Revell 1/4000 Star Destroyer

[Dermo245]

Hi all and here's one I've had on the go since late last year, just never got around to posting.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_L1_box by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

This is the "Build & Play" snap-fit kit which has a low parts count and some features like undercarriage (?!) and lights and sounds. For a simple kit, it's over 37cm long and the level of detail is quite good for the scale. 

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_L1_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

I wanted to see if I could improve it by adding some more details including fibre optics and hopefully have it ready for Dublin Comic Con next month. I started by gluing in the 'landing gear' and filling the trenches. I'll also fill the speaker grills and the space for the button.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_2_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_1_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

There was a really nice build video online by Eagle Models where he showed how narrow the sidewalls were. So I followed his example and increased the height by a couple of mm

 

Out of box:

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_3_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Plastic strip inserts

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_3.1_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Added greeblies

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_4_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

And after. I think it looks better.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_5_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_6_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Hard to see in this pic but I've added some extra detail with plastic card on the hull.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_7_Hull by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Thanks for looking.

Take care and happy modelling.

Dermot

 

 

 

[Thom216]

Nice, I have one of these as well, and if you don't mind doing a little extra work it looks like it'll make a real nice model.

You could even call if a subclass of SD since it is smaller than the older Revell kit or the newer Zvezda.

[Dermo245]

Thanks all.

For the lighting, I'm using 80 x .5mm fibre optic strands powered by LEDs and 3 x flickering LEDs for the main engines. The light rig was designed by Chris at Captain Jacks Models who's been hugely helpful and highly recommended. I started drilling out the superstructure levels to take the f/o strands. The kit isn't really designed for lighting so needed to hack away a good bit of plastic to make that work. I've also sprayed black on the inside to help with light bleed.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_8_shading by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Here's the lower hull work in progress.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_9_LEDs_lower by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

And the upper hull and superstructure parts

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_11_LEDs_towers by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_10_LEDs_upper by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

The bridge in progress

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_11_Bridge_LEDs by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Bridge and top deck

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_13_Bridge by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

As a snap fit kit, the top superstructure is designed to be assembled in a certain build sequence - this didn't really suit the lighting so had to 'MacGyver' it a bit with superglue and clamps to make it work.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_14_Levels by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Getting there!

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_15_assembly by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Thanks for the comments and interest.

Cheers,

Dermot

 

 

[Dermo245]

Thanks for all the interest and on to paint!

The kit is a snap fit so the general fit is fairly ok. In case I ever needed to get back into the insides, I glued the top and bottom halves with white glue, clamped and left overnight.

 

For paint, it's basically a big grey lump so tried some black-basing.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_16_paint by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

The grey is a home brew of XF-19 with a little white to lighten it and a couple of drops of Buff to warm it.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_17_paint by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

And to break up all that greyness, I masked some random panels top and bottom before painting those with XF-54 Dark Sea Grey.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_19_paint by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_20_paint by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Wip_21_paint by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

It's all a bit stark so will give it a final mist coat of the main hull colour to tone it down before getting into panel lining.

 

Thanks for looking!
Happy modelling.

Dermot

[Dermo245]

So finally got my finger out and finished this one - just hard to fit in a photograph!

Some of the fibres broke during assembly but that was my fault for how I had channeled them inside the hull - learned a lot for the future!

 

Great lighting kit set-up by Chris @CaptainJacksModels - flickering engine LEDs and 80 fibre strands.

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Finished_1 (7) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Finished_1 (1) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Finished_1 (2) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Revell_Star_Destroyer_Finished_1 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Will post some pics in RFI, thanks for looking and happy modelling.

Cheers,

Dermot

[Thom216]

Nice job!