bit-tech News: Boddaker's Battlestar Galactica case mod

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Hi all,

 

We have just published the worklog for *Boddaker's Battlestar Galactica

case mod*. If you could post a link on your site that would be very much

appreciated.

 

*Link:*

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2008/10/13/battlestar-galactica-case-mod/1

 

 

*Picture:*

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/10/battlestar-galactica-case-mod/Wide_hi.jpg

 

 

*Quote:

*/First order of business was to disassemble the case down to its bare

essentials and start at the frame. After this it was off to the garage

(mod workshop) to start work on the most complex part of the mod, the

landing bay. Since there were no scale models available of the

Galactica, I had to start from scratch, only going off of a few

reference photos I had found online.

 

After taking some measurements, I glued to pieces of foam insulation

together, and started carving it into the landing bay shape. An electric

carving knife came in real handy here (don’t tell the wife!).

 

Once I got the shape I wanted, I coated it with a two-part plastic resin

called Plasti-Paste. With only a ten minute set-up time, I had to work

in small sections until the whole thing was covered. Then I sanded it

down to a smooth finish, adding Bondo here and there to fill in the

lower areas. Using a hack-saw blade, I carefully removed the foam from

the plastic shell to be re-used for the side skirts./

*

 

*Cheers guys!

 

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net