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Surprise From MiniArt in 1/35th
jimbrae
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 03:35 AM UTC
Only a short time ago, there was a dearth of good, modern, German softskin kits.In the case of the civilian vehicles impressed into military service such as the Admirals or Opels, virtually nothing. Now, it seems that not a week goes by with the announcement of another of these saloons - here''s the latest, again, in 1/35th scale, from MiniArt.


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Thanks!

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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 03:53 AM UTC
Really nifty!
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 04:59 AM UTC
From the boxart it looks as if they may include the civilian set with it though it hasn't been released on it's own yet.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 04:59 AM UTC
This is an excellent and really good new release!

very well done!!!

MIG
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 05:05 AM UTC
Am looking forward to getting one of these. I hope they make an American staff car too. I think someone makes one but it is in a smaller scale. Go figure...............
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 06:21 AM UTC
More Civilian softskins excellent. A few British Staff Cars woud be good. too D .

Al

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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 08:29 AM UTC

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I hope they make an American staff car too. I think someone makes one but it is in a smaller scale.


Tamiya's makes a 1/48 US Staff Car (32559). Although it isn't specifically identified, I believe it is a Ford Model 1942 Sedan.
tylusfaust
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 08:56 AM UTC
Miniart seems to be the company to watch nowadays. They make incredible choices in subjects. If they could get their detail up just a little bit, they'd give DML a run for their money.
Hisham
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 09:36 AM UTC
I really like this one.. it kinda reminds me when I was a kid and we used to come to Egypt during the summer vacation.. I used to see a lot of similar looking cars which people had turned into taxi cabs. I guess they never realized that some people pay top dollar for these classics

Hisham
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 09:52 AM UTC
Looks good - I wonder if they'll also do the cabriolet version? (As mentioned ad nausium in Hans Van Luck's memoirs...)

Tom
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 10:47 AM UTC
I think their detail level is already up there. Have you seen their Valentine or Dingo series? They're way past Tamiya, and better than Trumpeter and AFV. The only way they could compete with DML is by releasing a new kit per month
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 11:32 AM UTC
Give them a few years

Looks like they did a great job with this, and right up my alley too
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 04:14 PM UTC
SWWWWWEEEEETTT!!! What a great looking little love chariot!
Hot! Please don't let me get back into cars again! Can't get the chrome out of my system a second time.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 09:37 PM UTC
Looks like it would be a nice vehicle to build, love the soft skins, but there Dingo left me asking the question why many times and the directions were not very helpful
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