Original Viper escape system

[Smallworld]

Hello everybody, this is my first post! I'm currently 3d modelling an original Viper. I was thinking of doing some internal detail and I came across a pic on the web that made reference to an escape pod while pointing at the cockpit area. I was wondering if there is anything more concrete about this or will I just give my imagination free reign? Thanks for any guidance,

Cheers all!

[spcglider]

That's in reference to the Galactica 1980 episode "The Return Of Starbuck". For the first time, we were shown the escape pod of a Colonial Viper. It was a piece of the close-up cockpit if I'm not mistaken, re-dressed with some underside detail to appear as though it had seperated itself from the rest of the Viper body and soft landed belly-down with parachutes.

They created that idea to facilitate the script requirements: Starbuck must safely arrive on a planet, but his Viper must be destroyed so he has no way off the planet until he scavenges the engines from a downed Cylon Raider. They propbably also didn't want to haul the entire Colonial Viper set piece out to the quarry where they shot the episode! From what I understand, it was VERY heavy and a pain to take on-location.

If you can get hold of a copy of that episode, they do some pretty good shots of it.

-Gordon

[evil_genius_180]

That's awesome. Sounds like a great project.

[Smallworld]

Thanks for the info Gordon. I was kinda thinking of doing a full interior at some stage in future. The model is coming along very nicely now. I have most of the surface detailing done at this stage and am going on to the landing gear next. I'll post a picture when I can.

Cheers.