Battletech Marauder Heavy Battlemech (1:200 Bandai Macross Officers Pod kit)

Modeling Subjects Science Fiction
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Hi all

Here is my entry in the Sci Fi Ground Assault GB.

Kit is a 1:200 Bandai Officers Pod kit from Macross/Robotech. FASA licensed a lot of the Macross 'mechs for it’s Battletech game. Harmony Gold eventually did not allow FASA to renew its license and the mechs become “the unseen” . All publications with illustrations of the ex Macross mechs were re-published with different Battlemechs.

The kit would work out to be closer to 1:72 (14m tall) for Battletech.

This is a 3028 era MAD-3R Marauder Heavy Battlemech from the command lance of the 1st Company Federated Suns 1st Armoured Cavalry. This regiment are a hard hitting House Davion unit with mostly medium mechs. I would imagine a company commander would have a heavier mech as his personal ride.

The Marauder masses 75 tonnes and is one of the most feared battlemechs in the Inner Sphere. It’s crab like shape boasts a heavy armament of twin PPC’s (particle projection cannon), twin medium lasers and a AC5 Autocannon.

Kit went together well although I had to glue some of the articulated joints to ensure some rigidity. Filler was needed on almost every join.

Brush painted using Vellejo and Ceramcoat acrylic paints. Base is a custom base. Decals are from Fighting Piranha (used for decalling the Battletech game miniatures).

1st Federated Suns Armoured Cavry mechs most often field an overall Davion Green camoflage.

ok, without much further ado, here are the pics…




Hope you all like it!

cheers

Mike

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That’s excellent. I know how it is to try to pull that much detail out of models that small.

I’m about to begin work on a Marauder (referred to by me as “Glaug”). I used to have the 1/72 in the Revell/Ceji box. I wasn’t exactly thrilled with what was inside the box, so I sold it for $125. What I decided to do was buy the Matchbox toy for $34. It’s bigger, its parts screw together and it has better joints than the Arii or Revell 1/72.

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Very nice Marauder. I love BattleTech subjects!

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Oh, I like it. Quite nice.
I prefer the more “realistic” look of Mech froms battlemech universe than macross or gunda
To bad models are hard to fine.
Maybe someday I’ll order one from armorcast.

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Excellent job Mike!!!

Matt

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Great job mike to your normal standards…

cheers mikeB

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thanks for the kind words

I really wanted to achieve a “weighted” armour look to the mech, this was hard at the scale the Marauder is.

cheers

Mike

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Ahhh yes. The awesome Marauder. I hated getting in front of one of those in MW2. Too bad there isn’t a kit of the Marauder IIC. I think you did it justice, great job!