A couple of B5 ships....

dhanners

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Here are a couple of “Babylon 5” ships I built. One is canon and the other is my design.

The non-canon one, the EAS Agincourt, is a largely scratchbuilt light cruiser based on the Omega-class destroyer. For the forward, midship and engine sections, I used Jaybats' Agememnon card model, but they were reduced to 75 percent and heavily modified. I used Jaybats' engine parts as templates to make my own pieces out of metallic paper. (I simplified the plumbing, too; why have all that exposed plumbing on a warship?)

Most everything else is scratchbuilt. The finished model is 11.75 inches (29.8 cm) long, and I compute the scale is 1/3828.

The canon ship is the Hyperion-class heavy cruiser EAS Jeanne d'Arc. (To my knowledge, that name was never used on the show. I just liked it better than Breheny, which is what the model comes as.) The model was designed by Diego Cortes Pardo.

I've always liked the look of the Hyperion-class; it seems a cross between a submarine and an old railroad bridge. I wanted to build it in the same scale as my Agincourt and after some online research and comparing various drawings, I concluded that if I copied Pardo's original design at 83 percent, it would work out to 1/3828. Or close.

I deviated from Cortes' model in a few areas, mostly in the interest of accuracy. I ditched his trusswork parts to make my own (and more accurate) out of a dark gray metallic cardstock that I laminated to increase the thickness. I used the same cardstock to make the external framework. I also didn't use his three engines; they are just wrong. Instead, I resized Alfonso X. Moreno's Shuttle engines to use as templates to make new engines and added additional detail. I added detail throughout by cutting out or adding panels. I used wood beads for the gun turrets because I didn't want to make all those turrets out of paper. There were a few accuracy issues I improved.

To add strength and insure that everything lined up straight, there is a small strip of basswood running the length of the ship, hidden under various papers. I bent pieces of solder for the various bits of plumbing. I also used short pieces of solder for the barrels on the turrets, except for the four big ones on front; they are silver paper that I rolled around a sewing needle. The various antennas and probes are made from copper wire or laminated cardstock.
 

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daishi

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Oh I love B5, and these are very good models.

The Agincourt reminds me of the Nova-class Dreadnaughts, or at least a smaller cousin of them ;)
 

zathros

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There can never be enoughB-5 models. These are great!! Thanks for posting them. I like the Hyperion model also, and do your EAS Agincourt concept. The need of a ship that size would have been useful. Great work. ;)
 
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Rhaven Blaack

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You did a FANTASTIC JOB on each one. The lines are clean, crisp and clear. These look like they could be in a museum or on the show.
 

dhanners

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Thanks for the kind words, guys. They were fun builds.

I know there are some other B5 models out there on some Russian site, but whatever format they are in, my iPad is unable to unzip or open them....
 

zathros

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Most are .rars. or zips. I have most of them. I didn't know IPads could not open these files. Have you tried a programmed called 7Zip? They have a Beta unwrapping called "keka", Link below (all their stuff is free):

http://www.kekaosx.com/en/
 

Sky Seeker

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Here are a couple of “Babylon 5” ships I built. One is canon and the other is my design.

The non-canon one, the EAS Agincourt, is a largely scratchbuilt light cruiser based on the Omega-class destroyer. For the forward, midship and engine sections, I used Jaybats' Agememnon card model, but they were reduced to 75 percent and heavily modified. I used Jaybats' engine parts as templates to make my own pieces out of metallic paper. (I simplified the plumbing, too; why have all that exposed plumbing on a warship?)

Most everything else is scratchbuilt. The finished model is 11.75 inches (29.8 cm) long, and I compute the scale is 1/3828.

The canon ship is the Hyperion-class heavy cruiser EAS Jeanne d'Arc. (To my knowledge, that name was never used on the show. I just liked it better than Breheny, which is what the model comes as.) The model was designed by Diego Cortes Pardo.

I've always liked the look of the Hyperion-class; it seems a cross between a submarine and an old railroad bridge. I wanted to build it in the same scale as my Agincourt and after some online research and comparing various drawings, I concluded that if I copied Pardo's original design at 83 percent, it would work out to 1/3828. Or close.

I deviated from Cortes' model in a few areas, mostly in the interest of accuracy. I ditched his trusswork parts to make my own (and more accurate) out of a dark gray metallic cardstock that I laminated to increase the thickness. I used the same cardstock to make the external framework. I also didn't use his three engines; they are just wrong. Instead, I resized Alfonso X. Moreno's Shuttle engines to use as templates to make new engines and added additional detail. I added detail throughout by cutting out or adding panels. I used wood beads for the gun turrets because I didn't want to make all those turrets out of paper. There were a few accuracy issues I improved.

To add strength and insure that everything lined up straight, there is a small strip of basswood running the length of the ship, hidden under various papers. I bent pieces of solder for the various bits of plumbing. I also used short pieces of solder for the barrels on the turrets, except for the four big ones on front; they are silver paper that I rolled around a sewing needle. The various antennas and probes are made from copper wire or laminated cardstock.

Impressive work!:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::Bravo::Drinks::King::King: Quite a few of us have tackled the B5 universe. And more certainly can be done! :)

Here's some links to some other work done around here:

http://www.zealot.com/threads/fighter-star-fury-babylon-5.172843/page-2#post-981503

http://zealot.com/threads/destroer-class-omega-agamemnon-babylon-5.172825/

http://www.zealot.com/threads/babylon-5-earth-heavy-cruiser.178998/

http://www.zealot.com/threads/b5-centauri-sentri-fighter.179550/

http://www.zealot.com/threads/b5-ea-omega-destroyer.178700/

https://web.archive.org/web/20060623080208/http://dpileggispicks.com/models.html

The models were done by Diego Pardo circa 2006.

We're also trying to come up with a design for the Vorchan Centauri cruiser. Your input is more than welcome!:) The link for that is here:

http://www.zealot.com/threads/b5-project-centauri-vorchan.179598/

Thanks for sharing your work with us here.:) Once again Great Job!:Drinks::King:

Sky Seeker
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zathros

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Haven't tried it. May look into it. Thanks.

I have used 7Zip for around 7 years. It is the best unwrapping program out there. If their IPad version is half as good, it will work very well for you. I always right click and just have the program unzip the file in the same folder I created with the original model.
 
Most are .rars. or zips. I have most of them. I didn't know IPads could not open these files. Have you tried a programmed called 7Zip? They have a Beta unwrapping called "keka", Link below (all their stuff is free):

http://www.kekaosx.com/en/

Hi. Could you please tell me where I could get the .rar and .zip files? I would love to build some B5 stuff myself, but have been having trouble finding working links. Thanks!
 

spaceagent-9

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Man, I am getting nothing but grief from our Russian frind's site, if you could please post a direct link either to him, so I can ask him personally for permission to download or to the actual file itself, [Hyperion, battle crab, Agamemnon, ranger triangle ship, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
 

dhanners

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Man, I am getting nothing but grief from our Russian frind's site, if you could please post a direct link either to him, so I can ask him personally for permission to download or to the actual file itself, [Hyperion, battle crab, Agamemnon, ranger triangle ship, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
I've got no idea what the direct link is or who is behind the site. I found the link I posted by Googling a few keywords. Although the models look cool, when I run them through my personal calculator (i.e., will I actually build them and is the hassle of downloading them worth it to me?) I think I'll pass. Life is too short.
 
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dhanners

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No one is doubting the quality of his models. And I've spent weeks and even months building or scratchbuilding complex models. But we all make personal calculations of whether we want to add something to our collection badly enough to build it. And if it's going to be difficult for me to even look at the model's parts, i.e., its in a format that it's not easy for me personally to download and look at, then I'm out. That is no reflection on the quality of the guy's models. Yeah, I know for the computer savvy downloading the models is no big deal. I'm not them.
 
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