Saturday, February 15

Preview: Amazing in the flesh - MiniArt's new U.S. Armored Tractor With Angle Dozer Blade

Just another release in the MiniArt Armoured dozer series - well, yes and no...
Take one look at this finished model and the feature set in our preview to see why this one piqued our interest...


Preview: MiniArt's new U.S. Armored Tractor With Angle Dozer Blade

U.S. Armored Tractor With Angle Dozer Blade
Kit No #35291
1/35th scale
Box size: 386x240x70 mm
When I first saw this one I though - Oww, another MiniArt Dozer - this one has some machine guns - but then after looking at this finished example of a properly weathered, beaten up and used finished vehicle I thought a little more about the kit. We will take a look at some of the features in CAD, what is included int he box and the finished kit in a quick preview...

The kit features:
Kit Contains A Model Of U.S. Armored Tractor With One Crew.
Fully-detailed Engine Compartment And Chassis
Workable Track Links
Decal Sheet & Photo-etched Parts Included
Clear Plastic Parts Included
Metal cable provided in the kit
CAD drawings of the completed model were interesting enough...
There are nine (9) versions of markings included - these included vehicles from every theatre of WWII the Americans fought in, including even a Korean Dozer from the Vietnam War! You can see that not only this armoured version is included , but also the regular angled dozers also...
A figure of a US GI driver is also included - however, he could be modified to look like a civilian if you wanted...
This was all very good - but as soon as we saw this completed version of one of the nine on show made that took our notice- an excellently executed kit that sold the kit to us...
This kit is soon to be available from MiniArt's Distributors Worldwide...