Studio Scale Cylon Raider
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clancampbell
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Incredible work! The Raider is one of those ships that is actually a better design than some Star Wars stuff...(Hey...don't hate me, im a SW Nut!!!)
Just fantastic!
Just fantastic!
Can you perhaps show us how you wired the lights in more detail? I've got the kit , but it didn't have instructions for that.
dbhs
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Thanks guys. This is one of my favorites (if not most favorite) as well. Maybe that's why it's taking so long....just enjoying working on it. It's fun to see it close to being finished now.
On the lighting. I found some more pics that I didn't put on my site with some more detail on the lighting. I uploaded them here with some explanation below.
A. A little hard to see here. I never took a picture of the holes drilled for the engine lights. I remember tracing the line around the engine bell reflectors that came with the kit to get the opening right (a little smaller than the flange of the reflector. I dremelled out the opening first to get it right. This also got the opening through the resin and into the foam. After that I drilled out the foam with a 1/2" drill bit. My drill bit wasn't quite long enough so i had to stab through the foam with something else to get the opening up to the bay at the front.
B. Here's the bay where I assembled the wires. The tricky part here was the side holes to meet up with those from the back and fishing the wires through. Also, FYI, when drilling these the side of the chuck from the drill is going to want to scrape against the engine on the opposite side. Cover that up with a few layers of masking tape to protect it. The hole from the cockpit is easy enough.
C-D. I wanted a particular look for the front lights and the only way I could do this was to turn some clear plastic to the shape I wanted. I used some clear plastic push pins (for bulletin boards) for this. Put the metal pin in the drill chuck and turned it with some metal files and sanding sticks to shape it. Then pulled the metal pin out. These are glued onto the end of some 1.5mm fiber optic connected to the LEDs. There's some orange lighting gels in there too to get the color. Then black electrical tape over the lights for light blocking.
E. Here's the bay before sealing it up. Scrap tubes hot glued in to keep it organized. The center wire is fished through the hole into the stand pipe.
Hope this helps.
On the lighting. I found some more pics that I didn't put on my site with some more detail on the lighting. I uploaded them here with some explanation below.
A. A little hard to see here. I never took a picture of the holes drilled for the engine lights. I remember tracing the line around the engine bell reflectors that came with the kit to get the opening right (a little smaller than the flange of the reflector. I dremelled out the opening first to get it right. This also got the opening through the resin and into the foam. After that I drilled out the foam with a 1/2" drill bit. My drill bit wasn't quite long enough so i had to stab through the foam with something else to get the opening up to the bay at the front.
B. Here's the bay where I assembled the wires. The tricky part here was the side holes to meet up with those from the back and fishing the wires through. Also, FYI, when drilling these the side of the chuck from the drill is going to want to scrape against the engine on the opposite side. Cover that up with a few layers of masking tape to protect it. The hole from the cockpit is easy enough.
C-D. I wanted a particular look for the front lights and the only way I could do this was to turn some clear plastic to the shape I wanted. I used some clear plastic push pins (for bulletin boards) for this. Put the metal pin in the drill chuck and turned it with some metal files and sanding sticks to shape it. Then pulled the metal pin out. These are glued onto the end of some 1.5mm fiber optic connected to the LEDs. There's some orange lighting gels in there too to get the color. Then black electrical tape over the lights for light blocking.
E. Here's the bay before sealing it up. Scrap tubes hot glued in to keep it organized. The center wire is fished through the hole into the stand pipe.
Hope this helps.
dbhs
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Hey guys.....
My available time and motivation has kept me from this for a while but getting bits done here and there. I got the second pass of weathering finished now. I'm really liking the overall look of this now and need to touch up some details here and there with a 3rd pass.
Thanks for the comments and thanks for looking.
My available time and motivation has kept me from this for a while but getting bits done here and there. I got the second pass of weathering finished now. I'm really liking the overall look of this now and need to touch up some details here and there with a 3rd pass.
Thanks for the comments and thanks for looking.
dbhs
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Here it is with the last bit of the dark weathering and the dusting applied without clear coat. The dusting effect really pulls all the colors together. It's got the aged look that I was after and is starting to look like it had gotten used and abused as a filming model.
I'm pretty happy with it at this point.
This one shows the bottom with the dusting applied only on the left side.
Here's with both sides done.
I'm pretty happy with it at this point.
This one shows the bottom with the dusting applied only on the left side.
Here's with both sides done.
Very nice! I can't wait to see more pictures.
dbhs
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The paint and weathering were inspired by the photos of this studio model...see 3rd post down ByYourCommand.net • View topic - Raider Colors/Markings?.
The dusting was done with dry pastel chalk powder (a mix of cream, white, and grey) and applied dry with a big soft watercolor brush. I was trying to fix that in place with dullcoat but it disappears when I do this so the pigment is literally just sitting there on it like dust.
The dusting was done with dry pastel chalk powder (a mix of cream, white, and grey) and applied dry with a big soft watercolor brush. I was trying to fix that in place with dullcoat but it disappears when I do this so the pigment is literally just sitting there on it like dust.
dbhs
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Chrisisall
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Extremely awesome. Those last few pics show how REALLY screen accurate it is.
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Chrisisall
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Hi Gary, I was wondering if the panel lines in the hero Raider were etched in or drawn on? It's hard to tell from some the photos I've seen, but my bet is etched.
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