Pegasus Hobbies Hexagon Construction Kit Review

Let's look at the Hexagon Construction Kit. I've posted about this product before. None of those posts are proper reviews - more like a couple of early impressions and a project that made use of this product. So what's in this kit? And is it worth getting?

The Hexagon Construction Kit "Large Box" and contents.

The Hexagon Construction kit has been around for awhile. The manufacturer is a Russian company named Tehnolog Limited (copyright 2003). Pegasus Hobbies distributes the kits in the United States. These kits were once a popular choice for 15mm to 28mm scale sci-fi wargaming terrain and used to be available from many online retailers. Either the supply of this product has dried up or the demand declined in the years since then. The kits are still available, but they are harder to find these days.

The "Large Box" Hexagon Construction Kit holds a dozen sprues of parts and a set of instructions. There are three different sprue designs and each sprue holds a variety of parts. Expect to spend some time with a hobby knife cutting away mold lines and flash. The most useful part of the instructions are the notes on how the five different connectors work. The rest of the instructions describe how to build the structure pictured on the box. I couldn't find any reference to anybody actually building that structure. Most folks seem to use these kits for building custom sci-fi wargaming terrain.

The connectors used to hold the parts together take up a significant amount of real estate on each sprue, but they are a necessary component to assembling the parts as designed. The connectors fit tightly enough not to require glue. That stated, I'm not going to judge anybody who uses a little superglue to make sure everything holds together. There are gaps between the parts when using the connectors, but they don't stand out at tabletop distances. The connectors can break during assembly, but the sprues supply plenty of them.

The sprues are made from a hard plastic. Each part has different greebles on each side. The details are sharp - the vents, bolts/rivets, and ribbing on the cables are all clearly visible. The parts take spray primers and paints well. Some highlighting and a wash is recommended to bring out the details.

The look of these parts is fairly generic, but they aren't universal. They might work for steampunk, but not for more traditional fantasy. They slide seamlessly into the grimly industrial look of darker sci-fi settings, but might not fit a sleeker sci-fi aesthetic where rivets look out of place.

The sprues with the titular hexagon parts (front and rear views) and my current storage solution for the connectors - medicine pill bottles (cap not shown).

This is the most common sprue - six come in each "Large Box" kit. Sprues like these were the basis of the Sci-Fi Landing Pad and Shelters project. Before that project, I considered using the square and rectangle parts to assemble some 28mm scale sci-fi cargo containers as scatter terrain. I decided against the idea after considering the number of 28mm scale sci-fi cargo containers on the market.

Sci-Fi Landing Pad and Shelters. The hexagonal parts make up the top of the landing pad. Note that seven hexagons were needed - I had to use parts from a pair of kits.

 Shelter details. Square and rectangular parts were used for most of the shelters, the landing tower, and the elevator structure. An earlier version of the landing pad incorporated a couple of rectangles for a ramp.

The sprues with the large rectangular, various triangular, and ladder parts (front and rear views).

Each "Large Box" also contains four of these sprues. I planned to use the large square parts as part a security barrier scaled for 15mm, but I had a better idea when I started a Star Trek Adventures campaign. Note that at least two kits will be needed for a complete cube. The ladder parts are a little large for for 15mm, but should work for 28mm. I'm reserving those for my next electrical box or trash bash terrain project. The small equilateral triangles can be combined into an additional hexagon part. I assembled them as the opening doors of a missile silo for an abandoned project.

I'm thinking of calling this one "Techno-Pyramid". I'm also thinking that "Techno-Pyramid" sounds like the name of a Synthwave band.

The "Techno-Pyramid" was the result after tinkering with some of the triangular parts. It will probably appear on the table as an alien artifact or something. I just need to decide if I want to paint it metallic silver or some neon color.

The sprues with all the railings (front and rear views).

The "Large Box" only has two of these sprues. Most of these parts were intended to be used as railings. The open design works well for structural supports as well. There are also a couple of rectangular parts with integrated ladders.

These elongated right triangles? I have yet to use them for a project. I've played around with connecting them to the other parts, but inspiration hasn't struck. They are most likely going to end up glued to an otherwise flat surface on some kitbashed terrain piece.

Much of the utility of this product comes from being able to assemble the parts into structures, but the parts themselves are an excellent way to bulk up a bits box. I have a small pile of parts left over from previous kits and will have more once I take my cutters to this one. They have been a handy way to add details to trash bash terrain, a kitbashed spaceship model, or the base of a large figure.

These kits have gotten harder to find, which may be a turn off for those interested in a reliable long term supply. The full retail price for a "Large Box" kit from Pegasus Hobbies is $32.99. That works out to about $2.75 per sprue. That's a good value considering the number of parts that come on each sprue.