63 inch BSG Viper
- Thread starter Rick H
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jedimaster
Sr Member
At 63" is this going to fit some action figure inside? Can't wait looks good.
WHOA! VERY COOL!!!!! 
Standing by for more updates!
Standing by for more updates!
Rick H
Well-Known Member
Thanks all for those that have looked and posted. Yesterday was a quick post to see if there would be any interest in this project. I normally don’t post my builds because I don’t feel there up to the standards of the Master builders here.
Some additional information. I chose 63 inches because I was trying to get as close to a 5 foot finished model as I could. This is so I can add the controllers and servos I plan on using. I am using a 2 ¼ inch per foot scale. This is the MKII Viper using a mix from both the old and new series. My plans are to have it look as though it would work in the real world. (May be a bad description on my part). I will be using a small photo display screen as the cockpit display screen. A lighting kit for the exterior and interior lighting and for engines.
As for my tools. I am using home shop tools. Drill press, table saw etc.
From the reading I have done, it seems that the viper is capable of both space and atmospheric flight. So it seems that operational flight surfaces are a must. Rudder, flaps etc. I also plan to add an air/smoke system for the thrusters.
Some may be rolling there eyes about now, thinking yea right, another over ambitious builder. But since I am semi-retired, and have a back ground with RC aircraft and air powered controllers I do believe this is a project that is well within my skill set. Of course I have been wrong before.
. I will try to post better photos and a comprehensible build thread. Again that’s for looking. Rick
Some additional information. I chose 63 inches because I was trying to get as close to a 5 foot finished model as I could. This is so I can add the controllers and servos I plan on using. I am using a 2 ¼ inch per foot scale. This is the MKII Viper using a mix from both the old and new series. My plans are to have it look as though it would work in the real world. (May be a bad description on my part). I will be using a small photo display screen as the cockpit display screen. A lighting kit for the exterior and interior lighting and for engines.
As for my tools. I am using home shop tools. Drill press, table saw etc.
From the reading I have done, it seems that the viper is capable of both space and atmospheric flight. So it seems that operational flight surfaces are a must. Rudder, flaps etc. I also plan to add an air/smoke system for the thrusters.
Some may be rolling there eyes about now, thinking yea right, another over ambitious builder. But since I am semi-retired, and have a back ground with RC aircraft and air powered controllers I do believe this is a project that is well within my skill set. Of course I have been wrong before.
. I will try to post better photos and a comprehensible build thread. Again that’s for looking. Rick
h3pilot
Active Member
Just a comment on flight controls. (and I'm no BSG expert)
I don't remember ever seeing a traditional aileron, elevator, or rudder ever moving on a Viper. While the Viper Mk II seems to have panel lines that might suggest a movable control surface, the original Viper and Mk VII don't. To explain the lack of a visible trailing edge control surface, the entire airfoil could pivot slightly at the base, like the stabilator on a modern fighter jet.
Another possibility is reaction control jets, which are seen working on-screen in space flight. They could also work for attitude control in atmospheric flight and explain the lack of visible control surfaces.
Regardless of what you do, I can't wait to see it
Rick H
Well-Known Member
I agree with you h3pilot. I don’t remember seeing any moving surfaces during the shows. This is more along the lines of builders interpretation. This is one of those things that my friends and I love to nit-pick over. Like why does the viper have wings and a tail? The Raider didn’t have these, but seemed to be able to fly in atmosphere.
I agree that the thruster were deemed good enough for landing on a planet.
My thoughts on this is. If the viper were designed based on what I know, (which is limited) for real world application, that they would have a Master control that fixed the Stab/aileron and tail rudder in place during space operations and upon entering in to air operations be switched to planet operation mode. Probably not cannon to the die hard fans. But I think it would look cool to be able to switch them on and off.
This is more of an exercise for me. Can I do it and make it look believable.
Todays work.
This is one of those things that my friends and I love to nit-pick over. Like why does the viper have wings and a tail? The Raider didn’t have these, but seemed to be able to fly in atmosphere. I agree that the thruster were deemed good enough for landing on a planet.
My thoughts on this is. If the viper were designed based on what I know, (which is limited) for real world application, that they would have a Master control that fixed the Stab/aileron and tail rudder in place during space operations and upon entering in to air operations be switched to planet operation mode. Probably not cannon to the die hard fans. But I think it would look cool to be able to switch them on and off.
This is more of an exercise for me. Can I do it and make it look believable.
Todays work.
NICE!!!
EvanW
Well-Known Member
Ian's working on a 1/10th scale Mark 2.
Battlestar Galactica 1/10th Viper MkII Page 1
May provide some inspiration. Hasn't been updated in a while but he is likely still working on it as he has several commissions on the go.
Battlestar Galactica 1/10th Viper MkII Page 1
May provide some inspiration. Hasn't been updated in a while but he is likely still working on it as he has several commissions on the go.
