as of this date I have this model ordered, it is back-ordered at a cheaper price n sale, and I can't wait to get it, make mine the Blood and Chrome version, of the Galactica in her prime! and have her all lit up with leds and fiber optics. I am so looking forward to this!
It's a fun little kit. I have another video up now showing the complete build if you want to check it out. Ironically I just started making a build video today on the viper mk 2 in 1/32 👍 Another fun kit.
Awesome, will do! I'm literally sat in front of your video as i type this, whilst i start painting Galactica's armour plates (trying to capture your colour scheme as best as i can!!)
For a quick paint job you can just use rustolium spray, either a chrome or silver then just brush small details. Prime the whole thing in black then use the chrome. Check out this video from Adam savage at 1:05:19
Had this video show up in my suggestions, after looking at Colonial One videos. It's just a bloody fun kit, and the second model I built (first being Revell's Saturn V) after getting into the hobby around a year ago. After that, built one for a buddy as a Christmas gift who is a big BSG TRS fan. I've since repainted the first build...may have to build another, as well as light it, after I've done the Colonial One.
I haven't had a good look at the revel one. I should mostly be a reproduction of the Moebius kit. The only real difference may be with the decals. If it follows the Revell Viper mk2 vs the Moebius one the Revell decals should be better with better register. The Moebius ones were a bit average.
Hmm good question. I don't actually have the Pegasus one but I would imagine if they are the same scale the Pegasus should be a fair bit bigger. You should be able to hunt down the dimensions via google.
It would have been really nice if they had made it so that you could push the landing bays into the stowed position. They should have at least given you optional parts to build the model that way.
@@OfARisenFall I see that, but the third customer review states that they tried to build the kit with the bays retracted and couldn't figure out a good way to do it. They also say that the bays don't even fit into the cavities in the sides of the ship.
It's not surprising, actually. Doug Drexler has confirmed that the pods on the hero digital model can't retract without the struts passing through each other! They didn't worry about it on the show, as viewers would never know and they just assumed there was some complex internal folding/telescoping mechanism that you can't see from the outside. Still, it makes the physical model rather hard to deal with. It takes a lot of cutting and filling to make a retracted pod version work.
@@channelwacke BSG is better in this regard than other shows/movies, but I've noticed that with CGI, they often don't pay much attention to reality. Like when a CGI gun magically grows a three-foot barrel, mini-rockets pop out on each side and an ammo belt drops down. I hate that sort of stuff. All the recent Marvel movies have been doing it and using the code word "nanotech" as if that explains stuff just appearing out of thin air. Newsflash: The material for all that stuff has to be stored somewhere, it can't just magically appear. In any case, with a little forethought, they could have made the bays fit into the model and included retracted versions of the struts. I haven't bought any kits in years, but I do have the Moebius Robby the Robot kit from quite a few years ago. Despite the base of Robby's head being a perfect circle, they didn't even bother to provide a way for it to swivel. In fact, it's like they went out of their way to make it difficult to modify. Same thing with the arms, which would have been so easy for them to add a ball joint where the arms attach, and a swivel in the wrist. I guess I'm used to old-school model kits where they would have working landing gear, opening canopy, alternate parts for building different versions, etc. I remember my grandfather building a Corsair model with working landing gear, working canopy and folding wings.
@@lurkerrekrul I work in CGI, and I totally understand how production deadlines mean that you cut corners on stuff that doesn't really matter. But when you go to make a physical model, you make those adjustments. Ship an extra sprue with retracted pod parts. Make pieces movable. It's more work, but It's a lot better for the consumer than having to painstakingly modify a kit. Magic CG multi-guns, though? Yeah, totally with you on that. Tony Stark's "nanotech" Iron Man chest storage compartment should have weighed about 800 pounds. Closely related pet peeve: monsters that quickly grow to huge size without eating hundreds of pounds of mass first. :P
Hi mate. You can view my other battlestar Galactica vid to view one I made as a commission. If you would like a price please contact me via my Facebook page with information on where you live for a firm price including postage 👍
I got a full museum scale galactica in a storage auction. I need help with finding a buyer. I guess to give an idea what I have, it’s probably 200 pounds worth of kit. Any help is appreciated as I am not very educated in this
@@andrewsartscalemodels It is a no-nonsense review yet with a light mood. Well filmed and inspirational. I have been dabbling with 3 of these off and on for a while, including one with pods retracted (so seldom seen) needing a bit a surgery to the kit. Also one with the Acreation Decals (time and patience required!) Cheers again!
Unbelievable! Glorious job!
Great review, nice build too, thanks for sharing.
Great looking build!
as of this date I have this model ordered, it is back-ordered at a cheaper price n sale, and I can't wait to get it, make mine the Blood and Chrome version, of the Galactica in her prime! and have her all lit up with leds and fiber optics. I am so looking forward to this!
KingScorpion73 Nice. I have another one tucked away and can't wait to light it :-)
Very good job!!! I am building the Revell version of the Galactica. The paint job and integrating some electronics will be the very tricky part!
It's a fun little kit. I have another video up now showing the complete build if you want to check it out. Ironically I just started making a build video today on the viper mk 2 in 1/32 👍 Another fun kit.
Great video ! First time visit to your channel. Love the colour scheme, looks great.i just started my Galactica model today :)
Thanks mate. I really appreciate it. I am also doing a monthly giveaway and will have new giveaway video up in the next 24hrs so keep an eye out.
Awesome, will do! I'm literally sat in front of your video as i type this, whilst i start painting Galactica's armour plates (trying to capture your colour scheme as best as i can!!)
I am building the Revell version of the Galactica. They used the same Moebius molds but added better decals.
now we get the famous Bucket, so where is the best?
Frak me! Nice. I would love to build this model, but i have no confidence in painting :(
For a quick paint job you can just use rustolium spray, either a chrome or silver then just brush small details. Prime the whole thing in black then use the chrome. Check out this video from Adam savage at 1:05:19
Had this video show up in my suggestions, after looking at Colonial One videos. It's just a bloody fun kit, and the second model I built (first being Revell's Saturn V) after getting into the hobby around a year ago. After that, built one for a buddy as a Christmas gift who is a big BSG TRS fan. I've since repainted the first build...may have to build another, as well as light it, after I've done the Colonial One.
Legendary Music Nice. I have two more waiting to be build lol. They were a lot of fun to build.
The ship looks very nice.
Thanks mate
I picked up Revell's version of the Galactica, is there much difference between the 2 kits
I haven't had a good look at the revel one. I should mostly be a reproduction of the Moebius kit. The only real difference may be with the decals. If it follows the Revell Viper mk2 vs the Moebius one the Revell decals should be better with better register. The Moebius ones were a bit average.
Andrews Art & Scale models how big is this compared to the Pegasus one they made?
Hmm good question. I don't actually have the Pegasus one but I would imagine if they are the same scale the Pegasus should be a fair bit bigger. You should be able to hunt down the dimensions via google.
It would have been really nice if they had made it so that you could push the landing bays into the stowed position. They should have at least given you optional parts to build the model that way.
I thought you could? Amazon's page says it has 'movable hangar bays'
@@OfARisenFall I see that, but the third customer review states that they tried to build the kit with the bays retracted and couldn't figure out a good way to do it. They also say that the bays don't even fit into the cavities in the sides of the ship.
It's not surprising, actually. Doug Drexler has confirmed that the pods on the hero digital model can't retract without the struts passing through each other! They didn't worry about it on the show, as viewers would never know and they just assumed there was some complex internal folding/telescoping mechanism that you can't see from the outside.
Still, it makes the physical model rather hard to deal with. It takes a lot of cutting and filling to make a retracted pod version work.
@@channelwacke BSG is better in this regard than other shows/movies, but I've noticed that with CGI, they often don't pay much attention to reality. Like when a CGI gun magically grows a three-foot barrel, mini-rockets pop out on each side and an ammo belt drops down. I hate that sort of stuff. All the recent Marvel movies have been doing it and using the code word "nanotech" as if that explains stuff just appearing out of thin air. Newsflash: The material for all that stuff has to be stored somewhere, it can't just magically appear.
In any case, with a little forethought, they could have made the bays fit into the model and included retracted versions of the struts.
I haven't bought any kits in years, but I do have the Moebius Robby the Robot kit from quite a few years ago. Despite the base of Robby's head being a perfect circle, they didn't even bother to provide a way for it to swivel. In fact, it's like they went out of their way to make it difficult to modify. Same thing with the arms, which would have been so easy for them to add a ball joint where the arms attach, and a swivel in the wrist.
I guess I'm used to old-school model kits where they would have working landing gear, opening canopy, alternate parts for building different versions, etc. I remember my grandfather building a Corsair model with working landing gear, working canopy and folding wings.
@@lurkerrekrul I work in CGI, and I totally understand how production deadlines mean that you cut corners on stuff that doesn't really matter. But when you go to make a physical model, you make those adjustments. Ship an extra sprue with retracted pod parts. Make pieces movable. It's more work, but It's a lot better for the consumer than having to painstakingly modify a kit.
Magic CG multi-guns, though? Yeah, totally with you on that. Tony Stark's "nanotech" Iron Man chest storage compartment should have weighed about 800 pounds.
Closely related pet peeve: monsters that quickly grow to huge size without eating hundreds of pounds of mass first. :P
wow...that was an amazing job after you painted it! Are you selling these?
Hi mate. You can view my other battlestar Galactica vid to view one I made as a commission. If you would like a price please contact me via my Facebook page with information on where you live for a firm price including postage 👍
If you look closely, you can see Apollo is still in the launch tube.
Seriously I want that and a Viper.
Cost?
I'll Google it later I suppose.
Dave Marx Hi mate. I will have a build video of a recent commission up soon so you can see how it is built :-)
I got a full museum scale galactica in a storage auction. I need help with finding a buyer. I guess to give an idea what I have, it’s probably 200 pounds worth of kit. Any help is appreciated as I am not very educated in this
Excellent!
Glad you liked it!
@@andrewsartscalemodels It is a no-nonsense review yet with a light mood. Well filmed and inspirational. I have been dabbling with 3 of these off and on for a while, including one with pods retracted (so seldom seen) needing a bit a surgery to the kit. Also one with the Acreation Decals (time and patience required!) Cheers again!
@@neilhughes9310 thanks mate. Glad you liked it. They are fun little kits.
I got the revell version the decals are a knightmare far too thick