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Here's my Studio Scale shuttle from TOS BSG - "GAL 356"

This is picking up where I left off on the build a few months ago. The first part of the build diary is available on my site if you're interested in seeing that. http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler

Right now I'm picking up where I left off with the armature construction and getting the wiring started for the lights and power connections.

Also, FYI, this is a kit. It's listed as sold out here but you can contact Mike and find out if he'll cast one up for you. http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=18063

Engines attached to the rear body.


The tray under the cockpit area is glued in. I added a couple of holes to run the wires through from the rear. I'm going to make the cockpit lid and the "cube" part removable and do all the electrical connections underneath so they are accessible.


Ok, so, I admit I'm more than a little paranoid about things coming loose inside the model once it's sealed up. I drilled holes through all the joints it the armature and wire-tied them so they can't ever move. The pipe armature is wire-tied and epoxied to the resin frame. The taped on part is the bottom mounting block. I taped it on the armature so I don't forget about it when the armature gets glued into the body.


Lastly, working on the brass plugs for the power connections. Trying to stay true to the studio model will a little inspiration from Wombat. Thanks !!


-Doug

WOW you full shuttle build at your site - AMAZING!

Where do you finally display off of your ships? Are they on rods on a base, or do you hang them from the ceiling?

Wow! Just checked out your site...

Marvelous work you've done so far!

Please keep it coming!!!

Cylon-Knight wrote:WOW you full shuttle build at your site - AMAZING!

Where do you finally display off of your ships? Are they on rods on a base, or do you hang them from the ceiling?

My goal is to have them in cases and mounted on the wall. Kind of like a sideways display case. Of course i have to get the wife's permission first to put them anywhere except in the work shop. Right now they are all wall mounted in my workshop without cases which is ok for now except they get dusty fast and I don't want the finishes ruined. The cases get expensive since I don't have the tools to make them myself so I'm waiting on that.

I have been able to buy glass display case at the local hobby shop that are nice sized big enough to hold a blaster. I am sure the sizes aren't that much larger to fit a Viper. I do have one of Mike's Viper's and if not on a stand it would fit in the blaster case I have.

I got to spend most of the day on it today and made a lot of progress

Rear brass plugs installed. I decided to go with only the front and rear plugs.


And with the greeblies installed over the plugs.


The front half of the body is installed on the armature. Here's a view looking inside at the bottom mounting point. Everything slathered in epoxy.


Before sealing up the rear half of the body I did a last check on the wiring to make sure the plugs and lights are all working. Here's the rear plugs in use.


Photo just before gluing up the rear half of the body to the front. Masking tape applied around the glue joint to keep it clean.


Inside view of the cockpit with the front power plugs installed.


In adding the front plugs I tried to recreate the slight asymetry of the original.


It was a lot of work to get to this point and getting the body sealed up. Now it will be fun to start applying the greeblies and flush out all the exterior details. Thanks for looking !!

Great update.

Thanks for sharing!

SHOCK AND AWE!
Amazing work - thanks for the update... I think you should take the week off of work and finish it.

Outstanding....100% pure cool.

Thanks, guys.

Very cool !

Thanks guys. Just a quick update tonight.

Getting started on the greeblies now. Tackling the rear and bottom first.

The armature and the stand are really handy for putting on the greeblies. I can rotate the shuttle end over end with it attached on the side like this.

I was lucky to have a few spare kit parts donated to the cause so there will be a little plastic mixed in with the resin now.

Thanks for the update!

It's nice to see your shuttle coming together.

Thanks.

This bottom part is the most complicated part on the ship. The sides around the engines are almost as bad. I figured I'd get those areas done first and the rest would be easy. Famous last words, though, now that I've said that. Usually problems crop up when least expected so we'll see what happens.

Are you going to have the rear section able to drop down, so the Land Ram can pull in and out like Gun on Ice Planet Zero?