Pyramid Review

6mm Hover Tanks

Produced by Fortress Figures

Sculpted by Ray T. Edwards

Sample figures painted by Chris Smith

$10 each set

Fortress Figures has just reissued four packs of 1/300th scale hover tanks. These models have been unavailable for several years, and it is very good to see them offered for sale once more. These packs are not the entirety of Fortress' old micro armor line, but they have, in my opinion, chosen to release the best of the packs that were previously available.

All of these miniatures are cast in a kind of gray plastic. This material is very easy to work with; it is slightly flexible, and it can be cut or trimmed very easily with a sharp hobby knife. The plastic does not, however, take acrylic paint very well at all. Acrylics applied directly to the model will bead up and refuse to adhere to the surface of the miniature. Fortunately, a coat of an enamel-based primer will solve this problem completely. Fortress recommends that all of their miniatures be washed in a solution of warm soapy water before they are primed, in order to remove dirt and oil from the surface. The miniatures did, in fact, have a slightly oily feel to them when I first handled them, but this disappeared after they were washed.

Two of the miniatures (the Heavy and the Missile Hover Tanks) require some very minor assembly; epoxy or superglue should be used for this purpose, as plastic modeling glue will not work on this kind of plastic.

Pyramid Review: 6mm Hover Tanks

EA 001: Heavy Hover . . .

This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.



Article publication date: April 7, 2000

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