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Brad Gaffy brings us these new photos from his Galactica project.   Its been a while since we first saw these!

Just thought I would give you some updated pics of the Galactica. I took it to a local model show with a friend. there is also a pic of our display.

Anyone interested in the Galactica is welcome to join our Yahoo group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galacticabuilders/

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Mike Lord brings us his new project, the battle damaged USS Yamato.

This is based on the sequence from the next generation episode Contagion where the warp core of the malfunctioning Yamato explodes blowing the saucer section off.  This is a conversion of the ERTL 1701 D and shows the hull disintegrating allowing the interior to be shown which is made up of the usual kit-bashers fodder - tank parts and photo etched ship detail sets.

I've given it a heavy wash of acrylic gun metal which has given the hull a scorched look while giving the interior a metallic finish (a complete fluke!) I've also used the shuttle bay kit that is available for the ERTL kit minus the tiny shuttles.

I still need to finish the bottom of the saucer - I'm still not sure if any of the neck would have survived and what effect an exploding warp core would have on the saucers hull and if I should add the red outline to the shrinking hull sections.

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Finally, David Fox brings us photos of a couple projects that he is working on.

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The first 2 pics are of a Space 1999 Hawk Interceptor model that was already built up, sprayed dark blue and had a liberal amount of glue strewn all over it. I bought it off of E-Bay about 11 months ago, I stripped & disassembled it and salvaged as much of the original parts as possible.

I added all the detail that the studio model had using reference photos and technical drawings. I scratch built a complete cockpit for it and cut open what I deemed would most likely be the cockpit hatches and have them set aside for installation later. I also cut out the windshields and installed some dark tinted clear plastic. These pictures represent the Original version prior to the directors deciding to paint the bright orange sections on the final version for television because they thought it looked to much like the Eagle spacecraft on the show.

This model has yet to be completed.

The Next 4 pictures are of a Kit-Bashed/Scratch-built Wolf Interceptor I am also trying to complete.

The Wolf Interceptor started out as a 1/48th scale Testors SR-71 Blackbird, But now is a Wolf Interceptor 2 of the U.E.D.F. "United Earth Defense Force".

I had already Built a Single Seat version of the Wolf Interceptor 1 and it can be seen at www.amazingstarships.com in the Readers Gallery, However this one is now disassembled and slated for restoration since it is 11 years old and showing its age.

 

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