Okay, for some time, I knopw folks have had issues with Monogram's TOS Galactica kit (and with good reason: inaccuracies out the wazoo!). Recently though, I obtained a Monogram Galactica ('97 reissue) and set out to discover what was making it inaccurate.
Well, the list I compiled so far is:
1) Greeblie details are wrong on much of the ship
2) The "head" is too tall
3) Certain details are the wrong scale, incorrectly placed, or altogether wrong.
4) The launch tubes along the sides are too big
5) the detail for the aft engine area (near the very end) is incorrect
6) The middle landing bay pylon is one piece, when it is clearly two pieces per side
7) Speaking of the pylons, they are too thick height wise and too narrow width wise
8) The bridge is shaped wrong
9) The landing bay pod should not be open on the front end
10) The landing bay needs at least some kind of floor near the rear opening
11) The "neck" connecting the head to the rest of the hull is too narrow
12) The first dome on the main hull is too high and too big
13) The "inlets" on each side of the head are WAY too big and should have a bar across the top of them
14) From the top, the back of the head should angle towards the edges of the hull, not come out straight
15) The angles "stripes" on the top front of the head (near the bridge) are too far forward, causing the head to look even more out of proportion than it is
16)The detail on the sides of the neck and between the main hull and engine section are all wrong
Now, by no means is this an exhaustive list. That said, I went through a lot of work in my quest to accurize this model. Yeah, it might be easier to buy a Moebius TOS Galactica, but I like a challenge.
So, here are pics of what I have done so far:
What I have done so far is to cut down the sides of the head, remove much of the erroneous detail on the head and sides of landing bay pods, replace the first dome, glue new walls to the sides of the neck and to split the center pylon and completely rebuild the top portion and build new sidewalls for where I removed plastic.
And by the way: the tan areas are not resin parts.....
...they're masking tape.
I'll post an update when I can.
Well, the list I compiled so far is:
1) Greeblie details are wrong on much of the ship
2) The "head" is too tall
3) Certain details are the wrong scale, incorrectly placed, or altogether wrong.
4) The launch tubes along the sides are too big
5) the detail for the aft engine area (near the very end) is incorrect
6) The middle landing bay pylon is one piece, when it is clearly two pieces per side
7) Speaking of the pylons, they are too thick height wise and too narrow width wise
8) The bridge is shaped wrong
9) The landing bay pod should not be open on the front end
10) The landing bay needs at least some kind of floor near the rear opening
11) The "neck" connecting the head to the rest of the hull is too narrow
12) The first dome on the main hull is too high and too big
13) The "inlets" on each side of the head are WAY too big and should have a bar across the top of them
14) From the top, the back of the head should angle towards the edges of the hull, not come out straight
15) The angles "stripes" on the top front of the head (near the bridge) are too far forward, causing the head to look even more out of proportion than it is
16)The detail on the sides of the neck and between the main hull and engine section are all wrong
Now, by no means is this an exhaustive list. That said, I went through a lot of work in my quest to accurize this model. Yeah, it might be easier to buy a Moebius TOS Galactica, but I like a challenge.
So, here are pics of what I have done so far:
What I have done so far is to cut down the sides of the head, remove much of the erroneous detail on the head and sides of landing bay pods, replace the first dome, glue new walls to the sides of the neck and to split the center pylon and completely rebuild the top portion and build new sidewalls for where I removed plastic.
And by the way: the tan areas are not resin parts.....
...they're masking tape.
I'll post an update when I can.