by Joseph C. Brown

A rugged ship design, favored by both Colonial Fleet Survey crews, and, by ex-Colonial Survey personnel after they had mustered out. This ship, the Molon Labe, had been named by it's owner, retired Survey skipper Kathy Willets. She had always figured the phrase 'Come and take them' referred to various survey minerals that she'd located but that the Fleet had decided were not worth the effort of recovery. After becoming a civilian, she gathered up a mostly vet crew, pooled their funds, and were prepping the ship for a profitable voyage when the Cylon attack occurred.

Build Notes

The ship is a total bash of resin parts; some from a greeblie acquisition at Wonderfest, and some from some mini spaceship toys of mine that happened to fall into some RTV. The forward hull is from the Nostromo, the lower main hull is from an astronaut playset, and the upper aft hull is from a Maquis raider engine. Various detail parts are of questionable parentage. The paint is Tamiya XF-64 Metallic Gray.

The Greek phrase Molon labe! meaning "Effort [to] take [them]!", or more loosely, "Come and take them!", is a classical expression of defiance reported by Plutarch in response to the Persian Army's demand that the Spartans surrender their weapons. It roughly corresponds to the modern equivalent English phrase "over my dead body".

Image: Left/front view

Image: Port side

Image: Upper left

Image: Starboard side

Image: Right/front

Image: Underneath

Image: Parts