Miniart 1/35 G7117 Maintenance Shop Truck with Trailer (35498)

This article will tell you more about Miniart 1/35 G7117 Maintenance Shop Truck with Trailer (35498). Name hints that one box will bring you a whole combo of several sets in the same scale. Such a thing might be a solid base for some diorama ideas, and it should be interesting to check everything together. Overall packaging is typical for the brand, so all frames are sealed into one plastic bag. Let's open all frames and take a closer look at parts.

By the way, here you can read review with another version of this famous truck.
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Watch this video-review where I show all parts even closer.

First large frame is "universal" for G7117 trucks as you will find some suspension and external bits. Smaller frames carry chassis parts for the trailer and some workshop equipment.

Trailer panels should be relatively easy to combine together. Note here that leafsprings are molded together with sidewalls.

As this is a maintenance version, we also get various boxes, tools and even jerry cans with oil drums. Some of those might look familiar as they were released as separate kits as well.

Here you can see more of the mentioned parts. It might be fun to plan where to place each item and how to paint it.

Front cab should be glued out of separate panels. The same parts division was featured in the previous versions. Note that PE parts will get special templates for the right shaping.

Doors are molded separately, what might be handy for some diorama ideas.

All wooden parts are smooth, so you can replicate various effects with help of weathering and paintwork.

Plastic ram bars might be useful for people who don't want to deal with PE parts. Rear bed can be assembled without tarpauline, just like on the boxart.

All tools are looking great, but their size might be a small challenge for some modelers.

Chassis bars are molded together with leaf springs. Here you can also see some of the pioneer tools.

Plastic wheels are always welcome in a kit like this. Assembly won't be hard either, so you just need to nicely paint and weather those.

Lifting crane will be installed in the rear bed. Parts looks fine and it is good to have all important elements as one-piece parts.

Tarpauline is divided into several panels. Those will have to be carefully joined in order to look like a real thing.

Rear bed is simple to build, but it might benefit from some weathering applied.

Clear frame is packed into separate plastic bag. Molding quality looks great and should be easy to install on the model. There are no masks in the kit though.

Unpainted PE fret carries parts for the truck, trailer and some tools too. I recommend to use all of them in order to have more fine features on your build.

Decals are coming from Cartograf, so you don't have to worry about printing quality. Metal chain should be handy for a better appearance of your build. Both markings can be seen on the photo below.

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

New truck combo should be already available for purchase. In my opinion it is a great choice for modelers who would like to have as many things as possible in one box. Moreover, quality looks fine, and you can expect a decent result afterwards. The only thing I would recommend to find is some figures set, so that whole scene would look complete.

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