Well I decided to build up something a little bit different than the normal tank or support vehicle. I have seen this little kit on the web with one of my favorite dealers for a while now. After seeing some great pictures of Russian troops training out in local farm fields while passing by some civilian trucks, I just had to grab this strange looking truck. There is not too many modern civilian vehicles out on the market at the moment, but I hope this will change soon.
Miniman Factory kit is just a absolute gem and cast in nice cream color resin. There are just a few flaws in the casting in the form of RTV from the mold being cast into the resin. Easy fix though, just remove the RTV and fill the holes in. My one and only gripe about the kit is, there is 25-35% of the kit’s parts not called out in the directions. The photo etch parts have no numbers on them nor is there a parts layout in the directions to help locating the parts. The good thing is, this is such a small truck that locating the parts is very easy and with the aid of photo reference it makes all the more easier.
The kit comes in a small sturdy box with the parts being in three different baggies. The frame comes wrapped in bubble wrap to protect it from breaking. As you can see from the photos, there is a lot of parts for such a small truck, but most of it are multiple parts for the wheels and suspension. The photo etch parts are nice and crisp with alternative parts for the dash. The clears parts for the head lights and tail lights are cast in clear resin. The windows for the cab come in clear accent that needs to trimmed in order to fit the frames. The directions come on a small folded piece of paper with just four steps. The diagrams are very well done and quite easy to follow along minus the missing parts not called out.
















Hopefully this should be a straight forward and easy build to do. With all the different possible color combinations, this should add some bright colors to a some what drab tank rolling by.
Here are just a few possibilities I’m looking at.


