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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2014, 04:18:08 AM »
Finally got this on the front page. Sorry it took me so long. It has been one of those types of weeks!
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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2014, 09:46:41 AM »
Cheers, Tamer.

After I test fitted the sub assemblies, I noticed that the two wing wing mounted cannon were aiming slightly lower than horizontal. It's particulary notciable since the cannon are directly in front of the two open access bays which perfectly follow the horzontal plane of the fuselage. The wings are slightly warped, so softened them with a heat gun and coaxed them up a bit. This wasn't quite enough, so I carefully broke the glue line where the top of the fuselage meets the front of the intake section and added a styrene shim to push the nose down a little. This straightened everything out and the shim will be hidden by the rear section of the canopy.

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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2014, 06:22:03 AM »
The secondary weathering stage - After painting in the engine plumbing and other details, I applied various colours of pigment powder and sealed that down with a layer of Future. I added a few drops of gloss white acrylic paint to the gloss coat to lighten up the overall look of the paint finish and to tone down the bright red/orange stripes a bit.


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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2014, 02:50:46 AM »
Had to get more of this update on the front page. Talk about one excellent painting tutorial you are giving us!
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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #19 on: May 14, 2014, 02:17:39 PM »
Quote from: Tamer on May 14, 2014, 02:50:46 AM
Had to get more of this update on the front page. Talk about one excellent painting tutorial you are giving us!

Thanks, Tamer. The painting stage is the most fun.
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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2014, 06:42:50 AM »
Well, it's 99.9% finished. I haven't installed the landing gear and landing gear doors yet, I'm going to cast copies of those to use on my old Revell/Monogram Viper kits. In the meantime, here are a few test shots of the (almost) finshed product. The weathering was finished off with burnt sienna, black, and grey washes sealed in with a couple of coats of Liquitex matte varnish. I added a couple of drops of white acrylic paint to the matte coat as well to lighten the finish even further.














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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2014, 05:21:28 AM »
Wow. You have to walk by this and smile everytime. Let me get this back on the front page.
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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2014, 08:21:45 PM »
Damn impressive work indeed, your paint apps are just stellar.

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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2014, 08:27:30 AM »
Cheers, Guys. At last I got around to casting copies of the landing gear and installing the originals on this model. Finally I can call this one DONE!

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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #24 on: August 01, 2014, 06:38:21 PM »
She turned out beautifully mate well done indeed.

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Re: Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MkI
« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2014, 05:18:33 AM »
She sure looks good on the front page.
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