The Scene Scifi Assault Hovercraft

Bought these two hovercraft from The Scene last year. I've been sent a pile of  stowage to paint including some radars so I thought I'd try fitting a radar to one of the hovercraft as a command / scout vehicle. Mike was kind enough to throw in some mg mounts so I could give these units some visible weaponry.



My first job was to hide the join between the hulls and the skirts. I used different methods on each vehicle since they could easily have different mods for their different roles - I gave the assault team carrier a heavier, reinforced channel to better withstand the wear and tear of men climbing in and out. The command/ scout got a big GSR unit high up on the roof so they could spot from a hull down position. I considered giving them a satellite dish style radar too so they could communicate with airborne or space borne command centres but thought better of it.



I added some tread plate so the crew wouldn't slip so much on a wet surface when using the forward hatches and applied some textured paint to the tops of the skirts to make it easier to carry out inspections walking around the vehicles. A couple of steps were provided from copper wire to help to crew up onto the roof and I was done with modifying. There would be room for some stowage on the rear roof to be added after painting.

15mm Sci fi Hovercraft from The Scene - Just finished :)

Hi,
Just finished these two hovercraft with some added bits and bobs. I tried out a few schemes before I settled for this one.  I've been painting some samples for Mike to use in his cabinet at shows and on his website and I had a lot of extras to use on future projects. I think the extra kit, radar, tarps and ammo etc  make the models more interesting and allow me to create new types like the recce hovercraft with the radar. See more in the Sci fi section link on the right.