Does anybody know if the MINI ART & MIRROR MODELS kits are the same?, it does seem odd that both companies are releasing the same vehicles at the same time!.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 07:56 PM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 08:06 PM UTC
They are not exactly the same.
Mirror has a fixed dozer blade, Miniart has one that can be angled (manually repositioning) and they showed one in Nuremberg with another system for angle adjustment.
Mirror has a pure tractor with a winch attached at the rear end, Miniart also has a pure tractor but this one has a heavier winch.
So, it is 4 (soon to be 5) different versions. I don't know if they have shared moulds so that some parts are the same but at least it is not straight re-boxings ...
/ Robin
Mirror has a fixed dozer blade, Miniart has one that can be angled (manually repositioning) and they showed one in Nuremberg with another system for angle adjustment.
Mirror has a pure tractor with a winch attached at the rear end, Miniart also has a pure tractor but this one has a heavier winch.
So, it is 4 (soon to be 5) different versions. I don't know if they have shared moulds so that some parts are the same but at least it is not straight re-boxings ...
/ Robin
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 08:15 PM UTC
And it's not that odd that companies release kits of the same subject at the dance time. Many companies do it. I forgot what the most recent one was but I think it was Trumpeter and one other both had a kit of the same vehicle coming out.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 08:21 PM UTC
Takom, Amusing Hobby and Panda each released a Object 279 tank kit in 1/35 at about the same time. They are all different kits.
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Christophe
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 09:14 PM UTC
Mirror = LeTourneau XD7 Dozer
MiniArt = WCK7 Angledozer + LaPlant-Choate R71 Trailbuilder (as #35295 coming soon)
Michael
MiniArt = WCK7 Angledozer + LaPlant-Choate R71 Trailbuilder (as #35295 coming soon)
Michael
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 10:41 PM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 11:30 PM UTC
I think it's something like a grader, but as a trailer, towed by the dozer!
We can find a picture here:
http://www.mirror-models.com
Maybe it's a LeTourneau scraper
Michael
We can find a picture here:
http://www.mirror-models.com
Maybe it's a LeTourneau scraper
Michael
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Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2015 - 03:03 AM UTC
A towed scraper would be really cool :-)
/ Robin
/ Robin
Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2015 - 03:09 AM UTC
Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2015 - 03:21 AM UTC
Also Mirror does currently have a Diamond T dump truck version available.
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Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 08:16 AM UTC
Mike, PlusModels makes the sheepsfoot roller.
Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 08:36 PM UTC
Was not aware of anyone making a sheep's foot compactor. Good to know.
Of course once again, we are talking about having to deal with a low volume, short run, resin model manufacture. They are expensive as all get out, often hard to deal with and by the time you read the announcement of a new model in the blogs the entire run has probably already been spoken for.
I would never order anything directly from these foreign resin manufactures as they have such a mixed reputation. I only purchase their items on eBay from someone who actually has the item in hand and has a good feedback rating!
Of course once again, we are talking about having to deal with a low volume, short run, resin model manufacture. They are expensive as all get out, often hard to deal with and by the time you read the announcement of a new model in the blogs the entire run has probably already been spoken for.
I would never order anything directly from these foreign resin manufactures as they have such a mixed reputation. I only purchase their items on eBay from someone who actually has the item in hand and has a good feedback rating!
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Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 09:14 PM UTC