Totally forgot about this one Mr T. Nice to see you still adding bits and bobs when you can
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Coming along nicely, even if a little slowly :tongue-out3:Comment
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Looking good Simon, I'll follow along, got a Miniart Dingo in the stash, the instructions do look very 'busy'.Comment
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Steve - yes, still crawling along
Ian - ta
Graeme - I've got a MkII in the stash. The instructions are not the best - would have been better using a couple more pages and spreading things out with slightly larger illustrations. Some of the positioning information for the small bits is a bit vague
I have a shed load of Miniart T54 & T55's with huge parts counts - if this anything to go by I don't think they will be very easy buildsComment
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I got fed up of adding ridiculously small parts in the cabin so decided to do some of the bigger stuff
after a considerable fight I managed to get the main bodywork together - fit of parts is vague to say the least, definitely not Tamiya, which doesn't bode well for the large amount of more complicated Miniart tank kits in the stash
even after lots of pushing and shoving and measuring and adjusting, the engine deck is still slightly lopsided but it will have to do
A tip for anyone thinking of building one of these - when you get to the point of adding body panels to the internal floor pan add all the parts in one go. Left and right sides, front panel, rear panel and front upper panel. The instructions show them gradually being added in stages - do that and nothing fits together. You need to add them all in one go so that you can adjust them for best fit
I had to soak mine in glue and partially pull it apart to get them assembled
The body panel joints have a really nice fine weld seam detail however I have lost that in a few places
The front panel needs a small magazine rack adding to the underside, not a problem. It has a PE front plate though which is so finely etched that it is impossible to cut from the fret without causing some distortion. Good thing you can't really see it once installed
At least it is starting to look a bit more Dingo shaped now
Does the GB finish at the start of Nov or the end? Not clear from title just saying Sept to Nov. If start then no chance of finishingComment
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Hi Simon
Looking as if progress has been made despite MiniArt's efforts to make life difficult. Considering this is a relatively new kit and not cheap it should be better.
JimComment
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Morning Jim - the destructions could definitely do with larger illustrations that are more helpful in terms of part location
I wouldn't say it is a bad kit though, far from it, just rather different to the norm, and I am not used to their particular brand of torture
It is very highly detailed and has much more scale like panel thicknesses - typically they must be about a third of the thickness of Tamiya panels
The side effect of all this detail is that it does make them much more challenging - certainly not the shake'n'bake approach of Tamiya
Hopefully for the next build of one of their kits it will be a case of forewarned is forearmedComment
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Nice work Simon. Sounds like you had a lot of fun with the body panels.Comment
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Oh yes, lots of fun Scottie :smiling5:
added the wheel arches
added back the welds that vanished during construction - just need a light sand with a scotchpad to take the wispy bits offComment
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Looking good Mr T. Nice save on the weld lines. Are you using the kit wheels? If so what are they like? Apart from being round and grey LOLComment
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That describes them perfectly Steve
Why, do you suspect something is wrong with them?Comment
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here you go Steve - two parts per wheel
Standard mould line around the tyre
The holes in the front are a little shallow but other than that they look ok to meComment
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Ahhhhhh - fanks Mr T. Your a nice man arnt you?:tongue-out3:Comment
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