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Saturday, August 12, 2006
  Die Cast Battlestar Galactica: New Base


This year Hasbro released a series of die cast Galactica toys, most recently a large version of the the Battlestar itself. Unfortunately it came with a large case that took up an unreasonable amount of shelf space. I had a few hours to spare so I decided to modify the base into something smaller.



I first cut down the base to a rectangle.



I built up the sides with styrene....



And then sanded it flush.



To emulate the armor of the Galactica, I attached styrene ribs to the surface...



And finished it off with styrene plates.



A coat of semi-gloss black, a wash of grey to bring out highlights and some silver to scuff edges.



The new Galactica with a smaller footprint!
 
These are all the dumb things I find myself obsessed with building when I SHOULD be doing something more productive.

As a kid I built lots of plastic model kits, never knowing that one day those skills would actually be of use.

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