30mm Viper Cannons!
1 December 2018 Use what you’ve got. Tonight I made a start on turning the twin 30mm cannons.
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Battlestar Galactica
The Canopy
The Canopy During the cockpit build, it was getting very hard to squeeze in through the side of the cockpit,
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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.
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
Continuing on from the rear firewall of the cockpit, the next two modules to attach are the last part of
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Mk II Viper munitions
“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.
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.
*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
*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
*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
As you may have seen in the video earlier, we made an error in the size of the formers for
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Viper Pilot flight suit
*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
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
*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.
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.
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.
The second module formers are now ready to space, align and attach to the spar. They are pictured upside down
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Mk II Viper cockpit interior fit-out.
Trying to faithfully recreate every single part of the cockpit is particularly hard when all you have to work from
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(This page under continual review to improve references.) Instruments, controls and furniture This page identifies instruments from the 2003 reimagined
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