FYI... I know it's not BR quality, but it's on Amazon prime right now, and has been so for a long time.
Moebius Battlestar Galactica. The old one!
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Eagle-1
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Agreed! They almost jumped the shark when they went down to Central America, but that straightened out shortly, so I was back on board! Absolutely LOVED that car. Always swore I would get me one some...
day...
Ok.... We may have two different favorite shows here?
(Thank you for the compliment Mr. kermet. An update is on the way!)
JPH
Sr Member
Its like he's running a marathon, man
Eagle-1
Sr Member
G'day mates! Oi! Chunk anotha shrimp ona barbie!
OK OK! COME BACK! I know I fooled y'all with my accent, but it's ME! HA!!!! Fooled y'all...LOL!!! So gullable. Y'all crack me up, I swear.
Well. Here's the next couple "what I did was's"...
There was a nub-ule towards the front of the head that I scraped off. Wasn't showing up on reference, so, gone.
There seemed to be quite a spot along that same side that has scribe lines on the studio model, but weren't on the Moebius, so I scratched some of them in there too. The forward pointer shows where that nub was.
Next up on the modifications was to the walls along the neck of this thing, including the rear wall of the head and all the walls of the neck. Before I moved on to that, there are a couple porches... or lean-to's... on one side of the neck of the studio model, so I added them as well.
The next few pictures will show what I've ended up with on these neck walls and rear wall. I sorta cheated here a little. I have been, as I've shown, completely removing parts that I plan to replace. With these next mods, I didn't remove as many of the original Moebius lumps that I normally would and just added to many that were already there. Didn't come out too bad?
As y'all can see in this bottom mod, there had to be ANOTHER one of those JPS parts made. Before y'all ask, it weren't NO funner to make this one than it was the first one. You woulda thought it would be, but nope. Just nope.
This took me a little extra time, for one, like I said... I had to slow down for a few days to get roofed! It was taking a little extra time anyway because on this one, much like the side head holes, I had to make practically every one of this bits. There isn't much small enough to use straight out of these HO/1-72/1-76 kits that I can stick straight on. I had to work on each one of them to varying degrees to get something close enough.
If y'all wanna know anything about anything I've done, SPEAK UP.
Aussie OUT!!!
OK OK! COME BACK! I know I fooled y'all with my accent, but it's ME! HA!!!! Fooled y'all...LOL!!! So gullable. Y'all crack me up, I swear.
Well. Here's the next couple "what I did was's"...
There was a nub-ule towards the front of the head that I scraped off. Wasn't showing up on reference, so, gone.
There seemed to be quite a spot along that same side that has scribe lines on the studio model, but weren't on the Moebius, so I scratched some of them in there too. The forward pointer shows where that nub was.
Next up on the modifications was to the walls along the neck of this thing, including the rear wall of the head and all the walls of the neck. Before I moved on to that, there are a couple porches... or lean-to's... on one side of the neck of the studio model, so I added them as well.
The next few pictures will show what I've ended up with on these neck walls and rear wall. I sorta cheated here a little. I have been, as I've shown, completely removing parts that I plan to replace. With these next mods, I didn't remove as many of the original Moebius lumps that I normally would and just added to many that were already there. Didn't come out too bad?
As y'all can see in this bottom mod, there had to be ANOTHER one of those JPS parts made. Before y'all ask, it weren't NO funner to make this one than it was the first one. You woulda thought it would be, but nope. Just nope.
This took me a little extra time, for one, like I said... I had to slow down for a few days to get roofed! It was taking a little extra time anyway because on this one, much like the side head holes, I had to make practically every one of this bits. There isn't much small enough to use straight out of these HO/1-72/1-76 kits that I can stick straight on. I had to work on each one of them to varying degrees to get something close enough.
If y'all wanna know anything about anything I've done, SPEAK UP.
Aussie OUT!!!
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Analyzer
Master Member
You have been pretty busy. It's funny because I was satisfied with the Moebius Galactica, especially when compared to the old Revell/Monogram one and was not going to bother much with detailing it, but you really have shown how much detail the kit is truly lacking
I have been rethinking it and may have to at least do some more. Maybe not your level, but something
Hopefully you were/are safe from all those tornados that last day or so
I have been rethinking it and may have to at least do some more. Maybe not your level, but something
Hopefully you were/are safe from all those tornados that last day or so
Eagle-1
Sr Member
Eagle-1
Sr Member
Mr. Analyzer... I don't know what to say my friend. That very thing is what we're SUPPOSE to be sharing things with one another for and posting on places like this. If what I show EVER causes someone to be inspired, that makes me more humble than I can tell you. Thank you. That, right there, is probably one of the best replies I've ever had.
Folks, I'm glad y'all like all this and I really do hope it inspires more folks and in my opinion, it does seems to be improving something as simple as a plastic model. Like I said in the title of all this, Moebius should have put something better in that box for us. If this looks better to y'all, it proves it.
Eagle-1
Sr Member
AND I ALMOST FORGOT!!! Yes sir, please DO join in! The more the merrier I always say. I've posted that very phrase at least 94 other times in this thread and I meant all 82 of those times.
My thread is Y'ALL's thread.
If you make your own, AT LEAST give us the link.
Eagle-1
Sr Member
Analyzer, if you plan on going anywhere in the same direction I've been going, just shout. So far, I've mainly been showing y'all what things look like after I did 'em, but I can CERTAINLY show HOW I do them too. If at ANY POINT you would want to know some of that, say it and I'll do it!
I can only imagine what your upgrades will look like. What y'all see is from a complete and total noob. This in the hands of some of y'all oughta REALLY be something to behold!
Analyzer
Master Member
Eagle-1
Sr Member
If that's true AT ALL, you will fit right in this thread perfectly. Pull you up a chair. Grab a cup of coffee.
kermet
Sr Member
Yep I will have to watch love these shows, Thanks for the heads up
Eagle-1
Sr Member
GLAD TO HEAR! Alrighty then, you feel free to jump right in here too and ask me anything you want to. I'm generally very quite, don't say much and I usually answer questions with a one word reply and I'm mad when I get asked questions in the first place, especially ones requiring an answer...
But I am HERE for you! 100%
Eagle-1
Sr Member
With these last additions I run smack dab into 'nother problem. Most of the time, just like we've all said, this kit seems fairly spot on. Everytime things added line up just like they seem to suppose to. This observation seemed to really be the case on that engine section. Every part I needed to add went just about where you see it on the original studio model and all I've had to do is make something similar in a smaller scale and it seems to fall just about exactly where it should, which to me, shows that most things and dimensions about this kit are pretty much there. The inconsistencies I saw during that bridge alignment were bridge, NOT model as an example.
Here's some of the pictures Mr. edge10 sent me to aid in the construction of what I last posted:
I have found, what I consider to be a part of the actual kit that's just wrong. Two words best describe it and those would be MAL and FUNCTION. As y'all can see in those actual studio Galactica pictures, that second TAMIYA 1/12 John Player Special part I had to make for the engine section, strapped across this area too.
Once again, in case someone hasn't seen the 1/12 piece:
As I modify things, of course, I try to be conscience of how it will still fit as a model. By that, I want to make sure what I'm doing doesn't make things all wrong later and that "Part A" will still fit into "Part B" later down the road, so I attached the next sections under belly piece to the rear of the modified neck walls to make sure that new JPS piece went where it was suppose to. It did, on the forward section of the piece. The piece is SUPPOSE to span that block on the next section of the model and it is way short, as seen in the next picture.
So, what's taking place at the moment, of course, is that block has got to be chopped off and remade into something else. What else you ask? Well, I don't know yet. A circle? A triangle? A chipmunk? Or perhaps, same as it is now, just a little wider. I really can't say just yet, but I am committed to making something change.
It's gotta be done. It's just gotta.
Here's some of the pictures Mr. edge10 sent me to aid in the construction of what I last posted:
I have found, what I consider to be a part of the actual kit that's just wrong. Two words best describe it and those would be MAL and FUNCTION. As y'all can see in those actual studio Galactica pictures, that second TAMIYA 1/12 John Player Special part I had to make for the engine section, strapped across this area too.
Once again, in case someone hasn't seen the 1/12 piece:
As I modify things, of course, I try to be conscience of how it will still fit as a model. By that, I want to make sure what I'm doing doesn't make things all wrong later and that "Part A" will still fit into "Part B" later down the road, so I attached the next sections under belly piece to the rear of the modified neck walls to make sure that new JPS piece went where it was suppose to. It did, on the forward section of the piece. The piece is SUPPOSE to span that block on the next section of the model and it is way short, as seen in the next picture.
So, what's taking place at the moment, of course, is that block has got to be chopped off and remade into something else. What else you ask? Well, I don't know yet. A circle? A triangle? A chipmunk? Or perhaps, same as it is now, just a little wider. I really can't say just yet, but I am committed to making something change.
It's gotta be done. It's just gotta.
Joseph C. Brown
Sr Member
Whoa.. that's a heck of an issue! Re-making the part, wider, to fit your other modifications looks to be the way to go....
Eagle-1
Sr Member
Whoa.. that's a heck of an issue! Re-making the part, wider, to fit your other modifications looks to be the way to go....
I couldn't think of what else I could do. Then again, I have a very tiny brain and I think very tiny thoughts, so I had NO CHANCE to come up with any big ideas.
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