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Su-85 by MiniArt
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Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 11:43 AM UTC


Next in line, after Su-122 early and late, Su-85. I suppose they will follow the lead with interior and engine of -122.
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Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 01:19 PM UTC
Take my money!!! Please~~~~!!
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Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 02:05 PM UTC
is the quality of the miniart's plastic improve?
big problem with miniart was there plastic were very brittle.
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Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 02:48 PM UTC
xc xc xc xc xc m-p,-p, z[quote]is the quality of the miniart's plastic improve?
big problem with miniart was there plastic were very brittle. [/quot

MINIART improved their plastic a few months ago- You shouldn't encounter any problems with kits that were manufactured recently. Kits that have been on the shelves for a while will still have the brittle plastic.

What I do is, I carefully cut the part from the parts runner close to the runner, (NOT close to the part), then I file and sand the excess plastic down to the part itself. I don't use tweezers to hold the small parts when I am engaged in this process; tweezers have a maddening propensity for shooting small parts into outer space, never to be found again! You need to hold the part gently with your finger tips to prevent this from happening- Patience IS KEY!

Also, I see that MINIART has a new figure set in development over on the CYBERMODELER site, under the"What's New" segment; you can access this by entering "cybermodeler what's new" on your computer or smartphone-

The new figure set is:

35198 "GERMAN TANK CREW AT REST"- This new set has a German Tank Crew in "casual poses", with some of the Crew Members featuring examples of various "partial" Uniform, and one of the figures is shown with an open overcoat. A pig is also featured, no doubt to become a tasty "near-future meal" for this Crew, as the guys are smiling down upon it! Poor pig!
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Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 06:03 PM UTC
Looks like Miniart maybe the go to for Russian Armor,T-44,T-54B and now the Su-85.
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2016 - 02:37 PM UTC
I'm sure I have read they are doing a T-34 series as well somewhere (makes sense with when they have done the chassis)

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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2016 - 05:04 PM UTC

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I'm sure I have read they are doing a T-34 series as well somewhere (makes sense with when they have done the chassis)




A T-34 series from MINIART? You might possibly be thinking of ICM's T-34s??? I haven't seen any news from MINIART regarding a "future" 1/35 T-34 series, but IMO, that would be GREAT NEWS!

The only thing from MINIART that I HAVE seen even remotely related to a T-34 is this:

MINIART 35205 1/35 T-34 (V-2-34) ENGINE and TRANSMISSION Set...

I'm pretty sure that this Engine and Transmission Set are meant for the modellers who have expressed concern over the omission of a Transmission in MINIART's T-44/T-44M series kits. If that's the case, why couldn't MINIART just go ahead and issue a slightly pricier (?) series of T-44s including the Transmissions, since the kits ALREADY include the Engines? I don't know...

Perhaps there ARE T-34s in the MINIART pipeline that they are keeping under wraps, in order to avoid being DELUGED by emails from expectant and impatient modellers..?
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2016 - 11:56 PM UTC
Reported in January:
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/243547

Link to Miniarts catalogue showing different versions of SU-85 and SU-122 ...
https://issuu.com/miniart-models/docs/miniart_2016
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