Battlestar Galactica half studio scale - 1 meter long

[olcabour]

Thanks dbhs

[olcabour]

First a fair coat of primer (Tamyia spray can)






Then matt black spray (car paint spray can)






I had to correct a few drops (with sanding sponge)







The spray can not go everywhere, I finish corners with airbrush






A right gray was difficult to find and to apply as I am not used to paint models of this size.

First test with sky Grey XF-19 aero: rthe esult too white and not enough uniform




So after a new coat of black, I changed color (I do not remember which one). Although it looked nice on the pictures, it was this time too dark.





So I change technique, I get back to the tamiya gray primer, and I kept it as base coloer as I liked.






For the red stripes, I first applied white, then a standard red and finally dark red (it is not an X-Wing )














The supplied decals brake down during application. So I made new ones by testing different font sizes.

[directorcass]

I like the Tamiya primer color as well and had planned to use it on my build. I'm glad it looks so good!

[olcabour]

The painting was flat as is, but as there was a dead line with a convention coming quickly, I had to finish and go to the final assembly. I will return to painting later.

The Viper are mounted on optic fibers and rods plugging in launch tubes.





The optic fibers are cut and the last parts are glued.
Here is the result.













I made a custom carrying case

[olcabour]

Some shots with the lights.

[Cylon-Knight]

O M G !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Olcabour... your Galactica is perfect. *bows down*
Everything you build turns to gold!

Thank you so much for sharing such details of your building process. You are an inspiration and your tips and tricks are wonderful learning for me and so many more members - THANK YOU.

...wow, you even build a box for it *IMPRESSED*

[olcabour]

Thanks a lot for your nice comments cylon-knight

[olcabour]

The Galactica was finished just in time for a convention (NCCS Nancy Collector Ciné Série) in October

[3phase]

That is incredible. I wish you could do mine.

[olcabour]

Thanks 3phase , but I am not ready for a second one !!!

[JAWS]

Impressive. Very Impressive.

[dbhs]

Looks fantastic. The lighting turned out great. I like how it is displayed at the con hovering over the other models.

[olcabour]

Thanks sirs