Again looking at the sprue layout and instructions, you will get three sprues for each faction. One spure will have a Dropship, a personnel carrier, 2 tanks and 2 infantry bases.
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The instructions for both versions of the tanks are the same.
This tanks comes in 6 parts each - main body, 2 tracks, turret, armature and main weapon. The Sabre gets the UM-100 'Avenger' railgun and Rapier is armed with the UM-28 'Vindicator'.
The rail gun is thin and may have a little warpage but a quick hot water bath will make it straight. The 'Vindicator' gatling gun is solid BUT the contact to the armature is a single ball joint. It was a challenge to keep the gun alligned with the body and armature while the glue dried.
I chose three configurations when assembling these tanks: no extension, low extension and mid extension. I decided not to go with the full extension due to storage and the height limitations when using foam trays I used. At the end of this series, I will show you the storage tray I used for the whole starter set armies and I was able to fit all models on one tray.
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