Aliens Dropship

[Nwerke]

Does the soon to be kit come with a side order of accurate APC tires?

HMMMMMMM!

 

[jedimaster]

Ooh yes! This Time it's War!

 

[ghostryder]

Does the soon to be kit come with a side order of accurate APC tires?

Huh?

 

[Nwerke]

He means that the tyres on the old Halcyon kit are really inaccurate; they have a horizontal tread pattern instead of a herringbone style.

It would be very doable...

 

[youngtiger1]

Glad some of you guys dug up the old thread. This is one awesome models. Does the model come with full interior I see in the photos in these pages?

Mike

 

[RKS]

He means that the tyres on the old Halcyon kit are really inaccurate; they have a horizontal tread pattern instead of a herringbone style.

It would be very doable...

Thank you Russell-El (or is that Yor-Crow?). Yes that is indeed what I meant. I remember from one Drop-ship picture gallery that there was an Halcyon APC with corrected tyres. Wasisi could down scale his tyres but I don't know what became of his APC-project now that he has switched to the BSG Viper. The Halcyon kit is good but the tyres most definitely are a terminal let down. Never understood how they accepted that terrible option after having payed all that licensing money.

 

[Nwerke]

IIRC the Halcyon kits were made from copper alloy moulds, much cheaper than steel ones but softer. It may have been a compromise to do with that. Slide moulds hadn't really become common at the time either so with older mould tech it just might not have been possible, at least not without going to rubber tyres.

If I can find my APC kit I'll measure up and work up some accurate wheels for Shapeways or something.

PS it's probably Russ-El.