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Ironman 

Canberra city photoshoot with journalist and pro-photographer.

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Steel Iron Man MKIV suit

Canberra Times Photographer Rohan Thomson and Journalist Han Nguyen spent an evening with me in the city to capture the

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Viper MkII Landing Gear

March 7, 2018May 29, 2021 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, BSG, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper MkII Landing gear

Edit: I have replaced the plywood cladding with steel and upgraded the landing gear. Scroll to the bottom to see.

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Mk II Colonial Viper related reference links.

February 28, 2018July 24, 2018 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH! (Building a MkII Colonial Viper) When you want to build something you’ve never actually beheld in person

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Modules 4&5- Main engine block

February 25, 2018May 6, 2018 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, BSG, Full scale MkII Viper, Life Size MKII Viper, MkII Colonial Viper

Continuing on from the rear firewall of the cockpit, the next two modules to attach are the last part of

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On a Mission!

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Steel Iron Man MKIV suit

Rohan Thomson of the Canberra Times newspaper contacted me a few months ago to organise a promotional shoot in the

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Mk II Viper munitions

December 27, 2017February 3, 2018 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper ammunition

“Whaddya hear? Nothin’ but the rain!” The closest ammunition I could find to what seems to be agreed as the

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MkII Viper hull labels and markings.

December 3, 2017December 30, 2017 BuildsByBaz 2 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper Hull Markings

The finishing touches on the hull make all the difference. Stickers, decals, paint and stencils can be utilised to add

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MKII Viper fuselage assembly and skinning.

November 14, 2017June 4, 2019 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

*This page will be updated with works in progress as it happens. Putting the modules together. Now that modules 1,

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Viper DRADIS and weapon systems screens

November 9, 2017March 16, 2018 BuildsByBaz 7 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper MK II Cockpit

*This page will be updated with the electronics systems work in progress. Cockpit display screens. My friend Andrew W. has

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Module 3 – The cockpit shell

October 31, 2017December 30, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper MK II Cockpit

*This page will be updated with all the progress on building the structure of the cockpit. (The instrument fitout will

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Fuselage Module 2 – Redux

October 29, 2017November 14, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

As you may have seen in the video earlier, we made an error in the size of the formers for

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WE FINALLY DID IT!!

October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Steel Iron Man MKIV suit, Steel MKIV Iron Man suit

Last week we had an awesome time at the Canberra hospital in the paediatric ward with the kids! The Starlight

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Viper Pilot flight suit

September 29, 2017January 22, 2023 BuildsByBaz 6 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

*This page will be updated with work in progress on the flight suit. There are flight suits available on Ebay

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Viper Pilot Sidearm

September 29, 2017June 12, 2018 BuildsByBaz 2 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper MK II Cockpit

ATTENTION! Please read this article carefully and obey the law. Caution: Replica weapons are covered under law. BEFORE MAKING ONE, check

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Viper Pilot Helmet

September 29, 2017November 1, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper MK II Cockpit

*This page will be updated with progress work on building the helmet. No life sized Viper builder in his right

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September on the Viper – Nose intake.

September 11, 2017October 1, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

This week has been pretty slow. I’ve got maybe an hour over the last few days to tinker in the

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Cylons have a plan. So does Baz.

September 8, 2017 BuildsByBaz 2 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper MK II Cockpit

I decided to take a couple of leave days to work on the project. I don’t take much leave so

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Module 2 begins and first instruments arrive.

August 31, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper MK II Cockpit

The second module formers are now ready to space, align and attach to the spar. They are pictured upside down

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Iron Man and the Starlight Children’s Foundation

August 31, 2017August 31, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Steel Iron Man MKIV suit

The original and ongoing mission of this suit was and is to wear it into children’s hospital wards to cheer

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Mk II Viper cockpit interior fit-out.

August 29, 2017January 11, 2019 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, Viper MK II Cockpit

Trying to faithfully recreate every single part of the cockpit is particularly hard when all you have to work from

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