I guess you will be busy soon! So far everything is looking good. I am now testing and revising the parts for the quad and then I will approach Martin and ask him to upload the new kit to his site.I have a still as yet unbuilt model kit of the Thunderdfighter from back in the old timey days. The cockpit is pretty INNACurate abd spartan. Besides building up the paper models of this kit, I would love to be able to size the cockpit upgrades to scale, print them on nice matt photo paper and build up a really nice cockpit, all detailed out to the nth degree with the work done here, and install it, so It's a mixed media kit.
Partly because I too love the sweet bejeebuz out of the Thunderfighter, but also because I'm still one of the loves to build anything out of anything kinda guys.
If I was really good at sculpting and carving, I would carve different sci fi ships out of different beautiful really rich grained woods. when I say different, I mean each ship would be a composite of different woods for different components. That would be incredible looking.
NOT PAINTED......NOOOOOOO PAINT.
He only wants to make a separate thread on this one just in case it becomes one of the next MoM!Well, excuuuuse me!
Great work here, guys! I am enjoying my build of the stock TF model. Reading through this thread, I didn't see any notification that the original Ralph McQuarrie Viper design was ever completed. Did I miss it, or is it still in progress?
It was completed, but if I'm not mistaken, Martin did not approve that version for release. Not sure why this was the only one not ok, still scratching my head on that one. Either that or the designer just decided to hold that one back.I'm more of a Galactica fan, but love the Thunderfighter design, so the Galactica paint scheme appeals to me more. Either way, still a very impressive collection, so no complaints (although would like to hear the reasoning, out of curiosity).
Nope, the RMQ Viper was supposed to be the anchor between this thread and the "Launch When Ready" Viper thread. Due to time constraints and other projects jumping in the project is on hold for the time being. It will be finished as soon as the Viper Mk I is ready. I have modelled all parts in SketchUp, I only need to unfold them and to adapt the cockpit interior for it (it is a one-seater).It was completed, but if I'm not mistaken, Martin did not approve that version for release. Not sure why this was the only one not ok, still scratching my head on that one. Either that or the designer just decided to hold that one back.