Sprue Da includes a remarkably molded spring that is a continuous coil of plastic and has almost no visible mold seams.Īssembly begins with the engine and transmission in step 1, and continues on for 18 assembly steps. At first glance there doesn't appear to be any flash on the parts, but there are lots of very finally detailed levers, linkages, and piping that will require great care removing from the sprue. The detail on the plastic part looks exceptional. One small plastic part had broken off and the tip of another was found loose in the large plastic bag. The remaining 15 sprues are loose in the large plastic bag. Inside the large plastic bag is a smaller bag containing 13 of the sprues, the clear plastic sprue, photoetch fret, and detail sheet. Some very fine casting is apparent, and some minor breaking of the pieces was observed. The back cover is colored photos of all MiniArt's US Dozer kits with photos of the completed models.Īll of the plastic sprues are packed together in one clear plastic bag. The inside back cover is a color profile of a vehicle in the 237th engineer Battalion of the 1st US Army, Germany, April 1945. The instructions use exploded CAD drawings that appear to be quite clear. The instructions include diagrams of the sprues for identifying part locations. The instruction booklet is 8 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches with 18 pages and 80 assembly steps. Features include workable tracks, and a fully detailed engine compartment and chassis. The box lists 759 plastic parts, photoetch parts, 2 clear plastic parts, small decal sheet, and instruction booklet. Kit comes in a 15 x 9.5 x 3" box with thin corrugated bottom. US Army Tractor w/Angled Dozer Blade (35184).US Tractor D7 w/Towing Winch D7N (35174).The kit is part of MiniArt's WW2 Military Miniature series. The many pipes and levers, layers of body parts, and even the articulated treads all came together nicely. With 759 parts in a model that’s less than 6” long, the kit packs a lot of tiny parts in a dense model of the Cat D7. It will take a lot of patience and only very experienced modelers should undertake this little beauty due to the large number of minute, sometimes microscopic parts. This is an extremely detailed, highly accurate, and well-engineered kit.
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