Whatever Happened to the Stealth Star?

Do you guys remember the Stealth Star? It was the ill fated stealth Viper that Bulldog piloted before being captured by the Cylons in the Season Three episode “Hero.” Considering the Stealth Star was a completely “one-off” Viper design the production didn’t want to invest much time or money into creating a cockpit specifically for Bulldog to be seen in for such a brief scene. Set Dec cleverly redressed the interior filming cockpit used for the Mark II and VII for use as the Stealth Star cockpit. But wait, it gets even better. We have discovered in our treasure trove of production blueprints the plans that specify how the filming cockpit was to be modified to become the Stealth Star.

Of note the plans specify to “Paint all Mk 7 blue surfaces to black.” The actual filming cockpit is still in this paint configuration as all of the interior surfaces are still in flat black paint. Other items to note is that all of the screen graphics and cockpit lighting were to be changed to red/orange to give it that “classic” military stealth bomber cockpit feel. The final item was to “Turn off all lights + switches on all existing consoles.” This helped add to the stealthy feel of the cockpit. Here is the filming cockpit as it would be shown in Mk VII livery.

Look for this fantastic piece of art in next weeks eBay “Airlock Auction.”

Good Hunting Nuggets!

Steven