That mesh is going to be a nice touch.

Nice grill

I haven't quite finished with the painting of the after burner section, but the burner ring section is dry brush on the inside and testors clear red paint

Looking very good so far!

Yes, very nice work there!

I like th engine glow. looking forward to seeing more

What is the quality like of Moebius kits?

They are great! Wonderful detail and thoughtful engineering.  Pretty close to 'Shake 'n' Bake' kits as you can get.

it is , on the whole... better than revell or monigram,  less so then hasagowa

thanks,  I am back home, been in the hospital for the last month, but I am stronger now.  will get back to work in a day or so

okhere are some new pics of the work so far,  

Looking good so far!  

Looks great... keep posting.

Is that Photo Etch you have inside the engines cavities?  It looks good so far. Where did this "Improved" kit come from?  Or are these after market parts for the main kit?  Who's kit is this?  The New Moebius kit or the old Revel Kit?

I am a huge fan of BSG and of these fine ships. Moebius has quite a unique 'blueprint' style to their instruction book and they keep the whole building experience 'in character'. Cool touch. The kits are very well engineered. MY only issue is the decals. I found all decals in all the kits I've done to be brittle and a bit hard to work with. I actually masked and painted all red markings on my Viper Mk1.

the only pe stuff i did on this is the nose screen, everything else is just paint

sorry this is the new moebius kit,  i plan to install the double cockpit kit from mmi, if i don't have to go back in the hospital, too soon

well, I messed up!!!!!   I was sealing my first set of decals.... I grabbed the wrong can, shook the not out of it, and did not re-read the label.   wrong can.  now with the whole thing stripped, decals as well,  I have to repaint it. but on the good side, I can use  my new air brush station to do it.

Uh..oh!

ok, after a hour of masking the viper aft section and watching a , I am ready to paint the markings on the aft section.  I am going with a sea blue on this one

I've posted a few more.  The color change was due to me screwing up the original decals.

Ap thats coming along nicely.

thanks for that.  but I still dread working the cockpit.....first time with a refit cockpit with photo etch

Well ok, here is the aft fuselage with wings temp installed.  I cut the attachment point so the wings could be slipped on or off.

well, the front section came off fine, better than I thought it would.  the mmI double cockpit works well, and this one is on the shelf