Having spent basically my whole life building airplane models I thought it was time to venture off the beaten path and build something totally different.
And "different" was the first thing that struck me when I saw MiniArt's Tempo A400 series. They got a whole range of these, covering most if not all of the guises and roles this cheap and cheerful little utility vehicle came in.
My choice is the milk delivery van version, because... why not?:
It's a high quality kit with good detail and a lot of parts, including some photoetched for the radiator grille and bonnet clasps and other minor details. Even if the different boxings of these Tempo A400 kits are very similar, they come with some added parts that fits the purpose of the van, like produce, furniture, barrels, coke bottles and so on.
This kit comes with milk churns and wooden crates to be filled with milk bottles. Lots and lots of milk bottles in clear sprue, should be enough to last me through many dairy related builds to come.
Not sure which of the 4 decal versions I will choose, but likely the one on the box cover which belonged to the Reich Milch Ausschuss, which I have never heard about and which seems to have left very little information behind since a Google search only brings up a book about milk propaganda in the Third Reich (!), and of course lots of information about Erhard Milch, which as far as I know was not involved in the dairy business at all.
Or, the MILCH one from the early 60's, since I like the colours and the two tone paint. Well, I think this could be a fun project, so time to get started!