Just one minor niggle, enough with the captured German markings on every single Russian release, "what if" or not there should not be a single German cross on that decal sheet

The T-43 turret did not end up on the T-34/85. It was too small to handle the 85mm gun, it might have influenced it, but it was not the same turret.

They are just giving you the option to have it as a hypothetical German captured machine, if you're not into that you can just built it in soviet service and ignore the German specific decals.

Andras Donaszi takes a look at the T-44 Soviet Medium Tank from MiniArt in 1/35th scale and with a full interior.

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You do have a point, and don't get me wrong I was not ladying about the no complete interior issue (I did submit a corrected version to armorama, though). My preference for complete interior is that I simply like them. I like to build vehicles with everything in, and displayed -either as cutaway or as turret/panels removed.

Thanks for the review.
How usually is the fit with Miniart products? This one is quite appealling, even with a not so full interior

Olivier

It's entirely possible that MINIART MAY have considered doing a "complete" Interior for their new T-44, but opted out in order to keep the retail price at a "reasonable" level- This is just conjecture on my part...

Is the T-44's Transmission ACTUALLY seen through Engine Grilles...

Olivier,

I cannot comment on the fit yet; I just started to build it. I'll start up a build log soon. I've recently built the D7 armored dozer (https://butterfingeredmodelbuilder.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/miniart-d7-armored-dozer-review-1/), and the fit there was excellent; not sure what Scott is referring to. (Some holes were smaller than necessary, and maybe there were some minor issues with the floor of the driver's compartment -nothing you cannot take care of. I've just finished the SU-76, which is an older model, and does have fit issues, but I think they have moved on from that stage. Their newer models are light years ahead.


Dennis,

Don't worry, I was not taking anything personally; as I said, you do have a point. I think the optional version (like the AVF Sturmtiger is sold) would be awesome; this solution feels like "neither this, nor that" solution.
As you can see I have a fetish for these things:

https://butterfingeredmodelbuilder.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/sturmtiger-tamiya-135-eduard-pe-resin/

https://butterfingeredmodelbuilder.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/dml-panther-ausf-d-and-interior/

https://butterfingeredmodelbuilder.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/t-3485-with-full-interior-hobby-boss-148/

Even if the transmission does not show, it's nice to see how it worked, and I'd be happy to display the model with the panels unbolted, or do a cutaway version, anyhow.


I've built a pnzI, pnzII with interior (still to come onto the blog), and have a T-55, pnz III, IV, VI, VII, StuG III to be built yet. Not to mention Trumpeter's 1/16 T-34... I just think it's a lot of wasted empty space if there's nothing in there -when you have an interior, you show how this thing actually worked. (I'd love to have one of the autoloader Russian tanks, like the T-72, too...) That's a personal preference, so there it is. I'd preferred to have at least a driver's compartment. (I still can't believe I missed it.) As Gino said an extra 10 pieces would not have made any difference in price, so there must be some other reasons. (Lack of reference, as he suggests, is one.) I think, anyway, that the price of a model is not necessarily determined by the amount of plastic; it's more likely the design costs, and the creation of moulds that raises it up. If the tank has only exterior details, it would be cheaper, most likely.

As it stands I'll probably just sketch up something using the T-34/T-55 as a basis, but we'll see.

Anyhow; the blog on armorama will be up soon (probably by the weekend), because I started to work on the engine already.

The more likely reason (and the one most Soviet/Russian "experten" are going with) is that there are no pictures of the driver's compartment to use as referances.

The awesomeness is getting even more awesome Thank you.