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Here are the pics. Still have to hack out the turret and fabricate the spaced plate over the engines. http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/HWRMKII/Cabal%20Hover%20tank/IMG_3628.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/HWRMKII/Cabal%20Hover%20tank/IMG_3629.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albu...

Nah just seems that most who are discussing are either involved in the challenge or they have at least designed something that would fit the bill for others to expand upon.

Im working on it i have been working on something more conventional as well. A late Tiger 1 from SPzAbt 102 late summer 1944.


Get some pics up in a bit.

This all goes back to the original intent as well. No existing kits. You can go off a pre made design as long as no commercially available kit is made. So while a trade fed tank would be an easy in it is a ready made kit. same with the snow speeder. Support type vehicles are welcome too but if it ge...

From its performance seen on screen id have to say no the Snowspeeder is not a hovertank type vehicle. It uses Repulsorlift tech in it according to other books but it is more like a low altitude strike craft. Its original role in the SW universe was as a small cargo tug similar to a workbee in the S...

If that board is anything like the modeling board im using there is a way to do it.

Spray it with a good filling primer or thinned bondo glazing putty. Then sand and repeat until you have a good smooth finish.

Tell me you did not use a 74 ford falcon XB coupe in there.

If your going to use it you had better modify the heck out of it. That rule is mainly for the "Merkava or Leo" unmodified hull crowd. I want this challenge to really stretch skill sets. It also gets people looking at things differrently Other vehicle types are OK. Id prefer a tank but if t...

Inspired by the PSP game battle zone i have started working on a design. I had posted it before but it sat on a shelf for a good while. Its back out now. Ill try to get some shots up tonight. Heres a link to a pic of the tank as presented in game. My variation is loosely based on this as far as over...

Welcome aboard Gunnie. Now the heat is really on.

Ah the good ol C/BT AG unit. Emulated with ping pong balls eyerywhere.

onezero wrote:Oh, I just had a Very Bad Idea.....

Well get to it then!

Im going with a more modular design look to mine. The central core is supposed to act like the life pod design of an F-1 racer or a speed boat. Even if every bit of the vehicle is knocked out or damaged the central part is the most well armored.

Yes you can. As long as its not a commonly seen Tank or other real AFV your fine. This also includes wheeled AFVs like the LAV or stryker and also includes previous hover tanks like the games workshop stuff. Thats cheating :P . The main point of this is to get everyone to exercise their ideas for ho...

I hate arguing grav tank physics. Who cares, they look cool. Arguing is one thing. But hashing out the different ideas of how they could work given the persons idea is fun. Heck look at some of the recoil dampers we have now. Were developing floating gun systems so they transfer no recoil to a vehi...

PS, Chris I like the simple design idea of your HT, though your mention of the vehicle ramming opersition has the draw back of the force of the vehicle striking another object would be transfered to the crew, regardless of being a hover tank they would feel the change in G force as the Hover tank i...

Thats the idea chris :D Its also one of my faves for its simplicity!. Im doing a turreted one. In the universe its from tanks may still be required to fight from a hull down position. One rule of any warfare is the more material you have between you and the enemy forces while still being able to cle...

I have something in work.

Not at all and i agree. also the discussion thread could help fuel others ideas for developing their models.

no. though i have done that on a Hover tank in the past myself.

To a few questions. Yes you can use tank bits as greeblies. However no you cannot use the hull or turret from an already existing tank model . The overall shape must be unique and not readily identifiable as coming from another AFV. If John wants to give this a section for the public to post in and ...

I'm sure if you have hover technology you have some way to overcome recoil. I have someplace packed away an old WWII 1/72? scale tank I was converting to hover ages ago. I might be able to dig it out to finish it. AH But that goes against the one rule i have for this. No use of any preexisting tank...

How it works is no matter. Thats a debate for another thread. (We have had them before) Just a cool looking model is all thats needed. Not asking your opinion of the idea of a hovertank if it were real :P Though i do have an answer for the recoile issue. Ever heard of the 105 recoilless? Largely unu...

Hover tanks seem to be pretty popular on here but theres always one thing that has made me wonder. Aside from maybe 2 examples i can think of (one was a floating concrete brick) All of them are based on previously existing tank chassis, hulls and turrets. Be it Merkava, Leopard, Abrams or even T-72....

Who cast the kit. I have seen on some occasions if the master is glass smooth and the casts from it are equally as smooth then paint wont stick until you rough up the resin a bit with some 300-400 paper.

To highlight the edges of the chips try using a pencil. Yp burnish the lead on the edge and it should produce a scale metallic highlight that will make it look more worn and give a slight sheen to the corner.

Depends on the subject. Tank=paint it all together since thats how its done in the real world. if its a figure , car or even a starship i usually paint it in subassemblies to make the detailing easier.

Something as large asl the PL Refit NEEDS to be painted in pieces just to make it easier to handle, The same goes for decal placement.

Tough hell they are indestructable. I use them on my R/C tanks ,one of which is deployed with me . Aside from really bad scrapes its impossible to chip.