By Your Command...Finished!

[Peterpools]

Carl

Nice progress for sure. I'm still always amazed and somewhat envious at your ability to work on so many kits simultaneously and maintaining your high standards for each kit.  

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Peter, I probably have ADD or something. Honestly I have no idea how I keep track of things myself at times. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Time for fun with lights. 

The wing lights I bought are synchronized so that they'll blink in unison. Which means they're connected to one another. So I had to run them through the lower hull and then out to the wings. No biggie, except it meant I have to run them through the lower hull, then through the upper wing and then glue the LED to the lower wing. 

In order:

1) run through lower hull

2) run through upper wing

3) glue LED to lower wing

4) glue upper and lower wings together

5) glue wing to lower hull

Now to repeat for the other side. 

[BlrwestSiR]

The second wing is now on. 

Size comparison.

[Peterpools]

Carl

Some terrific electrical engineering work and thanks for the size comparison, Cylon Raider sure is big!

[BlrwestSiR]

Continuing the lighting, I installed the coaming lights and ran the wiring  through the panel and then the coaming. 

The panel was then glued to the coaming. 

I then glued the louvers to the upper hull.

The mid sections were next.

The next section was the rear of the cockpit. 

I did a test fit of the upper hull to the lower with the canopy in place. 

Lastly, I glued the vanes into the engine nozzles.  The fit was a bit loose so I used a clamp to tighten it up. 

[DocRob]

Nice Carl, I like Sci Fi subjects with lighting. Like Peter said, the Cylon Batwing is indeed bigger than thought.

Cheers Rob

[Peterpools]

Carl

Nothing like smooth going progress; looking so good. Weathering is soft and so very realistic. Electronics are going to be amazing. 

 

[Martinnfb]

Decent chunk of plastic, nice progress Carl. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Thanks folks! When I first picked up the kit, I didn't quite expect it to be as big as it is.  The hull just fit inside the box, not what I was expecting.

Onto today's progress. Fur stopped by to check on the nozzles and gave her jab of approval. 

I used UV gel to glue the LEDs to the back of the nozzles. 

Then it was time to install them and close up the hull halves. 

All the wires have been run through to the cockpit, which there thankfully isn't one. 

With the canopy in place and on its stand. 

Getting closer to the finish line. 

[Peterpools]

Carl

Nice progress and agreed, the model is BIG!

Of course, now I know how you can have so many projects underway at once and no issues: Fur is there keeping an eye on the goings on. 

[Martinnfb]

Super cool, judging by the size of that thing, this project should have a code name :  " Operation FRISBEE ".

[BlrwestSiR]

10 hours ago, Peterpools said:

O course, now I know how you can have so many projects underway at once and no issues: Fur is there keeping an eye on the goings on. 

Fur does her best to keep me in line. I'm probably one of the few modelers who has a cat in their lap while they're at the bench. 

[BlrwestSiR]

The Cylon frisbee really doesn't leave much room for anything else on my bench. So I guess I best finish it before I go back to one of my other projects. 

With that in mind, I did the detail painting on the canopy. First I did the frames and panels in Light Ghost Grey. This was done freehand. 

The grey was then masked off and I sprayed the semi-gloss black. 

Unmasked. 

There are a couple stripes on each outer wing. I again masked things off and then sprayed them. 

I used Extra Dark Sea Grey for these. 

With both sides done. 

[Martinnfb]

Fantastic work! 

[Peterpools]

Carl

Right with Martin, awesome work. 

[belugawhaleman]

Great progress Carl! Can't wait to see it lighted up!

[CANicoll]

Carl,

Looking good!! Umm, how do you find anything on that work desk?!?

 

[BlrwestSiR]

9 hours ago, CANicoll said:

Carl,

Looking good!! Umm, how do you find anything on that work desk?!?

 

Thanks! What work desk? Oh you mean my pile of tools that I keep within easy reach.. 

[CANicoll]

1 hour ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Thanks! What work desk? Oh you mean my pile of tools that I keep within easy reach.. 

That is a strategy I can embrace!!

[BlrwestSiR]

On 3/23/2024 at 10:07 PM, CANicoll said:

Carl,

Looking good!! Umm, how do you find anything on that work desk?!?

 

Took a closer look today at my tool storage and we'll, it's messier than I thought. 

Not sure if many folks have caught on, but I actually have two benches, one beside the other. Here's the one I do most of my work on. 

This is my other bench next to it. At least, there is one under everything. 

Yeah, maybe time to do some tidying. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Had the day off work so I got the Raider finished. 

I drilled out the laser blasters. 

It when mounted them to the wings along with the last couple of details. 

With those done, I wired up the battery and turned the lights on...

The red ones on the lower hull blink in unison. 

Being as big as it is, for now I've put the finished Raider atop the TV console until I hopefully get the new display case built this summer. She's in good company for now. 

Overall, this was a fun, fairly uncomplicated build and I really enjoyed it. 

[Martinnfb]

Phenomenal work Carl. Could you please take one beauty shot under a low light conditions. I would like to see the LED effect better:)

[BlrwestSiR]

Hope these show them a bit better. 

You can see the reflection on the table top from the lower wing lights 

On:

Off:

If you're interested in doing any LED lights, I recommend Evan Design. If you have any sort of questions, email them and they'll help you out. They'll even do custom setups for a nominal fee. I have a setup for my Valkyrie build that they helped me out with. 

Now back to bench clearing of a different kind. 

[biggtim]

That is extremely cool! Really makes me want to have a go at that kit!

Tim