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I cut some scrap pieces of the hull to glue around the cockpit & wet it down a little bit, to make it seem to blend into the hull a little better . It doesn't look that great up close, but a few feet away it looks much better. The pics don't really do it justice.

Thanks guys! Here's just a little bit more greebling. The 10 blue dots on top.

The first 2 thrusters mounted on one of the main engines.

Working on the tiny thrusters, the final few pieces to finish this model. It took a great deal of time & patience for me to put these together. I don't think I've ever had such a difficult time with tiny parts. My first few attempts, ended up being scrapped. But this time, Hulk was smarter than...

Ok, one last size comparison pic ( for now). I'm considering purchasing the poster of this one to put on the wall of my "Nerd Lair".:)

The bottom pic, of the rear of the ship, I came across on Pinterest. The top pic I came across looking at pics of various Galactica ships on Yahoo. I went back to see if I could find it again, & couldn't. I'll keep looking. There seem to be only a small handful of any kinds of pics of this ship. :(

Thanks for that link Marko, I'm going to give that technique a try immediately.:)

This is the secondary cockpit section. I may leave the tabs on for this part. I scored the tabs just inside the ink line, so I think they will join together ok. Sorry for my rough work surface, I'm planning to get a self healing green cutting board like most everyone else has soon.

Here's another scale comparison. I love these scale comparison pics. Actually, I've noticed the Gearz TOS Galactica & Jaybat's Galactica are similar to this pic in size comparison. At least the builds I have hanging from my ceiling seem so. & nice to see the size of the Galaxy class Enterprise...

I was looking at some pics of the Geminon Traveler online for reference, & came across these 2. After looking at these, I see all kinds of greebling potential beyond what I've done with my recent build. Maybe next time though, I'm ready to finish up & move on. :)

Those are pretty cool pics! I love the different classes of Battlestars as well as other pics like this that show the different scales. Thanks for sharing! :)

Thank you Skyseeker, I hope to finish her very soon! This model has dragged on long enough. I only have to finish the 6 small thrusters attached to the rear of the 3 engines(2 for each engine), & then clear coat. Yes, I have been procrastinating just a little bit. My sad Hulk fingers aren't...

I've commenced to building the new Phoenix. On my previous build, I didn't cut any tabs off. I think I used every single one that came with the model. That was before I learned the benefits of cutting them off & making your own tabs. For this build, I will cut them off if it means that the parts...

I've always loved this quote from the great Zefram Cochrane. Thought I'd share!

Thanks for those links Skyseeker! My girl loves them! :)

Thanks for the tips guys! & the links, they will help. I appreciate all the input. I'll try not to get too carried away when I commence to building the new ship. (Though I really could!:bulgeeye:) I'd like to keep the greebling & the retracting warp engines on a moderate level, but still try to...

All I can say is...Wow! I don't know what else to say. Amazing build. I greatly admire your patience with all the greebling. My daughter usually doesn't pay much attention to my modeling interests, but she has watched this build thread closely with me & has been just fascinated with what you've...

I was considering starting this build thread with a build of Marko's U.S.S. Excelsior, but now I'm feeling strongly motivated to do a re-build of the Phoenix. I apologize to you all for posting pics of a model not built accurately. At the time I built it, the way I put it together made sense to...

Thanks for the tip! I like that idea. :)

Ok, I totally see it now. I should've inverted those 2 side parts. It's so simple, I can't believe I didn't see it before.:headbange: Now, I'm really wanting to rebuild the whole thing.:hammerhead: