Hi! My first post here as a member & not a lurker.
I wanted to get a critique on my Viper, as well as explore other peeps SF stuff.
I made this Viper & a display for it:
Then I realized that many inaccuracies still remained, so I made this:
Any thoughts or criticisms would be appreciated.[t$t]
Very nice. What scale is it? [Y]
“Critique”…? How about “great”… really it’s a terrific build. Nice details and your display is totally cool.
I love the vipor, it’s a favorite build. You’ve made it more clean, some go for much more damage. I envision yours as being just before the war breaks out and it’s still in good condition 
Your landing bay really sells it!
well done [Y]
really like it [Y]
have you done a wash for panel lines?
It’s 1:32- the Revell model, heavily re-worked.
I did a dirty one recently, but it seemed SO dirty… I was going for a blend of the relatively clean full-size mock up & the heavily dirty filming miniature, in essence, what it looked like on screen in the FX shots. Man, the filming miniature was really dirty, heh heh.
I did a wash for some panel lines near the guns, but mostly it the gray model colour showing through.
The cool thing about my landing bay display is that I can place any Viper I make onto it; the landing gear is actually part of the floor, not attached to the model:
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you have forgot the viper shadow!
Oh, I just leave it where it is all the time.[H]
Just too cool.Love that shadow.
Thanks! I painted the shadows so that no mater how the display is lit, there are always at least 2 shadows under the Viper & flight deck person, adding to the illusion of depth.
nice job.
Ron
Here was the display in progress:
And the guy I turned into a girl:
And the unfinished Viper:
AND… the stranger that forced me to do all the work…
I’d kill for that Cylon Centurion figure… was that model?
Isn’t it cool??? It’s a Joyride toy I got on Ebay last month for $10!!! He falls over a lot, so I made a black faux-shadow base to epoxy him to, also had to paint his arms & gun a bit, but he is SWEEET!
Go to Ebay, but usually they go for $30 or more, I found it listed as a Cylon Figure, not a Cylon Centurion- that’s why I was the only bidder, I conjure.
that was a surgery uncommissioned (from the guy) operation!! [H]
and … [:D[ for the cyclone figure
great work on the backdrop
Sweet looking build .
Thanks! It took me a few to get the Viper just right:
The one in the center front I made in 1980. I hacked out the windows, added in a built up pilot & glued in window panes; crude, but pretty good for a kid. The ones on the left & right I made a couple of months ago, and turned out nice, but the three in back that I JUST made came out perfect.
Colour me a Viper nut.[:P]
whow ! this can be called a viper collection!! with eagle from space 1999 , the vioer was my favourite sci-fi veichle in child times
The Viper is my favourite one man vehicle, followed by the Mig-31, which I see at the bottom of your posts. I really want to build an accurate Firefox soon, all I’ve done up to now is this toy-like kitbash of other planes:
