Help with identification of make and scale of Viper mark1

pppmario,

  The Viper I  was said to be 29' OA length or 348".

  Your Resin Kit is 14 1/4" + 3 1/8" or 17.37"

That works out out to 1/20th scale.  I suspect the kit was sold as 1/24.

The detail looks great.  Too bad the Canopy is cast solid. Of course there is no cockpit detail anyway.   Look up ways to paint the canopy to give the impression of plexiglass (or whatever they called it on Galactica).

I believe I saw this listing on eBay. I considered bidding but I have a big plumbing bill coming up.   You got a really good deal.

    Nino

Nino

 

I believe I saw this listing on eBay. I considered bidding but I have a big plumbing bill coming up.   You got a really good deal.

    Nino

 

The seller told me that it was an eBay buy, but couldn't remeber the original seller, do you by any chance have it in your favorites? lol

 PPPMario ;

 The canopy can be made from Clear .010 or .020 Clear plastic . Just Use a technique called " Smash Molding " .

PPPmario,

     The original listing may have been pulled as I can not locate it. It was for 4 models and one was listed as a resin Viper Mk I.

     eBay's  new and "Improved" web site no longer saves the detail info from sold or completed listings unless it is something you won. If a listing is "removed", because no longer available or an incorrect listing, it disappears completely.

I will PM you some other info.

     Nino

As far as the canopy goes, there's a way around that problem.  Since this Viper is from the original series watch the pilot.  There as the fleet makes its getaway they have to find a place to refuel and in a debate in the Council with Amama and one of his political foes Apollo suggests going to the planet Carrillon.  The problem being that they will have ot go through a intense starfield with a mined passage.  Three Vipers had their dodpits paneled over with a extra layer of armor to prevent blindness.  I have a Monogeram kit and a launch rail that I intend to do they same way.

Think about it.  It could save you a lot of work,  If you do go this way, watch the deatils of the color details of the cockpit.  Also note that back then there were no specific markings for a pilot of its mother ship, just I,D, colors on the wings and nose.

To ikar01, looks like another die hard fan like i am/was in my earlier years lol

That was something i had in mind

BTW

I want to add my "cat on workbench" pic in my signature like you did with the "work group" pic. What is the trick? been praticing in the test area  nothing works, (send me solution in message if you like)

Since the BTW isn't part of the original tread

I got this kit a long time ago when I was just getting back into modelling, and your post reminded me I had it.  This was as far as I got at the time and resin was still beyond my skill set.  I must get around to finishing it.  If yours is the same size, it's 1/72.

I believer teh old Monogran kits were 1/32nd scale.  I'd like to find one of the twin seat Viper kits but so far no luck.