Jases Battlestar Galactica

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Please don't think I'm trying to sound snide by saying this, but the old adage "measure twice, cut once" is very important for this project. Don't feel too bad, as the same thing happened to CR on their first build (the Atlantia). The openings weren't deep enough to fit the parts! That was of course fixed when I designed the second build.

When I made my plans available, at the time I did not yet have all the parts to check the fit of everything. Thus, they were a baseline to work from but needed some tweaking. I told everyone this when they got them, that the plans were an excellent starting point (much better than starting from scratch). You take that as a start, then lay the parts on and test for fit. Adjust as needed, then make your final part.

If you get too excited and just want to start building (or, if you assume the base pattern is good to go without checking the parts fit first), you then take the chance of running into stuff like this.

I feel your frustration, believe me. I've been through this same process hundreds of time since I started in 1998. That's why I built mockup after mockup prior to making my final structure. Even then, the final plex parts still weren't 100% perfect. You just keep tweaking and fine tuning until you get to the point where you can say "close enough" and move on.

Just keep in mind, what you guys are doing (starting with a base set of patterns that aren't too far off) is still the fastest and easiest way to get a finished model that will fit the parts reasonably well and also look like the real thing. Just imagine if you had nothing but a bunch of parts and you had to figure every dimension from scratch. . .