Millenia Models Int’l has a very nicely done aftermarket set for both the landing gear and cockpit. I believe I read over at Starship Modeler that they were planning to re-mold the landing gear set sometime very soon so that fresh molds were available for MMI to get kits out to those retailers who market their kits.
That’s cool, I’m still looking forward to getting this kit, I will probably make up my own parts though, if I decide to have it in the landed position. Since I was given a very cool, handcrafted BSG base, I’ll probably get all three kits produced by Revell and have them all in flight, so I guess it’s really a moot point. I though for sure the original kit had gear. See how the mind palys tricks on you with facts after twenty years. LOL
I had planned to build it in flight from the beginning, so no gear never really bothered me much
Yeah, I feel ya, I was just curious. It seemed odd that there wouldn’t be landing gear, but every model maker does things there own way, just like every modeler… Did you have the original, can you see a difference in the detail, is it recognizable?
I did the original kit when I was five, so I don’t remember alot about it.
I do have a sealed original in my stash, but I intend to keep it sealed…
I bet, that’s almost like having a sealed “Long Box” AMT Enterprise., or a sealed “Lights and Sounds, Lesney Refit” from “79”.
Finally got off my butt and re painted…
I ended up using Model Masters “Neutral Grey”…I think it turned out just about right.
Oh yeah. Very nice. [tup]
Is that the acryl or the enamel?
acrylic.
I shoot in my office, so I tend to use the water based variety in case the carpet monster tries to eat paint…happened one time…got out a wet rag and some stain remover and it was gone before the wife came home
Hmmm. I guess I should have looked closer at the photo. MM acryls right there in the background…
I ask because I normally shoot MM enamels through an airbrush, and I wondered how close the acryl colors are to the enamels. MM enamel NG looks a little bluish in the bottle, but if it looks like that when dry, I’ll probably pick some up.
Thanks - JC
Just about all the MM paints look bluish in the bottle! I passed over my bottle of Insignia Red four times the other day because it had settled and all the pigment had gone to the bottom…it was driving me crazy…I knew I had a fresh bottle, but couldn’t find it anywhere…then I find the bottle that said Insignia Red on the label, gave it a hard shake and presto! red again
Heh! I had sorta the same problem, only the carrier in MM enamels is an oily yellow. So I started writing the paint color on little rectangular labels on the lids. Now I have no trouble differentiating between Raw Umber and Burnt Umber. [:D]
The original kit did not have landing gear. We never understood why they chose not to add it but there was nothing we could do but build it as it was.
but, I bought a set of the blueprints for the show and came up with this.
I know, I posted this before, but I thought it might be useful.
Nice Viper. I colored mine with MM Light Sea Gray. Not too dark, not too lite. But, the nuetral gray is working for you. Can’t wait to see more.
I was 8 when the show came out. Been a fan since. My original Viper is from Monsters in Motion. It’s supposed to be a resin cast of the actual studio sized model. I, too choose Starbuck as the pilot. He is the coolest cigar chomping fictional character since Nick Fury.
Yesterday, I turned another age and my wife and son bought both the Revell Cylon Raider and Baseship. I planned on getting the Revell version Viper as a companion.
Here is my Colonial Viper Mk. I
I have left off the clear pieces for the thrusters right now…I am searching for the right shade of blue and then I will paint the interiors of them and attach them. I am debating whether this one would look better on the stand sitting on my desk or if it should hang from the ceiling.
That color worked out well. [8D]
When I finish mine, I’m gonna keep it on a nearby shelf, so that when my wife isn’t looking I can fly it around the room while making “whoosh whoosh” noises. [8-]
Thanks for sharing it - JC
Very nicely done! I’ve got the Basestar and Raider, but have to order a Viper 'cause the local hobby shops don’t have them and say they can’t get them in. I want to build the basestar first and might not end up building the Revell Viper kit, as I prefer 1/72 for my auxiliaries (fighters and shuttles), but the Raider comes fairly close to 1/72, so shouldn’t look too bad next to the resin-cast Stargazer Models Mk I Viper kit, methinks. [:)]
Thanks for sharin’ the pics, regardless!