Cylon Raider engines

[Capt_Taggert]

I'm not sure where to post this but figured this was a good place to start. I picked up a very old Cylon Raider kit, Monogram dated 1978. I've been thinking about lighting it but the engines look terrible. Anyone have any ideas as to making better looking engines?

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[texastony1946]

Here is a video of an TOS Cylon Raider with lights. This may help with a few ideas.
TOS Cylon Raider Rebuild Pt 2

 

[Capt_Taggert]

That's pretty cool! how'd you do the base? Thanks for the great ideas.

 

[texastony1946]

Not my video, just a link. I think in the first part he shows some shots of the base under construction.

 

[quasimofo]

Yeah...those old Monogram Raider engines are abysmal. Back in October I hacked one of the re-issued Raider kits apart to turned it into a Nu-BSG "Razor" version. Here's some pics of how I dealt with the engines, and how they look lit up.






Basically, what I did was back-fill the end of the engine ports with a couple of round parts from my spares box. I have NO idea what they are, just that they have been in my spares box for 20+ years. Then I lined the walls of the engine ports with alternating bits of sheet styrene and channel strips. The sheets then had some bits of Plastruct channel placed along the center. I cut angled edges on the styrene sheets to sort of represent steering vanes.

The last thing I did (which you can just make out int he picture of the lit engines) is to put some spare tracks from a Dragon 1/53 T-34 and strip styrene on the top and bottom of the engines, just to fill the empty space.

Hope this helps with your dilemma!

 

[CheesyGrin]

I'm not sure where to post this but figured this was a good place to start. I picked up a very old Cylon Raider kit, Monogram dated 1978. I've been thinking about lighting it but the engines look terrible. Anyone have any ideas as to making better looking engines?

Hi Capt_Taggert,

I finished the same kit last year and spent lots of time on the engines. Here's a link to my post and photobucket build log:

http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/SMF/index.php/topic,6965.30.html

http://s223.photobucket.com/user/CheesyGrin_photos/library/Revell_Monogram%20Cylon%20Raider?sort=2&page=1

http://s223.photobucket.com/user/CheesyGrin_photos/library/Revell_Monogram%20Cylon%20Raider/Cylon%20Raider%20Final?sort=3&page=1

Hope this helps get creative juices flowing!

 

[Capt_Taggert]

Thanks guys. love the help. This gives me some great ideas to start with.