Well, it WAS mighty quiet around these parts
{ until Frank posted up his Pilot figure..
} but anyway
I figured it would be a good time to show off my latest
attempt at a BSG kitÂ….
While I know it’s not “ studio scale “ { CGI and all that.. }
I’ll stick it in this Forum since I am “ hoping “ a 1/2500th
scale Battlestar will show up soon to accompany this ship..
{ cough, Coby, coughÂ….. } B)
As I mentioned above this is a 1/2500th scale ship and at that scale
measures in at just a tad less than 30 inches in length.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image2_3.jpg[/image]
DEFINITELY for the more serious modeler in you . LOLÂ…
Right from the get-go this has been quite the excruciating build .
Of course, made all the more WORSE by me since I wanted from the start
to have a ship that could have a lighting kit put into it to light up.
I know itÂ’s hard to tell from the fast fly byÂ’s on screen but this ship
REALLY is loaded with tons of lights and I wanted to
show that off in this model. Of course, once you start down that path you
run into a whole new world of headaches. Namely, you have to worry about
the “inside” of the model just as much as the outside during construction.
Anywho, hereÂ’s some progress shots of the thing.
I started off with the basic shape, while simple looking still VERY
hard to get everything “straight” on it and symmetrical. The “arms”
of the ship have a flattened bell shape that runs down their lengths
so that was ALLOT of fun to copy and get right.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image5_1.jpg[/image]
After that was out of the way came the innards of the arms. They
presented their own little headaches. Once again, I “could” have made things
easier on myself by making the innards one or two pieces.BUT,since I was going
for lighting this thing I broke all the parts down since all up and down the
Innards light LEEKS from various areas and to duplicate that effect I had
to break up the parts. ItÂ’s actually a very slick design, as all the parts overlap
each other so it made my job easier in the sense that all the innards go
together like a long jigsaw puzzle one overlapping the next going towards the
center section.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image27.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image21.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image1111.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image12.jpg[/image]
After the innards were done came the center section itself. This one was
particularly nutty because of the Raider Launch Bays. They by themselves were
a pain because of all those “slots” for the Raiders to launch from. And again,
since I wanted this kit to light up I had to have actual HOLES in those parts
for backlighting later on and not just scribed slots. So, I got some help from
a Board member here { Coby.. :confused } who made me up some nice laser cuts
sheet of plastic WITH holes. After I got them I made some molds to cast up
some resin parts and used what I call the “ poor mans vacu-former “ to put
those casting over wooden plugs to get the desired shape I needed for the
Launch Bays. And whatÂ’s in the picture is the end result.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image645.jpg[/image]
Next up was the fun MAKING the centere section. Since the entire center section
“flows” around those Bays, so if even ONE of them was out of whack with the
center of the ship the other two would show it. So, I had a fun time getting
them oriented to one another AND keeping them in line with the center of the ship.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image33.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image4_2.jpg[/image]
There's still a WHOOOOLE bunch to do on this,
TONS of scribing to do on the " tops & bottoms "
for one. But, it's comming together nicely so far... B)
And, as always, THANKS WACKY CHIMP .
{ until Frank posted up his Pilot figure..
} but anywayI figured it would be a good time to show off my latest
attempt at a BSG kitÂ….
While I know it’s not “ studio scale “ { CGI and all that.. }
I’ll stick it in this Forum since I am “ hoping “ a 1/2500th
scale Battlestar will show up soon to accompany this ship..
{ cough, Coby, coughÂ….. } B)
As I mentioned above this is a 1/2500th scale ship and at that scale
measures in at just a tad less than 30 inches in length.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image2_3.jpg[/image]
DEFINITELY for the more serious modeler in you . LOLÂ…
Right from the get-go this has been quite the excruciating build .
Of course, made all the more WORSE by me since I wanted from the start
to have a ship that could have a lighting kit put into it to light up.
I know itÂ’s hard to tell from the fast fly byÂ’s on screen but this ship
REALLY is loaded with tons of lights and I wanted to
show that off in this model. Of course, once you start down that path you
run into a whole new world of headaches. Namely, you have to worry about
the “inside” of the model just as much as the outside during construction.
Anywho, hereÂ’s some progress shots of the thing.
I started off with the basic shape, while simple looking still VERY
hard to get everything “straight” on it and symmetrical. The “arms”
of the ship have a flattened bell shape that runs down their lengths
so that was ALLOT of fun to copy and get right.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image5_1.jpg[/image]
After that was out of the way came the innards of the arms. They
presented their own little headaches. Once again, I “could” have made things
easier on myself by making the innards one or two pieces.BUT,since I was going
for lighting this thing I broke all the parts down since all up and down the
Innards light LEEKS from various areas and to duplicate that effect I had
to break up the parts. ItÂ’s actually a very slick design, as all the parts overlap
each other so it made my job easier in the sense that all the innards go
together like a long jigsaw puzzle one overlapping the next going towards the
center section.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image27.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image21.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image1111.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image12.jpg[/image]
After the innards were done came the center section itself. This one was
particularly nutty because of the Raider Launch Bays. They by themselves were
a pain because of all those “slots” for the Raiders to launch from. And again,
since I wanted this kit to light up I had to have actual HOLES in those parts
for backlighting later on and not just scribed slots. So, I got some help from
a Board member here { Coby.. :confused } who made me up some nice laser cuts
sheet of plastic WITH holes. After I got them I made some molds to cast up
some resin parts and used what I call the “ poor mans vacu-former “ to put
those casting over wooden plugs to get the desired shape I needed for the
Launch Bays. And whatÂ’s in the picture is the end result.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image645.jpg[/image]
Next up was the fun MAKING the centere section. Since the entire center section
“flows” around those Bays, so if even ONE of them was out of whack with the
center of the ship the other two would show it. So, I had a fun time getting
them oriented to one another AND keeping them in line with the center of the ship.
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image33.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/Image4_2.jpg[/image]
There's still a WHOOOOLE bunch to do on this,
TONS of scribing to do on the " tops & bottoms "
for one. But, it's comming together nicely so far... B)
And, as always, THANKS WACKY CHIMP .
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