Battlestar Galactica Mod

[SgtM]

Lookin good. +rep

[DaveW]

Good to see you keeping a worklog at TBCS Boddaker! You always do great work and i'm looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.

-Dave

[Eclecticos]

Great Concept Design. I can't wait to see the finished product.

[ChevronX]

Looks excellent. Good job and luck!

[Boddaker]

Thanks guys.

Made decent progress today.

Got the whole thing sanded down pretty well with the drill and sanding discs, followed by the orbital.

Then I layed on a skin coat of bondo to fill in the low spots, and sanded that smooth. You can really see how uneven it was.

Lastly, I filled in the tiny air holes with the glazing putty.

Since this is the bottom layer and will be topped with all those ribs, it doesn't have to be sanded down perfectly smooth.
My main goal was to get these pronounced lines on each end.

Sprayed a light coat of primer on to get a uniform color.

And demolded the piece. I was careful not to ruin the foam because I still need it.

Shot of the underside. Funny, it actually transferred my markings from the foam to the plastic!

Here I started marking out the ribs. I figure one rib every 1/2" looks about right.

Here I am forming the side skirts of the landing bay. These will attach under the overhangs on each side of the bay.
The ribs will continue from the top , over the edge and onto these pieces. You'll see what I mean a bit later.

All in all a productive day. Happy Easter everyone!

[Acey]

Wow.. cool... how'd you plan to make those ribs? Alu plats?

[Boddaker]

Wow.. cool... how'd you plan to make those ribs? Alu plats?

I plan to use the same stuff I used for the main piece, the plasti-paste. I'm going to try an experiment and see if it works. If not, I will probably resort to styrene.

But before I tackle the ribs, I have to clean up the side skirts and attach them to the main piece. That's on the docket this week.

[rendermandan]

Looking sweet! I'm going to be watching this one. +Reps

[Drew]

Looking good.

Waiting impatiently to see how all those ribs come out.

+rep my man.

[Boddaker]

Well, after referring to my reference pics again, I think I made too many rib lines. Right now I have 1/2" spacing, and I think I will redo the lines with 3/4" spacing. That will reduce the amount of ribs, and make it more true-to-life.

I was lucky enough to stumble across these awesome highly detailed schematics of the Galactica:

Image courtesy COBYWAN

I contacted cobywan to get permission to use his schematics for my project. Great guy! Turns out he built them off of detailed renders that came straight from Zoic, the special effects house that designed the new Galactica. Talk about a great find. Thanks coby!