JM7-F/G Pieces

[GreyWolfActual]

I'm about to start working on a kitbashing Jagermech, and the primary choices are either the JM7-F or the JM7-G.  What pieces would the experts amongst you recommend for the RAC/5s of the "F" and/or the RAC/2s and LB-2s of the "G?"  I'm hoping for pieces in the IWM scrapyard/omni armory as my bits box is fresh out of anything close to a rotary autocannon.

[Youngblood]

I'd recommend a couple of Hammerhands RAC arms (saw off the lasers) for the F, and Uziel arm sprues from the Junkyard for the JM7-G.  For other Iron Wind options, you can get a saw and/or wrench and rip off the RACs on the new Typhoon or Vedette.

Jacob Kincaid's Uziel's arms are RAC/5s even though they don't look like RACs.

[GreyWolfActual]

Ya, I like the Typhoon's RACs, but buying two of 'em just to hack 'em apart doesn't appeal to me.  The same applies to Vedettes, though I like the tank even less.

I hadn't considered the Hammerhands arms (even though I just bought a pair of the 'hands).  You know I'll probably just go with that idea, the Uziel arms don't appeal to me that much.  Thanks!

On a related note, would you use the old school Jagermech, or the Jager III?  I'm leaning towards old school, but neither of them are the right tonnage.

[Youngblood]

There's no helping the lack of a mini for the JM7 unless you want to go to someone like Mr. Balk to completely bash one from the ground up for you.  I'd pick the 3050 JagerMech as a base, if only because it's more available (and doesn't look like a turd with stick legs).  Maybe you could saw off the legs and replace them with bigger ones to make it look taller?

Actually, now that I imagine it, a JagerMech III mini would probably look a LOT better with Atlas legs or something.

[Cache]

Ya, I like the Typhoon's RACs, but buying two of 'em just to hack 'em apart doesn't appeal to me.  The same applies to Vedettes, though I like the tank even less.

They come 2/pack.  Looks like you still can buy regular Typhoon turrets in the scrapyard to make use of the leftover hulls.

On a related note, would you use the old school Jagermech, or the Jager III?  I'm leaning towards old school, but neither of them are the right tonnage.

There is a 70-ton Jagermech variant that was brought into the fold after the MechCommander game featured one.  You'll hear arguments for and against both the standard and III, but I prefer the standard.

[Youngblood]

There is a 70-ton Jagermech variant that was brought into the fold after the MechCommander game featured one.  You'll hear arguments for and against both the standard and III, but I prefer the standard.

The 70-ton JagerMechs are what the thread is about--they're designated by the 7 in the JM*- series.  There are three of those variants now actually, there's just no mini for them, hence this thread.  GWA and I were discussing which metal mini would represent them the best.

[Cache]

The 70-ton JagerMechs are what the thread is about--they're designated by the 7 in the JM*- series.

As I am aware.  I guess I worded my statement wrong.  I should have said that since the JM7-D was the first 70-ton variant and it was imported from the MechCommander game, where it was depicted as a standard Jagermech, you could reasonably assume that the other 70-ton variants are also standard Jagermechs.  Also, the MechCommander Inner Sphere miniatures boxed set had a standard Jagermech included, though it was labeled as a JM6-S.  If you prefer the Jag III, then say the original was a failed prototype and the production variants were based on the Jag III.

[Youngblood]

TRO 3050 Upgrade say the JM7- series is "an outgrowth of that [JagerMech III] initiative", though that's not made entirely clear.  For all we know, in-universe, the JM7- series might look completely different from either of the first two JagerMech 'sub-species' altogether.  We might get a hint as to what series they branched out from once they're included in a Total Warfare version of Record Sheets: 3050U.