kit holds 2 medium-gray parts-trees and a small sheet that is 4” x 3 ½” format printed on one side with the parts trees illustrations on it.
As already said, the trees are not alphabetized, but the figures on them are.
One tree holds the parts of figures alphabetized as C, D & E. Figures are divided into separate heads, torsos, arms and legs, also included are 2 leather helmets with ear flaps, 3 pistol holsters, ammo bandolier pouches (38 parts)
The other tree holds parts of the 2 figures alphabetized as A & B. Divided into separate heads, torsos, coat bottoms, arms and legs. Also a leather helmet, pistol holster, pair of binoculars and a dispatch case (25 parts)
The figures have good detail and interesting poses that will dress up any Italian tank model.
Recommended.