Battlestar Valkrie - new kit for WF

moffeaton

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So there's a new model company that's releasing kits through JT-Graphics, and they asked me to do the table sample. I'm honored, and can honestly say, this kit has positively bewitched me!! It's DEAD accurate. It's BIG. It's flawlessly cast. These pics represent how the kit came to me today, and I've already cleaned it up, pinned some parts, and they are washed and currently drying... I'll update here as I progress, but man - I'm PSYCHED to see this kind of accuracy and quality.

Let's start with the flight pods. Two parts - check out those Viper launch tubes on the underside.
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The insides of the pods are detailed. CRAZY!
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HEAD! (say it like you're watching "So I Married an Axe Murderer")
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Reverse of the head parts - these parts CLICK together... it's like the kit wants to build itself.
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"But Jason, we know how cranky you get about the lack of undercuts and deep details in most resin kits - what's the skinny?" Looks damn fine to me!
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Body, top and bottom:
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Detail with crazy undercuts:
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Engines - there. are. four. engines. (Say it like Picard)
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Oooh baby, pinned and friction fit parts (the bays will need glue, so my finders are holding them in place, "kinda").
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"see" you soon, with more!
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Holy CRAP. :eek

Everybody gets this ship wrong in one way or another, but this looks spot on. I'm amazed. Oh, yeah. And I WANT. :D
 
Holy crap indeed.
What a fantastic looking kit.
I gotta be honest and say I wasn't very taken by this design when I saw it in the show. But having seen your pics.........damn, I need this kit.

I love the detail on the "HEEEEEED". Even looks like a nod to the original series with the bridge detail on there.:cool
 
Holy frak! Looks like someone got a hold of the actual render files! :love

I want, I want! :eek

Keep us posted. Looks like I'll be eating Top-Ramen for a few months to afford all of those BSG kits from Bad-AZZ.
 
I may have been under a rock for a while - where is the Battlestar Valkrie from?

Awesome ship and ring!:lol
 
it's from "Hero", season 3 :)

Red markings get painted next, then some weathering, and subtle panel painting...

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Amazing work! Is this considered 1:3700 scale for the "oversized" Valkyries seen in Razor or a different scale entirely? Will it be available with the optional "rollbar"?
 
Roll bar?

One of the Valkyrie class Battlestar seen in Razor showed what looked like a curved wing over the top of the engines.

There is some debate as to whether this was part of the ship or part of the repair station. Here's somebody's interpretation of the wing design.

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Holy crap - it was part of the Scorpion Shipyards!! That is hilarious.
:lol

What will people think spaceships have next, spinners?
 
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