Some months ago, I decided to set up a monthly newsletter with the purpose of having customers informed on our work progress and eventual releases. Such a monthly newsletter is issued at the end of every month, being addressed to a subscribers list and later (as a good slave to social media) replicated into Facebook too.
A little afterwards, I realized it would be convenient to also reproduce (and eventually expand) the newsletter contents on a few selected forums (beg your understanding, when thinking of promoting our own brand, one is never satisfied!), so please allow me to use these pages for briefly reviewing what's on Minairons' workbenches right now (March 2017):
Nearly Completed
1:72 scale (20mm) Requeté Militia: Not exactly released, but nearly. This new set of Spanish Civil War figures is already at the casters, and we foresee to have them available in two weeks' time, maybe three – probably not any longer. Meanwhile, we have set them as available for pre-order; if interested, please follow this link to pre-order yours.
At an Advanced Stage
1:100 scale IGC Sadurní tank: Well, there is little progress here, for I'm still awaiting decals to be printed. Once these finally come into my hands, it will be the turn for printing boxes, and the models will be ready for release. True that I could have had boxes at the print shop alongside the decals, because their design was finished long ago; but honestly I'm not in any hurry for doing so – 15mm SCW sales have slowed down a lot, so making the 1:100 scale range to unavoidably lose priority to such an extent that, after this model, I'll probably decide not to release anything else in this scale for a long time.
1:72 scale L3/33 Carro Veloce tankette: This one is a real must in any Spanish Civil War range, so here you have Minairons' one! Below you can see the 3D-printed prototype, now ready to be brought to molds. Tracks, MGs and upper hatches will be metal, while the hull will be resin.
1:144 scale Breguet XIX light bomber: This new aircraft has been prototyped to completion too, and is now awaiting to be brought to molds. As a matter of fact, I must still decide what to put in the pipeline first, whether the tankette above or this nice biplane…
1:72 scale Wine Cellar: The designer has been quite busy lately, due both to domestic affairs and game shows, so I can't show you many new images. However, the prototype of this superb piece of scenery is nearly complete now; according to what he told me last week, a first sample will be cast soon; then he'll build and paint it for sharing purposes. Stay tuned, then!
On Designers' Workbenches
1:600 scale Spanish galleon: Once the designing issues faced at start have been sorted out, work on this first model of a new range of sailing ships is taking increased speed at last. Following users' feedback and after some talk with the designer, we've agreed that the ultimate model will have three masts instead of four (so dispensing with the bonaventure mast, that many users considered too primitive for a XVII Century ship), two alternative bows and two sterns too – so as to multiply users' chances to customize the model.
1:72 scale Landesa improvised tank: This bizarre tracked tiznao was scratchbuilt in limited numbers on Landesa tractor chassis, during the 1934 Asturias revolt, and a few survived up to seeing some action in the first stages of the civil war. It will be quite easy to produce, because of its simplicity as well as sharing running gear with the Landesa tractor and Trubia-Naval tank.
Prowling Around
Well, little else for the moment:
- A 15mm version of the Trubia-Naval Tank was recently prototyped too, but as explained above I've put it on halt while deciding what to do with this range;
- I haven't taken a decision yet on what other vintage racing car to make after the release of ERA, and
- Sculptor Xan and I have agreed that our next Spanish Civil War 20mm figure set will be devoted to the Republican Assault Guard
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