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LastBattlestar's Galactica: 12 years & counting!
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09-11-2013, 07:49 PM
Oh i've been stuck on doing the hands on stuff pretty much but i've still been looking for things just the same. Not sure which can be the more frustrating one though really?
You guys just keep posting, i can't let myself fall too far behind ya's afterall. 
09-11-2013, 11:57 PM
Moving right along, I've had a little bunch of parts sitting around since Christmas for the 'refinery' section on the top of the neck, so removed all the TB1 stuff I'd built before and used the correct railgun, er, railings instead.
VERY fiddly work, but it looks cool when done. I was joking with Phil today that I should use a couple of my 1/700 figures to show a little crew doing maintenance on the pipes! He suggested that they be Apollo and Starbuck laying charges on the hull (Fire in Space). The background plate in that episode showed this area when they were supposed to be on the landing bay. Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
![[Image: 400px-Www-Wikia-Battlestar-Galactica-fr.PNG]](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/galactica/images/thumb/f/ff/Www-Wikia-Battlestar-Galactica-fr.PNG/400px-Www-Wikia-Battlestar-Galactica-fr.PNG)
09-12-2013, 07:00 AM
Looking good mike. I like how the greeblies are held up off of the surface. Makes it that much more 3D.
Didn't you add in a clear observation dome that they showed on one episiode?
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Sometimes I build and think and sometimes I just build.
09-12-2013, 07:36 AM
It's there Doug, on the fwd phone box.
 This is a cool looking area for sure! The layout in this area is probably one of my favourite areas i've done myself. Maybe not the work to get it there but the final look for sure. Another improvement on yours for sure Mike! What happened to the Hipper gun i gave you, hope you didn't lose it?  
09-12-2013, 08:07 AM
Another Dandy bit work achieved there Mike !! Lookin damn good too , I might add !!
Fear gets you killed
Anger keeps you alive.......Kara Thrace ( STARBUCK)
09-22-2013, 08:50 PM
Work is continuing on the detailing saga of this beast. It's good to have the mojo back and get home from work looking forward to hitting the bench for a few hours. Looks like the South Aussies are moving ahead of the pack again.
 Detailing on the starboard centre arm side trenches. A few Custom Replicas castings, original kit parts and a few substitutes for as yet unidentified parts that I don't want to wait any more years for. I like the detailing here, it looks all connected and functional. Arm in place, but not glued on yet as I'm still tweaking the cross arm structure below. I can't wait to primer the model and see all the detail blend together. Wombat scrounged up a few missing greeblies for me and now the neck wall is almost complete. Man, it's busy ain't it? Last night I put back all the detail on the engine side. The rows of Roco mini tanks were and easy way for Apogee to quickly detail the engine section and make it look functional and like a big, er, engine. Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
09-22-2013, 09:18 PM
All that bling is really going to pop when you do finally hit it with the primer. Looking real sharp there Mike and pretty damn clean work at that even though you are still using the squeezie glue there. Really looks impressive where ya at with it again now. Keep at it as at the rate you've been going again of late you'll have this pretty much done by christmas.. Thats christmas 2013 at that!!
Looking really BADASS!! 
09-22-2013, 10:14 PM
Hah! THIS Christmas? Don't hold your breath mate...
Although, if you squint hard enough, it almost looks finished in this pic! Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
09-22-2013, 11:12 PM
Another great update Mike . Quite a bit of an update actually !! Love that last shot of the G coming out of the shadows !!
Fear gets you killed
Anger keeps you alive.......Kara Thrace ( STARBUCK)
09-22-2013, 11:18 PM
Hey, when I update I don't muck around.
 Still waiting for yours, no pressure.... Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
09-23-2013, 05:33 PM
Looks bloody awesome!!....even without squinting.
09-29-2013, 01:36 PM
Amazing work, LastBattlestar. The last photo it does look near done... almost ready to launch a Cylon onslaught against... errr... I mean... a welcome party... yeah... that's it...
"All base ships are now in range to attack the colonies."
![[Image: Cylon-Knight_Sig03.jpg]](http://m1knight.prekfun.com/cylon/Cylon-Knight_Sig03.jpg)
09-30-2013, 02:04 AM
Weren't all cylon welcoming parties , also known as cylon onslaughts ? !! lol
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Anger keeps you alive.......Kara Thrace ( STARBUCK)
09-30-2013, 09:36 PM
Well, with a commander with some balls, the old Nova class type heavy is pretty easily able to take on a couple of those hamburger ships no problem. That'll wipe the smile off your shiny chrome helmets.
Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-01-2013, 02:20 AM
ROTFL Mike -- Good one!!
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10-01-2013, 07:28 AM
I'll take a cylon burger with cheese and a side of fries.
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10-01-2013, 02:20 PM
"All base ships are now in range to attack the colonies."
10-20-2013, 08:27 PM
Hi guys, I've been quiet but I've been working!
I've pretty much finished the waist section and most of the rear arm detailing. The waist was tricky as I have more surface area there than needed, so had to spread things out to fill the space. I got away with it with only one extra greeblie. Also been very busy detailing the entire bay side and trench. The inner trench details are mostly kitbashed in there as I have no clue what the really tiny parts are. I did the same for the port side and it looks OK. I'll leave the super accurate bay trenches to you rivet counters. The newly completed piping on the front and rear arm. Due to the local hobby shop being more interested in stocking RC cars than restocking the brass rod section, I grabbed a bunch of fine spring steel used for winding custom RC car springs and used that instead! It's a bitch to work with, but glues down OK. Once again, I have run into the Elinchrom metal hex mesh in a photo studio. Has anyone ever priced than stuff instead of Plascore? Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-20-2013, 09:13 PM
Looking SPECTACULAR there Mike!
Wow, that is fine work there and all of the trouble you've gone to is really paying off now when you look at all that. Really awesome work there, you are humming along with this thing again now. Thats gonna look absolutely sick with a splash of primer on it. Keep it going!!
10-21-2013, 05:34 AM
Awesome update Mike ! Reality of the filming miniatures is relative to what the book of battlestar galactica states . " No Two Battlestars Were Alike " ! I think the discrepencies only help which artists built which battlestars .
Fear gets you killed
Anger keeps you alive.......Kara Thrace ( STARBUCK)
10-21-2013, 01:55 PM
Thanks guys, she's really coming together now! Good idea Ken, although with the way Phil is going part for part accurate, his will be the only one that can be called Galactica.
Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-21-2013, 04:07 PM
It wont be but i'm gonna use that name plate anyway..
10-21-2013, 05:06 PM
Wow great pics Mike.
Soooo much work in there.
10-21-2013, 05:37 PM
Yeah, sometimes I stand back and look at it and can't believe that I glued every single piece on there, one at a time.
I was thinking about the nameplates, maybe some sort of metal with magnets glued behind, inside the bay. I want to have lots of different names made up so I can swap them around occasionally. I am reserving 'Star Kobol' just because it's uber-cool. Just so you know.
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-22-2013, 07:14 AM
(10-21-2013, 05:37 PM)LastBattlestar Wrote: Yeah, sometimes I stand back and look at it and can't believe that I glued every single piece on there, one at a time. I had that very same idea of interchangeable nameplates !!
Fear gets you killed
Anger keeps you alive.......Kara Thrace ( STARBUCK)
10-22-2013, 04:36 PM
How about a group buy of custom Battlestar dry transfer names? Maybe someone here could whip them up at the correct size in Futura Bold and we can get them printed up on an A4 sheet or similar?
Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-22-2013, 09:39 PM
That sounds like something I would be interested in . So who can take on this job ??????
Fear gets you killed
Anger keeps you alive.......Kara Thrace ( STARBUCK)
10-23-2013, 01:38 AM
I collected these a while back, not sure who created them, sorry.
I definitely think 'AUSTRALIS' should be in there... Another idea would be to paint and decal fridge magnet-type material as name plates if you can get thin enough stuff? Might crack the paint if flexed though. Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-23-2013, 06:29 AM
That may work if you can find that material thin enough. The flexing bit and paint cracking may be an issue though as you mentioned then it may not also. If you can find a small piece of it thin enough it'd be esay to find out.
Hows the rubber situation there? A small part i'll be needing back soon as all your incredible work has me moving on again. Well that and just burnout for looking for part's for too long. Bad news is this next area is the same, just theres less to find.
10-23-2013, 08:48 AM
I think if you put a couple of small magnets inside the skin of the bay, in the name plate area. Then you could use thin sheet metal for the name plates. As long as it's steel it should paint fine, and be stiff so no paint cracking. Just don't get those super strong neodymium suckers. Cause you might rip the skin off your launch bays, LOL.
10-23-2013, 10:35 AM
No worries Phil, by pure coincidence I happened to mould those parts last weekend!
Does magnetic paint exist? We could make styrene name plates and paint the back with it. They only need to sit there so shouldn't need powerful magnetic adhesion. Or they could be located with some pins into holes drilled in the bay, but that would be a killer to line up accurately when you think about it. Griffworks notified me of these: http://www.shapeways.com/model/1126310/b...terialId=6 Another group buy, not that they are expensive. Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-23-2013, 10:45 AM
10-23-2013, 01:09 PM
Ooh nice! Bit how do you select the magnetic polarity of the paint? Turn the tin upside down?
Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-24-2013, 02:22 AM
LOL, it should be right where you are. Doesn't the water go down the drain the opposite of ours,
10-24-2013, 06:36 AM
Yep, yours goes down the wrong way..
That lil shuttle is very cool, Mike. 1/1000 should be pretty much perfect for the Battlestars builders.
10-30-2013, 06:19 PM
Hi guys, finally building my starboard rear end cap. So far it's taken about 5 hours just to construct and align the basic shell and top access hatch. There is a serious amount of work in just one of these! I'll get some pics up when I get home tonight.
Still looking for the two truck engine halves under the main body, parts 25 and 26. Anyone help.out with castings? Likewise with part 185 and it's opposite in the head underside trench. Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-31-2013, 03:17 PM
Can't wait to see the pics!
Sounds great.
"All base ships are now in range to attack the colonies."
10-31-2013, 05:58 PM
Sorry, didn't post pics last night, I was actually building.
Once I turn on the 80s tunes and start working, time flies.The shell is complete and I can start scribing and laying down the ribs. Massive job! Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
10-31-2013, 11:40 PM
Here ya go Phil.
Ugly on the inside, but it's what's on the outside that counts. It's not a precise copy of the other as it has to fit another hand-cut bay structure and required a little bit of massaging to fit neatly against it.I've always been very happy with my custom made entrance surround pieces. They came out as neat as a grown master and were basically free. Now on to the detailing. See you in 12 weeks. Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
11-01-2013, 01:08 AM
....and I'm back. Off to bed early tonight, only 1.30am.
Basic detailing in the entrance area. A few more really tiny chips to add, but it's nearly ready to glue on. Does anyone recognise the kit part greeblies that sit above the opening on the original? Yamato AA guns or similar? Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
11-01-2013, 12:47 PM
Nice job on those bay caps Mike .Did you cast the bay opening caseing ?
Fear gets you killed
Anger keeps you alive.......Kara Thrace ( STARBUCK)
11-01-2013, 01:04 PM
Yep, two castings. Too hard to make two from scratch!
Mike
'Helm, make ready to move. Flank speed and fuel be damned!'
11-01-2013, 09:44 PM
I hear ya , and nice job on those as well !!
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