Studio Scale Base Star

[S. Holmes]

Everything that should have been said has been....
However, I feel that I need to say my peace about this as well though.
People that have long standing..deep running grudges...should not bring them out on the forums.
They need to keep their opinions and..."Conspiracy Theories"... to them selves. Or at least reside them to PMs.
Well said Kurt of your opinion, and well said Treadwell. Jimbo did have a choice and he chose to post so it does rest with him and not who asked him to post it.
Now let's all just get along and concintrate on the very cool project on hand here.

Oh, and Kurt..... could you PM me...... I have a question about your Desanto Viper.

Gil

 

[S. Holmes]

One other thing for everyone here..... a couple of pages ago I tried to share Revell/Monogram's Flyer about the anoucment of the redo, re-releases.....
I am a newby to this forum and not converse in alot of the nuaunces..... :confused
Here is a direct link to the Flyer...
Sorry for any problems.... :$
Gil

http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/lordofkobol/

 

[Eagle-1]

And y'all really thought he just dropped in to say "Hello"?

:rolleyes

Good work Mark. Keep it up. Doin' good. Keep them pictures comin'. Stop wasting time to update this thread. Get to work. (Well, take some time to update the thread I suppose).

Try not to make this thing cost anywhere near the billion Triton says it should. If it does, I hope you have a lay-away for old friends. Even so, a billion may take me awhile to get the thing out.

Rob.

 

[dilbertman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(S. Holmes @ Apr 9 2007, 02:27 PM) [snapback]1458600[/snapback]</div>

One other thing for everyone here..... a couple of pages ago I tried to share Revell/Monogram's Flyer about the anoucment of the redo, re-releases.....
I am a newby to this forum and not converse in alot of the nuaunces..... :confused
Here is a direct link to the Flyer...
Sorry for any problems.... :$
Gil

http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/lordofkobol/
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Thanks for the link, got it this time.

Jim :thumbsup

 

[SSR]

Mark:

I have some experience with laser cutting of plexiglas and have heard of using very high pressure water to cut just about anything, including steel, but what is the advantage of using the water method over the laser for studio scale parts ?

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

SSR, no advantage. I just couldn't find a laser cutter with a big enough table and the watage to cut .250 acrylic.

 

[cobywan]

Our laser will cut .250". But our bed is only 45" by 45".

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Coby, I could of used it The disks are 36" water cutting was the only option at the time.
Plus they are local so shipping is not an issue for say 20 or 40 disks


Mark

 

[cobywan]

The cutter can only go 4" per minute. That would run for days.

 

[Rogue Studios]

On the Gary thing. He wishes to remain pretty quiet for now and would like to stay off the boards for the most part he's not into the attention this hobby draws etc. I actually received an email from him wondering why I even mentioned the Basestar so to keep him happy please don't chase him down.

Lee

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

I agree Lee, leave Gary alone. His collection is his and he owes no one anything. I personally would like to see him do the George Lucas thing and tour them. I think he could make some money and make a lot of BSG fans happy seeing it's the 30th anniversary BUT, and I say BUT, that is HIS collection and HIS decision to make and no one should ride him to show them or supply pictures. He knows what we all would like, trust me. He has been asked enough times. Just be happy that these models are safe, and have been restored and are still around. Some were almost destroyed and some were in such bad shape before Gary was able to obtain them. It took a lot of time and money and there for I respect his request so let him have his privacy.

Coby, OMG :eek what is the wattage of the laser? The water cutting worked fine I'm told.



Mark

 

[cobywan]

25 watts. It's very low power. But I can really do subtle work with it.

http://home.comcast.net/~mfactory/Biggie_G...ne_plate_02.jpg

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Coby,
I've seen your work It's very nice :thumbsup My friend Will, Firefoxm31, uses a 25 watt laser for all my cutting, vector scribing and rastering. I draw them, he cuts them




Mark

 

[S. Holmes]

Just be happy that these models are safe, and have been restored and are still around. Some were almost destroyed and some were in such bad shape before Gary was able to obtain them. It took a lot of time and money and there for I respect his request so let him have his privacy.

Mark

[/quote]

I agree as well. If he doesn't want to have the attention and admiration that would come from doing a tour or what ever for the fans..then we should respect his wishes and leave it at that. :unsure

As for the miniatures from BSG..... and their well being....
I just re-watched the old Roger Corman movie "Battle Beyond The Stars" . And I beleave I saw the Celestra from the fleet in there..re-made as Sador's (John Saxon) battleship. The front end looked like it was the same from BSG, but the back end had been completely rebuilt.
And.....it was physically blown up at the end of the movie. :cry
Goes to show you how little the effects guys and the studios thought of their property back then. :eek :cry

Any way..... back to the Basestar.
Gil

 

[cobywan]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mycroft Holmes @ Apr 11 2007, 06:07 PM) [snapback]1460126[/snapback]</div>

My friend Will, Firefoxm31, uses a 25 watt laser for all my cutting, vector scribing and rastering. I draw them, he cuts them




Mark
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Raster etching is something I can not do with our machine. I am jealous.

 

[GKvfx]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(S. Holmes @ Apr 11 2007, 10:10 AM) [snapback]1460127[/snapback]</div>

As for the miniatures from BSG..... and their well being....
I just re-watched the old Roger Corman movie "Battle Beyond The Stars" . And I beleave I saw the Celestra from the fleet in there..re-made as Sador's (John Saxon) battleship. The front end looked like it was the same from BSG, but the back end had been completely rebuilt.
And.....it was physically blown up at the end of the movie. :cry
Goes to show you how little the effects guys and the studios thought of their property back then. :eek :cry


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Completely different ship. Though it looks the similar, it is in fact a completely different model built by Corman's FX guys. And the version they blew up was not the hero MOCO miniature, it was pyro dummy they made specifically for that purpose. The hero version survived and was recently restored and auctioned off at one of Profiles' Hollywood auctions.

Gene

 

[S. Holmes]

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Completely different ship. Though it looks the similar, it is in fact a completely different model built by Corman's FX guys. And the version they blew up was not the hero MOCO miniature, it was pyro dummy they made specifically for that purpose. The hero version survived and was recently restored and auctioned off at one of Profiles' Hollywood auctions.

Gene
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Count me as corrected. My mistake. :confused :unsure

Gil

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Base Star

I will be posting some picts of things in the next day or two.



Mark

 

[dilbertman]

I will be posting some picts of things in the next day or two.

Mark

Looking forward to that.

Jim:cool :cheers

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Here are some pix of what I'm working on. I didn't shoot a pict of the Colonial Movers or Prison Barge yet.

Enjoy!

Mark