Wednesday, January 24

Preview: MiniArt's 1/35 US Tank Repair Crew with Continental W-670 Engine

A perfect companion piece for your new M3 light tank release, MiniArt are to release a "US Tank Repair Crew with Continental W-670 Engine" in 1/35th scale. We take a look at the figures in our preview.


Preview: MiniArt's 1/35 US Tank Repair Crew with Continental W-670 Engine

US Tank Repair Crew with Continental W-670 Engine
From MiniArt Models
1/35th scale
Kit No# 35461
Two figures & an engine in the one box
Taking not only the new tooled Continental W-670 Engine from their M3 light tank to the two US Tank Repair Crewmen, MiniArt have made themselves a new set that suits your American tank of WWII pretty well. 

The western desert, repairing the engines of their Stuarts in the open air...
American & British crews like their M3 Light tanks, the Stuart / Honeys were deemed fairly reliable, but when their radial engines needed to be changed, there was still some work to do. Often, they could and would be removed pretty easily by their repair crews.

The British Army tankers in Italy repairing the engine of the M3 Stuart Tank in a Reme workshop in 1943 

MiniArt's 1/35 US Tank Repair Crew with Continental W-670 Engine kit
The kit comes on four sprues, and features two that encapsulate the Continental radial engine, while the other two are one for each of the two repairers.

The Continental W-670 Engine sprues.
The two figures, both at a crouching angle with a spanner and pliers




This kit should be available next month from MiniArt's distributors worldwide. You can see more about this kit on the MiniArt Website...