COLONIAL VIPER MKII Moebius Kit.

[505thAirborne]

Well here she is, my 1st of many Moebius Colonial MKII Vipers! Its a beautiful kit & pretty easy to work with. Decals are awesome and the Pilot alone makes it worth it. I did mine as Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, and as you can see she had a rough day today aging some Cylon raiders!!

Edited May 8, 2010 by 505thAirborne

[Ghost Train]

That's fracking beautiful, details are amazing! Nice work!

[ultimateone]

Really nice weathering job, looks like its been to hell and back. Great job with the background as well, it really adds to the pictures.

[Ghost Train]

Really nice weathering job, looks like its been to hell and back. Great job with the background as well, it really adds to the pictures.

I think it's the back of the box . I just got mine today, the packaging is indeed wonderful.

[505thAirborne]

I just used the Box as a backdrop for taking my pictures today, just one more Plus for this Kit!

Have fun building & sharing pics of your MKII Ghost Train!!!

[Ghost Train]

I just used the Box as a backdrop for taking my pictures today, just one more Plus for this Kit! <img src="http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Have fun building & sharing pics of your MKII Ghost Train!!! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />

I sure have been having fun with it. I'll post some update-pics on the modeling thread soon. For anyone who's wondering what the plain kit looks like here's a picture of my test-fit. It's a nice kit thus far, the only thing that's a bit annoying is how that rear engine assembly fits together, but it's a minor issue.

[big F]

AWESOME WORK

Arrg!!!! Another kit to add to the list, at my rate of build at least when I retire I'll have loads to do be for they cart me off to the old codgers home.

[ambient73]

I am seriously impressed by your weathering and detail skills...beautiful kit!

[VF-19]

Got me working again on my Viper Mk2... The stripe decal for the nose just broke up... I think I'll just paint the nose tip red. Tamiya's red seems to be a good match.

Nice viper!

[505thAirborne]

Got me working again on my Viper Mk2... The stripe decal for the nose just broke up... I think I'll just paint the nose tip red. Tamiya's red seems to be a good match.

Nice viper!

You'll definitely want to paint the Nose section, of all the decals provided that one is very fragile! Testors or Tamiya are great choices!

[Mechleader]

Dude that ROCKS!!!!!!!!

[Ghost Train]

Finished!

I'll build another one sometime this year with the normal Colonial livery. Since Kara Thrace was an instructor at some point before joining Galactica, it would not have been unusual to have Starbuck fly an "aggressor unit" to train noobs - thus the inspiration for the camo pattern. It is an awesome kit, I enjoyed every second of building it.

Edited May 19, 2010 by Ghost Train

[Kyp Durron]

I guess I'll add my 2 cents:

I got her done except the pilot, (I'll do that later when I get the right colors) it took me around 12-13 hours total. It has seam lines, but most of those will be covered whenever I get around to ordering a set of JT Graphics Black stripes and put those on.

In the meantime, she's more like a real world navy fighter which looks pretty cool to me as is.

A few pics:

As you can see, there's no flight control stick as I plan on putting a pilot in it later. I suppose in the meantime I could paint the control stick black and pressure fit it in place. I'll probably do it later today. There won't be any weathering, I don't have the right tools nor the skills and I'm not about to frak this model up trying, lol.

I haven't built a model in years, I had forgotten how much fun they can be. Hope you like it.

Edited June 9, 2010 by Kyp Durron

[Kyp Durron]

OK, NOW all the images will show up, villagephotos is screwy for some reason...

[505thAirborne]

Looks great Kyp Durron!! The Low Viz scheme works great on the MKII VIPER!

I just got my second kit the other day, how to paint that one....?

[Ghost Train]

That's a nice clean build Kip. Love the choice of colors.

I'm getting a new Viper soon as well... I'm thinking of a "Mafia-themed" Mk. II, the "Halatha Hammer." Just have to get past the backlog of other stuff...

[Kyp Durron]

Thanks guys, I can't wait to see what the black stripes will look like on this, I think it will complete the BSG Low Vis theme. Ever since I saw the custom MKII black stripes, I've been wanting to build a Low Vis gray version to use them on.

[Kyp Durron]

I wanted to get some experience placing the decals before I get the black ones from JT Graphics, so I tried placing the ones from the kit on it to see what kind of problems if any that I may need to prepare for. I only did one side and took some pictures:

It doesn't look too bad, but it's not the look I'm going for, so I'll be taking these off and wait till I get the Black stripes in...

[505thAirborne]

That looks bad ass Kyp! Great job!

[Kyp Durron]

I played with one of the pictures to get an idea as to what the Black stripes will look like:

[505thAirborne]

I like the black stripes Kyp! I just got my second MKII kit in, now just need some free time to work on it! Might a Low-Vis Navy scheme.

[505thAirborne]

Just started my 2nd MKII Viper today, this one will be Apollo's fighter. The 3rd Kit on its way will be either the Black & Blue pinstripe Viper (Like the pic shown below) or a Low Vis. Navy paint scheme. Will post some pics later on!!

Also heard from my buddy who has a Hobby shop in Northridge that the GALACTICA will be out pretty soon, So I already reserved mine!