SallysDad Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 On 03/01/2017 at 9:55 AM, directorcass said: Got all the trench pieces installed. There are some "bare" spots that will need some greeblies added to them. Again, love the way this kit is going together. I need to order .5mm fiber optic this week. I'll start on the other super structure assemblies today and then start drilling holes. Engines will need to be drilled out as well. Here are some new pics and where she sits now. Port side trench detail. The inside edges of the starboard side trench. You'll have to drill thru both to run fiber. Bare spots needing details. And the upper and lower hulls resting together. Beautiful. What scale, and what length is it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 This is the Russian kit by Zvezda. It's 1/2700 scale and is 23.6 inches long, or 60cm for those across the pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 Engine lighting test. No bells yet. Video under the picture. View My Video 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 this is getting very exciting - great work on the optics, I will need to study the art of lighting kits for my 2 ISD's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Just replied to your thread. I have an Ani that is half built. After working on this I doubt I'll finish it now. Have you lit a model before? Its really is pretty straight forward with ships like this, unlike a Star Trek ship with all the blinking, strobbing, flashing and spinning lights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koshey Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 sorry. will add here photos of my work. small changes on the front panel and the hole for the garbage hangar. also rework the fencing shield generators. if someone has the ability, give great thanks to this man. http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=273125&highlight=star+destroyer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 It was a good weekend! I finished the fiber optics for the underside hangars. I got all three hull sub assemblies glued (nerve wracking as heck!), got black primer laid down, followed that with grey primer for paneling, masked my panels off, and got the first coat of white on! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68 SQUADRON Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Impressive, most impressive 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Wow that's looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Whoa! Surely you need a car spray booth for that?? Looking great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I agree with the others - it is certainly looking the part and is making me want to start mine. I'm looking forward to seeing the end result MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 Final color coats applied. After priming in grey (seen above) I had masked off various panels. The model was shot with Duplicolor Universal White and the masks removed. This revealed grey primer panels. Obviously these are too dark as is, so another few light coats of white were applied to almost cover the grey panels. This is the same technique I used on my Revell snap kit. Closely monitoring the coverage I stopped just before the grey panels disappeared. This gave a nice and evenly controlled panel effect without a lot of masking and painting or the need for airbrushing. Once I clip the fibers, I'll post better shots of the paneling effect. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 This really is looking fantastic, looking forward to seeing it all finished and tbe lights on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Paint is done. Need to do a medium grey wash this afternoon. Detail pieces added (canons, crane, antenna, etc.). Engines look good. I'll do a little detail painting in the garbage chute as well. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Wow, just wow! That looks insane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Thanks! Were getting close to the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Da da dadar da dadar da dadar.... Now thats going to stick with me all day. Stunning build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallysDad Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Looks really nice...... wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koshey Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 very good at it! and the coloring and lighting is awesome! and I continue to do the detailing. 100% similarity does not work, but still interesting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koshey Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) Bendinggrass You gave me a great idea for building!!!! it will be a "Anakin Solo", he's the "Black Annie"... I just love the color black and these ships are painted in white/light grey.... Edited March 18, 2017 by Koshey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 All done. Check the Ready for Inspection for pretty pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoyen Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Wow! I love Star Wars but I've never really been a huge star destroyer fan. However looking at the work you're doing I'm quickly becoming one. Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Just two years later and I got the same kit myself. Planning to light it myself I wonder if you used 0.25 or 0.5 mm fibre optics. Maybe I overread it (three or four times then), but could you let me know the fibre size you used? Thanks Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 3/13/2019 at 8:19 AM, Caerbannog said: Just two years later and I got the same kit myself. Planning to light it myself I wonder if you used 0.25 or 0.5 mm fibre optics. Maybe I overread it (three or four times then), but could you let me know the fibre size you used? Thanks Rene Hi Rene The trick with making a realistic ISD when using lighting is to get the balance of optics right. Too few and it wont look right, and too many makes it difficult and blurry to look at when illuminated. This WIP shows the modeller (directorcass) getting it spot on correct. I built Randy Coopers 1/1500 ISD a year or so back and had to use over 850 optics to get an even balance but most of that was 1mm optics. I cannot give you an answer about lighting the Zvezda kit as I have not tried the challenge of lighting one of these kits, but the smaller the better - and be prepared to invest in a lot of drill bits..... John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now