Scotties Miniart US Bulldozer

[Wookie2486]

Scottie

I think you have made the right choice mate I'm definitely following this even more as I feel like I have to build another one.

Marty

[JR]

Scottie

I think you have made the right choice mate I'm definitely following this even more as I feel like I have to build another one.

Marty

I agree with you Martyn, there's something about them. I've built two Russian versions. Nearly If not identical to the original US version. With the engine covers off they make a great build .Lots of small parts that fly about with many hrs searching the floor !
One was the Trumpeter with a resin engine and the other a Border Models .

[Mini Me]

Tip 'O the hat for your "sticktoitiveness" Mr. Scottie......and the bonus is the fruils will take it up another notch to an even more Masterful build! :thumb2:

[scottie3158]

Paul I found Russian version of the cat just as maddening with the tracks. As I hate tracks anyway other than Fruils I thought it was just me. Well worth having , ok they cost but it will make the whole build look much better . Can't believe Mini Art have made them awkward, not like them .

John, Miniart do make some very well detailed kits, but I do question the need to make an assembly out of 10 parts using very small items when given todays moulding techniques they could easily be done with far less with no loss of detail. The tracks IMHO are the weak point of this model.

Scottie

I think you have made the right choice mate I'm definitely following this even more as I feel like I have to build another one.

Marty

Hi Marty, you must be a glutton for punishment lol. I may be doing this kit a disservice and it is my lack of skill that is the problem. By the way what happened to the chinook you were building did I miss the end of the build?

I agree with you Martyn, there's something about them. I've built two Russian versions. Nearly If not identical to the original US version. With the engine covers off they make a great build .Lots of small parts that fly about with many hrs searching the floor !
One was the Trumpeter with a resin engine and the other a Border Models .

John, I would probably build another version but not with the kit tracks:rolling:

Tip 'O the hat for your "sticktoitiveness" Mr. Scottie......and the bonus is the fruils will take it up another notch to an even more Masterful build! :thumb2:

Rick, thank you mate hopefully it will be worth it in the end.

[Guest]

I would probably build another version but not with the kit tracks:rolling:

You could try one of the Mirror Models kits instead and see how they compare?

[outrunner]

You could try one of the Mirror Models kits instead and see how they compare?

Having built the Mirror Models bulldozer it is just as complex as the one Scottie is doing, lots of tiny fragile parts and the tracks are only slightly less of a nightmare, but very fiddly just the same.

Andy.

[scottie3158]

Having built the Mirror Models bulldozer it is just as complex as the one Scottie is doing, lots of tiny fragile parts and the tracks are only slightly less of a nightmare, but very fiddly just the same.

Andy.

Andy, I take my hat off to you if you managed them tracks, they beat me lol.

[Guest]

Having built the Mirror Models bulldozer it is just as complex as the one Scottie is doing

I’ll have to keep that in mind when I get round to building mine, then

[Dave Ward]

Scottie,
some of the MiniArt models are massively over engineered - I have a YA-12 Soviet tractor in my shelf of doom - this was the model that really put me off MiniArt - tiny pieces, brittle plastic - it brings me out in a cold sweat just thinking about it! The Trumpeter S-65, the tracks were marginally less tortuous, I gave up any thought of 'working' tracks, and CA'd most bits together - a little mud can hide a really dodgy construction!
Dave

[adt70hk]

Paul I found Russian version of the cat just as maddening with the tracks. As I hate tracks anyway other than Fruils I thought it was just me. Well worth having , ok they cost but it will make the whole build look much better . Can't believe Mini Art have made them awkward, not like them .

Have you not seen my townhouse???? :smiling5:

[Jack L]

Just caught up on this one Scottie, mind is sufficiently blown as usual. Beautiful work.

[Gern]

Some excellent scratchery Paul. Beautiful to see, but you've convinced me! All my Miniart kits will be going up on ebay in due course. I'll use what time I have to tackle kits that are buildable with my modest skills!

[scottie3158]

I’ll have to keep that in mind when I get round to building mine, then :smiling3:

Hope you have more patience than me

Scottie,
some of the MiniArt models are massively over engineered - I have a YA-12 Soviet tractor in my shelf of doom - this was the model that really put me off MiniArt - tiny pieces, brittle plastic - it brings me out in a cold sweat just thinking about it! The Trumpeter S-65, the tracks were marginally less tortuous, I gave up any thought of 'working' tracks, and CA'd most bits together - a little mud can hide a really dodgy construction!
Dave

I agree Dave they don't need to be so complicated with modern moulding techniques. It could just be I'm not up to the challenge anymore.

Have you not seen my townhouse???? :smiling5:

Sorry Andy you lost me on that one :smiling:

[scottie3158]

Just caught up on this one Scottie, mind is sufficiently blown as usual. Beautiful work.

Thanks Jack really appreciate it.

Some excellent scratchery Paul. Beautiful to see, but you've convinced me! All my Miniart kits will be going up on ebay in due course. I'll use what time I have to tackle kits that are buildable with my modest skills!

Dave,
Please don't let me put you off they are on the whole good kits with nice detail just a bit complicated sometimes. Give them a go your skills up well up to the challenge.

[adt70hk]

Hope you have more patience than me

I agree Dave they don't need to be so complicated with modern moulding techniques. It could just be I'm not up to the challenge anymore.


Sorry Andy you lost me on that one :smiling:

Sorry Scottie, I was being a bit cryptic there.

I'm in the process of building one of their 1/72 townhouses....a seemingly simple concept that has been over engineered/designed in a similar way to yours.....

You can see what I mean here https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...n-house.39159/