Building the Miniart B-Type Military Omnibus (1/35 scale model kit)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- The B-Type omnibus was a vehicle that moved from the streets of London to see service on the Western Front of World War 1. The British military purchased and converted numerous buses to be used as troop transports, carrying soldiers to and from the frontlines and helping the wounded get to field stations. Miniart produce a number of versions of the B-Type but in this video I build the military version. As is typical with Miniart kits the part count is high, but so is the detail.
In a future video I'll be adding some medical personnel and casualty figures to make a small WWI diorama.
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The 'funny little bottle that goes next to the driver', kind of looks like a fire extinguisher.
Yes, could be for sure
I find the WW1 kit builds very refreshing!
Me too. I built a Mark I ages ago but would be keen to do another.
I must say that their box art is of the highest quality!
Looking at the vid now and have just seen those little wing-nuts. The carpet monster is hungry!
Yep, lovely boxart :)
Interesting kit. Looks good.
Thanks Robert
My hats off to you MN! I can’t imagine how long this took to build! I’m looking forward to seeing this painted up and revealed. Thanks for sharing your experience and great tips!👍🏾
Thank you - and thanks for watching!
This is also my next acquisition, i am a WW1 enthusiast and have a small collection of various bits of British WW1 equipment and artifacts in a display case along with some models and figures to go along side 👍🏻👍🏻
It's a great kit - have fun! Where did you get your WWI artifacts?
Very nice kit, and an interesting subject. I've never done WWI stuff - it seems to be more delicate than WWII.
Yes, I think you're right. I also think that because there is less choice in terms of subjects, manufacturers are more likely to product kits like this rather than just another variant of the same tank.
Hello MN - lovely kit, fantastic details and so many options, great video, cheers Liam
Cheers Liam
GOOD WORK, The object that goes by the drivers side is a fire-extinguisher made of brass.
Ah thanks Tony, that makes sense
What a kit! And what patience!! Well done.
Thank you Stephen
*This kit was a big surprise when it could be purchased, very good build!*
Thanks!
An interesting kit, looking forward to how it comes out. Always odd to think of them using old buses etc. Shows just how unprepared we were for the scale of WW1
Absolutely. There's something quite strange about seeing the images of those soldiers loading onto buses like that.
When what is basically a garden shed on a flatbed and calling it an ambulance then yeah , not very ready
Hi Model Nerd, Nice job on the Omnibus. I'll be looking forward to seeing more updates. I really like MiniArt kits. I've built the civilian coal truck version and I am working on the new Armoured Lorrry right now. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff
Hi Jeff. Fantastic - how is that armoured lorry? It's the kind of kit that really grabs my attention.
@@ModelNerd I really like it. The parts are really well molded with plenty of detail. It is my understanding, the Armoured Lorry is actually a converted double decker bus. They did not start out life as trucks. They were only used for a short time by the Royal Navy. The armour was so heavy so the trucks were very slow. There is only one photo in existence of an original vehicle. I think MiniArt did an amazing job of recreating the vehicle from the photo. Have a great day. Jeff
Mostly working on 40K and 30K (albeit historically influenced), I have to say: I could never, in a million years, think about doing this kit. It's insane, that's without the super detailing, like adding the brake cables and such.
Yes, I certainly couldn't make a habit of building this type of kit
Impressive kit, look forward to following the build
Thanks for watching
Typical miniart kit.
Incredible detail but its impossible to clean up some of these parts.
You did a great job
Thanks James
That kit detail is stunning! Excited to see how this shakes up! :)
Thanks. Will try to get the paint down on it tomorrow.
Greetings Nerd, thst certainly looks to be a great subject and the kit built into a great vehicle, looking forward to the next installment, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👍
Thanks - glad you liked it
Looking forward to see how this goes, I built one of the old Airfix kits back in the day, but these are a different class! Thanks for sharing. Cheers Bob 👍
Thank you for watching, Bob
I made the Miniart military lorry version of this kit and it was a great build. Miniart are not for the novice with those parts smaller than their sprue gate. Those unit numbers on the PE sheet look really good if you paint them and then rub the numbers and edging back to brass. Maybe not accurate but I am not into absolute accuracy. The open lorry is good as the spares box can be raided for cargo. I tend to use wire for hand rails and grab rails anyway as i don't think moulded plastic is quite round anyway. The wire just looks better and cleaner.
Thanks - good tip about the brass too
Great work on construction! I've been wanting to get this kit too and convert it into a pigeon loft. Will be looking forward to watching you paint this and the figures
I reckon that would be an awesome conversion. Tempted to do one too but a lot of projects in progress atm.
Going to be building this kit myself next (With a bit of a difference). Looking forward to seeing how the build progress. Thanks for sharing
I'm intrigued - what will the difference be?
I'm gonna stick a pigeon loft on it LOL
Perfect! Great idea!
Interesting kit!
Very! I've just put the paint on it so am moving forwards, slowly...
Nice looking kit remember the Airfix one.
Thanks!
very nice build might have to have a go at one myself for somthing different
Thanks mate. It's a great little kit.
An old bus with pidginz
The ww1 equivalent to AWACs
The scope on this kit is unreal
I'm surprised Miniart didn't come up with the pigeon loft one to be honest. After all, they did release some pigeons.
@@ModelNerd Perhaps they will, they can stretch their tooling with numerous variants, the pigeon loft sounds plausible, don't you think?
I recently built a 1/35 truck not quite this level of complexity. No matter how detailed the kits, parts fragility and alignment can be problematic and tiny parts too difficult to handle, end up in the carpet or when mounted, make little difference relative to the effort involved. My own view is that CAD, improvements in mould engineering etc seem great but are pushing fragile styrene beyond its limits as a suitable medium. Manufacturers want to push the envelope to develop the market for experienced modellers with presumably increased profitability margin on big kits and parts count but I’m not certain this necessarily leads to more satisfying modelling. Just my personal opinion, I am sure others disagree but I’d be interested in views - polite of course please.
I think thay's a pretty fair assessment :)
This was a good video 📹, ww1 stuff looks odd but at the time it was common place. Looking forward to seeing the painting. Should you have a French solider mixed with the British.....or even a German??
Thanks, that's a good idea. In fact I think Masterbox do a set of German figures carried a wounded British soldier (or vice versa, I forget)
Off subject but any suggestions as to where I can obtain 1/35 Howitzer shells? I’m returning to modelling after a 60 odd year absence.
If you're in the UK then Hannants might have some. Otherwise your best bet might be 3D printing them.
Hi there.Nice build.What is your take on miniart models.I think Not much of them.They do really good research for there models.I am doing a panzer 4from them,and it is a nightmare.I must say,rye field are better.But is my personal opinion.Take care and stay safe.
The ones I've built (this, Australian Lee) I have enjoyed but they aren't short or small projects. The biggest test is the soft plastic, which makes it easy to damage parts, I find.
I think that you are a bit harsh about the figures as the facial expressions and postures look really good. I agree that some parts of the accessories are hugely overscale - the crutches look more like scaffold poles and the stretcher shafts are not much better. The uniforms can be improved with painting, andI'm sure that you will find a way to replace or improve the overscale parts. Best wishes.
Fair points for sure. Yes, those poles erc are easily replaceable :)
No flash removal from the parts?
Of course - I just don't show every step :)
Hey, I have a diorama idea. An abandoned tiger 1 that has slanted in the river with your universial carrier driving next to it.
(If you want extra information abt the river, just mail me I'll send you a picture. I've gotten the inspiration from a river neer my home)
That's an interesting idea. I do have an acrylic "ice sheet" that I'd like to use to show a vehicle falling through the ice.
@@ModelNerd yes like that, and you've gotten a tiger with winter camo.
That Tigee was the one I originally planned to do :)
@@ModelNerd Haha, what a coincidence !
Same with Rye Field, over thought and frustrating to build...
I've never built a Rye Field kit, though I have their Panther with fu interior in the stash.
@@ModelNerd Yes I’m building Jagdpanther, tracks are nightmare..!
Last year I payed a lot of money for a miniart kit I thought was wery cool. Unfortunately the kit was terrible and unbuildeble.
Sorry to hear that. Which kit was it?
Mini-art is ridiculous there is no need for them to mold it quite little tiny parts that you have to TRY and first clean off the mould line. Secondly then try to put that ridiculously small part on the part of your building. Mini-art is way way way over engineered there is no need for it oh, don't get me wrong they are nice kits but there is no need for small my new tiny little part that could be moulded on, you did a great job Uncle model nerd
That's how mini art makes models. Don't want all those parts? Get something else.
@@willthorson4543 ya I understand that, but its stupid.
I've got a full interior T-60 from Miniart so I'll see if my opinion changes after building that :)