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Battlestar Galactica: DeSanto Continuation – Studio Scale Viper #1

This beast was made for the very first kit patterned by Michael Miles Artistry. He was in contact with Producer Tom DeSanto during it’s development which I funded. I ended up getting a few casts from it, albeit not as many as I had paid for. Unfortunately, with unknown circumstance, there were many that did not get their orders fulfilled by MMA. Of the 3 casts I received, one I gave to R.L. Bleecker (whom then gave one to his friend), and then built one for himself. This one you see here is #001 and was built by artist Dave Martis. In speaking with Tom DeSanto about the Battlestar Film he and Brian Singer are planning, (as we were discussing of making a 12 foot updated Galactica model for the film), I went ahead and sent Tom this model, which he keeps in his office today.

This piece has a 2018 Modeler Magic appraised value of $2,500 USD

BELOW: A Composite created utilizing my Blue Screen Photos by the artist RIDER

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Jan 08
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Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper MK II

This Mk II Colonial Viper is 1:20 scale, and was built and painted by artist R.L. Bleecker from the FM Model Company kit (Frank Cerney and Moeslund Mortensen). Being that there were no physical models made for the 2003 re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, it was up to someone to develop a pattern and sell the kit. Frank and Moe did just that. R.L. “Bob” Bleecker did an amazing job replicating the CG model, as you can see from the comparison photo below. Of course that is me again in the photo during the model shoot.

This piece has a 2020 Modeler Magic appraised value of $1,200 USD

Photo of Kurt Kuhn with the MkII Viper Model