Thursday, 21 May 2009

28mm - Can anyone identify this Resin APC in 25mm or 28mm Scale?

Rummaging through the bits box, I found this old vehicle. I had to search for a while to locate all the wheels. I bought it some time in the early 1990s as a Cyberpunk or Science Fiction APC for Aliens style troops. (I have a lot of 28mm scale modern era and Cyberpunk miniatures for when I played Cyberpunk and other roleplaying games.)



Does anyone remember the game this comes from? The company made resin scenery and vehicles, as well as white metal figures. The theme was an Aliens type universe with a range of Space Marine style figures (armed with guns and flame throwers, and wearing everything from cotton tshirts to full armour suits). These were pitted against a spiky alien species, a bit like the Aliens from the movies, or the Games Workshop Tyranids, except with a tendency to serpentine tails rather than hind limbs.

The vehicle came as a main hull with seven separate wheels (including the spare) and a turret armed with a minigun. It also had some sort of hull weapon, which I vaguely remember clipping out and replacing with some plastic Games Workshop pieces. I also removed a tow cable that was moulded as part of the hull, probably intending to replace it with another spare part. I had spray painted the pieces and painted some of the details dark blue for some reason. Perhaps it was a colour scheme I was using at the time - blue for parade vehicles, desert cam for operational ones.
I gave it a few quick blasts of Tamiya Desert Tan spray - a bit heavy handed as it turns out, but it could easily be sanded down and another coat sprayed on top. The lines are simple but crisp and there is some nice detailing around the vehicle, including suspension and stowage.

1 comment:

  1. You can still get them from here http://scotiagrendel.com/ it's listed as A.T.A.C APC under sci fi. Thanks for taking the pics, never seen it from all directions before.

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