1:72 Set of scale models "Guitars", (10 pcs.)

1:72 guitars, ten pieces (Spalah)

This is a small accessory for dioramas, not a model of a vehicle: a set of guitars in 1:72 scale. The box states ten pieces. The maker is the Ukrainian brand Spalah, which 3D-prints its parts from photopolymer resin. An accessory like this is easily underrated, yet it is one of the most powerful tools of diorama storytelling: a musical instrument in a figure's hands or leaning against a wall gives a scene a human dimension that equipment alone never will.

The real subject

The guitar is the most widespread portable musical instrument, and precisely for that reason it turns up everywhere people are waiting: in unit rear areas, in cellars, at railway stations and in refugee scenes. For a modeling scene it is valuable because it explains the situation at once without a single word. In 1:72 scale it is a very small part, and what counts is the shape of the body and the neck.

Building and painting tips

Wash the print resin residue off the parts, cut the print supports away and sand the marks with respiratory protection. Glue with cyanoacrylate glue (super glue). Paint the body in a wood shade over a light base, the neck markedly darker, and gloss varnish on the body alone, because varnish over the whole instrument looks unnatural. Strings are not painted in 1:72; a light line is enough.

Who the set is for

• builders of civilian and military dioramas in 1:72
• modelers who give a scene a human dimension
• patient modelers with some experience of small resin parts

This is an accessory, not a kit. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.