Revell Republic Star Destroyer

[amateurmodeler]

Hey there everybody,

Well time to do some more scifi stuff. This time it's a Republic Star Destroyer from Revell. Not going for a super accurate look but I am adding a bunch of surface greeblies and lighting this bad boy up. Got the light kit from Madman to use as a base. Here is where I am at the moment:

The tower part, bunch of .25 and .5 mm holes drilled so far:



Closeup of the trench detail from the box. It's not that bad. I may or may not add to this, haven't decided yet:



Here is the start of it all, the lower section:



And the top:



And just continuing to work on the lower bits:





Long long ways to go. Thanks for looking.

 

[nicholassagan]

Nice start! I sell a set of resin replacement nozzles if you're interested

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely off to a nice start. Been awhile since I saw one of those get built

 

[amateurmodeler]

Nice start! I sell a set of resin replacement nozzles if you're interested

I would be interested send me a PM?

 

[Hagoth]

Looks like a really cool kit. Good start so far. Is this kit still available somewhere?

 

[amateurmodeler]

Looks like a really cool kit. Good start so far. Is this kit still available somewhere?

Maybe ebay. I got mine from culttvmanshop though.

 

[nicholassagan]

They're getting expensive, too. You'd be lucky to find one under $50.

 

[Hagoth]

Having a tough time locating one anywhere. Those on E-bay seem to be all international and over $100.

I'll may just have to enjoy your log of the build.

 

[amateurmodeler]

Some updates:

Expanding out to the rest of the lower area:




The rear trench area, I'm pretty much done adding detail I think:





And the shuttle bay area:


Again not going for screen accuracy just wanted to do some extra detailing. thanks for looking

 

[sci-fi-bldr]

Man thats looking good........ ;D

 

[nicholassagan]

Yeah nice work!

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely a marked improvement over the kit version

 

[JohnSimmons]

Very cool ;D

 

[ozzyguanche]

I have one of these sitting waiting for an upgrade. Looking forward to seeing your mods, looks great so far.

Ozzy

 

[Hagoth]

That is coming along very nicely. All those little extra details are giving this kit some real character. I really like this build of yours.

 

[amateurmodeler]

Thanks guys. Look what came in the mail!!!








Got these from Mr Sagan, they look great and are a huge improvement over the stock offerings.

Work is slow but steady, here is a section of the lower hull:





All I am really doing is taking thin styrene and cutting small rectangles to work with, then I just cut the various shapes and place them down. Really easy to do. All the other detail is various ship and tank parts I had left over. I'm not sure if I'm going to try to make the sides look symmetric or not.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Quaralane]

Leave the sides asymmetric. That'll cause a LOT fewer headaches with this kind of detailing.
What you'got so far looks excellent

 

[nicholassagan]

Nice work!!! Glad you like the parts. FYI I just made a 3D hangar for this kit if you're interested. Screen accurate. http://shpws.me/J9nM

If you dig around on Shapeways there are also some really nice inserts for the engines that work well with my parts

 

[sci-fi-bldr]

That trench is looking awesome.... ;D

Your choice but I wouldn't worry about symmetry on an area like that

 

[Constantine]

Very nice work! Its amazing how adding all the little detail it gives the ship such a better sense of scale.