Frank Glackin gives us a comprehensive build review of MiniArt's "Russian Street with Advertising Column" kit

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Frank,a remarkable review,i shall necessarilly get this diorama,thanks.

Thanks for the review, Frank. This looks perfect to get my feet wet on a small dio base, will pick one up!

Thanks Shaun for sorting this out.

And also thank you Аleksey and James. Glad you found it useful. For anybody interested in the MiniArt concept .... this is a perfect kit for a first. With only two thermoformed parts to fix together ... it goes fast and the results are excellent.

Thanks for that review Frank. I saw this in my LHS and seeing your build I will now pick it up.

Great review - thanks. I've been think about trying out their building kits. I'll have to look for this one.

GB

Frank, as I threatened in my above post, I went back to my LHS and bought this (Same price here in Ireland, €18.50, by the way).

I put it together in a couple of hours. If anyone is on the fence about buying a miniart building try this one.

Hi Pat. Glad you liked it. Eventhough, putting the two halves together was quite easy ... I still like the cobblestone road part. So simple, yet perfect for displaying models on. Really hope they release a set with alternative versions of this. I think MiniArt have hit gold with this line.
The €18.50 price was from Mol PlasticModelbouw in Holland ... a company I buy from occasionaly ... I used that as its clearer for most. I paid 200SEK for mines (€21.13) in Sweden.
So what have you planned to place on the base??

I noticed the price you guys paid for it. Why don't you try hobbyterra... even with shipping to northern Europe of about $11, it would still be cheaper.

I buy all my MasterBox and Miniart kits from them and their service is pretty good.

http://www.hobbyterra.com/product.asp?idProduct=1371

By the way, does this only work as a Russian street, or can it be in other parts in Europe as well?

Hisham

Frank have you seen this line of vacform dio stuff from a Polish Company called TM.
http://www.jadarhobby.waw.pl/tm-diorama-m-189.html
They have a couple of different cobbled streets and different roof styles too.

Hisham, I don't see anything that marks it as particularly Russian apart from the posters. I'm going to use it in a French setting with a Universal Carrier and some British Troops on it -Caen or some other Normandy town.

I have used Hobby Terra in the past but recently the Customs here have stopped a couple of Parcels from outside the EU so I'm tryimng to keep my purchases inside the European Union.