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As soon as I saw the Hover Tank, I thought it would be cool to finish it in a winter scheme – nothing too outlandish, but certainly different from the box art.
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One of the great things about science fiction models is the complete artistic license they afford when it comes to finishing. I modeled them deployed, and used a painter’s palette to support the hull while positioning and gluing the legs.Īll of the pieces fit well and were very clean, requiring no filling.
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Consult both the box art and the images of the finished model on the instructions if you want to model the legs retracted. I drilled the leg joints with a 5⁄64" bit to accommodate the pins. The crab-like legs are articulated and can be modeled retracted or deployed. The photoetched-metal fans and grilles are very nicely detailed and went on without any fuss. The lower hull had a huge plug that I removed using a motor tool and a medium burr. I used a razor saw to remove the parts from most of the pour plugs and cleaned them up with sprue cutters and a file. I switched out the water and scrubbed each piece with a small brush to clean off any further residue and laid the parts out to air-dry. If stressed, resin can fracture, and if the heavier parts are dropped, they can easily break.īefore assembly I soaked all of the pieces in warm, soapy water for about a half hour to break up the mold-release agent. Unfortunately, the instructions, while required, aren’t as helpful as they could be in assembling the Hover Tank, mostly showing the parts in place on an assembled model.īeing resin, some care should be taken when removing the parts from the plugs. There is a single, color sheet of instructions with assembly shots on one side and detail shots of the finished model on the other.
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The tank is cast in resin and includes a small fret of photoetched-metal parts and black and clear rubber tubes. Mig’s 1/35 scale Hover Tank is the newest addition to its fantasy line of kits.