Jestefarean
Sr Member
:love its like porn for a BSG fan... :love :love
1/2 studio scale TOS Galactica 95% done updated 12/22
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MandalorFett
Active Member
Great work. the biuld is coming along nicely, and the details really work.
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Another update, here is where i am today, still adding detail all over this thing, the back panel was a real pain, i needed to scratchbuild the Satrun V parts since there is no 1/2 scale kit. All the mini tank parts were modified 1/144 tanks, the ones on the full scale were 1/87 so i chopped to get them about the right size and molded them. There is a ton of them along the back so i made a gang mold once i had a handful cast.
Thanks again
mike
Thanks again
mike
Jestefarean
Sr Member
Really really nice work Mike...very cool
Galactifan
Sr Member
INCREDIBLE..........
Looking spectacular..
LastBattlestar
Well-Known Member
Man, that is coming together fast. Nice work Mike- you are capturing the feel of the 6 footer quite nicely with the detailing.
I agree- it is a little to tall in the front nose cap area. The upper half of the head hull section looks perfect; it's just the 'chin' area that extends down a little too deeply below. Not a criticism, but something you may prefer to address early in the build. It will bother you for the rest of your life otherwise. Believe me, tearing off kit parts to rebuild an area ain't fun.
Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup
Mike, Oz
I agree- it is a little to tall in the front nose cap area. The upper half of the head hull section looks perfect; it's just the 'chin' area that extends down a little too deeply below. Not a criticism, but something you may prefer to address early in the build. It will bother you for the rest of your life otherwise.
Believe me, tearing off kit parts to rebuild an area ain't fun.Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup
Mike, Oz
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Yeah, after posting yesterday i went back to the Blueprints to see what happened. I "misread" that part of the BP's, in short i was looking at the "backround" part, the inner structure, when i was making the "foreground" part, it resulted in the chin parts being to tall. I have fixed one of the 2 chin parts and it looks much better, and it was an easy fix.... funny how taking a pic of something sometimes shows a mistake that you have trouble seeing in person....
mike
Man, that is coming together fast. Nice work Mike- you are capturing the feel of the 6 footer quite nicely with the detailing.
I agree- it is a little to tall in the front nose cap area. The upper half of the head hull section looks perfect; it's just the 'chin' area that extends down a little too deeply below. Not a criticism, but something you may prefer to address early in the build. It will bother you for the rest of your life otherwise.
Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup
Mike, Oz
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Yeah, after posting yesterday i went back to the Blueprints to see what happened. I "misread" that part of the BP's, in short i was looking at the "backround" part, the inner structure, when i was making the "foreground" part, it resulted in the chin parts being to tall. I have fixed one of the 2 chin parts and it looks much better, and it was an easy fix.... funny how taking a pic of something sometimes shows a mistake that you have trouble seeing in person....
mike
Gold Leader
Active Member
This is fantastic to watch it coming together like this, really inspiring.
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Thanks, do you mean what kit parts am i using or what reference I am using to detail the model?
The kit parts are from some 1/2 scale kits of know kits that were used on the original, i.e a 1/144 instead of 1/72 scale Leopold. but most are chopped up bits of kits that i had in my bin of leftovers from other builds.
I have attempted to make most of the details similar where i can using ref pics from the usual sites, like starshipbuilder.com, but more than anything at this point i am interested in making the model look correct to scale. I try to layer the detailing until it gets small enough to make the ship look "big"
mike
Thanks, do you mean what kit parts am i using or what reference I am using to detail the model?
The kit parts are from some 1/2 scale kits of know kits that were used on the original, i.e a 1/144 instead of 1/72 scale Leopold. but most are chopped up bits of kits that i had in my bin of leftovers from other builds.
I have attempted to make most of the details similar where i can using ref pics from the usual sites, like starshipbuilder.com, but more than anything at this point i am interested in making the model look correct to scale. I try to layer the detailing until it gets small enough to make the ship look "big"
mike
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Thanks, the shape of the ship is pretty accurate thanks to Charles Blueprints, it's all those little "greeblies" that just are not available in the half scale, so there is a lot of liberty taken with those...
thanks again
mike
Thanks, the shape of the ship is pretty accurate thanks to Charles Blueprints, it's all those little "greeblies" that just are not available in the half scale, so there is a lot of liberty taken with those...
thanks again
mike
star-art
Sr Member
You're moving incredibly fast, Mike. Looking good. As to the crack about the blueprints, let's see yours if they're better. :lol This subject is so challenging, no one else has ever drawn more accurate blueprints. Sure, Mike ran into a couple issues interpreting the plans. But he's moving at warp 9 so that's understandable.
The shape looks really good, but the details can sometimes make all the difference. A smaller scale model is going to be an interpretation of the original, more like a sculpture. It will be very hard to get a really close match when working in a different scale.
Mike, yeah the "chin" under the nose was a big goof. That area is pretty darned hard to even draw, much less build. I made quite a few mockups before I got it just right (something I highly recommend, though I understand when folks are so excited to build they just want to get straight to it).
I also noticed your "eyebrow" is off. This should be slanted downward, giving it a "meaner" look. THe head curves behind it, but the part is straight so this causes lots of confusion for people building this ship. Your version looks like what Brad Gaffey did on his model. Also, the eye "sockets" aren't the same on either side of the ship. The port side is much taller, cutting nearly all the way to the "mouth."
BTW, if anyone thinks the plans used to build this model aren't "accurate," how do you explain this?
http://www.starshipbuilder.com/forums/showthread.php?t=884
The shape looks really good, but the details can sometimes make all the difference. A smaller scale model is going to be an interpretation of the original, more like a sculpture. It will be very hard to get a really close match when working in a different scale.
Mike, yeah the "chin" under the nose was a big goof. That area is pretty darned hard to even draw, much less build. I made quite a few mockups before I got it just right (something I highly recommend, though I understand when folks are so excited to build they just want to get straight to it).
I also noticed your "eyebrow" is off. This should be slanted downward, giving it a "meaner" look. THe head curves behind it, but the part is straight so this causes lots of confusion for people building this ship. Your version looks like what Brad Gaffey did on his model. Also, the eye "sockets" aren't the same on either side of the ship. The port side is much taller, cutting nearly all the way to the "mouth."
BTW, if anyone thinks the plans used to build this model aren't "accurate," how do you explain this?
http://www.starshipbuilder.com/forums/showthread.php?t=884
