But we are talking about mid 20 century, European folks.

There are Miniart sets and then there are...Miniart sets. Every one,I have found,is a different quality. Some are crappy and some are very nice! I like the soft plastic they use because it makes it way easier to carve and modify.
Dragon is the same way. Some sets are almost resin quality and some are VERY soft on detail,like the Canadian Commonwealth Infantry set,unfortunately. On the other side of the Dragon scale are the outstanding GENII sets! VERY VERY nice.
J

I only have two Miniart sets and fortunately both are pretty good. They just need a little filler at the shoulders and butt area but the faces are decent. I am lucky with my Master Box sets as well but agree the details can be a bit soft.

But by far the Dragon figures are the best and the Gen 2 sets had the best equipment IMO. Tamiya's most recent figures are much better than the older stuff but I think they still need to work on the hands.



They are still really clunky in my eyes and Dragon does that better. But for my money, the worst figures I ever have seen came in the 1/30 Bandai Hummel kit. Those things looked like goblins in German uniforms. Whoever made that tooling was in the grips of a raging fever dream while they were operating the cutter.

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They are still really clunky in my eyes and Dragon does that better. But for my money, the worst figures I ever have seen came in the 1/30 Bandai Hummel kit. Those things looked like goblins in German uniforms. Whoever made that tooling was in the grips of a raging fever dream while they were operating the cutter.

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Which figures are in this photo? They look very nice!

Those soldiers could be a mix of 1/32 and 1/35.
The trick is to supply them with a single scale of equipment, the 1/35 guy and the 1/32 giant both gets the 1/35 scale rifle. Uniforms come in different sizes but pockets, buttons, belts et.c are only in one size.
Helmets have different internals/lining to fit different sized heads but I think the outside shell is the same.
Shoes are different sizes but the shoestrings are the same. Height comes from different lengths of legs so the torsos shouls all be 1/35 but some sets of legs and arms can come from 1/32 figures.

I don't see a Shaquille O'Neal sized soldier in there though

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I only have two Miniart sets and fortunately both are pretty good. They just need a little filler at the shoulders and butt area but the faces are decent. I am lucky with my Master Box sets as well but agree the details can be a bit soft.

But by far the Dragon figures are the best and the Gen 2 sets had the best equipment IMO. Tamiya's most recent figures are much better than the older stuff but I think they still need to work on the hands.



They are still really clunky in my eyes and Dragon does that better. But for my money, the worst figures I ever have seen came in the 1/30 Bandai Hummel kit. Those things looked like goblins in German uniforms. Whoever made that tooling was in the grips of a raging fever dream while they were operating the cutter.

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Which figures are in this photo? They look very nice!

...Italeri figures?

...Italeri figures?

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...Italeri figures?

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Blobs of horror, especially their early ones.
Allied drivers set arrrgh.

Wasn't it Oddball in the film Kelly's Heroes who said "Always with the negative waves" or similar?

Can we not just be happy that as modellers we live in hallowed times where we are literally spoilt for choice?

Sure, some Miniart figures are worse than perhaps their latest efforts (and the size discrepancy can be annoying) but they seem to be constantly improving and their willingness to provide figures and accessories which I suspect we'd never see otherwise is laudable.

Italeri figures were never brilliant, but neither were the earlier Tamiya ones; both can be used as a basis depending on what you're after depicting. Hornet Heads (and hands come to that) can relatively easily make a real difference and you can still end up with something worthwhile adding to a model.

Step back and just see where we are now, compared say, to the 70s and 80s; I don't feel we have that much to complain about!

Brian