It was recently brought to my attention that we missed covering a major collaborative display at BrickCon last October. This was a major oversight on our part as this display was incredible. In fact, I think it was one of the best collaborative displays I’ve seen.
Ryan Wood, founder and namesake of ChiefLUG, organized the first ever BSG Viper fly-in. Ryan, Mark Sandlin, and Andrew Lee built 13 foot of hanger bay, which was filled to overflowing. So much so that there were Vipers covering all the tables around. The final count was 35 Vipers and other Battlestar Galactica-inspired craft. It was most impressive! I saw every imaginable Viper on display, from pink Pardisa-inspired to Black Fantasy-infected. I was amazed at the amount of time and effort Ryan and the ChiefLUGers put in to this. Needless to say, it spawned a huge bandwagon of Vipers online! You can check some of them in this post, by clicking on the pictures, or you can see the whole fleet in the ChiefLUG Flickr Group.
Way to go, ChiefLUG!
Yay us!
Though I couldn’t go, and my Viper wasn’t even completed until after the convention was over, I’m pretty psyched my Viper got on Gizmodo. Still, knowing it wasn’t there makes me feel kinda bad that it got posted with the others.
One of the most fun fads to watch progress. A really great showing by everyone!
For anyone still interested in building a Viper, but can not figure it out. I recently completed an LDraw version of it. You can find them here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/828545@N23/discuss/72157613646281203/
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