Battlestar Galactica – Page 2

Mk II Viper munitions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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BuildsByBaz September 29, 2017January 22, 2023 7 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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BuildsByBaz August 26, 2017September 8, 2018 4 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

Viper MK II cockpit reference pictures.

(This page under continual review to improve references.) Instruments, controls and furniture This page identifies instruments from the 2003 reimagined

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BuildsByBaz August 23, 2017 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

Maximising moments.

Today I couldn’t do much while babysitting, but while miss two watched on in the back yard sunshine, dad drew

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BuildsByBaz August 21, 2017 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II, DIY Hot wire cutter

Foaming at the nose.

To start building the body of the fuselage in layers, I found some Sikabond foam construction adhesive at Bunnings. Messy

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BuildsByBaz August 19, 2017 0 Comments Battlestar Galactica, Colonial Viper MK II

Colonial Viper MKII – Stringers and Longerons

I got about three hours of frantic cutting, drilling and grinding done this evening. All the horizontal and vertical stringers