This is my second go around with a galactica this size. I have been working on this on and off for at least 4 years, but recently got a big boost with some help from member Gort (thanks very much Nick), he did some magic and shrunk down a handful of the key doner parts like the Roco tanks, the train parts, F1 body, and a handful of other useful parts. Almost everything else is a total compromise on the details, I've had some lengthy discussions with some of our resident galactica experts and have come the the conclusion that making a 3 foot build with with a detail by detail reproduction, is impractical at best, maybe impossible as it would drive most people to the funny farm. Maybe one day our 3d gurus here will be able to get all the greeblies 3d printed. For now here is what i have come up with, there are thousands of small details on this to really give it the correct sense of scale. Some attempts have been made to use kits that are available in 1/2 scale (ie 1/72nd leo has a 1/144 counterpart), and an attempt has been made to match up some good replacements (ie squre thingy, round thingy), and in other cases i just went with what looked right in the pile.
Further along than this now, but here is a preview, many molds are already made and i am averaging a couple of new molds per day. I expect this to be all molded up by end of Sept. then i can start on a build.
thanks
mike
Further along than this now, but here is a preview, many molds are already made and i am averaging a couple of new molds per day. I expect this to be all molded up by end of Sept. then i can start on a build.
thanks
mike