Micro Arts Studio H00160 WW2 Normandy Stable with Dovecote (Pre-painted)

 

 

I picked this up just before the summer holiday in a sale with other items from the same shop. It's not something I would usually buy, I prefer to paint my own stuff.....but it does have a appeal to just build and be done. It's a nice kit, lift off base so you have, if you want it, 2 piece of scenery for the price of one. or in this case 3 as it comes with a dovecote.  Size is nice, a bit bright for my liking, but not everything in my collection needs to look like it has been in Eastern Europe for 50 years.  :) Will work fine with other items they have created.

Bought this with my own money and this is a average quality review. New currently 34,95 euros at the shop I got it from but can be had cheaper elsewhere, bought in sale for 26,24 euros excl shipping (and in hindsight not that much of a bargain if I'm honest). Compared to the previous kit this had a bit more damage getting out of the sprues, but we will see if we can fix that with a bit of paint. Eventually. 

 

My eternally unfinished Stargrave Pirate for reference. Poor sod....maybe one day....

 These will fit fine in my collection for Silver Bayonet, or for Pulp. or 02 Hundred Hours. 

Review of H00130 WW2 Normandy Large Tin Shed by Micro Arts Studio

 Purchased with my own money, no freebies here, in a sale at 40% off for 13,19 euros (original price in this particular shop was 21,99 euros)

 

 Nicely packed in shrink, you get 3 sheets of pre printed HDF, with a cover on the front with codes and a photo, and on the back an instruction sheet. Very retail friendly packaging.  

The sheets are labelled as 1/3, 2/3 and 3/4 respectively so you really can't mix them up. I got a bit confused though as the instructions tell you to remove the protective paper covering them. As I could see none I pulled a bit on the edge of the the sheets but that purely removed everything. After watching a few other reviews these showed a white semi transparant paper, so I guess they stopped doing that and I ignored it. Removing the parts from the sheets was easy as with most MDF/HDF items and with a quick sand it was ready to dryfit.

 As everything is printed on one side you put the pieces back to back and glue them into place, easy enough and it gives you the look of a fully finished build in record time.

 

Unfinished Stalker on a GW 25mm base posing for dimensional reference.

Seeing it again now it feels like glued the side door in upside down, but I'm used to seeing those open towards the closest , so meh, no harm. 

Lift off roof when possible is always appreciated!

The door can open thx to the tabs provided, but the fit is a bit loose so they can easily fall off when picked up. Remember that and just store them inside when you are not using the building. 

So far so good, nice little building ey.

Now...

 Something nicely hidden in every promo picture of this item is that the back of the doors has no detail. If you see how it is made it makes perfect sense tbh..... but it feels, how do you say, a bit untruthful. (Edit: after going over pictures of other items they make you can see it, so who knows)

For gaming use, it is no big deal. Visually, no real problem either, though to me, I'm already looking for solutions. 

Fit was great, 0 issues what so ever.

The left overs: 

I did not build the small storage so that is still in the sheet. It apparently comes with a extra set of doors, so you can change it up a bit. Only one set of hinges though, so choose wisely.   Well, that or make your own. The rest can be used for some scratchbuilding of barricades I think. 

 All in all, a great kit, a nice table filler for a wargame or RPG alike. I'll pick up some more from the current sale, the Normandy houses will come in handy for Silver Bajonet or some monster game.