discussion T-55A miniart.

[Mark1]

This may take a while!! :surprised:

 

[Mark1]

Not sure all Pe is gonna make it!

 

[Jim R]

Hi Mark
Looks a typical MiniArt offering. Lots of fiddly little parts.
Jim

 

[Mark1]

My first miniart kit. Now I know!!!

 

[adt70hk]

That's ridiculous......

 

[GerryW]

My first miniart kit. Now I know!!!

Must admit that I've been watching builds and reading about a lot of manufacturers on here, and there are some that I won't be buying until I get more experience under my belt!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Must say that’s a bit bemusing.....a lot of very small frets. Some of the parts look tiny......

 

[Mark1]

I'm not deterred. ....yet!
The two biggest challenges will be my eyesight and not knocking bits off!

 

[GerryW]

I'm not deterred. ....yet!
The two biggest challenges will be my eyesight and not knocking bits off!

Get an 'optivisor' thing for the eyesight (I've got one, and it does help!)

 

[Mark1]

Might have to invest in some of those,I have a big led magnifier on a bendy stand but it's only X2 .

 

[Guest]

That's ridiculous......

Nah, they just figure that the cost of a mould depends on how big it is, so if they put (for example) a pair of wheels to a sprue, this will make things cheaper than two large sprues with five pairs of wheels each. Also, MiniArt seems to be very good at planning kits for modularity, so they can swap out a few sprues to offer different variants without going the Dragon route of including four different, large sprues of which you use a total of seven parts.

 

[Mark1]

Did wonder why they only put two wheels to a sprue but that makes perfect sense. Learnt something new :thumb2:

 

[outrunner]

I have built a few MiniArt kits and they do like to have lots of tiny, fiddly bits, most of the very small bits of PE fret are just a waste of metal in my opinion, other opinions are available of course. :smiling:

Andy.

 

[Mark1]

A few more models and I think I'll be able to weigh my rug in at the scrap metal place .

 

[adt70hk]

Nah, they just figure that the cost of a mould depends on how big it is, so if they put (for example) a pair of wheels to a sprue, this will make things cheaper than two large sprues with five pairs of wheels each. Also, MiniArt seems to be very good at planning kits for modularity, so they can swap out a few sprues to offer different variants without going the Dragon route of including four different, large sprues of which you use a total of seven parts.

Thanks Jakko. Makes sense. It's still an awful lot of sprues though.

 

[Guest]

Did wonder why they only put two wheels to a sprue but that makes perfect sense. Learnt something new :thumb2:

I’ve only built one MiniArt kit too, a Medium Tank M3, and it has the same design philosophy. For example, there are three wheels on a sprue, of which you get four, and there’s a sprue with both halves of the drive sprocket, and you get two of those.

It's still an awful lot of sprues though.

I was a bit startled by how full that M3’s box was

 

[scottie3158]

I have made a few Mini Art kits some pieces are very small and they make 5 things to make 1 but the level of detail when finished is very good.

 

[Mark1]

Well that's the first 65 bits done!
Does come with adjustable torsion bars, I've not used them as it's going to be sitting flat on a trailer.

 

[Mark1]

 

[Mark1]

No one will see them once the wheels on but I'll know so I'll crack on till one goes ping out the tweezers !!