Fresh out of Warhammer Fest, a Forge World treat just for you hungry hobby maniacs! Check out our unbox and build of the Taerrax Pattern Termite Assault Drill.
Let’s burrow on into this neat little kit.
Terrax Pattern Termite Assault Drill £75
This multi-part resin kit contains the components necessary to assemble a Terrax Pattern Termite Assault Drill. Designed with practicality in mind, this vehicle eschews the aggressive look of many of its contemporaries – spending much of its time underground, this drill is more concerned with moving earth than striking fear into the enemy. As such, it is essentially a long capsule – able to transport up to 12 models – with 5 sets of tracks along its body, which serve both to pull it along the tunnels it digs and deposit rocks and earth behind it. At the rear is the engine assembly, with covers and exhaust, but the front is where the real fun is to be had – an enormous drill assembly takes up the whole of the vehicle’s front, with 4 rings of blades giving way to a large ring of grinders and crushers. 2 weapons can be mounted, either side of the drill assembly – you have the choice of included heavy flamers, volkite chargers or twin-linked bolters, and a hatch on the hull can be modelled closed or open.
The Terrax Pattern Termite Assault Drill comes as 39 components. Rules for fielding this model in games of Warhammer 40,000 and The Horus Heresy are available as a PDF download.
As far as putting this model together goes, it’s pretty straightforward. The rings of the body of the Termite lock together pretty well. There’s not a lot of fuss going on here, but we did spot a few areas that you may need to trim up. 
The detailing on these pieces are incredible and we’re very impressed.
As we got farther into the assembly, there were a few pieces that didn’t sit quite flush. There were also some labeling issues between the assembly instructions and the parts themselves. We’re not sure if they were mixed up or just labeled incorrectly.
Be sure to pay special attention when you’re assembling the drill ring, it sits well but just doesn’t line up perfectly. We’re thinking maybe the model needs a little heat or at the end of the day maybe it’s just a little “gappy.”
We had the same gapping issue on the back end of the model. It wasn’t quite as noticeable, but either way, make sure you’re putting it together as exactly as possible to eliminate those possible issues as best as possible.
Overall, this is a nifty little kit. We’ve worked with enough Forge World kits to know that the issues we ran into are not something you really need to be concerned about. With every resin kit, there is potential for gaps just because of the nature of the material and the way the parts are cast.
Oh, and there ARE rules for it on Forge World’s site for both 40k and Heresy but it’s over 100 points for 40k so while cool, it is pretty comparable to a drop pod.
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