Battlestar Galatica Viper 2 seater version

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Humans living on the twelve colonies of Kobol were attacked by a robotic alien race known as the Cylons. The survivors only hope is to find Earth and hope that they are advanced enough to help us defeat the Cylons In the development of the Viper Mark I prior to the commencement of the war with the Cylons various designs where considered for the fightercraft that would populate a Battlestar, One of the earlier options was a 2 seater version with pilot and gunner carrying internal missile bays as well as an additional laser canon in the vertical stabilizer. Ultimately this design was not adopted as the mainstream attack support craft as the Mark 1 was more agile and faster although not as well armed. Designed from scratch in Autodesk 123d, this is my take on a Battlestar Galatica Viper, the canopy is the tricky bit and I may change the design (design 2 not updated), whichever way I go you will need to cut some clear thin perspex for the canopy glass. I scaled up 200% at that the model needs to be split and cut and will take over 60 hours to print, although this is a work in progress so things may change. As you can see I've done the landing skirt for the wings but not the front skirt, as an atmospheric craft may need some flaps on the wings but they wouldn't be standard aircraft type, the pilot seat needs a joystick, main body needs cover for internal missile launcher, but can modify to show a missile under the cover, endless possibilities which 3d printing allow - if you download this model please post a "like", thank you :