Tag Archives: plastic model

A little armor and a working hatch

Posted on by | No Comments

For something different, I decided to build a little armored car, Tamiya's 1/48 Type 16. It's a modern Japanese 8-wheeled vehicle designed for the roadways of Japan. It was a fun little vehicle, and gave me something that I could actually complete while working on others things.

Also, I've been getting closer to finishing the build of the Combat Assault Tank. Latest update: working commanders hatch. Check it out.

Oh yeah, new larger format pictures. I'm going to try to start uploading much larger image sizes, but I don't know if I'll go back and resize the thousands of prior images.

18 – soldered parts top left triangular piece and far right upside-down T
20 – Hatch open

Imperial Combat Assault Tank miniature

Posted on by | 2 Comments

I bought this guy last week, and I wanted to share. I love this design, and I really enjoyed building and painting the detailed (but minute) Bandai set. This one is from the Legion tabletop miniatures game by Fantasy Flight. They are 1/44 scale, but look very close to 1/48

A few others have talked about the Legion Combat Assault Tank, but I thought I'd add a few close-ups.

  • Great detail on everything
  • Tracks for accurate R1 model and have slots that prevent you putting them in backwards
  • 2 guns to mount to the hatch
  • both hatches can be modeled open
  • slight seam lines on main guns
  • side guns can rotate after being popped in
  • 1/44 scale figure is very close to 1/48 AT-ST driver and old WotC miniatures
  • two molds for each set of arms
  • cargo containers are all separate and look great

9 – 1/48 Bandai AT-ST comparison
1 – parts included in the box
2 – details on the guns
3 – details on the cargo containers
4 – top details
5 – front details (a few gaps/seams to fill)
6 – track detail
7 – pilot comparisons
8 – 1/48 Bandai AT-ST comparison