I needed a little break from planes, so here is my first AFV. The MiniArt kit is a pleasure to build despite the high number
of parts and these horrible track links. I liked it so much that I
bought the T-55 from the same customer, but this time I will use some
Friul tracks, or similar.
Some details were replaced/scratchbuilt and the slogan ("Death to Hitler") on the side made shorter, except for that the rest is from the box.
The base color is the 4BO from Mig, to which I tried to add some
variations with beige, yellow, dark green and even a bit of blue. Thanks for looking.
This is the 1/48 scale Pilot Replicas kit. A real pleasure to build!
Among the modifications I made:
- Seamless resin intake and pilot from the same manufacturer
- Homemade seat harnesses, ladder and pitot tubes,
- Replaced the exhaust with a Bubble Tea straw because the original one is too thick,
Details in the cockpit and in the landing gear bays are good enough but there is room for improvement. The one thing that bugged me are the rivets on the fuselage: they get distorted and fade away with the curve of the fuselage. Also, part 59 was missing or at least I did not find it. This part depicts the bumper on the bottom of the fuselage and is very easy to scratch build with a bit of styrene, so no big deal. But except for these, there is nothing much to complain about.
I liked the luxurious and clear instructions, the excellent Cartograf decals and the PE frets with a sticky transparent film that prevents the parts to spring away when cutting them. The kit is well desig…
Among the modifications I made:
- Seamless resin intake and pilot from the same manufacturer
- Homemade seat harnesses, ladder and pitot tubes,
- Replaced the exhaust with a Bubble Tea straw because the original one is too thick,
Details in the cockpit and in the landing gear bays are good enough but there is room for improvement. The one thing that bugged me are the rivets on the fuselage: they get distorted and fade away with the curve of the fuselage. Also, part 59 was missing or at least I did not find it. This part depicts the bumper on the bottom of the fuselage and is very easy to scratch build with a bit of styrene, so no big deal. But except for these, there is nothing much to complain about.
I liked the luxurious and clear instructions, the excellent Cartograf decals and the PE frets with a sticky transparent film that prevents the parts to spring away when cutting them. The kit is well desig…