BSG Agro Ship / Botanical Cruiser - Finished!

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A client asked me to build this ship as a practical filming model in a relative size to his studio scale TOS Galactica.
Off-the-shelf materials needed to facilitate the build dictated its size to be 66 inches.

I'll be using the studio files of the ship for the build. These are some low res images that were sent with the info file that I can post here.

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Aluminum armature for what will be a very heavy model
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Bass wood and pine over the armature and styrene and plexi for the body panels.
4 mounting points - F/R, L/R
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A pattern for one of the side edge pieces.
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Some of the cast plates that cover the long-main body
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running some fiber optics
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Wow! This looks like a great build! I'll be watching with great interest.
 
Re: BSG Botanical Cruiser / Agro Ship

Thanks womo and Randy for taking an interest.
The Agro Ship is a somewhat lesser known subject to be modeling, but it's a beautiful design IMO.
 
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The middle engine slides into the rear armature mount. The styrene fins surrounding the pipes are laser cut.
The inner rings are from Airfix saturn 5 kits, the larger rings are cut from space shuttle main fuel tanks.
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The tapered fins at the rear of the engines and the wood strips with holes were lasered.
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LOTS of engines
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The grill detail was also cut on the laser from bass wood.
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Building up the structures on the underside of the engine section.
- and more lasered parts.
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This funny looking dude goes on the rear-sides of the engine section.
I still need to hollow out his (eyes) to match the part on the CG model.
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Damn CGI may be the only way these Sci fi shows can get made but I have to say that nothing beats a real Model, already it looks better than the renderings. Looking forward to the finish model.
 
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Very cool, will be watching!

So the client wants a new show agro ship with his TOS Galactica? I don't know what the differences are between the CG ship and the TOS version, but there has to be some. (I guess reference would be an issue there...)
 
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Treadwell said:
Very cool, will be watching!

So the client wants a new show agro ship with his TOS Galactica? I don't know what the differences are between the CG ship and the TOS version, but there has to be some. (I guess reference would be an issue there...)
Click to expand...

Yes, old with the new.
CG ship is what you see here - TOS version was stock footage of the valley Forge from the movie Silent Running.
 
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The one the client has, is it from the old or new Gallactica? If the latter, I didn't know they used real models for the exterior shots. Are you building a ship from the old Gallactica?

Almost finished up BSG, and I have to say it's my favorite show as far as real sets and ships go. CG is cheap, but I love a real space ship set.
 
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brandomack said:
Nice work!

What laser system are you using for cutting?

Brandon
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Thanks.

I'm currently working with a 50 watt Versa Laser with a 24x12 table.
I used to have an Epilog 25 watt. I like them both equally. Zero problems with either - just keep the mirrors clean!
 
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