MiniArt adds another softskin to its offerings, this time featuring a 1.5t Soviet truck.

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Thanks!

I think I am beginning to see a pattern here from MiniArt: military trucks in pre/post war civilian garb! And it is a pattern I think I will very much enjoy.

Will there be multiple choices of lettering as there was for the Mercades truck?

Even though this kit is obviously some sort of furniture moving firm I would hope the decals would come with a translation so our dio settings can better match the intent of the vehicle markings.

Nice box art.

Just now noted the attached description says that the kit comes with EIGHT lettering options!

Using Google translator I've found this :

First line : Cargo
Second line : Taxi
Third line : Mosavtotrest ( I guess it's the company name)

Maybe some Russian-speaking member could confirm this ?

H.P.

Opens up endless possibilities of military and civilian decal applications...advertise your business, multiple countries that use the vehicle, all those languages, different sizes of logos/numbers/letters/scrip/fonts! Then add the dimensions of how much, and the type of, cargo to be hauled! The aftermarket guys need to jump on this ASAP!

Oh yea

it says "taxi" and it belongs to gruzovoy mosautotrest - Moscow lorry company.

Michael, I'm afraid there weren't differences between military and civilian softskins in the USSR in that era, painting including.
Have my translation (note I'm not Russian but this language feeds me from decades):
Upper line, "gruzovoi" - cargo;
Mid line - taxi
Both words in meaning "moving [cargo] vehicle".
Lower line, "Mosavtotrest" - Moscow [public] transport company.
On the door, in the number 3, "avtobaza" - transport branch, apparently branch No. 3, and 534 is the vehicle number in the branch nomenclature list.
Tailboard - taxi + number plate repeated in big symbols, as per contemporary regulations.
Apparently the box art, and one of the decal options, is based on this picture:



HTH
Cheers!

As said once before: smart marketing guys in Miniart's staff!
If one downloads the instructions at the Miniart website the various versions can be seen, in colour.

Just found this (posted in 2015):



More pics here

The builder has chosen red instead of yellow for some of his self-made/custom-made decals...

H.P.

But seriously, who rolls up a rug with the good part on the outside?

because it is paper

Here's another "cargo taxi" :



A postwar one, on a GAZ-MM chassis :



H.P.

Nice item for an urban dio.

I hope that they release the cargo/furniture in the truck as a stand alone item. I could really use an Oriental rug for a dio that I'm working on. My other option is cutting out a rug from a catalogue but they're all on glossy paper.
Have a good weekend all !

Ask and You Shall Receive



H.P.

Merci Frenchy ! Now to find an Oriental rug or two for a looting scene I'm thinking about.

Reality In Scale "1:35 Carpets on Real Cloth" - Diorama Accessory #35001 :



H.P.

Frenchy, you are the King ! Tha'ts perfect for my needs !
Thanks a million !
Tom

Wow a wild 'n weird truck AND furniture! Be still my beating heart!