Hawk Wargames Dropzone Commander 2-player Starter Set - Assembly UCM Tanks

Continuing my review of the Hawk Wargames Dropzone Commander 2-player Starter Set, we present the Sabre Main Battle Tanks and Rapier Anti-Air Tanks.

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.
  

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 actual assembly again is very easy and again no mold lines to worry about. The tracks glue to the body with contacts to the side chassis and top armor. With the contact areas hidden, you can easily over glue with out any overflow getting on the models exterior surface.

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.