Anh Imperial Cruiser - Star Destroyer Devestator

omes72

Heres my ANH Star Destroyer Devestator I have started.
Is a long term project.
Im not fast at building by any means.
I will be casting all original parts used on this model for other builders to have access to.
I will also be posting all Base Plans for each section as I move through it.
I have started by making some ruff mock ups with spare styrene(if there is such a thing).
Sized pictures up to actual kit parts works well & will use this technique for most of the build as i have with the Galactica.
I will also make a full Kit List with Kit Box art included for easy reference.
Thanks for looking.

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3d-builder

Wow thats a lot of work already!!!
Thanks for sharing!

almar bouwman

Looking forward to this build. Take your time but don't forget those pics .

Bigturc

Wow .. what a great initiative Omes!! Hopefully, you'll keep at this project and we'll have access to resin parts to do our own!! I'd sure be really interested in this!!!

ckwanwoo

Jason,

Good start~! I can't wait the next pics

thanks Eric.

omes72

Thanks fellas much appreciated.
I will have another update in the next day or so.
Am waiting for some kits as we do.
Was very lucky to score a OOP kit thats used on the face.
Is very rare & hard to come by.

Eric there is not a day I don't visit your Blog & check your build out mate.
Its truly beautiful & a massive inspiration as all your projects are.
Thanks for your contributions to the art.

clancampbell

I'm in awe! I don't know how you guys get the courage to tackle Star Destroyers!!!

speedy19852

wow. looks like you're off to a great start.

omes72

Thanks. Will have an update in next couple of days. Am working on some new Parts Maps for the ID Thread & roughing out the frame & superstructure. Have found alot of parts from the kits I have & am sure will find a heap more with whats coming.

Scott Graham

I like how you're doing this Jason: "A devastator in every home. Even you can build one!"

It really could be pretty easy to make with cast parts and accurate drawings. Thanks!

FANTAMATION

I'm definitely keeping my eye on this thread, I've always wanted my own 3 footer SD!

omes72

Ok just a small update. Have started going through my kits looking for parts. Just a couple of pieces left on the Bridge face that should arrive this week. Think I found the last Aurora USB Iowa on the planet
I still have lots of parts Ive found still in their boxes which I will add to the slowly growing bowl of donor parts.
Have to save some money so will concentrate more on the structure for a while.
Thanks for looking.

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MonsieurTox

Cant wait to see those parts glued on the hull Jase !!

moffeaton

You're gonna make me cry, this is such an exciting idea. I am all verklempt.

Talk amongst yourselves.

Here's a topic:

The Blockade Runner was neither a blockade, nor a runner. Discuss.

Watson

hahaha

omes72

Thanks everyone for the kind words & feedback. Waiting for kits & got screwed on the deal. Merchant tried to charge me $140 shipping on the Heller Task Force kit Clown. So have to find another for a better deal.
Have started working on the neck templates. Using kit pieces I measuerd their length & width then used Adobe Photoshop to size up photos to match kit sizes. I used the ruler tool to do this as shown in the second & third pictures. It works quite well. I then print up the section at the same size & thats my template It works. Makes doing the scibe paterns easy aswell. Update soon.
Thanks for looking.

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eagle1

Wow, fantastic work Jase, great job laying up & positioning the parts!.
Yeah, some merchants really try it on with the postage sometimes, trying to make an even bigger buck for themselves. I got stung for 90 BP (pounds) postage once for a 1/24th harrier, no deal, max should have been 30 BP!.
Stu

jedimaster

Sorry to go OT for a second , but airfix has just released the 1/24 harrier / falklands version. Does anyone know if it has the same parts / tooling as the original one?

omes72

Bump!
Am still on this build(aswell as several others....)
Have sunk into heavy research now as I really want to get this right & be my contribution to the SS building community.
I scaled up the picture of the Devestator from the bottom & printed it out. I then painstacingly joined all the pieces up until I got it all laid out
OOOh this baby is big! Am just having alot of fun with this right now.
So I know this is not perfect but iys pretty damn close to as good as it gets.
So now the back end & to get that I wanted to use the ol L'eggz Eggs measure up. Which I didn't have any of until winning 14 of the lil buggers today That should do me
Once I have them I will scale up the back end as accurately as possible & start making some plans for the Acrylics to get cut. That will help me design the frame to accurately represent the real frame used on the studio model.
The person who put the measurements on the Under picture was pretty much spot on. Thanks. More updates shortly
The first 2 pictures are what I used to determine as closely as possible the 7Rad parts positioning. That is what I used to determine that I had scaled it up to the right dims.

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ckwanwoo

Jason,
Yes. ANH ISD is absolutely bigger than 3' and my ISD was made by 52".

Thanks Eric

Scott Graham

Looking good Jason!

Treadwell

man, those Y-Wing neck subassemblies got around!

Aurora

Always enjoy the devestator i will be watching this closely

DanielS

It's going to be huge! Love it!! Cant wait to see more!
/D

Treadwell

Actually I'm going to have to starting calling these "SD trench subassemblies", because the 8rad hull is all one piece, and the Y-wing (and the Falcon) cut it up.