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Zephyr - My Timeslip Ringship Build

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Zephyr - My Timeslip Ringship Build
Posted by Griffworks on Sunday, November 22, 2009 10:05 AM

Bought as a gift for me by my friend Jon/mech, this is one awesome kit. It's arguably the most easily recognizable member of the RTF (not including Galactica, obviously), the "ringship" Zephyr. Also called "Space Park", the ship is from Intersun Lines and features a spinning habitat ring. The scale on this kit from Timeslip Creations is 1/4105 scale and the model itself is right about 12" / 30.48cm long and the diameter of the habitat ring is 6.5" / 16.51cm.

Ringship Zephyr Photobucket Album
 
I built it up fairly quickly after receiving it, but then was somewhat stumped as to what I was going to do for the habitat ring. So, after painting the main hull Tamiya AS-16, USAF Light Grey, the main hull got put up on the shelf and the habitat ring has resided on my desk for about four months now. 
 
However, Cylon75's (at Starship Modeler and Resin Illuminati) start on his buildup spurred me to revisit my own - mostly 'cause he was asking to see pics of what someone else might have done w/theirs. I'd not gotten too far on my habitat ring, but had at least put some priner on it, glued in some "buildings" and primered it again.  
 
Anyhow, I glued in the aforementioned bits-n-bobs to serve as some sort of structures. I then used Tamiya's acrylic XF-24, Dark Grey for a base surface color, then Model Master enamel SAC Bomber Green, FS34159, to act as "grass". I painted the buildings XF-53, Neutral Grey, but should have gone w/a different color, as they hardly show up now. I painted a "stream" on either side of the outer walls using MM enamel Bright Blue, FS35183. I'm not overly happy w/the results, but dont' exactly hate it, either. Regardless it's too late to do anything about it, so far as I'm concerned....
 
After the paints dried, I pulled out Woodland Scenics Clump Foliage, used by Railroaders for decades to achieve scale foliage on trees, shrubberys, etc... I have some Medium Green, FC683, and Dark Green, FC684, which I used randomly on the interior. I think it looks tons better w/the foliage in there and they look fairly well like scale trees should, IMNSHO.
 
Going to be a real beyotch sealing up the ring, tho. Even worse than that? Painting it! Masking the individual windows is right out as I just don't have the sanity it would require to be that patient. So, I'll have to figure something out, which means this is likely stalled for a bit.... :(
 
Anyhow, here you go. Not meaning to steal Cylon75/Keith's thunder on his build. Instead, I'm doing this as a sort of companion to his build. I think it's kinda kewel bouncing ideas off of each other as we have and I can't wait to see how his looks once finished! :thumbsup:

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  • From: The House of Blues Clues
Posted by Griffworks on Monday, November 23, 2009 7:40 PM

dbhs had suggested over at Resin Illuminati that I make some sort of jig and use that to cut out my masking tape.  That would be more feasible for me, as I have plenty fo Tamiya masking tape. 

Another suggestion is to go with what Cylon75 is planning - hand-paint the grid detail using a fine brush and the base coat paint sprayed in to a cap. I actually kind of like this suggestion a bit more than even the masking tape as I've usually got a pretty steady hand - and almost no patience for masking tape at this moment. 

I'll prolly end up re-painting the main hull, tho, as I don't like the current color.  It looks a bit too "tan" a shade of grey for my tastes.  I'm thinking that I'll go w/the same color I used on my Fantastic Plastic Defender - Tamiay AS-7, USAAF Neutral Gray.

BTW, one of the fellas at Resin Illuminati had asked for a "Coke can scale gauge" for Cylon75's build.  I snapped a couple of pics before I had read thru the forum to see if the request had already been complied with - which it had.  However, I sort of hate to "waste" a nice pic, so that's included here.  I've also included two pics of my Zephyr w/my TC Galactica.

http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx278/Griffworks/Battlestar%20Galactica/Ringship%20Zephyr/Zephyr07.jpg

http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx278/Griffworks/Battlestar%20Galactica/Ringship%20Zephyr/Zephyr08.jpg

http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx278/Griffworks/Battlestar%20Galactica/Ringship%20Zephyr/Zephyr09.jpg

 

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

 

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  • From: The House of Blues Clues
Posted by Griffworks on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:25 AM

My build will be somewhat stalled due to the holiday weekend.  I'm also not sure when I'll finish the model, as Lou/Aztek Dummy is going to make up some window masks for the habitat ring.  I'm sending him some rubbings of the windows themselves, as well as counting up all the windows of each size and taking some more detailed pics of my model's habitat ring and emailing them to him for further reference.  At some point in the future he'll make them available for sale for those who've purchased one of these kits.

So, thanks to Lou!

In the mean time, I'll do some masking off of the main hull as I get the chance and paint my blue stripes. Now I just gotta see if we can get JT Graphics or somene else to do up a set of decals for the Ringship and we're all set!

 

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

 

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