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BSG Kitbash - Hades-Class Destroyer

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BSG Kitbash - Hades-Class Destroyer
Posted by Griffworks on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:56 PM

This was originally going to be another Single Entry for the Starship Modeler BSG contest.  However, me being the slow builder/finisher that I am, I just never quite made it.  I thought it was ready, but got to looking at the attached pics and decided that I wasn't about to enter it as it looks in these pics.  She needs too much cleaning up. :(

I based this design off of the fan-produced Cheetah-class light cruiser.  I just don't like the idea of a class of ship named "Cheetah" in TOS BSG, so decided to call it the Hades-class, giving a better idea of the role to which I'd assigned the design.  My version of the ship is meant to portray a destroyer - but not in the traditional Wet Navy Terminology that we know.  Instead, this is mean to designate the ship as devoted to one purpose - destroying Cylon Basestars.

The basics: the kitbash is a merging of the "gator head" and main engine section of a Revell-Monogram battlestar kit that I picked up somewhere.  I added the Timeslip Creations Battlestar Detailing Set side pieces, as well as the nose piece.  I cut off the kit bridge, made it a bit larger with the use of sheet styrene and then re-worked the mounting point so that it no longer angled down as it originally did. 

During the construction phase, I decided to add some guns to the hull.  I always thought that this large ships should have more visible weaponry adorning their hulls, as seeing the laser beams come from "nowhere" in the long shots just sorta bugged me.  I can understand the small AAA/Anti-Starfighter guns not being as visible, but the anti-basestar guns? 

During this phase, I also decided to add some big-ole honkin' guns.  I toyed around w/the idea of scratchbuilding something or even adding some 1/700 scale warship main guns, but eventually decided on something different.  The guns I chose are from Ravenstar Studios

My rationale is that these guns are along the lines of the Pulsar canons that the Basestars have.  They don't have a high cycle rate, only firing once every five or so seconds.  That would mean that these ships would have best work in conjunction with other destroyers and/or as a fleet action w/battlestars and other support ships in the mix.  So, these are Big Ole Honkin' Guns, but they aren't BFG's!

The smaller guns adoring the hull are a mix from two sources.  The rounded and funky rectangular/angled guns are from some small, 1/2500-ish scale StarBlazer's kits I picked up from various places, most from eBay and Federation Models.  The rounded guns are meant to be anti-ship/missile defenses, while the larger guns are purely anti-ship.  The small, square guns are some I picked up from BamBam Productions as a lot on eBay, made for his 1/9600 scale TNS Pegasus kit.  I figure them for heavier anti-starship guns. 

I also added two different sizes of missile hatches to the hull.  There are some small hatches which are meant to deliver anti-starfighter missiles.  The larger hatches are anti-ship nukes.  The thinking is that, if necessarily, one of these ships could close with a basestar under flank speed, let loose w/her canons and anti-ship missiles while doing a fairly decent job of keeping any Raiders at bay with her anti-starfighter weapons. 

There are also some odd-ball greebly parts in various areas.  These come from a variety of sources from my spares box.  I just sort of put stuff where I felt it looked best. 

I'll get to the painting at some point tomorrow. 

 

 

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Posted by aussiemuscle308 on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:31 PM
amazing what can be accomplished with a little patience and lot of small pieces, eh? well done. it totally looks BSG universe inspired.
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  • From: The House of Blues Clues
Posted by Griffworks on Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:26 AM

Thank ya kindly.  I appreciate it.  I'm thinking that I'm going to change up the guns, tho, and go with some 1/700 scale US Navy main battleship guns.  I also plan to add a couple of other detail pieces. 

And, of course, this'll require a repaint - or at least a recover of the base coat in a few spots. Sad [:(]

 

The greatest measure of a man is his children and what kind of people they are.

 

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