Yet another studio-scale BATTLESTAR

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You mean Richard? He's eager to get started on his own build of course. I can hardly keep him from gluing parts on this one right now. LOL On the other hand, I'm getting so sick of this subject I want to build something else -- anything else.

Speaking of Richard, he was here last week and we worked to button up the remaining structural details. The landing bay front end caps are done! They turned out very nice, but that was quite a project. . .

We also built and fitted the side mount covers on the sides of the landing bays. All that remains is to glue them in. This means we have completed the structure and we are now down to touch-up work.

I don't have very many pics because, as soon as we'd completed all this, we had to tear down the ship again for me to get back to work on the wiring. I am attaching what I can.

I'm still working to complete the complex engine compartment wiring so Richard can lock down the waist structure. I've also been building all the circuit boards that go inside the ship. Soon I will start work on the control box. Right now, the "core" of the ship is upside down on the bench so we can work on the umbilical.

The best approach IMO is to have the wires come out of the model and then run straight to the control box. But, this would mean a 10-foot cord would be sticking out the bottom. The client wants to film this model and he would never be able to hide that. In order to shoot from below, the umbilical must be disconnected just underneath the ship.

This will make it a bit tricky to get the model on and off its stand. But, that is the trade-off for being able to film it from every angle.