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Old June 21st, 2009, 08:42 PM   #1
Griffworks
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Default The (Colonial!) Fleet Is In!

Various of my Colonial Fleet ships, both from TOS and TNS. First shot, from Left to Right, top to bottom is Colonial Destroyer Hades , battlecruiser Agememnon, TNS Galactica, TOS Galactica, TOS Pegasus, Colonial Defender, Cylon Tanker that's part of my RTF (not sure why I included it in this shot, really) and the Colonial Berzerk Escort Carrier. Not pictured is the BamBam Productions Cygnus, which is in a shot a bit later....





Closeup of the Defender and Berzerk, both from Fantastic Plastic.




Timeslip Creations TOS Battlestar kit on top, w/a modified Revellogram battlestar below.




Destroyer Hades on top and the Battlecruiser Agememnon below. Both are cut-down versions of the Revellogram kit with a few added bits-n-pieces.




Another view.




This is the BamBam Productions Cygnus-class escort, a fan design. It's a neat little kit, but needs a bit of extra luvin' to get it to lookin' as good as it could, IMNSHO. Still, a fun build.

In the primer stage, obviously. I've since shot the base coat of paint on her. The guns are what take forever and a day, tho - I have to use a pin-vise to drill out holes in the front, then use some itsy-bitsy small Evergreen tubestock for the barrels. I used extra guns from the Berzerk kit (purchased from Fantastic Plastic) on the upper "wings". I'll do the same on the bottom "wings", too.




This and the following are views of the Fantastic Plastic Berzerk Escort Carrier. I like this one because it's so different than the norm for TNS designs. This is a design featured in TNS' "Razor" "Special Episode", shown at the Scorpio Shipyards.




The base coat is Tamiya AS-16, USAF Light Grey. I plan to color her to the best of my ability based off of the JT Graphics matt poster I purchased at WonderFest this year. I love the views on the poster and it's what made me pick this kit back up and start work on it again.

















And that's all I've got for now. I've got several builds going in tandem - as I always seem to do - which include these seen here, as well as the Timeslip Creations SpacePark Zephyr, a second Rising Star and Colonial Movers and some small kitbashes for my RTF. I'll update this thread as I get more pics taken of my painting.

As always, constructive criticism is appreciated. I'm definitely one of those who doesn't just want someone to say "Kewel!" I want some suggestions on what I can do to make these better and/or what I need to go back and fix before the final dullcote is applied.


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