[cylon75]

Its been a while so i was glad to get this in. Its going to be a nice addition to my collection . I also bought the photo etch kit for it as well and i plan to light it.
Here's some pictures of what you get and of the photo etch.

[Cylon-Knight]

VERY NICE! You should have it done in... what... 3 days and 26 mintues? ROCK ON CYLON75! You are the master.

[obsolete toaster]

Cylon-Knight, on 04 August 2011 - 10:37 PM, said:

VERY NICE! You should have it done in... what... 3 days and 26 mintues? ROCK ON CYLON75! You are the master.

But Cylon 75 (being a Cylon) will probably have it done in 33 minutes....

[Bill]

Cool kit, the etch kit panels will be a great enhancement.
I trust you will be posting in progress pics.

[cylon75]

Working on the cockpit section .Going to be lighting it so will have to paint and decal it separately.

[cylon75]

Small update:

Cockpit painted


Trim panel pieces painted


Detail paint


There is one sink area that was brought to my attention that needs to be filled.

[cylon75]

Today's work -I got all the detail done and painted and the panel film pieces glued in.

Trim pieces glued in place:





Back lit film glued in:

[cylon75]

Got the cockpit 95% assembled and working on the pilot figure.

Coming together:




Working on the figure (1st you have to shave the legs a little to get to fit. Than adjust the arm to sit right.)

[Bill]

Cockpit and Pilot are definitely the most tedious part of the build.
Coming together nicely.

[obsolete toaster]

The level of detailing is astonishing! It's feature film quality on those panels. I've seen real used movie miniatures up close and even their detailing isn't that good. Makes me miss the days of miniatures and motion control...

[cylon75]

The cock pit and pilot are done except for the lighting (that i will have in a couple days) here's some shots.

The pilot progress:




Complete cockpit with decals(some were added by me):




Cockpit shown in ship ( not glued yet):




The cockpit the model comes with-


Started the ship its self:

[cylon75]

Got the led's in today working on that had to redue some of the cockpit due to light leeks and started on the engines.
Engine work, light block painted and ready for glue tomorrow.




Front console lite up still working on the sides when I'm done it will have a total of 6 led's for the hole cockpit:

[cylon75]

Got the cockpit all lighted and wired and ready to install .Now i have to paint the ship before i install it. Also got much of the engine set up to.
Here's some progress shots.

Cockpit shots:



In ship shots-



How I set up the leds for the engines: (keep the light in the middle)





Painting the ship: (primer ,silver ,dark ghost gray, and Pontiac blue engine paint) More on this later.

[cylon75]

The color is not going well, striped off 1st color did not like it at all wont be easy i don't own a air brush to make my own . Got to try to find something in a can i can work with.

[cylon75]

Well i think i found my color its not perfect but as close as im going to get with what i have to work with we'll see how it turns out after the weathering. For now here's some progress shot from the last day.

1st the lay out of the wiring for the cockpit & engines:






Gray base coat:



Blue color coat:




Engines shots(lite & non-lite) :

[cylon75]

Working on the paint and detail before i glue the 2 half together. Just about there but i have to wait a day or so before I can spray it with clear i tried and it started to lift lucky i was able to fix it.Its not perfect in the color but its not bad so I'm happy with that.

Paint & weathering:




Decals added:



Both half's laid in place:




With engines in place:

[sean]

You do the weathering so well.great work man.......

[cylon75]

I had a hard time to get the cockpit to fit after some tweaking I got it to work the problem was with the bottom half not the top, but its glued together now.

Wiring detail:



Glued up:



None lite shot:


Lite up shots:







I have some detail painting left to do and the base left to do.

[Cylon-Knight]

OH MY WOW!
GREAT WORK.

[cylon75]

Its done.The PGMS cockpit is a must for this kit makes it look 100% better.I used spa blue for a color although it no the exact color its close as you can get in a can that i could find. Over all I think i came out decent. (Look for the beauty shot's to come.)

Ship shots:








Engine Lite shot:


None lite cockpit shots:



LITE SHOTS: