[DSII] Fortress Figures tanks

Frotress Figures ( http://www.fortressfigures.com/ ) has, at long last,
rereleased their plastic 1/300 scale tanks.  I've got a ton of them, and
I
have to say that they paint up beautifully -- as long as you prime them
with some sort of spray paint, becuase acrylics will NOT adhere directly to
the plastic that Fortress uses.

The Heavy Hovertanks, (10 for $10.00) tend to have a bit of a problem with the
ends of the gun barrels snapping off. This, in my opinion, improves the
apearance and I have taken to doing it with all of these tanks. They are
aprximately 1 1/2" long, and have a very nice low profile.

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

The Missile Hover Tanks are my least favorites of the bunch, probably because
they just aren't as generically useful. I've got a handful painted up for use
as mobile artillery. In addition to the huge missile, they are armed with two
or three MG turrets as well. Like the Heavy Hovertanks, which are aproximately
the same size, these are 10 for $10.00. The missiles are cast seperately, by
the way.

So anyway, buy them. Fortress also made some good starships, which they

should be rereleasing again soon, and they apparently plan to expand the

1/300 line a bit.  There were a few other packs in this line -- some
walking tanks that I never purchased, Grav tanks that were pretty good, heavy
Grav
tanks that weren't -- but the ones now available were the best of the
bunch.

Buy them. Really. I recommend them highly.

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
long,
> and again have a very low profile.
They are
> a lot taller than either of the tanks, and the sensor dome on the

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

Actually, I was less impressed, at least from the pictures on the web site,
with the fast hovers and APC's (Though I may buy some of the APC's - 20
for $10.00 is enough to make anyone's mouth water, and I'm willing to do a
little cutting and glueing to come up with other configs). The Fast hover
tanks looked more like assault guns.

The Heavies, on the other hand, looked really nice, and fit in with my
philosphy on MBT's and HBT's - one main gun, a smaller coax backup for
close
work and anti-infantry, and some defensive systems.  Thanks for posting
about this site.

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From: RWHofrich@aol.com

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

I second the recommendation for these figures. I use tons of the APC and fast
hover tanks.