Studio Scale McQuarrie Concept Raider

[dbhs]

Hi everyone.

This is my first model post here. I

[Cy]

WOW! Now thats some hot modeling, great work.

[Cylon-Knight]

Nice... when are you going to make me one!?

YOU HAVE SKILL! Thanks for sharing the pics.

[GoldCylon]

Oh that line is long to get a copy of this, but I am under the impression we will be standing there a long time, because there isn't a line.....
:frak:

[dbhs]

Finally an update on this one......

I got two copies of the Centurion grille cast up using the bathtub caulk molding method. I wasn't sure I could pull off a part this big but it seemed to work out pretty good. I'll need to get some real casting equipment eventually.

I'm pretty happy about how the grille looks with the rest of the ship. Now I'm looking forward to getting some color on this one.









Touched up the primer on the top side and it's ready for paint as soon as the primer cures solid.

-Doug

[GoldCylon]

That is a outstanding update, and very cool information on using caulk molding. I never heard of that before. The detail looks real good. What the the master you used to make the copies?

[Red Eye]

Consider me impressed as well.

Have you any plans for making other McQuarrie concept ships?

[dbhs]

Thanks, guys.

The grille is from the Tamiya Centurion kit. http://www.studioscalemodelers.com/foru ... hp?tid=612
I wanted this one in particular because it is the same grille used in on the top side of the Cylon Raider studio model. I've tried to use several parts that were used on that model to pay my respects, as it were, to the screen used model.

Using silicone caulk for quick molds is a neat little trick I learned on a website a while back. It works good for making small one sided molds. It took a little trial and error to get the technique down but it's pretty simple and cheap if you just need a few copies of something. I started doing this using just regular epoxy as the "resin" for casting and that works pretty good too. Let me know if you want a quick step-by-step guide it you want to try it out.

I don't have any McQuarrie concepts in mind at the moment. I really like scratch building, though and would like to do more. After the studio scale shuttle I want to get a couple of other kits out of the way first that have been sitting on the shelf for a while. I've been realizng that I really enjoy the painting part of model building and with doing a scratch build I spend so much time building that it seems to take forever to get to the painting stage. For the kits coming up i'm just going to do a straightforward build without any modifications and try to concentrate on the painting. The two kits I have for this are the FutchFactor Falke Pkf85 http://futchfactor.com/falke/kit.html and the Blue Moon B-wing kit. This is Joe's Model's build up of that one: http://joesmodels.50webs.com/bwing.html.

-Doug

[Cylon-Knight]

The link to the Tamiya Centurion kit you have to be a member! phooey. Could you post a pic of it here?

AND THE SHIP IS WOW! Thanks for sharing the progress here - so very Very VERY cool. It is a most worthy addition to the Cylon Empire!
You have amazing skill!

[dbhs]

Here's a composite showing the part, the Centurion Mk. III tank, and the part as used on the Studio Raider.

I just realized that the Centurion is aptly named given that the parts are used for the Cylon Empire ships. LOL.

[Cylon-Knight]

AH! WOW - thanks for the image.

You ship builders are so creative with random bits of coolness... pass the engine from an F-15, the flight deck of an aircraft carrier and the tail pipe from a 1976 Ford Truck *glue* *paint* BINGO! A KILLER SHARSHIP!!
I love that - so, so, so awesome.

dbhs, do you have any plans (or even the "one-day" dream) to build a 1:1 Studio Scale Galactica?

[dbhs]

Well I can't rule out a SS Galactica entirely but as of now I don't have any plans. It's always weird what each of us are drawn to in our creative pursuits. I'm getting my fill of Galacticas now by watching others build theirs. The Studio Scale Modelers site has 4 Galactica builds going on right now by (I believe) all first time builders. It's very interesting watching their progress. Charles Adams who was one of the fisrt to start building Gs is posting info there too. There's a bunch of BSG fans there. I think I'll ask them to post over here too to spread some of that around, since there's a modeling section here too.
I was hoping to post pics of the concept raider this weekend with the paint on but I ran out of paint before getting the first color comletely done. I did make some progress on the SS shuttle, though, so i'll get that tread started.
I'm glad you guys are interested in this build. I was talking to another modeler who was saying it's hard to find others with an interest in this stuff. Even in his local modeling club the other members aren't into the sci-fi stuff and he only really shares his hobby in the forums.
It's the same for me. A few of my friends are into sci-fi but none of then build models and none had even heard of the studio scale stuff before seeing my models. I'm a relative newbie at it too comared to others. Luckily we have the internet.
Thanks for the feedback guys.
-Doug

[Cylon-Knight]

YES, please do tell others to join and post their BSG builds. We'd love to have them here at By Your Command.net! Shame that other builders don't want to see sci-fi stuff... some of it is the most complex and amazing stuff with the most creative use of found items. (Much more interesting than another Corvette model, etc. - not that those are not cool!! - they are just so common.)

CYLON OATH OF HONOR we will not zap human BSG modelers with our laser rifles.
Pass the word around to join and share their work here - we'd love to see it, learn from it and perhaps be inspired to try a build.

I have a raider build going on (currently stalled *ahem*). I think a studio scale Raider would be soooo fun to make. But I don't know 1. the best place to get it, or 2. have the skills / know of the techniques that best apply to a SS build, such as weathering and or scribing panel lines, etc. Stuff I've only read about. I have done a little weathering in my past modeling days - but nothing down to laser blasts with exposed internal parts that are added items not found in the kit. THAT is cool and it would be great to learn form some experts - all the "how to" stuff they've discovered.

Best of luck with the rest of the McQuarrie Concept Raider! GO BUY SOME PAINT lol

[GoldCylon]

Hey Doug you and few others are the rare breed here that doing the SS modeling, or off the shelf kits. I made my run at modeling as a kid, and had OK results with the boxed kits, but I didn't as a kid have the resources of the WWW to help encourage me to continue, or learn technical ticks of painting. Oh I am sure if I had a local friend that was into modeling we would have marched on to bigger and better things, but it was a single summer a cousin from Texas came to visit it when I was 8 that got me into about a 8 year run making models. The BSG series was the last on my modeling days, unless you count the snap it together kits I bought for my kids that I helped with. I do now for more experience via reading the forums from people like yourself to make a better model watching the builds, and reading the how they did that. I have just way to many items on my plate already to take up more. Tonight was a awesome night in that I was able to detail out my freshly arrived chromed Cylon parts. Headway made with out making the list longer. Thanks for sharing the awesome work, and can't wait to see, and hear (read) about your other projects also.

[dbhs]

I have a raider build going on (currently stalled *ahem*). I think a studio scale Raider would be soooo fun to make. But I don't know 1. the best place to get it, or 2. have the skills / know of the techniques that best apply to a SS build, such as weathering and or scribing panel lines, etc. Stuff I've only read about. I have done a little weathering in my past modeling days - but nothing down to laser blasts with exposed internal parts that are added items not found in the kit. THAT is cool and it would be great to learn form some experts - all the "how to" stuff they've discovered.

Resin kits are a bit different but not too hard if you've built other types. Best thing to do is to just jump into it. The new series BSG Raider is the first resin kit i ever did. it was a good learning experience. I hadn't done any sci-fi modeling since my teens and just did a lot of reading and looking at other modelers work in progress threads for ideas on techniques to learn as much as I can. Practice makes perfect ( or at least improvement). And ask questions. You can pick up a simple resin kit and experiment with it to get a feel or, even better, get a kit that you see other people doing and copy what they are doing. That's what I did when I built the new raider. The main difference is in the gluing of the parts (epoxy and CA versus modeling cement). The painting is the same as plastic models.

Mike Salzo sells the studio raider as well as the shuttle.