directorcass Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Giving this kit a chance since I've read so much good stuff about it. I started out by gluing all the flappy landing gear in place and filling those in. Pretty straight forward there. The major mod I did was fix the angle of the bridge. As built, the bridge is parallel to the trench, it should be parallel to the superstructure. I removed the sliver in the picture below. This angles the down just right. Next, I opened this area up so the front of the neck could drop down a bit. Keep in mind that this brings the bridge a bit closer to the superstructure, but it still looks good. Looks much better so far! For this build, I'm only lighting the main engines. I'll keep the tedious fiber optic work for the larger Zvezda kit that's coming my way. So with that, I have the engines wired with 5mm white LEDs. Stand is also mocked up. The wood base is just temporary for now. I still have to decide what to do with it. All in all pretty happy with this kit. It's growing on me and will tide me over until the Big Z arrives! Stay tuned for light test tonight. As far as the paint goes, I'm thinking grey primer followed by Tamiya fine white primer. Maybe a dark grey wash to finish it off. Edited December 14, 2016 by directorcass 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMD70 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Looking great. I'm going to pick one of these up... seems a decent size/ price and easier to find space to display than the big Z kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 1 hour ago, SMD70 said: Looking great. I'm going to pick one of these up... seems a decent size/ price and easier to find space to display than the big Z kit. Who cares about space to dispay ,cross that bridge when you get to it ,you could always wall mount it like i will with a hasbro falcon i have got on the bench,,,,when, if ,it gets finished..big z for me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Nice work on the SD. I'll have to keep those mods for the bridge in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thanks for the comments guys. Here are some shots of the engines lit up. Of course I ditched the included electronics. The engines are lit with 5mm white LEDs mounted in the stock clear blue inserts. This is as far as I'm going with lighting this. I'll save the fiber optics for the Zvezda kit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Well tidy mun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Here is how I did the engines. For painting I'll just remove the clear insert. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Moving along. Added ANH/R1 style baffles to the engines. Looks pretty good. Six more to make. Not too shabby! And of course all lit up. Pretty! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Since I stood the antenna up I needed to add some detail to the hole it left behind. I just used some styrene chips and stretched sprue to spruce it up a bit. Oh, and just a quick comparison between the F-Toys, Armada, and the Revell SD! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoyen Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Looks awesome! Can't wait to see her finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Nice array of SDs! And the engines look great all lit and like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Laid down some Duplicolor primer the other day. Stared the masking this morning. Once that is done I'll shoot it with flat white and remove the masks. Once that is dry I'll shoot it again with flat white to blend the grey panels in. Not screen accurate, just my own whimsy. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Doesn't need to be 'screen accurate' to look impressive. And that this does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanstew Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 great build I hope we will get to see the painting at stages 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Thanks guys! Sorry for the lack of updates on this. The ship is finished except for the base. I haven't uploaded all the pictures yet showing the masks removed and final paint. I'll get that done tonight for you guys and post them up. I think it turned out rather nice myself. If you can get rid of the play features and at least give it a nice paint job, it really looks nice. I am suitably impressed with this Revell kit. And coming from me, that's high praise! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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