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[Scalefinishes]

My latest project, built while my foot healed after the Seattle IPMS show.

Fleet reserve colonial MK2 Viper from the Leonis colony.

Each of the 12 colonies of Kobal get their own fleet reserve units, and I figured they would be a lot like the air national guard units we have in real life. An older fighter that was in good shape would be kept around for a variety of missions. This MK2 is used for atmospheric air combat training, so it has a camouflage paint scheme to keep it hard to see near the ground. Being from Leonis the pinup girl and French/Leonese saying on the nose is perfectly acceptable.

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The safety placards, colonial seal, and no step decals are out of the kit. The Leonis flag, ship name, and the Triangle T (denoting a training unit) are custom printed. all the white lettering is dry transfer. The pinup girl is from Pinupsplus.com

Thank you,

Jameston

Edited May 4, 2014 by Scalefinishes

[Jim B]

Cool looking Viper. I like the nose art. Wouldn't have thought of doing that, but it does make sense in a way.

[Ira]

Great Painting!

[Danno]

That is just overly cool, Jameston!

What a concept. Custom Sci-Fi.

Thanks for posting it.

PS: We missed you at DSC-10. Hope you had a great time at Seattle ~ despite the foot.

[Scalefinishes]

Thank you for the great feedback everyone.

I love the new BSG series, but I wanted something different from the regular white paint/red stripes of the Colonial fleet birds. I am happy with how it turned out. It has a retro WW2/Vietnam feel to it that I really like.

Danno: Thank you, the Seattle show was great (despite the swollen foot), I plan on going regularly. I will be down for Modelzona (and will have this viper with me), so I will see you there.