PerniciousDuke
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I don't understand how, but watching that was as exciting as playing a video game! That second skiff WAS a little more wily! 
Builds By Baz - Full scale MKII Colonial Viper
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BuildsByBaz
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Added the catapult coupling.
Full story on the landing gear here. Viper MkII Landing Gear
Full story on the landing gear here. Viper MkII Landing Gear
BuildsByBaz
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One very excited six year old in Dad's Viper. "DAD!!! I CAN SEE A BATTLESTAR!!"
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You sir, have won the internet today. Bravo
This build never ceases to amaze me. I loved the classic movie when they found the 13th colony. The newer series were cool at the start but slowed down to a point were i stopped watching. May watch it after i finish up dragons
Thank you sir. I loved the entire new series, start to finish. Lots of people knock it, or parts of it, but no matter who writes or directs, you are never going to please everyone. Still, proof is in the pudding and it has been widely accepted as some of the best sci-fi ever.
From wiki:
"garnered a wide range of critical acclaim, which included a Peabody Award, the Television Critics Association's Program of the Year Award, a placement inside Time's 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time,[5] and Emmy nominations for its writing, directing, costume design, visual effects, sound mixing, and sound editing, with Emmy wins for both visual effects and sound editing."
and
List of awards and nominations received by Battlestar Galactica - Wikipedia
BuildsByBaz
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Rear landing gear. Fifteen degree angle, two axis each leg. Plenty of room inside the cladding to weld in a reinforcement spine along the single width.
BuildsByBaz
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Adding details.
A little neater this time, cutting the edge trims from a single piece, rather than using strips.
A little neater this time, cutting the edge trims from a single piece, rather than using strips.
BuildsByBaz
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The back legs are confusing to translate from the technical drawings to reality, but I'm getting there. The difficulty is that there are so many weird angles to get right. Hardly a plumb aspect to it and few 90 degree angles. At one stage, idiot stupid me made both cowlings the same instead of mirror image! GAAAHH!!!!
I would have a much easier time of it if I could afford decent quality wood and a big variety of thicknesses to choose from. Unfortunately, a lot of the wood is second hand, poor quality and I have to do it in layers. Lots of layers means lots of cleaning up to get them all the same. Freehand with a jigsaw is hard to keep accurate to the drawn lines, so finishing off with a flap disk then hand-sanding to make it all look like one piece once it's painted. A little bit of putty goes a long way, but paint hides all manner of sin.
Full story here >>> Viper Build – Builds by Baz
I would have a much easier time of it if I could afford decent quality wood and a big variety of thicknesses to choose from. Unfortunately, a lot of the wood is second hand, poor quality and I have to do it in layers. Lots of layers means lots of cleaning up to get them all the same. Freehand with a jigsaw is hard to keep accurate to the drawn lines, so finishing off with a flap disk then hand-sanding to make it all look like one piece once it's painted. A little bit of putty goes a long way, but paint hides all manner of sin.
Full story here >>> Viper Build – Builds by Baz
BuildsByBaz
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Just building a little detail in the landing gear cowlings tonight.
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Thanks Zyzgy.
Thanks to a new social media friend named Sean, who kindly provided a long off-cut of rubber mat to simulate the texture of the technical drawings. Preliminary fit shows it is easy to cut and trim using a knife, but will need some contact adhesive to lock it down flat.
Thanks to a new social media friend named Sean, who kindly provided a long off-cut of rubber mat to simulate the texture of the technical drawings. Preliminary fit shows it is easy to cut and trim using a knife, but will need some contact adhesive to lock it down flat.
BuildsByBaz
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After contact adhesive. Lovely and flat.
Adding hydraulic lines using plastic coat-hangers. (Still gotta glue down the rubber mat.)
Replacing the catapult linkage. I’ve kicked and broken the plywood/plastic one twice now, so it’s time to replace it with 10mm plate steel and steel tube. Strong enough to sling-shot a Viper out of a launch tube!
Adding hydraulic lines using plastic coat-hangers. (Still gotta glue down the rubber mat.)
Replacing the catapult linkage. I’ve kicked and broken the plywood/plastic one twice now, so it’s time to replace it with 10mm plate steel and steel tube. Strong enough to sling-shot a Viper out of a launch tube!
Mysterythetiger
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Plastic coat hangers as hydraulic lines! Why didn't I think of that. You just solved a problem I've been struggling with. Thanks!
Love your massive build and look forward to see how it come together.
Love your massive build and look forward to see how it come together.
BuildsByBaz
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Glad I could help. Here's an update.
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OOOoohhh that sleek, sexy shape! A couple of hours of sanding has produced spectacular results.
Also got the template plans for the last set of fuselage formers. Engines next!
Also got the template plans for the last set of fuselage formers. Engines next!
BuildsByBaz
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Module 5, the last one in the fuselage, bringing it to full length of 8.4 metres. Progress shots.
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The last fuselage module, (5) is now assembled, attached and ready for bracing and skinning.
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I have a bit of welding to do inside, that I've been putting off.
Some alignment lugs at each opposing end of the modules where they meet.
Feet under the cockpit that come all the way to the skin, so I can rest it on a pallet and frame without breaking it.
Frames at the bottom of the first and last former of each module, so that if they are dropped during assembly, they don't break on the ends.
Finally, some rings welded under the frames that I can slide poles under. through the sides of each module, for manual handling and positioning of the modules during assembly and disassembly of the ship.
This new phone camera is ****.
Photo showing modular sections on end for transport and storage.
Some alignment lugs at each opposing end of the modules where they meet.
Feet under the cockpit that come all the way to the skin, so I can rest it on a pallet and frame without breaking it.
Frames at the bottom of the first and last former of each module, so that if they are dropped during assembly, they don't break on the ends.
Finally, some rings welded under the frames that I can slide poles under. through the sides of each module, for manual handling and positioning of the modules during assembly and disassembly of the ship.
This new phone camera is ****.
Photo showing modular sections on end for transport and storage.
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