Review of MiniArt 1/35th Scale
River Embankment Section
Diorama Series No. 36044
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $30.50
MiniArt is a model company based in the Ukraine.
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $30.50
MiniArt is a model company based in the Ukraine.
THE KIT:
The kit comes in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a color photo of the model made up. It is overall gray with red rust streaks down the front wall below each fence post and white horizontal streaks at the base of the front wall and steps. This is all on a all-white background, similar to how Tamiya does their box arts.
One corner of the box art says the kit contains the embankment section and street accessories. The kit makes up to be 10” long by 8 ½” wide.
One side panel of the box has 3 color walk-around photos of the kit made up.
The other side panel says the kit contains an unassembled model kit for modelers age 14 over. Not suitable for children under 3 years because of small parts, Paint and glue are not included. This is said again in Ukrainian, Russian and English, with color illustrations of the flags of the countries that speak those languages and a third time in multiple languages. MiniArt’s street address e-mail and web address are provided, plus MADE IN UKRAINE.
WHAT’S IN THE KIT:
This kit contains 6 identical gray parts trees. There is vacuformed parts of a road bed (the top of the embankment), the front wall section and the stair-case parts, all in a sealed cello bag.
The kit comes in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a color photo of the model made up. It is overall gray with red rust streaks down the front wall below each fence post and white horizontal streaks at the base of the front wall and steps. This is all on a all-white background, similar to how Tamiya does their box arts.
One corner of the box art says the kit contains the embankment section and street accessories. The kit makes up to be 10” long by 8 ½” wide.
One side panel of the box has 3 color walk-around photos of the kit made up.
The other side panel says the kit contains an unassembled model kit for modelers age 14 over. Not suitable for children under 3 years because of small parts, Paint and glue are not included. This is said again in Ukrainian, Russian and English, with color illustrations of the flags of the countries that speak those languages and a third time in multiple languages. MiniArt’s street address e-mail and web address are provided, plus MADE IN UKRAINE.
WHAT’S IN THE KIT:
This kit contains 6 identical gray parts trees. There is vacuformed parts of a road bed (the top of the embankment), the front wall section and the stair-case parts, all in a sealed cello bag.
The six identical gray trees hold: man-hole covers, fence sections, drain parts, park bench supports and seat and pole halves. (11 parts per tree)
I have assembled the top and front of the embankment and the stair case. MiniArt does not provide parts to do the side walls and the back wall. Bad move MiniArt! I fabricated these from plastic sheet stock. I have also assembled one of the park benches.
The instructions consist of a single sheet that is 8 ½” x 11”, printed on both sides.
It starts by showing a part tree illustration of one of the 6 identical trees and labels the trees as letter C. This is followed by 3 international assembly symbol explanations and 7 assembly step drawings.
The other side of the instructions continues with the balance of the assembly steps for a grand total of 12.
The kit will make up into a neat diorama. Although it says RIVER EMBANKMENT, I intend to have mine as an OCEAN EMBANKMENT.
I have to add some water at the front of it. Probably made from artist’s gel medium.
It starts by showing a part tree illustration of one of the 6 identical trees and labels the trees as letter C. This is followed by 3 international assembly symbol explanations and 7 assembly step drawings.
The other side of the instructions continues with the balance of the assembly steps for a grand total of 12.
The kit will make up into a neat diorama. Although it says RIVER EMBANKMENT, I intend to have mine as an OCEAN EMBANKMENT.
I have to add some water at the front of it. Probably made from artist’s gel medium.
Also I am going to add Italeri’s 1/35th scale kit of the Italian WWII S.L.C 200 “Maiale” 2-man mounted torpedo, kit no. 5605 and perhaps an Italian car parked on top. Also, some Mussolini propaganda posters. I have the torpedo about 85% built and the 2 Italian frog-men assembled.
Highly recommended. As said above, the only downer was that there were 3 support walls not included that should have been.
Kit was courtesy of my wallet at my local hobby shop.
Kit was courtesy of my wallet at my local hobby shop.