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Old July 8th, 2022, 07:07 AM   #1
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Battlestar Galactica 1978 Ralph McQuarrie's Concept Battlestar 3D

It has been a long time since I last posted any model work, so.....

This is my version of Ralph McQuarrie's concept Battlestar Galactica, detailing was inspired by the physical model from the show, and this is the third time I have had a go at building it, it is 99% finished.
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Length 9142'4" ft / 2786.6 m
Height 1210'6" ft / 368.9m
around 109 decks (not that it has 109 decks but could stack up that if you removed the engines
Width 4296'9" ft / 1309.6m
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Old July 8th, 2022, 08:19 AM   #2
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And it's been a while since I commented on a post here! Awesome work, and thanks for the reminder of the Colonial Fleets days!
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Old July 8th, 2022, 07:13 PM   #3
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Amen.
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Old August 28th, 2022, 11:04 AM   #4
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continuing my modelling saga.

basic raider and Starhound fighters
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Old October 20th, 2022, 02:20 AM   #5
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This is a montage of ships to compare.
Length of each design
Blakes7 Liberator 3280ft
Blakes7 London 180ft
Star Trek USS Enterprise 940ft
My USS ENTERPRISE 1311.5
Space Rider 223ft
RMQ Galactica 9143'7ft based on Ralph McQuarrie concept art
TOS Galactica 6087ft
Dundee 3609'6 ft
Basestar 12209'9ft based on Ralph McQuarrie concept art
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Old May 8th, 2023, 10:02 AM   #6
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Battlestar Galactica 1978 Re: Ralph McQuarrie's Concept Battlestar 3D

I have returned to this design and reworked key parts to make it look more like the Movie/TV Galactica, Engines and Forward section.

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Looks great! Your modeling skills have really taken off.
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Looks great! Your modeling skills have really taken off.
thanks,, it's taken long enough
none the less I have finally gotten BSG designs out of my todo list.
of course, I have given them my own stamp.
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Well my list never ends and I've never gotten them out of my system but I continue on.

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