MiniArt Wooden Crates with Fruit (35628) 1:35

[Mike]

Wooden Crates with Fruit (35628)

1:35 MiniArt via Creative Models Ltd

 

 

Fruit gets sold in boxes quite often, and you can choose which pieces you want from the box, pop them in a bag or place them on some scales and then pay for them by weight.  It has been this way for as long as fruit has been sold, and although modern supermarkets would have you buying your produce in superfluous plastic bags or cartons that end up on the rubbish tip, the old ways are best in this instance, and they can’t hide rotten or bruised pieces from your view.  This is why my SO doesn’t let me go shopping with her.

 

 

The set arrives in a shrink-wrapped end-opening figure box, and inside are nine sprues in grey styrene.  As is common with this type of set, the instructions and painting guide are on the rear of the box, showing what’s included and giving painting instructions linked to a colour chart at the bottom, giving colour swatches, Vallejo, Mr Color, AK RealColor, Mission Models, AMMO, Tamiya and colour names. 

 

Close-up of the 'nanas and melons

 

Double height boxes are included for displaying the fruit that is included in the set, and there are a total of sixteen on the four sprues. The instructions also show what fruit is which and how to make the boxes up, starting with the moulded layers that fill up the bottom of the boxes.  In addition, there are a substantial number of single pieces of fruit to add to the boxes to give them some individuality, and both types of melon are supplied in halves, with the interior moulded into them in case you wanted to show any of them cut in half for display, or for eating (by model figures, not humans!).  You also get advice on which colours to use, just in case you’re not familiar with the colour of any of them.  Here’s a list of all the boxes of produce you’ll find on the sprues:

 

2 x Pears

2 x Lemons

2 x Green Apples

1 x Oranges

2 x Kiwi Fruit

2 x Red Apples

1 x Pomegranate

2 x Peaches

4 x Individual Melon Halves

4 x Individual Watermelon Halves

10 x Double Bunches of Bananas

2 x Empty Boxes

 

Conclusion

There’s not a lot to say other than if you’re in the market (pun!) for some fruit in handsome wood-effect boxes, you need look no further.  This set has boxes of fruit that shouldn’t give you the pip.

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

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