Babylon 5 Starfury-Queen of Spades

[Quaralane]

In the words of Deion Sanders in the Direct TV commercials:
"It's ON!"

Starting up work on my entry for this year's Big Spring Contest over at ScaleModelAddict.com
For this year's first entry, I'll be building the Babylon 5 Starfury Mark 1 by Revell Monogram.
I'll be using the resin guns from Starshipmodeler.com and custom wing art and markings.
Box Art


The mandatory "proof it hasn't been started" shot.


My custom wingart for the "Queen of Spades"
This was rendered in Poser 9, then added the text in Paint Shop Pro


Also using custom secondary flashes instead of wing numbers

 

[Myke]

WOA!!! Pretty sweet Q!!!!! How big is that thing?

 

[Grendels]

Nice I get to see one of these built up!

 

[The Model Dude]

I agree, this will be pretty cool to see finished up.

 

[hilld]

Love it Q. I always enjoy following your builds. Have at 'er.

 

[Eastrock]

Q, you got a looker Good luck on the contest

 

[TRM]

I'm in Q!! Nice looking ride there...and the ship ain't half bad too!! Have fun my friend!!

 

[Quaralane]

Myke, the ships actually not all that big.
Wingspan's not much more than a foot, fully built, if that.

Thanks for the compliments, guys

 

[unttld]

I love Babylon 5! This'll be great all built up.

 

[Glorfindel]

Q I'm so jealous! I loved this show when it was on and have lost several EBay auctions of this kit over the last 5 years or so that it kills me. What kills me even more is I lost out on an auction on a 1/24 scale Starfury about 6 yrs. back on Easter night. I still bang my head over that....it sold for $79.00 and I wouldn't pull the trigger on $80.00. KHAAAAAAAAAAAN! I know this kit isn't perfect but I still want one on the top of my roll top desk.

 

[Solander]

Great choice, Q.
I must confess, that I've been planning to add one of these as my contest entry up to the very last day before the contest start, lol
I'm rewatching B5 right now with my wife - its her first acquatence with the show - just reached the 5th season, so building a starfury would have been kinda inspirational. However, I've changed my mind to another kit in the last moment, since I want to make some special project from this bird, with diorama building involved from the very start.
So next year's BSC maybe, and now I'm going to follow your experience, buddy

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

Solander, I was going to do a Trek kitbash, right up until I saw the Starfury review that was put up by JustMike
http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/index.php/topic,8538.0.html

Seeing that, I pulled this one out of my stash and decided to give it a go

 

[Mike T.C.S.M]

loved the show loved the Starfurys even more were very agile if memory serves. anyway I wait to see Quaralane magic worked on her
DB

 

[spud]

oh hell ya!!!!!!! this has to be the best looking ship ever. except for the Enterprise 1701 D

Cant wait to see this one Q

 

[Quaralane]

All I'll say right now, other than thanks, is that the build is moving VERY quickly

 

[cobraleader]

long time since i've seen a starfury being built ... looking forward to watching this one ...

 

[Biskup]

That’s one good looking ship. I think I will have to watch the Babylon 5

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks for the faith, guys.

And now, construction begins in earnest:

Fuselage halves glued to the lower wings.
Some seam work was definitely needed here. I used a combination of tube glue and liquid cement to fill it.
Although the seams on the engines themselves had a slight step to them, I was able to deal with the worst of it




I filled the seam between the inner wing and the fuselage with a small bead of tube glue that I smoothed with my finger,


Glued the inside of the upper wing into place and then worked the seam the same way I had with the lower set


A comparison between the resin guns I picked up from the Starshipmodeler store for this, and the kit guns.
The resin is the one on the left, the kit gun on the right.
I think the pic speaks for itself as to why the resin guns were the better choice


Got the upper guns into place, then glued in the inner wing pieces



Youtube link:
Starfury-Queen of Spades-SMA BSC-Part One

 

[The Model Dude]

That is coming along nicely! And I liked your video build log.

 

[TRM]

Nice progression Q!! Looking great!! Nice bid with the resin guns!!! Much better!!