This is a Viper Mk 1 from the classic 1978 version of Battlestar Galactica, built as if it was a retail set from 1987. I was inspired by Roestig's build on Brickshelf (https://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=243747), but I improved the proportions and details. I hope to build this IRL sometime. More pictures on Flickr.

Edit - added pictures of IRL build to first post. Still need to order a few parts in the right colors but they're very simple and common parts so it should be really cheap.

 

 

Edited December 13, 2024Dec 13 by icm

I didn't know the Rebellion had acquired BSG Vipers! But this does raise the following question: Are the Cylons helping to build the Death Star? 

Great work @icm!

Thanks, @Murdoch17! About the pilot - a lot of people used to use classic Rebel pilots in their BSG Vipers and in their modern fighter jets back in the day on Brickshelf, and there aren't really a lot of good options for purist custom BSG Viper pilots using parts from the eighties. So this is sort of a shrug, place holder minifig. I was able to find most of the parts for this in my bins last night so I'm going to build it this morning, with a few color substitutions, and order the remaining parts later today or tomorrow.

  On 12/13/2024 at 4:10 PM, icm said:

Thanks, @Murdoch17! About the pilot - a lot of people used to use classic Rebel pilots in their BSG Vipers and in their modern fighter jets back in the day on Brickshelf, and there aren't really a lot of good options for purist custom BSG Viper pilots using parts from the eighties. So this is sort of a shrug, place holder minifig. I was able to find most of the parts for this in my bins last night so I'm going to build it this morning, with a few color substitutions, and order the remaining parts later today or tomorrow.

Awesome to hear! And RE: the fig, i figured that was the case. (i was just making a joke.)

Yeah, I know :)

I put it together this morning and put pictures of the IRL build in the first post. Still need to order a few parts in the right colors, but they're very simple, common parts so it should be really cheap.

Cool build. Iconic and instantly recognizable, but at the same time, it has that 80's LEGO vibe.