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Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 01:28 PM UTC


Forthcoming from the MiniArt Buildings and Accessories series is a set to build various bags for sand, cement, and food stuffs.

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deathdork
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Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 05:34 PM UTC
Looks like about 20 bags total is that right?
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Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 06:37 PM UTC
I'm a big fan of MiniArt, but this product leaves me nonplussed.

I actually think the Italeri sand bags look better. These look like they're filled with air - they certainly don't settle down nicely. And these days most dudes can do some decent sand bags that are specific for each vehicle, using Magic Sculpt or a similar material.

The potato sacks are a nice idea. Personally I'd lot to see more items like this in 1/48 scale.



And decals wouldn't hurt. Anything to add a little interest. They can use my artwork if they like.



Or...

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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2018 - 09:26 AM UTC
who the heck wants a 50# of stink hole?
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2018 - 02:57 PM UTC
That's "coal" translated, you funny guy. Anyways, I agree with the other person who said that he'd seen better elsewhere. Heck, I MAKE better out of Milliput putty and some texturing cloth. The idea is to make the sand bag a scale size, drape it where you want it and let it skin over. Then gently press-on a piece of roughly-textured cloth that seems reasonably in scale to impress the pattern of the cloth on the Milliput bag. Once hardened its there forever with that fabric texture. I've had good results with this easy technique and my bags drape and sag properly. And cost pennies apiece!
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Posted: Friday, September 07, 2018 - 05:21 AM UTC
they don't look realistic ! I agree they look air filled !
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Posted: Monday, September 10, 2018 - 10:11 AM UTC

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who the heck wants a 50# of stink hole?


That is actually the finest black coal in germany if you want to use it to warm a house. Grade-A Anthrazite/hard coal. Ibbenbüren is a real town with a real coal mine producing mainly "Hausbrand" (coal for heating) even today (will end by December 2018)

The MARKING on the coal bag OTOH makes limited sense since the postal code is the NEW five digit code introduced in 1993 when selling coal by sack had become very uncommon, even more so in the region(1). Before that the postal code would have been 4-digit starting with 453 (4530 was IIRC the city itself). Oh and there is no Remerstrasse in the region (a RÖMERstrasse 19 exists but that is NOT a traders house but classic settlement on the outskirts / new subburb part of the town)


(1) By that time a very fine coal and a "bunker" attached to a semi-auto central heating was common. The coal was "pumped" from a delivery truck. OTOH coal FIRING still was very common.
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Posted: Monday, September 10, 2018 - 10:55 AM UTC
The coal sacks are an invention of mine for a Berlin Airlift diorama. I did some research on the coal. I knew the region was well known for coal. "Remerstrasse" is intentionally fictional for two reasons: 1. Like the 555 area code in US movies, I don't want anyone actually trying to look them up, and 2. It's in honor of an old friend in Berlin from the 80's, Christiane Remer. Damn could she mix a good drink.
Thanks for the heads up on the postal code, though. I did not know that. I'll make the appropriate changes.

The flour sack on the other hand, is a pretty good approximation of a real one from that time.
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Posted: Monday, September 10, 2018 - 01:33 PM UTC

Quoted Text

I'm a big fan of MiniArt, but this product leaves me nonplussed.

I actually think the Italeri sand bags look better. These look like they're filled with air - they certainly don't settle down nicely. And these days most dudes can do some decent sand bags that are specific for each vehicle, using Magic Sculpt or a similar material.

The potato sacks are a nice idea. Personally I'd lot to see more items like this in 1/48 scale.



And decals wouldn't hurt. Anything to add a little interest. They can use my artwork if they like.



Or...



Reality in scale, even have decals

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=reality+in+scale&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=reality+in+scale+Potatoes&_sacat=0
mmeier
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Posted: Monday, September 10, 2018 - 10:14 PM UTC

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The coal sacks are an invention of mine for a Berlin Airlift diorama. I did some research on the coal. I knew the region was well known for coal. "Remerstrasse" is intentionally fictional for two reasons: 1. Like the 555 area code in US movies, I don't want anyone actually trying to look them up, and 2. It's in honor of an old friend in Berlin from the 80's, Christiane Remer. Damn could she mix a good drink.
Thanks for the heads up on the postal code, though. I did not know that. I'll make the appropriate changes.

The flour sack on the other hand, is a pretty good approximation of a real one from that time.


Thanks for the informations on the "making off".

Those are the pre-1993 german postal codes

Ibbenbüren is "Region Osnabrück"

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