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Wooden Boxes & Crates (35581)

1:35 MiniArt via Creative Models

 

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More diorama and load carriage goodies from MiniArt, or even your first steps in creating a diorama of the Ark of the Covenant in storage after Raiders of the Lost Ark maybe?  Wooden crates and boxes are just the thing to transport goods around the world and minimise damage, so frequently find themselves in and around vehicles of all sorts, as well as in industrial and even domestic situations, although with modern cardboard packaging, it's becoming more of a historic thing in that context.

 

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This new set from MiniArt's dynamo of production is a set of nine boxes and a hand cart, which arrive in a cardboard box of the figure type, with end-opening flaps as is usual.  Inside is a long narrow bag that contains six sprues in grey styrene, plus a fairly large decal sheet with lots of fun markings on it.  One sprue is used for the cart, which is the old-fashioned but still useful tipper variety that was often found in warehouses and railway platforms, but can also still be found in one of my sheds, albeit in a more modern, collapsible form.  There are two identical sprues of longer, narrower boxes, and two identical sprues plus one supplementary sprue that allow you to construct large rectangular and square boxes, with additional stiffening Xs on the square boxes that resemble waist-high packing crates.  The longer crates have lift handles added at the ends, and some have closure clasps, while the larger volume crates are probably nailed closed for strength.  It's a shame there isn't a pry-bar included in the set!  This is MiniArt, so detail is good, with a restrained wood texture on all the major surfaces along with nail marks, moulded in furniture such as handles and latches, all of which gives the set more realism.

 

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Markings

Yes there are decals included, and pretty fun ones they are too.  From Red Cross to Radiation warnings, recycling, warnings about water, which way up, and not to use fork-lifts, it's all there, including chemical warnings, bio-hazard, poison and fragile, plus some carrier names such as US Mail, some German ones, and various weight markers, with a couple of number stencils for good measure.  Decals are by Decograph, which is a guarantee of good registration, sharpness and colour density, with a thin matt carrier film cut close to the printed areas.

 

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Conclusion

Nine packing crates and a trolley in excellent detail.  What's not to like?  All you have to do is choose a suitable colour scheme and the correct decals for the period and location.

 

Very highly recommended.

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6 minutes ago, Julien said:

Crate review Mike !

:facepalm:  

 

Don't give up the day job.*

 

* I hope you're day job isn't comedian, I don't like to see anyone starve.

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