| Timeslip Creations Battlestar Galactica Prison Barge |
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| 09.02.06 |
I applied a little mori mori putty to the cracked areas and some of the air bubbles. The putty is a 2-part polyester putty that sets up in a few minutes, so I had to apply it carefully, but rapidly with a toothpick. After the putty set up, I sanded the excess putty down with a diamond needle file and sanding sticks. |
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| With most of the putty and sanding done, it's time to apply another coat of primer to check the quality of the work. |
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| I added a length of brass rod to strengthen the connection between the forward pod the the rest of the ship. |
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| Below shows the finished assembly and final application of primer. |
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| The waterslide decals are visible in the background. |
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| She's ready to receive her base coat of paint! |
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| 09.03.06 |
| Hmmmmm. I missed a couple of air bubbles that were trapped during casting! You can see them on the right side of the circular structures on the engine section! Well, I don't think I could adequately rebuild them out of putty, so... |
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| ...I bypassed the main reactor as well as the FTL field manifold. Oh. In english, that means I drilled out the air bubbles and superglued some lengths of .15" silver solder to hide the imperfections. |
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| The base coat is Vallejo's Deck Tan. I also preshaded areas to help define the structures, and give the paintjob more interesting tonal variations. The preshading color is simply the base color that I darkened with a few drops of black and german brown. |
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| More of the same effect for the underside. |
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