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Open Book German MG34 Gunner, 1941 - Young Miniature review

Discussion in 'Reviews , Video Reviews and Open Book' started by Guy, Jun 1, 2011.

  1. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    YM1829
    German MG34 Gunner, 1941
    1/10th scale resin - 29 parts
    Sculpted by Ebroin
    Painted by Calvin Tan

    MG34 01.jpg

    May's new release is a 1/10th scale German Gunner carrying an MG34 rifle over his shoulder. The MG34 is a kit into its self and comes with an assembly guide showing the assembly. Cast in yellow resin the total kit comprises 29 parts.

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  2. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    MG34 02.jpg

    MG34 03.JPG

    This kit comes in Young's traditional sturdy black box with a clear plastic sleeve around the box. The parts are sandwiched between layers of foam to protect the parts during shipping. All the small parts are sealed inside clear plastic zip-lok bags.

    MG34 04.jpg

    MG34 05.jpg

    The top photograph above shows the parts to the bust and the bottom photograph shows the parts to the MG34 gun.

    MG34 06.jpg MG34 07.jpg

    MG34 08.jpg MG34 09.jpg

    MG34 10.jpg MG34 11.jpg

    The above photographs show the separate cast head in various angles.

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  3. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    MG34 12.jpg MG34 13.JPG

    MG34 14.jpg MG34 15.jpg

    Above are the four sides to the chest portion of the bust.

    MG34 16.JPG

    MG34 17.JPG MG34 18.JPG

    The top photograph above shows the right arm and the bottom photograph shows the front and back of the right hand.

    MG34 19.JPG MG34 20.JPG

    Above you see the helmet as well as the webbing inside the helmet.

    MG34 21.JPG MG34 22.JPG

    Above you see the front and back of the holster and pouch.

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  4. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    MG34 23.JPG

    MG34 23a.jpg

    The top photograph above shows the the leather straps and the bottom photograph shows the bust plinth which fits snuggly up into a socket under the chest portion of the bust.

    MG34 24.jpg

    MG34 25.jpg

    The top photograph shows the assembly instructions for the gun and the bottom photograph shows the parts for the gun.

    Additional Box Art
    Photographs

    Painted
    by
    Calvin Tan

    MG34 26.jpg

    MG34 27.jpg

    MG34 28.jpg

    MG34 29.jpg

    MG34 30.jpg

    MG34 31.jpg

    MG34 32.jpg

    Conclusion:
    An excellent kits showing attention to detail Ebroin is famous for. Very well engineered with minimal clean-up needed. Highly recommended.

    Young Miniatures web-site
    click here

    R506
  5. Joseph Brubaker New Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Thanks for the review and your time...........Joseph
  6. Michael Tse Active Member

    Country:
    HongKong
    It takes a quality review like this to feed the curiousity of buyers-to-be. While the box art is outstanding, the head sculpt here reveals a less "boney" man than painting suggests, which I have to admit is at least a little more interesting.
  7. kiwi45 Active Member

    Country:
    New_Zealand
    Great review, I wasn't a fan of the box art, but after seeing this in review I plan to go ahead and buy it. cheers Les
  8. gordy Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Thank you Guy for the peek-in-the-box! The sculpting and engineering of the MG34 are stunning :)
  9. Tommi A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Thanks for the review Guy, another masterpiece from Young,

    Cheers
    Tommi
  10. Lew J Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these Young miniatures busts ,and now thanks to this post I will be buying one very soon.
    Yet again (in my opinion) some great painting by Calvin Tan.
  11. marius'mules New Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Nice review of a very well done bust; I plan on buying this now.

    For curiosity sake; why is there a Soviet star, sickle and hammer emblem on the backside of the P-38 holster?
  12. gordy Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    That's Ebroin's (the sculptor) signature ;)
  13. marius'mules New Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Thanks

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