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I won this from ebay just a few days after adding it to my wanted list.
I had thought about using this tank and the similar APC's to support a human sci-fi force either as allies or as enemies of my Grymn with their Old Crow vehicles. In fact, I was tempted to use the small but growing Sci-fi human range from Hasslefree Miniatures (there are some WIP pictures of new figures here and here too). Or maybe Pig Iron productions Kolony miniatures, which I had thought of using as Nort Troopers in my embryonic Rogue Trooper project.
Well for whatever reason - I wanted one. So after keeping half an eye on ebay for a few months was lucky enough to win this one (for 25% off the original GZG price too!)
The Ground Zero Games catalogue describes this as:
F25-201 T-51 “LEVIATHAN” Heavy Tank
A gigantic kit of a tracked heavy tank with six independant tread units, hypervelocity main gun, co-axial autocannon, 2 turret-mounted 4-shot missile pods and an antipersonnel tribarrel on the command cupola! A truly awesome beast for your tabletop, consisting of 13 resin and 5 metal parts, measuring 220mm long (inc. gun - hull length 180mm) and 120mm wide and weighing in at not far short of 1 Kg of resin and metal!
Having unpacked the pieces and laid them out I agree that this is a 'beast' of a model.
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This hasn't been manufactured by GZG for at least a couple of years (I only became aware of the model in about 2006). Their website used to say that they no longer sold it because the molds were worn out*.
On closer inspection of the model I have, it's easy to see why; there are a large number of places where odd bubbles of resin are attached to the model. These are easiest to see on each and every one of the six track units.
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Also the overall surface finish of the model is quite poor; it's especially noticeable on the edges of the resin turret.
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This is going to take a LOT of clean-up just to get the model to a stage where I could assemble and paint it. In fact its going to take a massive amount of work to get the model to a point where it is as clean as resin pieces coming from great casters such as Old Crow and Fenris Games.
So, I was excited to see this on e-Bay, pleased when I won it, and looking forwards to the postman's delivery. But now I'm just disappointed and rather put off with the amount of work to complete it.
* - At the moment GZG is not producing ANY resin models in 25mm - something to do with having problems with the casting equipment.
Turn it into a part-destroyed tank, easier to work downwards than upwards :)
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the disappointment :(.
ReplyDeleteI must admit that recently I bought a couple of GZG resin vehicles and was not very happy with the same sort of defects your Leviathan has. Fortunately, the kits I got have been on my list for AGES so a few bubbles and hours of painstaking filing aren't going to put me off in a hurry :).
Good luck with it (even if it suddenly turns into some scenery at some point!
I would build a damaged one for use in games only if i also had a 'good one' for it to substitute.
ReplyDeleteIts savable but will take some work...
I doubt i'll ever buy GZG stuff again anyway as I game in 6mm and 25-28mm and they seem to have concentrated solely on 15mm lately.