There's more to science fiction modeling than subjects from Star Trek and Star Wars. While these are certainly the most popular, there's both some innovative designs and outstanding kits based on the wider body of sci-fi subject matter. At its core, sci-fi modeling is a creative endeavor, and there's nothing more creative than making your own design and scratchbuilding it. Subjects based on lesser pantheon sci-fi media subjects and those wholly creative projects define the bookends of what you'll find lurking on this directory page. Fred bear bow serial number lookup.

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Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Triton by Jeffrey Griffin

'There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians. Or the Toltecs. Or the Mayans. Some believe there may be brothers of man who even now fight to survive . . . somewhere beyond the heavens.'

With these words the TV show 'Battlestar Galactica' began, promising another episode full of fun, adventure, and a bit of cheesy drama. The series was one of the more successful Sci-Fi TV shows of the 70s, and despite the cardboard characters and linear plots, it was enjoyed by children and adults alike. Most of the episodes were full of fast-paced action, from fire-fights in the corridors of the character's base-ship Galactica and in the pitilessly-cold vacuum of space between the Colonial Viper starfighters and the Cylon's deadly Raiders , to plots revolving around such things as fires near the fuel cells and life-support failures. All in all it was a good show, but the centerpiece was clearly the huge, nautical-mile-long battlestar named Galactica.

Though the show was cancelled after one season, it could not die, and has been resurrected in the form of the (best forgotten) Galactica: 1980 series, which lasted a partial season, and 2003's re-imagined series from cable network SciFi, which lasted 4 seasons.

(thanks to Tyler Robbins for that intro).

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John Ulshafer uses MMI's Colonial Viper Detail Sets to dress up his kit
Darren Bertrand builds Sci-High's Colonial Viper Mk 2
Allen Ury builds Arvey's Mineral Ship
Tony Agustin's BSG Viper Mk2 vignette
Jeffrey Griffin builds Arvey Model Products' Mineral Ship
John Lester's Miscellaneous Models' Cylon Raider Preview
Sal Bravo's preview of MMI's Scarlet Viper Conversion
Jesse Myers' SciFi Models' Colonial Viper Preview
Ian Fleetwood's Sci-Fi Models' Cylon Raider Preview
Brian Ludden's Alliance Battlestar Galactica Preview
Chris Coxon's Howling Wolf Models' Cylon Raider Preview
John Lester's TimeSlip Creation's BSG Upgrade Set Preview
Joseph Brown's Hasbro Battlestar Galactica Diecasts Preview
Pat Amaral's TimeSlip Creation's Cylon Basestar Upgrade Set Preview
Darren Bertrand's Sci-Hi Colonial Viper Mk VII Kit Preview
Adam Catt's Sci-Hi Colonial Viper Mk VII Kit Preview
Tyler Robbin's Monogram Battlestar Galactica Preview
John Lester's Revell Colonial Viper Reissue Preview
John Lester's Revell Cylon Raider Reissue Preview
Jeffrey Griffin previews TimeSlip Creations' Rising Star
Tony Cellier's Scratchbuilt Viper Mk II
Larry Johnson looks at TimeSlip's Viper Mk VIIE
Terry Miesle previews TimeSlip Creations' Space Park/Ring Ship
John Lester's sneak peek at Moebius Viper Mk 2
Jeffrey Griffin builds Moebius' Battlestar Pegasus
John Klein builds Moebius' 1/32 Colonial Viper Mk II
Danny Attree builds and lights Moebius' TOS Battlestar Galactica
John Lester previews Moebius' Colonial Raptor & Raptor Armament Set

Space Battleship Yamato

Image: 1/700 Yamato by Phil Campbell

Probably one of most successful anime (Japanese animation) series of the '70s was Space Battleship Yamato, brought to the states and 'kiddified' as 'Starblazers'. The central theme of the show was the Battleship Yamato, whose sunken wreck was secretly refitted as a space-battleship when Earth was under seige by the planet Gamillion.

Running down the axis of this resurrected juggernaut is a 'wave motion gun', which acts as a kind of high-speed particle sandpaper beam. This weapon alone packs enough punch to take out a small moon with a single shot. Manned by Earth's best and brightest, the Yamato took off to save the Earth through at least six movies and three TV series.

Without question, spacecraft technology is one of the stars of the show. The series gave us tremendous space battles, fought by varied assortment of craft. Most of these made their way into kit form by Bandai.

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Rob Caswell's EDF Patrol Cruiser
Chris Lemke's 1/500 Yamato Preview
Terry Miesle builds Bandai's EX Cosmo Zero and Black Tiger kits
John Beaulieu looks at Madman Lighting's Space Battleship Yamato lighting kit

Space:1999

Image: Jim Small's MPC/Airfix Hawk

One of the shining lights in the 70's TV sci-fi desert was Gerry Anderson's Space:1999. Running for two seasons, this live action tale followed the adventures of the Moonbase Alpha crew as they tried to survive on a runaway Moon, blown out of Earth's orbit. While many of 1999's plots come off a bit campy by today's standards, its hardware - most notably the Eagles - still stand out as some of the better spacecraft designs to grace the small screen. Despite limited kit support for the program (three kits, not counting the 'Alien' with space dune buggy..), there is still a thriving interest in the hobby around Space:1999's design.

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Jim Small's Replicas Unlimited Eagle Buildup
John Lester's Replicas Unlimited Eagle Preview
Jim Small's WARP Eagle Buildup
Rob Caswell's WARP Eagle Preview
Don Hayunga's Scratchbuilt Meta Probe
Rob Caswell's SMT Alpha Tank Preview
Jim Small's Hawk, in the Gallery
Michael Dentzer's Accurized Eagle
Michael Dentzer's Flock of Eagles
Rob Caswell's SAW/SMT Eagle Booster Comparative Preview
Michael Dentzer's Mk IX Hawk Gallery piece.
Rob Caswell's Eagle Decals and Side Boosters Preview
Jack Wendt's Super-Detailed Eagles (on a budget)
Michael Dentzer's S