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Re: Colonial Viper MOC
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 26 Mar 2004 01:34:11 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Ryan Wood wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Douglas R. Clark wrote:
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Hello again,
When I posted this MOC awhile ago, I alluded to a larger version that I was working on. So
now I present my larger scale Colonial Viper just in time to counter the
newly discovered cylon lightning!
I acutally have had this MOC built for quite awhile now. I finally got the
red 4x4 cylinder pieces to finish it off though. I tried to incorporate a
little bit of dark grey and black pieces to simulate a battle-worn weathered
look. I had acutally been thinking about this model soon after when Bram L.
posted his viper MOC. Guess it took me awhile to build and post this one,
eh?
There is really nothing all that special about its construction. It uses
some now-standard schleim techniques. The most complicated part was the
angled pannles between the upper and lower engines. Someday I will try to
rebuild it to allow retractable landing gear.
hope you all enjoy,
drc
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Douglas, I like this a lot more than your smaller version. The colors all
work (the red striping looks cool,) I love your use of the dark grey printed
slopes for the front engine intakes, and the angled snot walls you speak of
look really nice.
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I go back and forth as to which one I like better. The larger one definitely
has more detail and is probably more accurate to the “real thing”. The canopy
definitely looks more to scale with the larger model. I like the smaller one
since it came out with a much smoother look (fewer exposed studs) and it is more
to scale with the ships you actually see in the show. They look pretty good
together though. I tend to think of the smaller one as a pure interceptor
designed to protect the Galactica and the larger one as a strike-fighter/bomber
version.
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Now split the fuslage into two, get rid of the top engine, add a tail wing,
and you’ll be all set for the P-38 Battlestar Galactica matchup! :p
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I had actually thought about doing something like that for my entry but decided
it would have looked a little bit too much like a Y-wing. Plus, I’m not sure if
a viper-38 would fit in Galactica’s launch tubes.
Thanks for the comments,
drc
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| (...) Douglas, I like this a lot more than your smaller version. The colors all work (the red striping looks cool,) I love your use of the dark grey printed slopes for the front engine intakes, and the angled snot walls you speak of look really (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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