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Colonial Viper MK II

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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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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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Viper MK II cockpit reference pictures.

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

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

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Maximising moments.

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

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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Foaming at the nose.

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

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

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Colonial Viper MKII – Stringers and Longerons

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

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

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Viper frame strengthening and weight reduction.

August 17, 2017August 19, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Colonial Viper MK II

I got quite a lot done today. Finished all the horizontal and vertical stingers in the nose. Then some strategic

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No noise on the nose at night.

August 16, 2017August 19, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Colonial Viper MK II

Working on the Viper at night is really difficult in the suburbs. Not only my own family sleeping, but trying

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First videos of my full-scale MK II Colonial Viper build

August 14, 2017August 19, 2017 BuildsByBaz 0 Comments Colonial Viper MK II

After years of dreaming about it, an unsatisfactory attempt in cardboard, lots of planning and accumulation of materials, the time

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Battlestar Galactica MK II Colonial Viper – 1:1 Build

August 10, 2017November 23, 2019 admin 0 Comments Colonial Viper MK II

I first had this idea years ago, along with a couple of other projects I may move onto after it.

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