Lastly, compared to my existing Mad Cat model and Stalker, this thing is the PERFECT size. I just like my ‘mechs to look exciting, and especially with the Mad Cat MK II, I love the way the machine walks in MW4, that rolling motion makes it look so predatory and powerful that I had to replicate it. I prefer active poses for my models, and often I can only do that with a base. I realize how often I say I prefer non-based models…and yet constantly use bases. The thing weighs easily 5 lbs in resin (and I’m bad at estimating, it could easily be ten!) It will take some very sturdy support and a display base for this baby to stand upright on its own. This is by far the heaviest ‘mech model I’ve ever worked on. I used Games Workshop brass etch pieces from a basing kit to provide two beat up panels riddled with bullets, and two skull symbols to denote its pirate affiliation. I decided it would be a pirate ‘mech, salvaged from the battlefield and patched up. I of course had to add a couple of my trademark modifications to this robust machine. Other than that, this kit was amazingly fun to build, though the pose I went with makes it very unbalanced and I will need to base it and support it with a clear rod (you can see the half-tube rod of plasticard I’ve got holding it up right now). A small raised section where they sit, or a peg-and-hole section for them to slot into would’ve been nice. However, there’s no clear location on either side of the fuselage where the LRM racks are supposed to sit.
The classic battletech design and the MW4 design have very different assemblies for the LRMs, and this one conforms to the MW4 design closely. The other issue is the missile launchers. One is that the arm assemblies are in three pieces, and the rectangular second piece does not slot in anywhere specific, it’s easy enough to discern where it goes, but the housing around it doesn’t conform to the same footprint. This kit proves to be on par with Scott’s Catapult and Tim’s past kit the Flea (still working on that one, need to get a pin-vice), though there are two gripes. Tim Fusco, owner of Battlemech Club has sculpted an impressive resin kit of this auspicious Clan Diamond Shark design, bringing the 90 ton design to life in 1/60 scale.ĭesigned from the ground up to be sold as a kit, the Mad Cat MK II is truly a sight to behold once fully built. Oh the joys of a new battlemech! Mechwarrior 4 and TRO 3067 brought us the Mad Cat MK II, an assault-class upgrade to Battletech’s most famous ‘mech.
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