One of my first models I did by myself, great memories of my childhood
@EagleSciFiModeler
Жыл бұрын
It's crazy how expensive they have become.
@YMagoulo
29 күн бұрын
Built this in 1980, still sitting on my shelf along with the Drakonian fighter.
@EagleSciFiModeler
29 күн бұрын
@@YMagoulo nice!
@sleeplessknight99
2 жыл бұрын
That's a really nice looking Star Wars Expanded Univers I-7 Howlrunner you've got there! ;)
@helipilot27
2 жыл бұрын
Nice job! I especially like the rebuilt factory cockpit which is pretty bland if left stock. I built one of these little kits several years ago, and even got Gil Gerard and Felix Silla to autograph the base. It really was a fun kit to build. Not something drawn out so much you get lost in it.
@EagleSciFiModeler
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! That would be awesome to have a signed one.
@williamporter7596
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite starfighters and you've really done it justice.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@PlasticImaginationWorkshop
2 жыл бұрын
Great video, that came out amazing. I've been trying to get one of these but I keep getting outbid, one of these days I'll get one. I also agree, I hope someone re-pops this kit, would definitely be a big seller. I have always thought this was one of the best looking spacecraft in sci-fi TV. Have a great day. -David
@EagleSciFiModeler
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they're getting real expensive..I'm lucky I found one.
@Sniper_Cat_71
3 жыл бұрын
That looks great man. I've always loved the design of this ship since the show was on tv, great job!
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it is a great design.
@yusufmalcolm3233
3 жыл бұрын
I guess Im randomly asking but does any of you know a method to get back into an instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the password. I would love any tricks you can offer me.
@davidmark4182
3 жыл бұрын
@Yusuf Malcolm instablaster =)
@yusufmalcolm3233
3 жыл бұрын
@David Mark Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm in the hacking process atm. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@yusufmalcolm3233
3 жыл бұрын
@David Mark It worked and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thanks so much, you saved my ass :D
@stevethefishdotnet
3 жыл бұрын
Great job! I just did a dry fit of this model, holding the parts together with tape, and looked on YT to find build videos. Good job with the seat for sure. I have that same resin pilot and he's fairly useless. I was thinking of casting the engine insert piece in clear resin myself.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, I'm not totally happy with the engine nozzle. That would have looked better to clear cast that piece.
@stevethefishdotnet
3 жыл бұрын
@@EagleSciFiModeler My friend has a 3D printer and is looking to buy a design file for the BR Starfighter. In theory, he can scale the cockpit interior and figure to fit the Monogram kit. He has the Monogram kit himself, so he can give it a shot himself before mailing it to me.
@PunkyWily
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, you did a fantastic job on that, so rad! Really dig what you did on the engines with the transparent blue, very cool. Keep up the great work!
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@paulgertsch7105
Жыл бұрын
Love the design of the starfighter. The clear blue you did on the engines turned out awesome. Keep up the great work
@EagleSciFiModeler
Жыл бұрын
Thanks friend!
@tonyperez4791
3 жыл бұрын
Great build and inspiration , Thank You ! Found out that I have one shrink wrapped I got back in 1979 . Hope you and your family are well. Take care, Tony
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That's awesome, they're hard to find and becoming very valuable.
@tonyperez4791
3 жыл бұрын
@@EagleSciFiModeler Funny thing I had 3 Starfighters and 2 Drakonian fighters and the resin Ranger Shuttle craft , but lost them in 2018. Miracle that one was in storage at the time. At one time I was picking the up for 88 cents at Odd lots also the early AMT star trek. ( Runabout, Reliants and DS 9 station ) for 99 cents. Until the next one, take care. Tony
@eugenerusselnash
3 жыл бұрын
Heya! This is an absolutely beautiful Model Kit! I built one as a Commission Last Year. I have these Kits Myself. As my Wife says “Time to Get Building!” Beautiful Work! I’m Impressed as Ever! Best
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@roosterj2599
3 жыл бұрын
I had the toy and the 3.5" Buck action figure. I loved it.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Those things are hard to find and worth $$$ these days.
@roosterj2599
3 жыл бұрын
@@EagleSciFiModelerThat's what I've heard, although I have yet to look around and see. I played with that ship and figure combo for years until I discovered girls, cigarettes and heavy metal. After that it was on a shelf in the garage and went to a garage sale my dad had. The Buck Roger's figure I had was the first figure I ever customized. I took him apart and spay painted him flat black and used an insignia from a model kit that was water transfer on one shoulder and a red dot on the other. I had 1 Micronaut action figure to my name. He had a backpack with spring loaded wings and a blue helmet that had a fin down the center. It was light blue plastic so I painted it gloss white and the inside flat black. It fit Buck's head near perfect. I wanted to paint the ship black and try to do some camouflage, but I was talked out of that. Lol! I was like designing my ideal ship and pilot. I also had the enemy Drakonian fighter and figure. I'm telling you. That was a good Christmas when I got those 2 ships and figures. A year or so prior I got all the Battlestar Galactica Vipers and raiders and the Viper variants. The interchangeable parts, etc. I loved both TV shows, but Star Wars was my No. 1. My favorite Star Wars ship is the snow speeder. Had that toy too. Good times. You got my sub and likes. Thank you for the awesome vids.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks the support! I too have lots of fond memories of all the sci-fi toys. I loved them all but Star Wars was my favorite as well!
@roosterj2599
3 жыл бұрын
Your welcome. Really though, thank you for working on these model kitsch and sharing the process with us. I should send you a few model kits and have you build, paint and detail it. Lol! You gotta send it back though. Lol! Just kiddin. I'm going to use some of these details and stuff that you are doing. I need to get back into model building.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
I got back into about 4 years ago. It's really a fun and relaxing hobby.
@bradhouston4734
3 жыл бұрын
Great ship and a great job! I especially love that it came from an old beat up original
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cluser212
3 жыл бұрын
I had one of these waay back when; fun ship. You did a great job on it.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@brandonb1681
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice job. Glad to see this classic get some love.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@AvengerII
3 жыл бұрын
Ya know, They MIGHT re-pop this model in the near-future. Round 2 does have the Monogram molds, I think. Depending on how things go --- They did re-release the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV series and movie on Blu ray late last year. You don't have to buy both. The movie is available separate from the TV series; the TV series box has the theatrical film as well as the TV series. I did see the theatrical release of the pilot (DVD version) not long ago and I was struck by the differences in tone from the TV series. More adult; special effects still weren't as good as Galactica but ILM crew worked on Galactica and that might be why the mattes and photo composites were better. Galactica's level of special effects were at least Star Wars level at the beginning of that series. **** Buck is finally available in Region A when it's been everywhere else for years!!!! Very popular series. I'm still surprised they never did a remake of it let alone re-released the model kits. In its day, it was almost as popular as Battlestar Galactica. I think for a short time in the 1980s it WAS more popular than Galactica. I NEVER saw Galactica reruns but they rerun Buck Rogers solidly for years. It must have been in reruns in the local area I grew up in for at least 4-5 years.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
I hope the do re-pop it, it's not a great model, but does make for a nice display when done right.
@AvengerII
3 жыл бұрын
@@EagleSciFiModeler You have to give it to Ralph McQuarrie (?) and the modelers. It's a unique design. It stands out and is elegant. It's actually VERY small, too, for a fighter. The theoretical length is only 30 ft! Most fighters in reality are at least 15-18 ft longer and half again as tall. Such stubby wings, too. I think only the F-104 has wings smaller in proportion to its body. It's hard to believe this was originally designed by Galactica but got repurposed for Buck Rogers. It does NOT fit within the Galactica universe but was perfect for Buck Rogers. This one and the Draconian Marauder I believe were the only Buck Rogers model kits ever produced. Again, someone has to remind Round 2 they should own the molds to these kits. I don't understand why these were never re-released. The designs are popular within the modeling and sci-fi communities.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
@@AvengerII I agree, was a sharp design that was perfect for Buck Rogers.
@DENSUTUBE2008
3 жыл бұрын
They need to re release this kit !!
@blackc1479
3 жыл бұрын
Very sweet. I actually think it looks more "crisp" than the resin kit. Loved the show back in the day. Wish i could run across one of those kits.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, the resin kit was a mold from the original model. It lost some detail in the molding process.
@MrBMBuilder
3 жыл бұрын
Love this ship........looks great mate and well done on the decals!
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks brother
@DeeMacGPhotography
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@EagleSciFiModeler
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@dalesharpe9098
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. I had a large and small die-cast Corgi Starfighter when I was a boy. You can still pick them up for very little on eBay.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I like to find a used Corgi Starfighter and restore it.
@marksmodellingmadness
3 жыл бұрын
I built this kit last year and while mine has the same box as yours, mine was branded Tsukuda Hobby. Very nice job you did there :)
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I've never heard of that company.
@mattylovin1
3 жыл бұрын
I wish they would release this kit again, getting very hard to find
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@steveminla
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Would like to get this kit but, it and remade resin kits are WAY TOO expensive!
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I'm lucky to have found this one.
@andrewdrabble8939
3 жыл бұрын
Who'd think that this ship was the original design for the Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
It's such a great design, I'm glad it didn't go to waste.
@AvengerII
3 жыл бұрын
"Off-white"? No, that's VANILLA plastic! I've eaten French Vanilla ice cream that was less yellow than that kit! I wonder if they've formulated plastics better since then so they don't obviously yellow. It happens a lot with toys and anything from the 1970s through early 2000s that uses white/light grey plastics. It's the bromides they put in the plastic so that when they catch on fire they don't produce as much toxic gas. I've heated up white-grey plastics with sanding barrels attached to a Dremel and they inevitably give off vapors on top of melting horribly. Cleaning up plastic after barrel sanding is always a pain. There are methods to treat yellowed plastic -- bleaching or Retro-briting (it's the same bleach used to dye hair blonde) will work for a few years but it doesn't address the chemical change. The yellowing comes back within 5 years and really the only thing you can to address the situation permanently is paint over the plastic. Eventually, end stage is the plastic will crumble. Makes you wonder what the end game is for all those shooting miniatures that were built in the 1970s and 1980s with model kit parts will be. Some of the Star Wars (1977) models as I understand it are in rough shape.
@eugenerusselnash
3 жыл бұрын
Heya! An Interesting observation, but in this case the model is actually vanilla coloured plastic. Tskuda reissued the same Kit in the Same Coloured Styrene? The Colouration is nothing to do with ageing! I have these Kits Myself that I Have Yet to get on with and both vintage and reissue are fine! But as I was saying it is intentional that they made the kit this way to emulate the Studio Model. They did the same with the Marauder. They were just loose reinterpretations so that the Modeller Would not have to bother with paint if they didn’t want to or could not paint them due to inexperience.
@AvengerII
3 жыл бұрын
@@eugenerusselnash Gotcha! Interesting to know. Still a WEIRD choice of color to mold a kit in. A lot of the old yellow kits have yellowed so you never know. I've had a lot of white plastic things from the 1980s and 1990s yellow on me even when they were stored in closets so it's not always sun exposure that "does it." It's a chemical thing that has to do with bromides added to plastics so they don't produce as much toxic fumes. You can still get fumes from plastics if they're heated up enough with tools say like Dremel sanding barrels? The sanding barrels create enough friction at high RPM to heat up plastics. And it melts the plastic which cools immediately after the Dremel is removed and is a bigger pain to remove after the melting.
@avi8r66
3 жыл бұрын
Man, that kit is over $200 on ebay. Maybe moebius will put these out, or bandai, at a good scale with modern tooling.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Its crazy how expensive they've become.
@richardlahan7068
3 жыл бұрын
This kit is $300.00+ on ebay.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
I know, it's crazy.
@cobusprinsloo
Жыл бұрын
You show what you’ve done, but I wish you also showed HOW you did it.
@EagleSciFiModeler
Жыл бұрын
I understand your point.. Ill try to show more details in the future. It's tricky because I don't want KZitem to take away my enjoyment of modeling. Videoing and editing take a bit of work.
@occamsrayzor
3 жыл бұрын
Another great job, buddy! This ship model and Erin Gray were definitely the high points of the series, for sure, as the rest was fairly cringe-inducing even at the time.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks buddy!
@Admiral_Andovar
9 ай бұрын
Do you take commissions or do you sell any of your built models?
@EagleSciFiModeler
9 ай бұрын
I do sell sometimes...I don't really do commissions...I don't want my hobby to become work.
@EagleSciFiModeler
9 ай бұрын
What are you looking for?
@Admiral_Andovar
9 ай бұрын
I LOVE your Buck Rogers Thunderfighter. I just bought one of the kits on eBay and was wondering if you could build it, or if I can buy yours and send you this one. It’s darn near mint and still shrink wrapped.
@EagleSciFiModeler
9 ай бұрын
That's awesome, I'm guessing you want lights in it...what all would you want done to it?
@Admiral_Andovar
9 ай бұрын
@@EagleSciFiModelerActually, I don’t care about the lights. You just did such a phenomenal job with the fit, fill, and painting. The lights are cool, don’t get me wrong, but your plain build job is just *chef’s kiss*.
@daniel_f4050
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my God! Would you please stop building all the space ships from my childhood! Otherwise I’m going to have to quit binge watching your channel. It’s killing me. 😢 While time and various moves cost me my Battlestar Galactica models, my own stupidity cost me this ship. I put it down overnight on the radiator cover of our new house. In the morning it was soft enough to be play dough. I blame Monogram for using super low quality plastic as it had had no effect on my Tamiya Sherman.
@EagleSciFiModeler
3 жыл бұрын
What a shame. These models are getting very rare and expensive.
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