Angel Flight-Starbuck's Last Ride

[Quaralane]

Started work today on a new build up.
This one is the Moebius 1/32 Mk2 Viper.
I'm doing this one as the ship Starbuck was flying in the two-part episode "Crossroads," her "Last Ride," so to speak.

Started work with the landing gear doors.
Prior to installing them, I scribed the seams to make the parts look right.


While letting the cockpit set, I also got the wings and rudder assembled.


Worked the cockpit in stages.
Started by getting the control stick and throttle in place, and getting the transparency for the screen glued in.


After giving the cockpit parts a coat of Gunship Grey, I gave the assemblies a quick black wash to bring out the detail


With that done, I gave the parts a quick drybrush of silver to bring back some of the details.
The dials and screens were painted in with black, and then coated with Future.
The seat was painted with Interior Green and not given a wash.



Youtube link:
Angel Flight, Starbuck's Last Ride-Part 1

 

[punkpigpen]

Oh hell yeh! Ill follow your vids on this one for sure!

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

Q thats looking good!

 

[Jim2001]

Nice work Q. Been thinking of doing this subject myself, but the TOS version of Viper.

 

[panzerace007]

Q ,

Great Start that Cockpit is lookin Great !! I'll Tune in & Turn on !!

 

[Solander]

Cool!
I've just started to re-watch the NU BSG series, and I'm already on the middle of the 3rd season now. So I'm extremely excited to build almost everything I see on the screen ;D
Watching such a build, especially now, giving the circumstances, and specially from You, Q, is a real pleasure.
Keep it coming, bud

 

[Grendels]

Nice work so far!!

 

[Igard]

Cool. I loved the design of the Nu Viper. Very much in the spirit of the old series and still very iconic looking.

Great ship, and she's in safe hands. Cockpit looks great!

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks for all the compliments, guys.
Turning about six shades of red here.

 

[fumblethumbs]

Yeah Q, You do make it look easy. Takes me ages to get a kit done. The interior looks great! I take it you don't plan on any lighting effects on this one?? Keep up the inspiring work bro!

 

[moi196872]

Looking good so far !!

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks again, guys.

@fumblethumbs,
Nope. No lighting plans for this one

 

[punkpigpen]

yeh i never ever light up those tiny kits either.

 

[Quaralane]

Actually, punkpigpen, if I can scrape the money together for the photoetch cockpits, I may light up the mark 7s when I do them.
And, at 1/32 scale, they're actually pretty good sized

 

[punkpigpen]

i do love me some photo etch upgrade kits! hope you get them!

 

[Quaralane]

Can only hope for now, punk.
But, back to the work in progress here.

New update:
Construction continues on Starbuck's Viper
Got the fuselage assembled and the worst of the seams dealt with



Added the wings and intakes and got ready for paint by masking off the canopy and temporarily gluing it down.


Primer coats on the engines and guns


And on the main body. Some seams showed they needed more work there.


Gave the engines and guns a coat of Graphite Dust.


Main body gets a coat of Gloss white


Youtube link:
Angel Flight-Starbuck's Last Ride-Part 2

 

[Igard]

Looking really good!

 

[Grendels]

Good work so far!!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Great job Q! Looking forward to this build, and your video's as always ;D

 

[fumblethumbs]

Great stuff Q! You're moving right along on this Viper build. Any seams you are concerned about are not coming through on the video, she looks pristine.
The colour variations you mentioned between the dark grey primer and the gloss white are coming through and look very nice. It is especially apparent on the wings. Were you able to achieve this subtlety with spray cans or did you use an airbrush for the white? Come to think of it, do you ever use an airbrush?? Great update on the build!