"Boeing-Sikorsky "Arapahoe" class Assault Lander " Topic

Mild conversion of a Gundham Zanzibar cruiser to a 15mm assault lander for Hammers Slammers and Tomorrow's War.

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Looks great, but you could post some pics with actual 15mm miniatures for scale ?

That looks neat!

Very cool!

really like the colors used

That's really looks the part! I can absolutely see US Marines in hard armor debarking from that!

Shawn.

Wow awesome, yes needs a 15mm figure for scale.

Wow, that's awesome!

Where did you get it?

Thats looks great i also have a toy of the Zanzibar cruiser 'Lili Marleen' i bought it years ago for a dropship to be used in Battletech. The one i have is about 11" long by 8" wide made of hard plastic, all the front gun turrets rotate and it has a little compartment to hold a couple of 1/200th Gundam mecha, these days E-Bay is probably a good place to start looking for old Gundam ships and small scale mecha.

I found the one i have on E-Bay, but the price has gone up considerably since i bought mine. auction

Found one… ordered

I like it !!! I got a smaller version, about 5 inches long, called a "Zanzibal" … I use for 6mm … I converted it a bit –

Didn't know they made a bigger one …

Heh… I got one of these for batletech too, also got the Albion.

I'd be willing to sell or trade either. (my user @ gmail)

(Really need need to renew my membership)

Nice job.

Oooooh Patrick: nice work!

Mind you, L4, I like your little one too (am I allowed to say that?)

John T

Indeed …

Here are some scale shots I took this morning:

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And the tracks under the lander are just there to keep the chin turret guns from bending. I need to work on some sort of temporary landing gear rig.

And thanks for all the kind words.

Pat

I think the pictures aren't working, let's see if this works:

Yep that works Harold and that is a fantastic model :)

Landing gears have you thought about using Lego airplane wheels, just file down the discs on the plates and place them in any configuration you like and glue them to the under carriage. :)

Thats a great idea…

That is a great idea.

are they available as a option kit or as spare parts sold on E-Bay?

I think you can find places online that sell them… but now that I think about it, I have a Lego store nearby, I wonder if they'd have them in stock.

Found this too:

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Thanks guys.

Warning, those are slow boats and easily picked off by GM snipers.

Of course in Gundam almost any kind of ship is picked off by mobile suits with beam weapons. Now that you're using a Zanzibar at a smaller scale might need escorts for it as it might be even more vulnerable to a beam weapon armed unit.