nice one! I super detailed one of these kits 12 years ago and loved every minute of it. Just as a future tip, instead of scribing all those panel lines, you could be better off drawing them on with a mechanical pencil after painting using the smallest lead available in a 2H or similar. That way, you don't run the risk of messing up a scribe line and if you do screw up you can just rub it out and redo it. This is how I did the panels on my regular Star Destroyer and it looks way better too. Also, with the chips of styrene, try cutting them smaller and add some irregular clumping of extra detail to make it look less like stuck on bits of plastic and more like a purposeful structure. Just my 2cents
This is great, thanks very much for sharing! You are certainly giving me some ideas about my own kit (in the stash for some time now...). I love this kit for its crisp surface detail (even if not enough in places, as you show), although the detail in the engine parts is rather soft and clumsy. One pecurliar thing wih this kit is that there is no stand, nor any obvious spot to build one, without sacrificing some detail in the lower hull. I wonder how you are going to tackle that. Thanks again!
@@EagleSciFiModeler thanks, looking foward to see that - also looking forward to the whole series, especially the painting and weathering, when you get there - though I understand that this will take some time 🙂
I used to have a tonne of those old SW model kits. I wonder if they're lurking in a cupboard still. Tyderium, Star Destroyer, Slave One, A wing, Falcon. Cool models.
Looks very good! Even though the size is very impressive, I don't really like these weird Revell Star Wars scales (1/29?). Thanks for sharing and best regards!
Hello that is excellent , i am currently building this kit and have managed to find a set of the chasing lights . It took some searching as im in the UK and was able to source some in Europe , ty for the tips on lighting , for the rear engines i have used some bulbs from the flickering candles and put them in series so that you get the pulsing effect , i also used these in my Razor crest model and they run very well on a 9 volt battery , loved the design for the enclosed lower lighting would never have thought of using card from the box , ingenious . ty so much for the vid .
Great work and what spectaculair result, asif it's ILMs studio model! A 6 minute video is long enough for my attention span 😅. Good luck with your new job and enjoy the time off in between!
Red -5 looks GREAT. Good luck with the new career. The commission job that I got you're opinion on didn't work out. That's ok though, that will give me a little more time to get to some of the Star Wars models in my stash.
Amazing work and I have the same kit as well but I haven't build it yet because I'm currently working the Batman & Robin Batmobile to figure out how to add some lights....It'll be awesome if you built that kit and did it your way
Awesome!! I have the original one from the 70's, the box was pretty bad and in a cupboard in the garage - LOL. I finally brought it in to work on it. I may go a head and get this one as well, we'll see.
Cool Beans!! I have all of the Zentraedi vessels from 'Arii' ( I think that was the brand ), BUT ... I always felt that the "command ship" was Way to short compared to the rest of the Zentraedi fleet!! (so I bought two [2] of them to "fuse them together"). Seeing this and the CAD files, I Might get the eighteen (18) inch version to kinda match up with the rest of the fleet.
Thank you for this! I was the one who did the modifications for printing and came up with the cube connectors system for it. :) I didn't create the original file (it was solid), just made it larger and split for easier printing. I'm stoked by how well it turned out! :) Have a great day!
NOTE: I wrote this BEFORE I saw the scale-up. The six-incher (edit: okay, he said "18-incher") looks TOO CLEAN to me. I've seen drawings and animation of this same ship that shows a LOT more battle scarring, "acne bumps" and so on that makes the Calamari cruisers from Return of the Jedi look like a smooth-skinned beauty contestant! I'm sure this model's generally accurate (EDIT: referring to the six-incher, NOT the 3-ft version) but it seems like it needs more scarring detail, darker green (olive-green?) and more rust colors. Then again, the same series (Macross) couldn't decide in the last episode if the SDF-1 was fully restored or a near-wrecked, rusting hulk! LOL Talk about continuity issues and a tired production staff!
@1:28 -- Heh heh! The dangers of commenting TOO SOON before the video! Wow... Radically different details in surfacing between the "downscaled six-incher" (re: 18-inch version) versus upscaled 3-footer. Detail explosion in evidence, Folks, as we scale up! Zentraedi ships SHOULD show evidence of bad repairs, weak welding and just generally haphazard, incompetent maintenance!
Looks awesome I just finished printing the same file today. Would it be possible to get the files for the mods you did on the model and again your ship came out great it looks like I remember, well done.
All the Zentradi ships all had a very organic look to them. Your techniques did a great job! The final effect really reminds me of the Doomsday Machine from Star Trek TOS. Request you please include a link where we could request the file.
Great build! I have one of these on the way and it’ll be my third model to build, and second they’ll be lighted. I’m buying parts to get prepared for the build and I was wanting to ask what size red and green LED’s you used for the saucer and what do I need to get them to blink like yours? Also, how did you do your lighted bussard collectors to get them to flash? Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks!!
My only problem with this is the cockpit ladder should be on the left/port side instead of the right/starboard because of the way the Y-Wing cockpit door opens.
It's been a long time since I've seen this 1/35 scale X-Wing kit, noticeably bigger than the old *mpc* kit from 1978 which is some weird box scale that isn't exactly 1/48 scale, always hard to find a pilot figure that can pass as a rebel pilot with that one. Very nice work!
