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TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - directorcass - 12-10-2010 Modification of the Monogram kit. I started by removing material from the center pylon area. Other mods will be a mild reworking of the bridge/nose area. I also have an SMT detail kit for the hull sides. I'll ad greeblies to to the rest of the hull as well. It of course will be lighted. I'm not going for a major rebuild, just trying to make this old girl look a little better. RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - JAWS - 12-10-2010 This will be interesting. Thanks for posting. RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - darkimmitator - 12-10-2010 I have a simple upgrade kit available for this kit that can be seen in the for sale section at resin illuminati . RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - directorcass - 12-10-2010 That looks great. I think I need a set. Sent you a PM. RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - darkimmitator - 12-11-2010 Thanks Robert , and I got the Pm . I posted the pics of the monogram battlestar build in the masterpiece section . RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - directorcass - 12-13-2010 Here are some new pics. This is the engine cap being modified for lights. I began by sanding the part from the back side. This resulted in a paper thin section that was easy to remove with the tip of my xacto knife. Once this is done, light boxes were built to house the LEDs. Also, clear panels were fashioned from the clear lexan you find under a new shirt collar (I was out of clear plastic sheet). Also you see the SMT panels added tothe hull. Instead of grinding down all the raised detail on the kit hull, I just cut out the major sections of the hull and then sanded the rest. I still need to trim the center pylon to fit and do some putty work to hide the seams. Next up is to finish the engine panel and then turn my attention to the gatorhead and decide what I'm doing. RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - JAWS - 12-15-2010 Wow thats some refitting to that kit. Looking good DC. RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - directorcass - 12-15-2010 Thanks Jason. I decided to go with blue LEDs for the main engines. I got them wired up last night. I'll post new pics tonight. I was kinda busy last night and wasn't able too. Stand by... RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - directorcass - 12-20-2010 O.K. I got my camera back from my daughter. Here are the engine pics I promised. I also have been test fitting the flight pods. I have a pretty good fit so far. Still need to do a bit more trimming. RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - JAWS - 12-23-2010 Let ther be light! Love it. Lookin fresh DC RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - directorcass - 01-02-2011 More pictures added to my album. I added shots of the scratched bridge module. It's detailed with some left over photo etch and stryene chips. Still more to do. Now that the holidays are over I have a bit more free time. http://picasaweb.google.com/116877382961951625239/TOSGalacticaModified# RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - Richard_2001 - 01-02-2011 That bridge looks much better than the kit one for sure! I like the photo-etch details, nice job! Richard RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - directorcass - 01-02-2011 Thanks Richard. I'm not trying to make this a this into a miniature SS model. You can only do so much with this kit without rebuilding and scratching the whole darn thing, as I'm sure you know. I'm just trying to dress up this old girl and make her a little more pretty, LOL. It may not be to everyones tatste but she's starting to look a lot better than a stock kit. I'm going to try and shoot a coat of primer on it today to see how it blends in. I don't want to "over detail" the bridge and then have it not match the rest of the ship. RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - directorcass - 01-24-2011 Another update. I ran fiber to the gatorhead and got the engine panel on. More greeblies to add to the hull. I'll finish up a few more fibers, wire the LEDs and close her up. RE: TOS Galactica-the beginning of my- - dbhs - 01-25-2011 looking good. i like the color of the engines.