Hi all,
Although straightly involved by this thread as the owner of one of the brands mentioned here, I haven't resisted the temptation to add some comments from my own --as the simple hobbyist I also am, not as the miniature manufacturer.
First of all, nothing to add or object to the thoroughly review by Tim --as he already knows, probably. I honestly declare his review above to be a honest, accurate and objective one.
It happens that coincidentally I'm right now painting a bunch of 8 T-26 for a customer, who's asked me to do so --4 as SCW Nationalists, the other 4 as Republicans. I've taken advantage of the commission for painting a couple else for myself, besides of two BT-5 also for myself.
So that I have now my workbench plentiful of stuff asking to be depicted!!!
Given the lot of inter-mixing experimentation I've essayed with this lot of tanks, I've thought it would be useful for anyone interested in the topics to watch such pictures and judge by himself.
Here the pictures go. First, those 4 Nationalist ones --painting work still in progress, as you can see:
First, second and fourth tanks are 'pure' Minairons except for a few sparse stowage items --some spare tracks from an UM set, left side toolbox from Mirage--, or the nice tank commander from AB figures.
Third one is a sort of Frankenstein minion made up from a S-Model hull and Minairons tracks, as well as a Pegasus turret. The folded canvas on hull rear is from
er
an Hasegawa Stuart?
More pictures on this ensemble:
Not difficult no guess where the S-Models hull is, admittedly.
And now some pictures from the second set --that are to be painted as Republican:
here, only tank 2 is a 'pure' Minairons --except for the AA MG coming from a Mirage set. First tank is Minairons with UM turret, while the third one is another Frankenstein minion made up with Mirage lower hull and mudguards, Minairons tracks, upper hull and turret, and S-Model turret lights. About the fourth one, I feel it to be some of a pleasent heresy: it's all Minairons except for the turret with antenna, obviously coming from S-Model
Again, a few stowage items here and there, from my inexhaustible spares box
Painting work is just on its beginning, but I firmly believe the whole set will look pretty nice, in spite of the disparate, even bizarre origin of each tank.
Hope this helps,
Lluís