Hi Frank, good to know there are more fans of Battlestar Galactica. About plating, yes, that's a pretty challenging part. I've managed to use technical bricks in a basic angle for support, and hinges for all those other unlogically bending. I had so many ideas about this, and after all nothing worked, except the hinge solution. I've still the challenge left for the bottom plating of the head, it needs again another approach.

HI, real fine work. We are building right now the new battlestar and we are curious how you handled the front. there are all that edges and we cant figure out how you managed that. We have as well used forks. Due to the reason that there are no straights, we have problems to plate there properly. Any hint? Cheers Frank

woow, what an impressive build, very big and cool...

Thanks Garry, most of the details grow by themselves. But it still gives me headaches :-)

I like the execution on the detail of the Galactica. Inspiring ..... Keep up the fantastic work

Thanks for the positive commments! This will certainly help to keep up with the work. The project moved to the attic, not so bad choice, now I've got everything close at hand. New pics will show up pretty soon again. Not so much progress, but at least something :-)

WoW! Glad we found you, this looks frakn awesome! Can't wait to see this epic build done...

Can't wait for the finised project! I have some experience with large MOCs takes time and lots of effort. Great job!

WOW !!! You'r the crazy guy who's making this masterpiece !!! I saw it on brickshelf and thought that Iwant to do the same because I really love your "technic structure "!!! 45368/5 !!!

This is bloomin' awesome! Great job Ruud! Love it!

Yes, the whole bending thing can be a problem once the panels start to go on. It's surprising how the weight adds up in a hurry. My Galactica tips the scales at around 22lbs/10kilos. Given similar dimensions, I bet yours should be half that, maybe even less?

After replacing the original frame with the latest one, yes it's quite strong now. No more bending. I've been doing workouts lately, so now I'm capable to swoosh it around with one hand!

Very nice lightweight construction, and looks like it should be quite strong. I bet you'll be able to swoosh it around a lot!

I too am guilty of checking in on your Battlestar from time to time. I hope to start back on the Basestar in March after the fire season is over. Don't want to risk having a pile of burnt plastic where my lego collection once stood. LOL . Keep up the great work LONG LIVE THE GALACTICA.

Greetings Ruud Good to see a fellow Galactican hard at work with designing Your battlestar looks as if it will be much lighter than my one. I am from old school lego designing. The fun part. Thank you for your support on the basestar, I need to wait till mid Feb to get back to work on it (expecting extreme summer conditions) I can't wait to finish it then take the photos. Keep up the great work. Congratulations on the new member of the family Good luck on the renos. I'm still doing mine after 4 years still no where finished.

I totally agree with Steef, this is very promising. Even its skeleton is very impressive! Keep it up!

Keep plugging away Ruud. This is going to be an excellent MOC. Youve got the shape nailed and I really like the hangar. It took me about 9 months to pull mine together. Between multiple redesigns, waiting on Bricklink orders, work and family, and the Xbox distraction, I didnt think I would ever finish mine.

Hi Chris, It's indeed bigger than the UCS, after completion the battlestar will be about 130 cm long. The motorpart is almost finished, so a good moment to publish some more pic's

wow, it looks huge. What are the dimensions aproximately? I built a 6211 Star Destroyer sized 2003 Galactica, but this seems to be bigger than even the UCS version

Wow! This looks very promising. Can't wait to see the final build.

Your welcome, im definately looking forward to see this project completed. I hear ya, self built projects are hard to buid but its definately worth the strugle to see something you created with out official building instructions. Since that's the galactica, perhaps i should make the Pegasus. :D

Thanks a lot for your comment! I think there's still time enough to build one yourself. I've been building for one year, last year I needed to have a break because of the birth of our son and a new house to decorate. So this year I want to continue with the Battlestar project. Actually this is my first self made project with Lego. I think that's slowing me down too, it takes a lot of time to find the right way for constructing. I will keep on placing the progress here.

Wow, looks like you have already beaten me to making one from the origional series. Very cool and I cant wait to see it finnished!