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    @tekering The PEGASUS is truly a Beast, I sure wish Moebius or someone else would reissue the kits, I'd love to get 1 or 2 more. @Papa Rat The original Battlestar Galactic is one to be watched, remembered & respected, especially given when it was made. I wouldn't mind seeing a reboot of the original storyline from the 1978 series. As for the RDM reimagined series, find the DVD's or Blu-ray's and watch the entire thing, it's quite possibly one of the best series ever made. From the acting, sets, & musical score by Bear McCreary, it's one not to be missed. @Thom I think Prometheus is the way to go too.
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    @derex3592 Nothing like seeing a B-52 with external ordnance, looks great!! @nightmareB4macross How much more before you're ready to call it done & start painting this masterpiece? Again, hard to believe that started out as a standard issue 1/55... Impressive! The Battlestar is coming together nicely, still not sure I want to name it Galactica. I might go with PACIFICA, TRITON or if I can find the decal... PROMETHEUS.
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    GALACTICA SITREP, first off, thank you everyone for the suggestion & replies, I appreciate it. My buddy who also knows how to add lighting to model kits stopped by, we got the engine section off and checked the wires/connections, everything looked good, but it comes back to the LED's I chose to use, they just weren't quality lights. We tried an LED strip I had not used yet and it failed to light up. So the wires were good, but the lights were duds. In the end, this Battlestar will be a highly detailed, aged & weathered display. As a backup plan, I'm looking into glow-in-the-dark paints, maybe go for the SDF-1 PF effect. @Thom I absolutely appreciate the offer on the guns & I'll take them!! @derex3592 The USS TEXAS is looking great!! @Papa Rat Those kits & your painting skills are top notch!!
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    GALACTICA Update, well, two of the LED strips I installed already burned out or broke... defective? Either way, they won't light up anymore and sadly, the plastic feels very brittle at this point. This is the old 1980's release. If I try to open the ship up now (She's all glued and sealed up) I'm going to break it. So at this point, this might just be a really nice static Battlestar with no lights.
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    Making progress on the GALACTICA. I initially was going to use fiber-optic lighting but found it to be a real hassle and not effectively lighting the flight pods like I wanted. So, I managed to find this miniature (model railroad) LED lighting strips and they are amazing. Getting all the wiring & lighting where I want it is coming along nicely, lots of detail work to do inside the light pods and exterior of course. The inside is kind of messy, but I'll have that all cleaned up before I seal it up. So far, the biggest issue is finding spare BSG guns/cannons for this kit. I know there are some Photo-etch kits out there, but my big stubby fingers have a hard time with those. Maybe somewhere out there are resin or 3D printed guns available. Sorry for the massive pics.
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    Well, that was unexpected... in a great way. A very good series so far.
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    Home Alone 1 & 2 will never be the same, especially the scenes with Catherine & John Candy. RIP you amazing woman.
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    Oh, I have brand new clamps and clothespins on standby; those pylons are screaming they're going to be a total pain... but I am prepared!
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    So many awesome builds & projects going on!! A little progress on my GALACTICA. For me, this is the oldest of the Battlestar's being retrofitted/updated for modern service with the Colonial Fleet. Eventually it will have lighting, canons and other extras added. I'm still deciding what to name it, Pacifica, Atlantia, Prometheus...? Not sure how much of the detail I'll ever see inside the landing bays/flight pods (with lighting), but it's nice to know the detail is there.
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    @M'Kyuun & @Big s I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, and I had to race home from school to grab a VHS tape and record RT, I think it was either on at 3:30pm or 4pm, either way, I could not wait to get home and watch it. Voltron & GI JOE were first thing in morning if I remember correctly. In 1986 I got a bootleg of DYRL uncut (Zero subs or dubs) and my mind exploded!
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    I have a feeling we're pretty much the same age, I got the Red Gakken Legioss aka Rook's Alpha and yes, best day ever!! That is until I got the SDF-1.
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    That thought did not cross my mind, but I can no longer unsee it.
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    @shazam, @Test_Pilot_2 & @tekering
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    One of those random videos on YouTube that you didn't search for, but you're glad you watched it. Is this aircraft related? Close enough.
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    That's a good looking Galactica. Yeah. I'm working up the courage to deal with that middle pylon as well, nice of Monogram NOT to have made that part correctly.
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    Thank you @Thom, yep, that deck will go all the way through. I'm 99% sure I'll be putting some fiber-optic lighting this one, so all the details can be seen.
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    I recently acquired this old Monogram Galactica dirt cheap, I didn't have the funds for the Moebius kit at roughly $150.00 and up plus shipping. This one had some missing parts and a few breaks to it, so definitely an ideal candidate for some customizing. The forward section had a panel missing and as well the front nose section is gone, so I'll have to make some new parts for that. They're in the rough stage but they ought to look really good when finished. While I grew up with the original BSG, my biggest gripe with this design were the flight pods, they always looked under-sized to me, with the help of cardboard, glue, putty, eventually some photo-etch parts and paint, this Galactica eventually will have some beefier looking flight pods and an even more dominating appearance. Just some super quick pics for what I'm jabbering on about.
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    Does Sentinel actually need HG's permission?
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    Were sales good enough for a reissue? It sure seems like it sold out really fast on the initial release.
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    Still no Sentinel Dark Legioss...
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    Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you all.
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