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Building a Display Stand for a Diamond Select Galactica

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  • Member since
    March 2009
  • From: Stevensville, Michigan
Building a Display Stand for a Diamond Select Galactica
Posted by charlie98210 on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:09 PM

For our 34th Anniversary, my wife gave me a Diamond Select Battlestar Galactica, the 3rd Season Battle-damaged run which was limited to one thousand statues. Mine is number 89. But I didn't like the stand it was on. Main problem was that it has the Galactica sitting with its nose a good quarter inch lower than the tail. So I decided to scratch-build a new one (and keep the original stand tucked safely away in its box).

First, here is a photo of the Galactica on the original stand.

Next I designed a nameplate.

Then I purchased a 6x18 inch piece of one half inch thick clear lucite. I then mounted the nameplate to the big piece of lucite, under an eighth inch thick 2 1/4 by 3 1/2 inch piece of clear plexiglass (with polished edges) that I had laying around.

I am waiting for two Flexi-Display stands from Lost And Found Toys, one 2.5 and the other 4 inches to arrive. I'll be glueing them onto the lucite. Hopefully, the difference in height will make the Galactica statue look as though it were soaring upward in space. I'm using two Flexi-Display stands because this statue was cast using a very heavy, stone-like resin and weighs almost seven pounds.

I will also, when I am finished, be removing the protective covering on the bottom of the big sheet of lucite and add some small, clear silicone pads so the bottom of the stand won't get scratched up.

"I'm an artist, Jim, not a mechanic."

http://home.comcast.net/~schimancharles/site/?/home/  "Black & White & Other Things"

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  • From: The House of Blues Clues
Posted by Griffworks on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:55 PM

That sounds pretty kewel.  Can't wait to see the end results.

 

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

 

  • Member since
    March 2009
  • From: Stevensville, Michigan
Update: Display Stand for a Diamond Select Galactica Completed
Posted by charlie98210 on Monday, April 20, 2009 3:22 PM

My flexi-display stands arrived today.

Here is the Season Three, Battle Damaged Battlestar Galactica on its new stand.

"I'm an artist, Jim, not a mechanic."

http://home.comcast.net/~schimancharles/site/?/home/  "Black & White & Other Things"

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: The House of Blues Clues
Posted by Griffworks on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 5:56 PM

That turned out looking really nice! 

(not that I thought it would look bad, mind you) 

 

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

 

  • Member since
    March 2009
  • From: Stevensville, Michigan
Posted by charlie98210 on Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:16 AM

Thank you.

The weight of the statue was almost too much for even two of the flxi-Display stands. The whole statue would slowly twist the legs sideways (we live by a freeway and there is a lot of vibration).

I ended up cutting one of the legs off on the forward flexi-Display and then used clear acrylic adhensive to glue the swivel ends of the stands solidly in place. I also changed the position of the rear stand's legs so they angle back to the rear of the engines. And I trimmed an inch off the the 4 inch long front legs to decrease the weight tranfer to the legs of the rear stand.

 Two new pictures showing the changes:

"I'm an artist, Jim, not a mechanic."

http://home.comcast.net/~schimancharles/site/?/home/  "Black & White & Other Things"

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