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The Shipyard is the home for all my Sci-Fi ships, from one-man fighters to first rate ships of the line.  Here you’ll find some truly ancient works, such as my old Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers kits, to my most recent efforts with Babylon 5.  More than any other section of my site, this shows my growth as a modeler over the last couple decades.

 

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I currently have four major Babylon 5 projects:

Kit

Manufacturer

Notes

Status

Earth Alliance StarFury Mk1

Revell-Monogram

Injection molded kit

Massive rebuild, detailing and replacement of kit parts with resin

Earth Alliance Omega Class Destroyer

Warp

Resin/white metal/photoetch

In limbo—awaiting replacement parts for badly cast pieces

Minbarri Cruiser

 

Vacuform

Not started—this one scare me…

Whitestar

I-Factory

Resin

Not started

 

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My 4 BattleStar Galactica projects:

Kit

Manufacturer

Notes

Status

BattleStar Galactica

Moebius

Injection molded kit

Purchased Spring 2014.  Good golly this is a thing of beauty.  I think it has just to the Monogram kit what the Cylons did at the Battle of Caprica…

Cylon Raider (studio scale)

Moebius

Injection molded kit

Another thing of beauty.  In many ways, a super-sized version of the old Monogram kit—literally twice the size, with a bit more detailing.  Unlike the Galactica, the old Monogram kit is still really nice—this is just really big, and in scale with the Viper.

BattleStar Galactica

Monogram

Injection molded kit

Partially modified—splitting center launch bay pylon support, adding detail and lights.  I have 2 kits—one is destined to be the Pegasus.

 

UPDATE 2013:  Likely to be abandoned with the updated Moebius kit

Cylon BaseStar

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Monogram/Revell

Injection molded kit with resin

Details on my contributions to the 30th Anniversary kit released by Revell

Colonial Viper

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Monogram

Injection molded kit

Complete.  Greatly modified engine section; has won/placed in several Sci-Fi model contests.  This is the original 1978 release.

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Monogram

Injection molded kit; original issue

Complete; built largely out of the box, also has placed at Sci-Fi model contests.  This is the original 1978 release.

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 My Star Trek projects:

Kit

Manufacturer

Notes

Status

Voyager

Monogram

Injection molded kit

This was the original Voyager release, not the corrected model.  No fancy decals, no detailed shuttle bay.  So, I am replacing details that weren’t molded correctly, and a real challenge, reversing the clear/opaque mistake on the main deflector.  Kit will also be lit.  I will probably replace many of the decals or add on to the ones not provided.

DS9 Runabout

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AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Complete.  Modified for lighting

DS9 Defiant

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Partially started.  Modifying for lighting.

Cardassian Galor Cruiser

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Not started.

Next Generation Enterprise

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

I have three; one I am hoping to convert to the Dreadnaught seen in “All Good Things…”, the other as a regular Enterprise, a re-do of one I built as a kid.  The intent is to light the kit

Next Generation Klingon Cruiser

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Featured in a 1997 Issue of Fine Scale Modeler and Famous Spaceships of Fact & Fantasy.  Massive fiber optic lighting project, destroyed during a move.

1/350 Original Series (TOS) Enterprise

Round 2

Injection molded kit

Complete!  Custom build for my lovely wife, in a metallic paint scheme with a few bells and whistles tossed in.  Used the Paragraphix PE set along with the Round 2 lighting kit.

 

 

Star Wars Projects:

 

Kit

Manufacturer

Notes

Status

Imperial Star Destroyer

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Not Started.

TIE Fighter

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AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Complete.  Built out of the box 98-99 timeframe

Star Wars Darth Vader Tie Fighter

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Complete.  Built out of the box pre 1986 timeframe

Trade Federation/Armored Assault Tank

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Construction complete.  Need to strip paint; I’m changing the paint scheme from a Phantom Menace tan to some of the more interesting schemes seen on The Clone Wars Animated Series.

Anakin’s Podracer

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

Not started.

Slave I

AMT/Ertl

Injection molded kit

This kit is fairly challenging in that AMT decided to abandon basic shapes (like cylinders that are round!), but can be built up into a nice kit.  Partially started…may be victim to the Fine Molds version…

Slave I

Fine Molds

Injection molded kit

The Fine Molds ship that completely embarrassed the older AMT/Ertl offering—this is the limited version with the Han Solo in carbonite extra.  The intent is to light the kit.

Millennium Falcon

Fine Molds

Injection molded kit

The Fine Molds ship that completely embarrassed the older AMT/Ertl offering.

 

My Other projects:

Kit

Manufacturer

Notes

Status

Buck Rogers Starfighter

Monogram

Injection molded kit

Complete.  Built out of the box, a long time ago…my earliest work worth putting up

Buck Rogers Hatchet fighter

Monogram

Injection molded kit

Complete.  Built out of the box, a long time ago…ditto.