Viper.... Do you remember??

Anonymous

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November 2005

Viper.... Do you remember??

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 26, 2005 7:36 PM

Anyone remember the Viper from Battlestar Galactica? Peronally thats not my time era but I saw some pics of the Viper and it looks cool. Is there any models of this ship out there?? Dunce [D)]

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Monday, September 26, 2005 10:21 PM

Yes there are. I'd love to get one of these studio scale Vipers.
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/cfstore/images/products/jesseemeyers/viperboxart.jpg

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:46 AM

How much does that kit run?

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:05 PM

When was that kit released?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:27 PM

I can't answer when it was released but this link should help...

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/cfstore/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=23

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:31 PM

also Monogram released a line of BattleStar Galactica kits which included the Viper.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:42 PM

While searching for "Monogram Battlestar Galactica" on Google, I came across this:

"Monogram's Colonial Viper kit, first released in 1978 and again in 1997, is surprisingly good"
-- John Lester "MMI's Colonial Viper Detail Sets"

Some additional articles at Studio-Scale Modeler:

Return of the Colonial Fighter
Resurrecting the Galactica

and one more article with nice pictures... Wink [;)]

Studio Scale Viper in Launch Tube

David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map

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Fish-Head Aric

Member since
September 2005
From: Chehalis, WA

Posted by Fish-Head Aric on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:15 PM

I remember well both the Colonial Viper and the Cylon Raiders, as well as the Battlestar Galactica and the Cylon Base Star models.

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They were really cool designs with the inspiration of the Star Wars genre. I especially liked the Cylon Raiders.
Would love to get hold of those kits and build them again.

Another set of ship designs I really liked and would love to build again, though I abhorred the TV show, were the Space 1999 crafts.

~Aric Fisher aric_001@hotmail.com

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:14 PM

I see Buck Roger's "Ranger 3" in the back ground of the galactica picture. it turned up in a later season repainted as a shuttle for the Searcher on BR. I beleive it was alo used as Terran (?) shuttle in the original Battle Star Galatica. I am I right on all this because I have always just assumed that same model was used in all three instances. I am certain both shows were produced by Glen A . Larson.

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Mikeym_us

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March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, October 2, 2005 9:17 PM

yeah that looks like Ranger 3 but the shuttle used in the later on in the Buck Rogers series was the shuttle used in BattleStar Galactica. you know the old boxey looking colonial shuttle.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 6, 2005 10:47 PM

Starship Modeler has two vipers for sale: one is studio scale (1/24) and one is 1/72 scale. For a complete listing of the Battlestar Galactica products from Starship Modeler, follow this link:

Starship Modeler Store: Battlestar Galactica

Thanks,

Linda

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r13b20

Member since
April 2014

Posted by r13b20 on Sunday, October 9, 2005 5:09 PM

I have a Viper kit waiting to be built. Along with a bunch of others! :)

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ikar01

Member since
October 2004
From: Orlando, Florida

Posted by ikar01 on Saturday, November 19, 2005 8:03 AM

The old monogram kit had some fairly good exterior detail but nothing for the cockpit. The canopy was solid plastic. It also didn't have landing gear so I used a set of Galactica blueprints that I bought when the show came out and started the project. Everything was going fine, I had the nose gear done and one main gear when I noticed that the other side didn't match. I took a while to reverse the other side and get it done. I had already scrapped the exterior engine and reworked it with wire and plastic so that there would be open areas where parts bend out and in or pass over other parts, ect. I had to fake the cockpit due to lack of info at the time.

Anyone know where I can get another for a decient rice?

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cthulhu77

Member since
January 2003
From: arizona

Posted by cthulhu77 on Saturday, November 19, 2005 8:40 AM

Well, there are always some on ebay:

eBay: Revell/Monogram Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper

but, collectors really drive the price up...I would say it is worth about 15 bucks or so at a convention.

http://www.ewaldbros.com

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:19 AM

Check out this cool diorama of a Viper in a launch tube: http://squaremodels.netfirms.com/viper.htm

I'm waiting for Jesse Meyers' Viper to be re-stocked, but I believe he's re-working some stuff, including pilot options.

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:31 AM

*delete*

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones

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stipp

Member since
March 2004
From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!

Posted by stipp on Saturday, November 19, 2005 5:11 PM

The studio scale viper ran me well over $150.00 and it was a great kit! but I sold it to a friend of mine in Washington state.

The Viper does have a cd with a bunch of pics and a seperate cockpit and an open canopy ands seperate pilot and console and two options of decals a used and weathered set and a new set plus decals for the helmet.

The viper had a base and an acrylic rod to support the viper, this thing is over 15 inches long and heavy! solid resin and in about 20 pieces!

the viper molds that jesse has are the old Icons molds which are also the 1st generation pyro.

You should be able to email jesse at Jestefarean@comcast.net

I hope this helps some

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