Miniart 1/72 Sturmgeschuzte III Ausf.G assault gun
- Manufacturer: Miniart
- Part number: 72106
- Year of production: 2024
- Scale: 1/72
- Series: Military series
- Kit type: Scale model of WWII armoured vehicle
- Vehicle: German assault gun
- Build date: Started July 2025 (Currently on pause after finding mis-cast parts)
- Price: £19.79 from eModels, August 2024 (first kit)
- Price: £14.99 from Ebay.co.uk, July 2025 (second kit)
This kit was bought in August 2024 to be displayed as part of my WW2 French countryside ambush display. The first kit unfortunately had the hull sides / axles mis-cast, and I contacted the seller (eModels) to enquire about a replacement.
A second kit was bought in July 2025 while the first was being resolved.
Box Contents
Box
Instructions
Instruction manual cover:
Five different colour schemes:
Paint guide and sample instruction page:
Parts
Parts sprues:
Decals
Photoetch parts:
Small waterslide decal sheet:
In Progress Images (kit #1)
[Started 26/07/2025] - I started to cut out the parts for this kit in July 2025, only to find with the very first step I was stuck…
If that isn't entirely obvious, almost all of the axles have not been cast onto the parts - I'm missing 5 on one side and 2 on the other. And no, they haven't been cut off or been snapped while in the box - it's clear under a magnifying lens that the axles have not been cast correctly as each one has a little raised 'bump' where the axle should be; no cracks or cuts are evident.
Email sent to support@miniart-models.com, as well as https://www.emodels.co.uk to ask if replacements are available. For now, this goes back in the box.
In Progress Images (kit #2)
Whilst I left eModels to sort out the original kit, I bought another identical, new box. Look what I found when it turned up:
Both sides with one axle broken off and rolling around the (sealed) bag. I suspect that the pins on the earlier kit possibly broke off in the same way due to a manufacturing flaw - they weren't rattling around in the bag of that one.