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MiniArt: German Artillery Crew Facelift
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Posted: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 - 09:16 PM UTC


MiniArt has given their German Artillery Crew a facelift and having cleaned up the moulds re-released them as a special edition. You now get figures and new ammunition.

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jrutman
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Posted: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 - 09:41 PM UTC
They do look a lot better!
Nice set. They are raising their standards a lot.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 - 11:01 PM UTC
Glad to see that not all things coming out of Ukraine are bad news these days.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 12:31 AM UTC

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Glad to see that not all things coming out of Ukraine are bad news these days.



It's all about who sets the rules and who decides whether this or that news should be told to the rest of the world...

You know, we have 'war with Russia' and 'we are the last stronghold of democracy' in front of 'Russian hordes' so, give us money to keep yourselves safe and sound...
That's the principle nowadays !
Biggles2
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Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 03:41 AM UTC
Hmmm...guns for models?
edmund
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Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 03:59 AM UTC
I would like to see pictures of the new release . I have the old ones so I can compare them .
justsendit
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Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 04:55 AM UTC
I have the original kit as well ... was wondering if this might just be an ammo/crate upgrade .. and what caliber?
Ironmike
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Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 05:08 AM UTC
MiniArt has improved over the years but many of their figure's heads seem kinda blockish-looking to me - thick seam lines and thick necks. I prefer Dragon, MB or Verlinden to MiniArt with most Tamiya figures right next to the aforementioned products.
dimkaras
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Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 12:10 PM UTC
MiniArt has great plastic figures ...from great sculptors.
And yes, the cleaning up of their molds would be always a right move!
BTW, the painted figures image is the good old one, from their first release.
Also at this kind of images the painter always used to do some extra work on the models, improving the details, ie. ears, pockets etc.
Something that is necessary when you want a pro result from a plastic figure.
Yankasippi
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Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 10:36 PM UTC
This is also a very nice kit for modification to say, surrendering and carrying the wounded or both.
AlanL
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Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 12:17 AM UTC
I'd be delighted if they took some of the poses of theri figures and turned them into British Artillery crew. I've used these for conversions to WW1 troops but it would be nice to have some custome made so to speak.

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Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 03:27 AM UTC
jeez that'd be nice Al.......these poses for WW1 artillery crew
easyco69
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Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 02:22 PM UTC
arty crew carrying anti tank ammo?
gregcctrn
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Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 08:59 PM UTC
Some side by side shots of old and new would be nice to see...I also wonder if it is more of an ammo upgrade than anything.
Jmarles
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Posted: Sunday, June 14, 2015 - 01:06 AM UTC

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arty crew carrying anti tank ammo?



For Stugs..yes...as many, if not most, were operated as artillery..
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