What do people think of the original Monogram Marauder as a starting point. I presume the engineers had access to the original, although I do admit the releases for BSG at the time were not great.
I would use it as a base.
The monogram Marauder is a pretty good starting point for a decent model...I'm actually working on one now, detailing the surface, and correcting a couple of flaws that were obvious after looking at the Hartland pics.
GREAT!!! As I told you, if I had the time, I would swing into action immediately. The Monogram Buck Rogers models are the only ones which I am still missing in my collection. I had the chance to get a complete boxed kit on ebay for 25 $ (!) but I placed my bid too early... I was beaten in the last three seconds of the auction.
Well, that was my first try on ebay, and you live and learn. My next catch was far more successful: The Moebius Pegasus for half the retail price (because the guy who started the auction used a wrong title and called it "Battlestar Galactica model kit"
).
Lots of work for a model I don't think many want.
Well, the moment Hartland put it on the big screen it became part of the Buck lore. And since there are not many models available from the show, you take what you can get.
I find it fugly, and honestly, too many concepts that would not work in an atmosphere, and aren't needed in space?
Yep, agreed. But that's late 70s SciFi..!
The main reason behind the design is they wanted to mimick the style of the original adversaries. In the comics the enemies were Mongolians. If you look carefully at the design elements of the Draconians you will notice several styles which were taken from Mongolian culture and translated to the space age, such as the folded helmets, uniforms and belt buckle symbols. The base colour was a desert tone with a touch of orange / red which too would fit well in that scheme.
BTW, there are a few ships in the show which I ... well, I don't wanna say, do not like, but which are of lesser importance to me. The Draconia is one of them. It took alot of time for me to get accustomed to her. I thought it looked somewhat misplaced in the movie. She did not look bad to me but the design was so strange that I was unable to understand it. However, when I learned the back story about the ship later (design background and modeling background) I was fairly impressed and thought, well, let's see her from a different perspective. That worked. But she is too complex for being put on my list. Despite all efforts she still looks too bulky. (To all those interested: Do NOT use the model in the SketchUp Warehouse; it is totally wrong.)
source:
https://storiesbywilliams.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/draconia1.jpg
The models which are on my list are:
The Scorpion Fighter
source:
http://www.smallartworks.ca/Battlebuck/Rogers/Misc/Scorpion.jpg
the Cargo Sled (I have already made some preliminary line drawings)
source:
http://images2.sw-cdn.net/model/picture/625x465_2146882_3689657_1429719741.jpg
the Raven (THAT IS ONE COOL SHIP!)
source:
http://www.universalhartland.com/medium/buckr1_raven06.jpg
Theta Station
source:
http://www.universalhartland.com/medium/buckr1_thatastation5.jpg
the Learian Queen / Searcher (again: SketchUp Warehouse model = NONO)
surce:
http://www.universalhartland.com/medium/buckr165.jpg
Please note that you are free to start one of these first. I'd be more than happy to see one of them come to life and would help wherever I can.
Who's planning to design this?
As I said, on my list but no time to do it now..!
rinks:
