AndyP Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 (edited) Greeting everyone its going to be the re-imagined Galactica using the re-released Mobius kit by Revell, gonna show her as she was at the beginning of the 2003 mini-series, rather than the state she was in at the end of the show Im gonna use the Paragrafix PE and the Acreation Decals Most of the subassemblies are all done, and ive added the PE Inserts to the voids where the flight pods retract Bit of fettling was needed for the aligator head, the model has a noticeable 'step' accross the top of the model so needed to remove the locating slides and add some plasticard to the neck so when i add the head it will be flush Just a quick shot of the underside showing the lower part of the head, i decided to glue this in place to make it easier to position the upper part of the head while i was sanding that back so its all ready for primer tomorrow, i expect this is a model that would take only half a day to make, if it wasn't for all the decals im gonna have to add cheers folks Andy Edited December 28, 2012 by AndyP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanM Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Looking good so far Andy. Will watch with interest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 generous application of Halfords Rattle-can Grey added the decal and the PE to the Flight pods and glued the Flight-pods together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Kesterton Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I have been really tempted to get this kit. I really enjoyed the remake of BSG - watching the box set DVD (season 3) at the moment. Thanks for posting all the pictures of the sub-assemblies and the PE bits too. Halfords grey primer - funny how so many sci-fi ships have that colour :-) anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thanks guys Been working away on her over the new year (in between the occasional caucasian ) As i mentioned i did have the Acreation Decal set, and i started applying these, but they were increadibly fiddly and to be honest i didnt like how they made the model look, it looked too dark and "busy" so ive decided to go forward without applying these (ill give them to my mate and his Galactica build for when he gets around to it) So after giving it a new darker base coat with some Tamiya German Grey, ive spent the rest of the day Drybrushing some Medium Sea Grey Ive also drybrushed the Red Identification Stripes, it gives a must better look to my eye, and more representative of the ship in the Mini-series Its just Dryfitted in the pics here, im gonna give it all a Oil Wash to help bring out the panal details and add the PE Battery guns, with luck i can have this finished tomorrow and Start on the Metal Gear Rex kit which arrived on monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 nicely done so far! I am about to start on mine soon and have the same PE set for the hangar bays (not the internal pod set - I intend to sratch build the ribbing insde). Did you have any fit issues with the external set? They look pretty straight forward enough to me Regardless, I lke the nice tidiness of yours. It's a pleasant change to see one that isn't all battle damaged and dirty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 The Inserts were pretty straight forward, they need quite a bit of fettling to get the contours right but they went in easy enough, i just had to trim 1 of them to fit, the Interior ribs while nice are pretty much invisible unless your lighting the flight pod's, even if i shine a light through the pod i can hardly make them out lol, but that kits probably a better one to get because it has the etched name plates and the PE Gun's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbee2004 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Ive just bought the Revell release of the Galactica kit so I can panel over all the ribbing to make it look as it looks in the new "Blood and Chrome" BSG spin off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Dont forget all the extra Rail-guns you'll need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BushBrit66 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 There is a brass set with just the name and the museum window screens for the landing pod. Circa £6 from ebay Cheers Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) Welp pretty much done now, a couple of touch-ups here and there, and need to pain the base, but she's finished Ill take some better pictures tomorrow once ive painted the base, and then its onto the next model Dunno if i should do the TOS Galactica, or Metal Gear Rex Edited January 3, 2013 by AndyP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcb10 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Will you be lighting her at all, engines and hangers would look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 nah, couldn't be bothered lighting this, pretty much OOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 That's looking nice, the finish is almost metallic in the pics, but I think you said it was a mixture of flat paints? For next, do the MG Rex so I can be jealous and cry - the pictures on HLJ look very desirable Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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