Miniart 1/35 Stuart Mk.I Honey Early Prod. w/Sun Shields (35423)

This article will tell you more about Miniart 1/35 Stuart Mk.I Honey Early Prod. w/Sun Shields (35423). As you can guess from the name, we get yet another version of the famous US tank in popular scale. note that today's variant comes without interior, what might be a bit more attractive for some modelers. Overall packaging is neat, and all frames come in one plastic bag. Let's open them together and take a closer look at each sprue.

By the way, here you can read review with another tracked vehicle in the same scale.
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Watch this video-review where I show all parts even closer.

First frame is one of the biggest in the kit as it carries hull panels. Overall design is quite straightforward, so it will be easy to understand what you have to do. Note also Sun Shield on the separate frame.

Side skirts should be assembled out of several parts as well, so be sure to check their alignment. External features look fine and even offer guiding tabs for the tools.

Turret assembly will also involve some interior parts. Such a thing might come handy if you plan to open some hatches. Note that tools are offered in two variants - with clamps or without them.

Small parts are molded nicely in this kit, but in some cases it is better to use plastic saw.

Here you can see some of the turret panels. It is nice to have all hatches molded separately, as such a thing might be useful in diorama projects.

Suspension and drivetrain should be easy to assemble, but whole step will be a bit repetitive. Roadwheels are molded with rubber section, so be ready to work with brush.

Clear frame comes in the separate plastic bag. Overall molding quality looks great, but there are no masks included.

Unpainted PE fret comes as a nice bonus which should be handy for a nice features on your tank.

Decals are printed in Cartograf, so you don't have to worry about some quality issues. All marking options can be seen on the photo below.

Assembly manual is typical for this brand. I show all pages in the video-review.

New Stuart should be already available for purchase. In my opinion it is a great pick for modelers who would like to have a detailed build, but don't want to work on interior. Quality here looks nice out of the box, so you just need to get everything together. I like that there are even PE parts included, and you can open all hatches. Just add some figures with model base and it might be a nice diorama build.

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