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Colonial Viper Mk.I - TOS
By: Greenstrawberry
Scale: 1/32
Item no: FP19
Price: US$127.41
Designed to fit the 2103 Moebius Models’ 1/32 Colonial Viper Mk.I (the original design from the Glenn A Larson-created Battlestar Galactica TV series/films), this FruitPACK offering combines no fewer than five upgrade sets. Also available separately, these are: 13521 Intake and Nozzles, 13621 Cockpit, 13721 Side Panels, 13821 Wheel Bay and Exterior plus a vac-form canopy (VC09). The result is a mass of resin and photo-etched (PE) metal components – the latter are quite thick and care will be needed when removing smaller items from the fret. The kit’s nozzles are replaced in their entirety with resin items and there’s a helpful jig to aid alignment, while turbine blades are supplied in PE form. Similarly transformative, there’s a completely new cockpit tub and spine section in resin, onto which are added PE instrument panels with pre-printed ace…
