05-11-2010, 01:46 AM
Thanks you for your support !
Actually I dont know if the 8 footer has more kitparts than the Galactica, we should count them lol
The story about the domes could very long as it started in august, 2009. I will just make it short (I could make a whole post about that, but that wouldnt interest you) and say a big thanks to Jon would did the domes two times (the first ones were off because of me) and he was doing to do them a third time because we thought the second ones were lost in the mail. I finally received them almost 2 months later and what could I say ? They're perfect in shape, they're hollow (to save weight) and Job also did the pylon for me. I cant thank him enough for his patience as I was very anal about the shape and I did him redo the CG model several times.
I still have some bits to had to them but they're almost finished. I used the correct spindles (not the crappy brass rods they added when they restored her). Those spindles were not on the original model when they designed it and you can notice that the ISD doesnt have them on some TESB shots. There was only a styrene chip on one triangle and a tiny kit part on another. They added them later for TESB maybe to match the 3 footer ?
![[Image: 8ft238.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/monsieurtox/Divers/8ft238.jpg)
![[Image: 8ft239.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/monsieurtox/Divers/8ft239.jpg)
![[Image: 8ft240.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/monsieurtox/Divers/8ft240.jpg)
![[Image: 8ft241.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/monsieurtox/Divers/8ft241.jpg)
I wanted the shape as perfect as possible (the first ones were only off by not even 0.5 mm but it ruined the shape) as it's the sign of the vessel IMHO !
Thanks Jon !
Actually I dont know if the 8 footer has more kitparts than the Galactica, we should count them lol

The story about the domes could very long as it started in august, 2009. I will just make it short (I could make a whole post about that, but that wouldnt interest you) and say a big thanks to Jon would did the domes two times (the first ones were off because of me) and he was doing to do them a third time because we thought the second ones were lost in the mail. I finally received them almost 2 months later and what could I say ? They're perfect in shape, they're hollow (to save weight) and Job also did the pylon for me. I cant thank him enough for his patience as I was very anal about the shape and I did him redo the CG model several times.
I still have some bits to had to them but they're almost finished. I used the correct spindles (not the crappy brass rods they added when they restored her). Those spindles were not on the original model when they designed it and you can notice that the ISD doesnt have them on some TESB shots. There was only a styrene chip on one triangle and a tiny kit part on another. They added them later for TESB maybe to match the 3 footer ?
![[Image: 8ft238.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/monsieurtox/Divers/8ft238.jpg)
![[Image: 8ft239.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/monsieurtox/Divers/8ft239.jpg)
![[Image: 8ft240.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/monsieurtox/Divers/8ft240.jpg)
![[Image: 8ft241.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h203/monsieurtox/Divers/8ft241.jpg)
I wanted the shape as perfect as possible (the first ones were only off by not even 0.5 mm but it ruined the shape) as it's the sign of the vessel IMHO !
Thanks Jon !
