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Science Fiction Modellbau => Battlestar Galactica => Thema gestartet von: Eagle-1 am 22. Juni 2022, 04:41:36

Titel: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 22. Juni 2022, 04:41:36
 
Hello everyone!

I know it's an old kit now, but would there be any interest in yet one more Moebius original series Battlestar Galactica build?  I have one "in progress" and if y'all are interested, I could post a few things along my way?

I'm sure everyone knows the one I'm speaking of, but in case anyone doesn't, here the one I mean.

Rob.

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Galactican am 22. Juni 2022, 13:03:36
Yo, I'm a Galactican, so go for it, please! :D
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Bass-T am 22. Juni 2022, 15:58:00
Yep, would be nice to see some of your wip-pics 🤓
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 23. Juni 2022, 00:31:22
   
Well, alright then!

Of course, I bought this YEARS ago when it came out, like many of y'all did and stuck them away because I knew I wanted to maybe add a few details. I've dug out one of those old Moebius Battlestar Galactica kits and have started whittlin' on it. My intentions are just to add or modify to what is already there that we saw on the studio model. I checked a few threads but I didn't see very many that have actually modified the kit other than aftermarket parts? My attempts at "upgrading" won't include aftermarket parts, just changes or corrections (as I can) to what's on the kit already.

Anyone built this lately or know of folks who have modified their builds?



I started with the nose piece. As I said, my plans are to strictly do what I can to add some detail to what's already there. Here, I've added a little detail and modified some already there. Many who have this kit or have seen it already know everything here is very small. In many posts, I'll have the unmodified model pictured to help show whatever I'm attempting. I would really appreciate feedback, criticism or observations as I go along here.

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 23. Juni 2022, 01:03:37
 
 I'll sorta be working from the front to the rear, so I've modified the ramp along the nose that leads up to the bridge. Compared to the studio model, this area needed some changes. I removed this ramp and raised it to about what it looks like on the studio model. I've also added a little detail to that area. 

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0220a-jpg.1466353/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0217a-jpg.1466354/)





Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 23. Juni 2022, 02:12:57
 

As seen in that last image, I have also modified that tank just behind the bridge. I have made even more corrections to that area.  Here are the pictures I mentioned and the modifications I've made to the bridge. There is a great deal of work that can still be done to this bridge. 


(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0260-jpg.1466369/)

 

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0264-jpg.1466370/)

 

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0265-jpg.1466371/)

 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0266-jpg.1466372/)


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 23. Juni 2022, 02:16:16
 
I've continued working toward the rear of the model. There is a tank hull just behind the bridge that needed some tweaks, so I tweaked it! It's very prominent looking at the model and didn't have very much detail at all. I ended up adding a fair amount of detail on this piece and actually opened it up and added some detail under it, like the studio model has.

Here's UN-modified...

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0228a-jpg.1466405/)



Here's what I've done. I think it's better? 

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0230-jpg.1466409/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0231a-jpg.1466410/)










Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 23. Juni 2022, 03:28:37
   

Just a little farther towards the rear, there are a couple of circles that are suppose to be a set of tank engine grill vents. Just a little farther towards the rear, there are a couple of circles that are suppose to be a set of tank engine grill vents. I figured what are suppose to be tank grills should LOOK like tank grills. A tough fix for sure, but I think this'll work? Looks better to me. I hope I sorta got the hang of this... There's another set at the engine section.

Again, UN-modified kit piece: What I came up with:

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0244a-jpg.1466415/)

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0244b-jpg.1466416/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0244-jpg.1466417/)


(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0267a-jpg.1466418/)


Now, if some of this looks wonky or not exactly cleaned up properly yet, it may well beNow, if some of this looks wonky or not exactly cleaned up properly yet, it may well be. Anyone who's seen or got this already knows, I'm whittlin' on some mighty tiny pieces, so keep this in mind when you say "THAT LOOKS LIKE SH.... CRAP ROB!" Of course, I still want to HEAR what anyone thinks needs something, but I will and have been tidying along the way. I'm also adding little details along the way to the rear.


As always, comments, criticism, suggestions and questions are ALWAYS welcome with me folks.

;)

Rob

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 23. Juni 2022, 05:32:37
 
Next, the domes on the mid section. We all know they ain't no raised detail on them domes on the studio model. These had to go. I actually removed those domes from the model, shaved 'em down smooth and then added back some scribe lines. I added detail to the forward dome and on the rear dome, I re-made all the detail. I beveled the areas around the domes as the studio model has, added the domes back and added a little more detail as best I could. Here's one of the instances where they look a little rougher zoomed way in as than they do actual size, so like I said, cut me a little slack, maybe. Along with the dome modifications, I've revised some of the detail around the area of the domes too, again, to more closely match the studio model.

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0217aa-jpg.1466424/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0226a-jpg.1466425/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0237a-jpg.1466427/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0236-jpg.1466428/)







Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 23. Juni 2022, 05:34:51
 
I then moved a little more toward the rear and added some, in my opinion, much needed detail. Here's bone stock... 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0238-jpg.1466430/)


Here's what I was able to add/change. I think it helps?... 

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0242-jpg.1466437/)







Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 00:29:28
 

Moving just a little more toward the rear-er, here I came across the first parts I replaced instead of just enhanced. I did some enhancing too, but it was easier to replace a couple of these rather than trying to modify them. Here's how they turned out.

And, here again, compared to the stock kit part. 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0270-jpg.1466636/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0271-jpg.1466637/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0273-jpg.1466638/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0274-jpg.1466639/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0275-jpg.1466640/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0276-jpg.1466643/)


As before, I'm thinking it's looking better?
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 00:33:07
 
With that last modification, I came across some reference material of the original filming Battlestar Galactica as it was filmed, so I had to remove and re-do some of this.  Apparently, the original Galactica was modified for another film AND plenty kit parts fell off, or were knocked off, over the years.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 00:39:01
 

At this point, I backed up a little toward the front. That gun battery at the rear of the head section needed some attention.  I think this looks WAY better than the little lump of plastic on the original kit.
 

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0277-jpg.1467309/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0282-jpg.1467310/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0283-jpg.1467311/)
 
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0284-jpg.1467312/)


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 00:41:44
 
The original to show what was there.


(https://i.imgur.com/wed9h0a.jpg)
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 00:43:47
 
Here's one of the references I'm using for these modifications.  This is the Galactica as it was filmed for the series.


(https://i.imgur.com/RbC6DHf.jpg)
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 03:46:46
 
Heading back towards the engines, there are more parts on the studio model that aren't included in this kit.  

Such as this:


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 03:51:01
 
Doing some research, I found that those pieces are from a TAMIYA 1/12th Ferrari kit.

Like this:


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 03:59:05
 
Using the information I found, I set about scratch building some appropriate parts, in scale with this Moebius kit.

They turned out to be TINY!  Now, I have them shown on an American dime (10 cent piece) and just for reference for anyone who might not realize what size a "dime" is, it's 17.70 MM.  Also, there are a couple engine bells from the good old AIRFIX 1/144 Saturn V model rocket kit.  I decided to scratch a few of those to replace the ones on the Moebius kit that have a little better detail.

I think they turned out alright?



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 04:02:05
 
Here's what they ended up looking like on the kit.  I can live with that!


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 16:52:44
 
Ok, for anyone interested in what I'm doing, I'll continue...

At this point, once I started to have to scratch build things and they were seemingly adding better detail, I decided to take it a little farther.

As anyone with this kit knows, although a good kit, it lacks detail seen on the original filming model.  Adding some of the details I've done made me want to improve the engine section too.  There is a great deal of detail on the Galactica filming model that really stand out and I wanted some of that on this Moebius, which meant I would have to modify numerous individual items.

Here again, is the stock kit engine section:


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 16:59:22
 
As seen on that "box stock" kit part, there is detail that could be added to more closely match what we saw "on-screen".

Here is what I wanted to try and replicate.



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 17:04:41
 
As can be seen in those above photos, there is quite a bit of detail on the studio Galactica that Moebius didn't seperate very well.  I think this is an area that really needs more detail and instead of modifying a few pieces here and there, I decided to do this:



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 17:13:58
 
Now, doing that means I'll need to build back most of the engine section.  As I said at the beginning, I also want to keep as much of the original plastic as possible too, so that is why you see all the parts from the engine section separated in the above picture.  There would be, however, several new parts that would be needed now that they needed to be individual parts, so I made some vac-formed pieces to help in making these replacement parts.  These were made from several general shapes, such as appropriate sized tools (sockets), rods and hand carved wooden pieces.  Just some general round, pointy, and shaped pieces to work with.



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 17:16:47
 
U sing the new vac-formed pieces and the parts I actually removed earlier, I started rebuilding this engine section.



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 17:20:49
 
I think it started looking much better already!  What y'all think about it?

As I've said before, questions, concerns, critique, comments...  ALL are welcomed.





Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 20:37:52
 
Added a little more detail, slowly working my way toward what I see on the filming model.  Of course, some of my scratch building efforts won't be an exact match to the actual model kit piece I'm trying to replicate.  ALL of this I'm doing is very small.  I notice I stuck the rear half ring on backwards and switched that around.

Any interest in this folks?


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Galactican am 24. Juni 2022, 20:48:16
How cool is that! Stunning work! The lady will look gorgeous! :respekt::respekt::respekt:
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 24. Juni 2022, 21:09:58
 



Zitat
How cool is that! Stunning work! The lady will look gorgeous! (https://www.sfmforum.de/Smileys/classic/respekt.gif)(https://www.sfmforum.de/Smileys/classic/respekt.gif)(https://www.sfmforum.de/Smileys/classic/respekt.gif)



Thank you very much!

I was getting concerned!  260 views and nobody saying a word, I was beginning to think about the language barrier and was about to give up.

Rob.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: elend am 25. Juni 2022, 00:31:11
Na don't worry about the language barrier, the pictures speak for themselves. Looks pretty nice and your detailing efforts are really bringing this Galactica to life. Looking forward to the end result!
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 25. Juni 2022, 00:40:06
   
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Na don't worry about the language barrier, the pictures speak for themselves. Looks pretty nice and your detailing efforts are really bringing this Galactica to life. Looking forward to the end result!

Thank you!  The whole plan is just to add to an already nice kit.

Some of the detail pieces I had to scratch build in those last pictures, just to keep this updated with what I found out, was from the and Morser Karl kit.

Here those are:


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 25. Juni 2022, 00:54:28
   

The raised sections around that central engine are the cowling from two different scale racing car kits on the filming model and the engine is the old Revell F4 Phantom engine.  The cowls I made from those vac-formed pieces I made and the F4 engine is completely scratch built.


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 25. Juni 2022, 20:28:45
   
Continuing onward, I detailed that tank deck that I removed from the original kit.  It stands out much better now, as it should. I also added some details here and there as needed.


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 25. Juni 2022, 20:45:12
   
Just behind that tank deck on the filming model, there is a "frame" type dealy-o not included in the kit, so more scratch building had to occur.

It appears to be from a John Player Special race car kit:
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 25. Juni 2022, 20:54:38
 
Here's what I was able to do with that.  It didn't come out awful and looks just like it's suppose to, so I guess that'll work.  I also heavily modified those ladder type pieces at the front of the engine section.  With these, I used the kit pieces and just cleaned/detailed them up.

Looking better all the time to me?  Y'all think so?



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 25. Juni 2022, 20:59:40
 
Next, in this same area, there is a piece from the LEOPOLD Railway Gun.  This piece WAS included in the kit, but I thought it needed more detail since it is a very prominent piece.  Those ladder pieces I mentioned in the last post are also from the LEOPOLD kit.

Here's the pieces:


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 25. Juni 2022, 21:01:36
 
Here's what I was able to do with that.  It certainly looks better to me.



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Bass-T am 26. Juni 2022, 13:00:10
Wow, that’s really a lot of extra detailing 😮
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Galactican am 26. Juni 2022, 18:37:59
Awesome! :thumbup:
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 20:30:38
 

Wow, that’s really a lot of extra detailing 😮


Awesome! :thumbup:

Thank you!  I'm glad some folks are enjoying the progress.  I'm hoping it's looking better.  Personally, it's a great base to start from as it is a very nice kit as it comes straight from the box.  It provides an excellent base for some of what I'm doing to it.  I don't think I would have done this to one of the old Monogram kits, but I have seen similar things done to that kit as well and it does improve the finished model, in most cases.

I know even this Moebius is getting up in age and I have had mine since they were initially released.  The price of this kit has gone through the roof to try and pick one up now and I regret not getting more when I had the chance.

What are some of everyone's experiences with this kit?  Have any of y'all done any modifying to one of these?  I would love to see those and you are absolutely welcome to post anything in this thread.  I wouldn't consider it hijacking/rude AT ALL.  All are welcome.

Rob.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 22:21:08
 
Alrighty then...


Added a little more detail to try and finish up the engine section on this model as compared to the original filming model. 

This looks alot closer to the filming miniature to me.  I'll still be revisiting a few things in this area, but most of the major things seem fairly covered.

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 22:25:00
   
Temporarily attaching the engine section to the mid section gives us this.  As you can see, I have scratch built several pieces at the front of the engine section too which adds a little more detail there.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 22:27:48
   

As a reminder, here's how this whole section started, out of the box.

So far, it seems to be worth the effort?


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 22:35:31
 
Having knocked out the majority of what I wanted to at the engine and mid section, I decided to back up to the head of this thing, once I was so pleased at how much better those other sections looked, I wanted to do a little more to the head section.

I started out with these:



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 22:40:00
 
Those particular pieces are from the TAMIYA Schwerer Panzerspahwagen 8-Rad.

Here's an original part I used to replicate:




Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 22:44:05
 
On the model, they're installed inside out.  Also, I remove pieces from the original model using flat X-acto blades.  Fairly obvious, I know, but I have been asked how I do that.



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 22:47:47
 
After getting the old ones off, the new ones made and then mounted to the model, it came out alright!  It, again, looks much better to me.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 26. Juni 2022, 22:51:58
 
Then, I added some detail along the sides of the head section, again, just to improve the simple lumps of plastic seen on the original kit.




Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 27. Juni 2022, 00:09:41
   

Next up, I decided to keep the 8-Rad's going.  Just under those pieces I made for the tops a couple posts ago, the remainder of that 8-Rad is atached.  The pieces from the kit leave a little to be desired, so new ones are in order.


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 27. Juni 2022, 00:11:40
   

After I had something appropriate, I added a little detail and called these "better".

;)

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 27. Juni 2022, 03:25:33
 

Next, I wanted to fill in these holes in the head.  Of course y'all know by now, I didn't go stock.

Just as a comparison though, here's what stock would look like:



Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 27. Juni 2022, 03:26:19
 
Here's more what I want!


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 27. Juni 2022, 03:33:40
 
Here's the best I was able to do, but it does look better than stock...  to me anyway.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: haui am 17. Juli 2022, 08:17:30
Ich watched the Films when i was a boy and i loved them.
So thanks for This buildt. I think i have to watch the Film again

IT is stunning what you are doing. IT is sooooo tiny.
I love it
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: propdoc am 21. Juli 2022, 11:23:08
WOW, that is some serious dedication and scratchbuilding work! 

Pretty awesome!

:respekt::respekt::respekt:
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: urban warrior am 21. Juli 2022, 22:55:10
Why did I come across this so late?

You're putting a lot of effort in refining your GALACTICA. Thank you for sharing this with us. And I am very excited to see some pictures from the original model. Seeing pictures of items used in filming gives me the opportunity to make some "greeblie archaeology". I am astonished what they used to kitbash the GALACTICA. At the rear sides it seems they used some german armed recovery vehicles and AFV's in some smaller scale (related to the inevitable Panther engine ventilation grids on the rear top). I can see a lot of battleship and cruiser turrets, halves of a steam locomotive and at the very rear the undercarriage of a 155mm Howitzer in 1/35 scale. I love it! ;D I am looking forward to your further progress!
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 13. Dezember 2022, 20:51:12
Thank you all for the kind words!  More to come.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: The Doctor am 14. Dezember 2022, 17:42:50
Looks cool!

The Doctor
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 23. Januar 2023, 07:38:24
Thank you Mr. Doctor!

Here's a little more.


Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Ramirez am 31. Januar 2023, 20:50:42

:o
Crazy stuff.:respekt:
Looking forward to see it finished.

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 10. Februar 2023, 01:25:34
Little more.

Box stock:

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 10. Februar 2023, 01:27:57
What I was able to do with it.

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 10. Februar 2023, 18:01:37
I also squirted a little primer.

Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 09. März 2023, 22:51:55
Hey y'all! Another apology for the length in the reply, but this really is the soonest I could post it and it's STILL just sorta tacked in place so I could make a small update. This one, I believe, has improved the look. It mainly consists of fixing up those trenches and adding some detail on those pieces along the sides just below those trenches. As I asked before, and the consensus was the gap was just about right, so I didn't widen any. I thought it may need a little more gap, but as I got going, it seemed fine, so y'all was right!

Again, here's what it is straight outta the box:
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0522-jpg.1677787/)


Here, again, is what we went with:
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0527a-jpg.1677792/)


All of those tanks on the upper and lower sections of those trenches are ROCO Sheridans #254 (on the real deal) and they are cut in half, right down the center.
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/s-l1600-jpg.1677793/)

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/s-l1600-1-jpg.1677794/)


As thus:
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/half-jpg.1677796/)



The tank tread we see glimpses of in a couple pictures. I think, come from the same little ROCO #215 plastered all over the sides of the engine of the Galactica. In this next picture you can also see the Sheridan's cut in half:

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/265-jpg.1677798/)


Now, on to my feeble attempts to create some of this and what I was able to do. I took the stock pieces for the Sheridan and sliced 'em. Sliced 'em good. I added some detail to those and had to make those tracks completely from scratch. With all these 1/144 kits I showed earlier, I was able to use the tracks... TWO TRACKS... cut in half length wise and wrapped that all the way around all these tracks you'll see next.

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0533-jpg.1677799/)


Y'all with the kit will know, we still mighty small here and this took me a couple days. ALL this has been practically constant work since that last update. Evenings, mainly, but every day.

Next, I decided to add a little bit to the interior of those gaps, which we can see into now, which means I had to create a wall inside there which got cut away on the stock kit when I cut the tanks in half. I took a bit of liberty here and added a couple scribe lines and a few detail pieces to add some lumps and bumps in there. Now, there are also a couple ladder/vent/teeth looking pieces on the original, so I added those too, sorta seen here:
(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/battlestar_original_miniature_060a-jpg.1677800/)


Here's how all that came out:

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0534-jpg.1677801/)

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0535-jpg.1677802/)


You can also see those new walls I had to make. This "wall" also serves to align the top and bottom now and keep the alignment in place. I'll want to be able to open this model up later if I ever have to work on it, so I started that mod with this mod.

Some may have noticed, in those last pictures, that I have detailed the outer sides of the engine just a bit too. To me, one of the biggest improvements with this latest one was the dressing up of those pieces just under those drop tanks/fuel tanks along the sides. This mod was an ABSOLUTE pain in my diminished glute, but makes a very nice show, to me anyway. They are the crane section of ROCO #257.

Those pieces, along with the angled sections at the forward of the engine (the blade at the front of the ROCO), are from the same ROCO tanks also all along the sides of the original engine section, ROCO #257:

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/roco257-jpg.1677804/)


On the crane pieces along the sides, I sanded the originals off the kit piece and using that crane outline I was left with, I had to scratch each and every crane. I also had to keep the size consistent. The body of the 257 is what's on the engine section too, so I used the body on the kit piece to keep the size right as I was making them:

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0532a-jpg.1677809/)


Ok, after writing all that, here's what I've ended up with.. Like I say, not completely permanent yet, but I think this one turned out OK.

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0536-jpg.1677806/)

(https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/dscn0537-jpg.1677807/)


Makes a difference this time I think.

Critique, criticism, comments, complaints and suggestions, as I've shown already, are 100% welcome and encouraged here.

Rob.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Galactican am 10. März 2023, 22:41:11
Absolutely AMAZING! Thank you very much for sharing this build with us. Keep up the great work! :)
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 10. März 2023, 23:00:39
Thank you!  I didn't think anyone was even looking.
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: The Doctor am 12. März 2023, 16:45:17
:o

The Doctor
Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 13. März 2023, 01:23:08
:o

The Doctor

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Titel: Re: The Battlestar Galactica Moebius SHOULD have given us.
Beitrag von: Eagle-1 am 02. April 2023, 20:52:05
Hey y'all! Got the engine section a fair piece along now. I narrowed that gap between the top and bottom half and made the engine where it'll open in case I ever need to get it there. Comments, as always, welcome.