Mike Mcellaney Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Just finished a revamp of the workroom when doing so started watching BSG, well when sorting out the stash I came across the Raptor so as one does I opened it to see what I had in the box. Now I did get this kit when it first was released back in 2017/18, got the Paragrafix photo etch for it and started work but something else came along so it was put to one side somewhere along the line I also added the Green Strawberry photo etch for both the interior and exterior and I just got the seats from Green Strawberry, I also know somewhere is the mask set from Aztec Dummies still to find that. Well with that out of the way I decided to restart the model and hopefully this time get it finished, so what I want to do is the following 1. Light the models interior 2. Have already added 5mm flikering blue LED's for the engines 3. Add the exterior red lights to the wings and tails 4. See if its possible to add the red marker lights to the underside of the hull you see in some of the Raptor shots 5. Display the model in flight 6. Combine the Paragrafix and Green Strawberry photo etch So this is what I have to work with 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Oh man I love the Raptor! Will be following with interest, like the sound of all the cool upgrade bits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Nice! Very few Raptor builds. Gonna be checking in on this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Monty Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I'll be following with interest, especially the lighting 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 6:13 PM, Hunter Rose said: Oh man I love the Raptor! Will be following with interest, like the sound of all the cool upgrade bits Hi Hunter Rose, yes its a great looking ship, I like to look at the Raptor as the Jeep of its time, Rugged and designed to go anywhere and do anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 On 10/17/2021 at 7:45 PM, Thom216 said: Nice! Very few Raptor builds. Gonna be checking in on this one! Hi Thom216, glad to have you along for the build hope you enjoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 23 hours ago, Uncle Monty said: I'll be following with interest, especially the lighting 😀 Hi Uncle Monty, yes I think the lighting for this will be fun not a lot of room to get anything in, not sure yet if to use LED strip or single LED or SMD yet will need to see what I can get in, I am not expecting the light to be evenly spread over the area of the rear consoles in the rear as the lighting will be very close to the panels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Time for an update. 1. I have cut out all of the openings for the instrument lighting 2. Made up a light box for the grill lighting on the deck 3. Followed the templates in the Paragrafix set to alter the cockpit side consuls 4. Light blocked all of the parts using Mr Surfacer Black and Mr Color Silver 5. Black primer coat some of the PE to be used with Mr Surfacer Black 6. Made up and soldered together the centre screen, drilled a hole for the SMD, painted the inside white, Mr Surfacer Black as a primer on the outside I think I will go with Warm White for the lighting as there is not a lot of space for the lighting and maybe Cool White might be to bright So on to the photos 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 Ok time for another update I have been working slowly getting all of the lighting fitted into the model an d lighting the parts I want lit The above two photos shows how I got the lighting to the outer edge of the "wings" basically I channelled out the plastic and ran two red SMD's and glued them in then covered the channelling with 0.5 thou plastic card On this one again I have run a red SMD to the rear also not shown here one to the top This is where I ran the SMD to the top This one is showing the front consul to light this up is warm white LED strip For the floor lighting I formed a light box and fitted warm white LED strip To defuse the light I used left over bits from the Paragrafix back lit sheet, thats the white you can see behind the grills For the lighting of the main cabin I used warm white LED tape and four warm white SMD's First lighting test I then started on the cockpit side consuls lighting these with warm white LED tape and a couple of warm white SMD's Formed light boxes to both sides of the front consuls and and light leaks taken care of with Tulip Showing the front consuls lit up, the centre screen is lit with a single warm white SMD Phot etch tread plate and extra panels added and seam lines checked To allow me to fit the rear panel to the main hull and fill the seams I fitted the resistors as shown the middle two are 1k as these have tow SMD's connected to them and the bottom two are 480 ohm And this is how it all looks The hull is now together and I am working on filling the seams as required, once thats done I will post up some more photos 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-boat 55 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I only really do ship models, but being a fan of the show I noticed your build thread. Glad I did because that's some really great output there, its coming together a beaut, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Wow that's great work with the lighting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelerdave Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Just fantastic work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 6:47 PM, S-boat 55 said: I only really do ship models, but being a fan of the show I noticed your build thread. Glad I did because that's some really great output there, its coming together a beaut, Well thanks you, glad you like the build so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 8:57 PM, Hunter Rose said: Wow that's great work with the lighting! Thanks Hunter Rose, the lighting was fun to work out but I think I got it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 19 hours ago, modelerdave said: Just fantastic work! Coming from someone who did a fantastic job of the TOS Enterprise I thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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