Re: [DSII] Fortress Figures tanks

In a message dated 2/26/00 11:15:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
john1x@hotmail.com writes:

> The Fast Hovertanks are my favorite 1/300 tank models, bar none.  They

paint 
>  up wonderfully well, you get 20 of them for $10.00, and it's pretty
easy 
to 
>  remove the gun and make an AA tank out of them.  They are about 3/4"
long, 
>  and again have a very low profile.
>  
>  The Hover APCs (also 20 for $10.00) are good general purpose APCs. 
They 
are 
> 
>  a lot taller than either of the tanks, and the sensor dome on the
back 
>  increases this even further.  In the original castings, thse had the 
highest 
> 
>  perecentage of bad castings -- mismolded fronts and backs, usually --
but 
>  none of them were beyond salvaging.	The APC is armed only with a
small 
top 
>  mounted MG
>  

I second the recommendation for these figures.	I use tons of the APC
and 
fast hover tanks.  And they are easy to convert.  Most of my APC no
longer 
have the dome, some are now MRLS-carriers, and a couple are
ADV-equipped.  As 
for the fast hover tanks, I've converted a couple into engineering
vehicles 
and am thinking about other conversions, but they'll have to wait while
I 
paint up some more SG2 figures.

Rob
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