I love Naval Ship builds! Especially HUGE builds like this 101.1″ (256.86cm) build! This one by artist Clifton Simmons was originally shown here on Modelers Miniatures & Magic back on April 22, 2009 and shows just as well today! This build of the Yorktown-Class USS Enterprise (1943 Refit) is a miniature of a very distinguished ship that many called either “The Big E” or “The Grey Ghost” due to it’s amazing service record during World War II. The actual Naval Ship was built in 1934, launched in 1936, and She became the sixth Aircraft Carrier in the United States Navy. The CV-6 was the seventh U.S. Navy Vessel to carry the name ENTERPRISE. Viewing this model, I can say Clifton captured everything that the original vessel, and her crew, represented…pure excellence. Fantastic work.

Artist Cliff Simmons has done it again! Having scratch built his own designed 37 inch Battlestar miniature a few years back… the Battlestar COLUMBIA (BS-37), Cliff has again scratch built another new design of his own…. the ~3 foot Battlestar ODYSSEUS!! What a ‘beefy’ monster this is! Once again Cliff brings the two worlds together… mixing new and old Battlestar design elements. This is fantastic!

Back in 2011, artist Clifton Simmons contacted me about a 1/2 studio scale Battlestar he was scratch building. It would be a unique Battlestar in it’s modified design to be a mix Eric Chu design from the Ron Moore Series, and the Classic Series, not to mention have some resembling features of Brian Larson’s Re-Imagined Battlestar (SEEN HERE). This designed thrilled me so much, and Clifton created it so well that I had to have it. Clifton then sold it to me and I took these Blue Screen Photos of it that you are viewing today. I love this piece. That stated, I was getting ready to change out the entire collection to be of even larger display pieces, and a friend of mine, Collector Richard Sung, showed great interest in having this great piece in his own Collection...

Joe and Banshee Productions has done it again! Utilizing our blue screen photos of the amazing Battletstar Columbia scratch build by Clifton Simmons, (SEEN HERE), and even more of our blue screen photos of the V1 & V2 Studio Raider builds by RL Bleecker (Seen HERE and HERE), Joe created this magnificent scene! AMAZING!! Great job Joe!

Joe stated to me that he is on a Battlestar kick right now! If this is what happens when you are on a “kick”, please keep them coming Joe!

Banshee Productions

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SOLD!! June 2013

Now in the Richard Sung Collection!

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A few months before my move, I purchased this amazing 1/2 studio scale custom Battlestar build from artist Cliff Simmons. Cliff combined the looks of three Battlestar designs to achieve this amazing beast! He used the original series as a base, the new series for the guns and pods (which are all over this Battlestar)… and the Larson Re-imagined design for the armor! Clifton did amazing work! It is beautiful and I was finally able to place it in front of a Blue Screen to photograph the piece! This piece is actually came without lighting. I added the lighting effects digitally into the blue screen shots for better effect. Enjoy!!

Kurt Kuhn
Kuhn Global Inc.
Modeler’s Miniatures & Magic

December 31, 2011 UPDATE!!

Sold to Kuhn Global for display in the Modeler’s Miniatures and Magic Collection! Blue Screen Photos will follow upon receiving the piece in the Gallery.

December 28, 2011

WOW! What a fantastic imagination Clifton has with this creation of a Battlestar reminiscent of three types of designs! The most obvious being the original Battlestar from the 1978 Film, then the amazing new landing and launch bay pods that have hints from the original film, the new Ron Moore Battlestar design (from Eric Chu) and then the use of the under bay guns from Brian Larson’s Re-imagined Battlestar (SEEN HERE). I LOVE THIS! As a matter of fact, I have an email into Clifton right now about this fantastic piece...

Most everyone knows this artists talents in his fantastic builds of Historic Navy Warships. Now we have the honor of viewing his Science Fiction side! Professional Model Artist Clifton Simmons built this piece from scratch and bashed kits parts back in 2005 to create this beautiful SSD. I cannot believe all the detail that went into this piece considering how large the SSD’s are as opposed to how small Clifton built this model! It looks much larger than it is! I love when artists can detail the ultra tiny… it makes all the difference when making a small model look HUGE!! Really, for me, the only thing that gives away how small this model actually is… is Clifton’s thumb that appears in a few of the photos while holding the model! A beautiful job!

Clifton Simmons definitely has the passion for large scale warships! This 1:96 Battleship TENNESSEE is the first of two he has built for collections and museums. This one was built as a ‘waterline’ model! And a beautifully detailed piece it is!

Another massive beauty built by master modeler Clifton Simmons! The detail for these vessels is most important to make them look huge… and Cliff has done this piece exactly the honor it should be given! Perfection!