Pegasus Hobbies Terminator 2 Hunter Killer Tank Model Kit

Awesome kit, looks the part and can’t wait to build it. Will look good under a coat of allclad metallic paint, I think. Price has come down a bit so better value.

This is a big kit well worth £60 easy to retro fit lights

Really good

Big! Qill be an enjoyable build. Definitely have to light it and put it with the T800 and Ariel Hunter Killer diorama.

First off, let me preface this by saying I'm not building this "stock out of the box" but instead intend to make significant "upgrades" to the model... all of which are easily supported by this kit as shipped. This is a model of the "Hunter Killer Tank" as seen in the flashback sequences in "Terminator 2." There are some sequences in the first terminator movie showing this same era, but this is not seen clearly in those (although it's presumed to be there). In the later Terminator films (and TV series) there are alternative versions of this... similar but not identical... as well as dramatically different designs in some cases. But this is the one you see crushing skulls under the treads in the best of the movie series. It's actually a very well-designed machine. If you've ever built a model kit of a tank, construction of this will be pretty familiar, except of course that most tanks are tan or grey or green, while this is supposed to be something like stainless steel. (It's actually a fictitious metal, but it's a steel alloy, supposedly, as described in the "Sarah Connor Chronicles" TV series). So, you'll need to work on doing high-quality metal finishes to make this look good. It has clear colored parts for the "siren lights" on the head, as well as for the "eye" searchlights. The rest is all a nice, neutral grey plastic, except for the treads, which are rubber and which wrap around rotating rollers on the foot tread mechanisms. There's plenty of hardware in here to allow the thing to actually drive... and I'm thinking about doing that (with an RC controller). In addition to the fully-articulated treadwork, you also have pivoting joints for the head (atop the torso) and the torso (atop the base) and for the two plasma turrets which are in place of "arms" for this particular robot. There are also two "gripping arms" at the front of the torso, but they cannot be made into functional devices without basically rebuilding them from scratch, and I'm not inclined to do that. There's a nice "garage kit" lighting kit already available for this (and for the air-borne variant which Pegasus also offers a model of) which, in this case, includes the "siren lights" in their proper flashing configuration. With some small servomotors for the canon turrets and torso joints, and a decent gearbox and cable-drives for the motive section, I ought to be able to make this into a working scale-model (less the ability to shoot plasma, of course... or to operate without external control!) The build quality is excellent, and takes into account the desire of people like me to do the sort of thing I'm planning to do. The main "drawback" (if you can call it that) is that this is a pretty big model... bear that in mind.

Now I'm only around 70% through the model, but I've ran into some problems. The only problem I have with this model is the arm assembly. I'm not sure if I just got a head of myself and I needed a break for the day, or it was really a pain to do. The arm assembly is in nine (9) pieces, and you have to fit them just right, but they don't want to hold. Other than that I can not complain about this model. It is a really cool model. Some seam filling will be needed. if you are going to light it. Some light blocking will be needed on the interior parts of the head before you put the head together, and it is too tight to paint in certain areas. Now the measurements for the model from front tread to rear tread is just short of 12 an a quarter inch.Now the width from front tread cover to front tread cover is 9 inches. Height from bottom tread to the top of the head is roughly 8, and a half inches tall. Is this a good model? Yes, it is. Can a beginner do it? Yes, they can. Would it be a good team project for possibly a father/mother, and child? Yes. There are parts where it might be harder for a child to glue together at points, but the adult can easily help. If you are getting this to go with the Aerial Hunter Killer that Pegasus put out it looks great with it, but it looks a little larger than the Aerial HK, but nothing to worry about. Friendly tip Crazy glue is the only glue I came across out of three glues I've tried to glue the tread with. Glue the treads, and slip them over the wheels as the tread link is to short to lasso around, and then glue. Also since the treads are vinyl you could spray them with a clear coat, and then paint them with your enamels, and acrylics over the coat on the treads. I hope this review helps.

My son loves it!