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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 11:34 AM UTC
MiniArt has a new tank crew in works in 1/35th scale which judging by the fans of German armour should be a very welcome addition to their range.

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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 12:14 PM UTC
About time. Given the sheer number of Pz III and IV variants from Dragon alone, not to mention others, it's amazing how few German tank crew figure sets there are that could actually populate all three hatches in the turret.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 01:52 PM UTC
I like the Mini-arts offerings. They are relatively cheap. Only drawback is that lots of semi-sculpturing is required to look presentable. The quality of plastic is somewhat too soft and react strangely to the glue.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 02:30 AM UTC
Hi

Well going by the photograph I'd say the four crew members on the tank are a revamp of the old 35003 set, German Tank Crew with different heads, backed up by the change in plastic colour. 35003 set is listed as discontinued on the Miniart site.





To be honest the heads on the old 35003 set were pretty bad and would benefit from swapping with something like Hornet resin so its good they've done some revisions.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 04:05 AM UTC
I want!
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 05:33 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Given the sheer number of Pz III and IV variants from Dragon alone, not to mention others, it's amazing how few German tank crew figure sets there are that could actually populate all three hatches in the turret.


Plus there's a pointing German Officer, not enough of those in plastic
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 05:50 AM UTC
Pat he is just asking a mate if she is the one with the flying helmet and wet celery.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 08:05 PM UTC

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Given the sheer number of Pz III and IV variants from Dragon alone, not to mention others, it's amazing how few German tank crew figure sets there are that could actually populate all three hatches in the turret.


Plus there's a pointing German Officer, not enough of those in plastic


Not enough .....?


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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 08:47 PM UTC
Actually the pointing officer depicts a real Panzer Regt commander- I can't remember which one. I remember seeing a photo in German Army Uniforms and Insignia 1933-1945 by Brian L. Davis which of course I can't find right now The jacket he is wearing is custom made from pea pattern waffen SS material
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Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 12:16 AM UTC

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Actually the pointing officer depicts a real Panzer Regt commander- I can't remember which one. I remember seeing a photo in German Army Uniforms and Insignia 1933-1945 by Brian L. Davis which of course I can't find right now The jacket he is wearing is custom made from pea pattern waffen SS material


Pat, the officer is Oberstleutnant Adelbert Schulz (pic from Bundesarchiv). Seems like most of the kits poses came from these shots. Cheers, Tat



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Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 05:50 AM UTC

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Pat, the officer is Oberstleutnant Adelbert Schulz (pic from Bundesarchiv). Seems like most of the kits poses came from these shots. Cheers, Tat



Thanks Tat for finding the photo. It's interesting that in an army that was so regimented Uniform regulations were ignored by so many.
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