nicholassagan
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This is in the DIORAMA category.
It is the 1/4222 Ertl Star Destroyer built up as the Errant Venture in all it's glory. For those of you unfamiliar with the ship, it was a captured Star Destroyer converted into a smuggler's battleship, base of operations, space dock, casino, Jedi Praxis, you name it. This picture is most relevant to the type of build I'm planning.
In the stash are some parts from AMP Models (new bridge tower), some 3D parts (deflector domes) and some possible replacement engine nozzles kindly mastered by Stefan Hacker and cast by Jimi Glancy.
Here are some of my notes for the build, too.
- side hangars in trenches at notches
- side docking ports w/ tube extension & cables? (w/ spotlights)
- billboards by hangar entries (illuminated)
- gravity dome in left/top
- Darksaber laser embedded in right/top (illuminated emitter, RGB LED)
- extra deflector domes on bridge module
- observation domes on Promenade & dorsal hulls
- extra turrets/ accurate main turrets
- extra communications arrays on bridge module and nose
- pods and modules off ventral and dorsal hulls
- LOTS of fiber optics
- LED engines
- larger, expanded hangar bay entrance (taller)
- sand down raised lines & re-engrave hull panels using my own scribing guide decals
- accurize side trench & trim
- in-scale scratch built docked ships
Markings ideas:
- red tip nose panels; ¼; decals or paint?
- Terrik logos
- blast damage/ carbon scoring
Here are some sketches
Here's my proof shot:
I got this kit used...prebuilt...so I have my clean-up work cut out for me
Here are my new deflector domes (you too can get these from my shapeways shop!!)
kit dome
my dome on the kit bridge
my dome on the AMP bridge
playing around with nozzle options
opened up for lighting
started sanding off the kit panel lines in preparation for the re-scribing process
As you can probably tell by these photos, I have a LOT of work to do in the next month and a half!!!
It is the 1/4222 Ertl Star Destroyer built up as the Errant Venture in all it's glory. For those of you unfamiliar with the ship, it was a captured Star Destroyer converted into a smuggler's battleship, base of operations, space dock, casino, Jedi Praxis, you name it. This picture is most relevant to the type of build I'm planning.
In the stash are some parts from AMP Models (new bridge tower), some 3D parts (deflector domes) and some possible replacement engine nozzles kindly mastered by Stefan Hacker and cast by Jimi Glancy.
Here are some of my notes for the build, too.
- side hangars in trenches at notches
- side docking ports w/ tube extension & cables? (w/ spotlights)
- billboards by hangar entries (illuminated)
- gravity dome in left/top
- Darksaber laser embedded in right/top (illuminated emitter, RGB LED)
- extra deflector domes on bridge module
- observation domes on Promenade & dorsal hulls
- extra turrets/ accurate main turrets
- extra communications arrays on bridge module and nose
- pods and modules off ventral and dorsal hulls
- LOTS of fiber optics
- LED engines
- larger, expanded hangar bay entrance (taller)
- sand down raised lines & re-engrave hull panels using my own scribing guide decals
- accurize side trench & trim
- in-scale scratch built docked ships
Markings ideas:
- red tip nose panels; ¼; decals or paint?
- Terrik logos
- blast damage/ carbon scoring
Here are some sketches
Here's my proof shot:
I got this kit used...prebuilt...so I have my clean-up work cut out for me
Here are my new deflector domes (you too can get these from my shapeways shop!!)
kit dome
my dome on the kit bridge
my dome on the AMP bridge
playing around with nozzle options
opened up for lighting
started sanding off the kit panel lines in preparation for the re-scribing process
As you can probably tell by these photos, I have a LOT of work to do in the next month and a half!!!