OlCabour's Hangar

Battlestar Galactica (RDS) - Assembling and detailing the Moebius kit

A first look before starting :

• Building it from the box seems to be easy
• The level of detail is confusing. it goes from very fine details (the support arm of the side decks), through an overall correct level (paneling of the armour plates) to areas where it is lacking : the flanks (where retract the side decks during hyperspace jumps) and the apparent space between the ribs of the structure.

• The flight deks interior are almost not detailed : one piece for the flight deck and a decal to apply. Too bad, it would have not cost much for Moebius to provide a better one.
• The turrets seem a bit pasted (I have to check with some screenshots later)
• Thrusters are made od clear plastic, so it is possible to light this beast with some modifications for the wires.
• Another point that bothers me : the armor plates are molded into the body and thus do not give the impression of being asked about the amounts. And it's even more obvious on the sides of the head.

• After a dry test, the head and the main body will not aligned correctly.

After this tour, I will clearly not go for in simple assembly from the box if I wish to get a Galactica that is worth the name.