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Yeah, sorry, I'm really slack. I finished it and it looks great. I had a post ready to go but I lost it, couldn't be bothered re-doing it at the time, then the last couple of months have been busy as I've moved to Melbourne for work. Galactica's all boxed up in Perth but I've still got the photos from earlier so I'll try and get something sorted out in the next day or so.
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Don't know how I missed this thread, the wip pics look great, can't wait to see the finished product
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Right, take 2. Sorry for the wait and thanks for your patience. I did some calculations and worked out that the build cost roughly $700, with about $170 being consumed items (kit, PE, resin, LEDs, etc) and the rest tools and other multi-use items. I've got no idea how many hours have gone into it; probably in the hundreds, but I hope you'll agree the result was worth it.
A few beauty shots.
Port flight pod with tiny viper launch tube decals.
Engine lights are super bright.
Flight pod recess lighting. The lights are optic fibres in the top of the recess. The port side looks best with all 6 spots, but the starboard side has the last one missing. It broke and had to be redrilled several times and even though it's hooked up to it's own LED it's still very dim.
Flight pod recess lighting.
All the fibre optic lights. Some of the fibres broke but it still looks great.
Bow section.
Dorsal surface with Colonial seal and replacement gun turrets.
Port flight pod.
Port flight pod with internal girder details.
Starboard flight pod.
Starboard flight pod.
Starboard bow, wth scratch built armour plating.
Underside of bow with antennae created from pin tips and photo-etched gun turrets on the underside of the upper hull. Also note the gaps between ribs underneath the side armour plates.
Engine detail. There's a small amount of light leakage from the cover for the centre engines but it's more trouble than it's worth to try and fix. I'm really happy with the way the extra greebles I added to the sides of the engines turned out. I actually almost forgot I added them.
I tried painting the approach indicator lights on the landing bays. It's hard to get the dots even at such a small scale but I'm happy with the result.
Galactica joins the very rag-tag and out-of-scale fleet.
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It's actually not quite finished yet. I recently bought some new cast resin gun turrets to replace the photo etch ones. They look phenomenal, and the photo doesn't do them justice, but as Galactica's currently boxed up in Perth while I'm in Melbourne, it might be a while before I get to install them.
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Awesome!
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That's just EXTRAORDINARY. Loved the WIP shots, but the finished product... Wow, just wow. Simply amazing work. Thanks for sharing!!
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It looks fantastic!
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The Iron Giant / David Wildgoose
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