3 foot Star Destroyer WIP/Update 2/11/13

Oh, now you're just showing off

But it's awesome work so keep it up

That looks really great, Chris. I know from experience that an ISD is not an easy model to take on.

Is this model actually 3-feet long? I built two star destroyers at 3-feet long before I learned that the original ANH model (my favorite) is really 4-feet. Like I've written on my thread, all the books and interviews call it the 3-footer, so naturally I built mine at 3 feet. That's why I started building a third one at 4-feet.

I found when it comes to detailing a star destroyer you can pretty much do your own thing because every ILM rendition of the ship in different scales has almost completely different detailing, so I think of it as kind of like an impressionistic painting. Your detailing looks fantastic. It captures the 'feel' of the ESB model very well.

Great job!

ringa said:

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That looks really great, Chris. I know from experience that an ISD is not an easy model to take on.

Is this model actually 3-feet long? I built two star destroyers at 3-feet long before I learned that the original ANH model (my favorite) is really 4-feet. Like I've written on my thread, all the books and interviews call it the 3-footer, so naturally I built mine at 3 feet. That's why I started building a third one at 4-feet.

I found when it comes to detailing a star destroyer you can pretty much do your own thing because every ILM rendition of the ship in different scales has almost completely different detailing, so I think of it as kind of like an impressionistic painting. Your detailing looks fantastic. It captures the 'feel' of the ESB model very well.

Great job!

Thank you for the comment! The model is actually 3' 2". I did not know that about the ILM model. I thought it was 3' because in the From Star Wars to Indiana Jones book the measurements say it's 46x91x46 cm. 91cm is the length and that is 3'. I wonder if it was a misprint. o well. Thanks for the info though.

robn1 said:

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Oh, now you're just showing off

But it's awesome work so keep it up

Thanks for the comment rob. I wish i could show off! im still far behind a lot a people on this site. I m actually not very happy with this model. I might start over.

morsesith21 said:

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Thank you for the comment! The model is actually 3' 2". I did not know that about the ILM model. I thought it was 3' because in the From Star Wars to Indiana Jones book the measurements say it's 46x91x46 cm. 91cm is the length and that is 3'. I wonder if it was a misprint. o well. Thanks for the info though.

I noticed that too about the measurements in that book. I think they pulled them out of the air, because they are WAY off.

morsesith21 said:

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Thanks for the comment rob. I wish i could show off! im still far behind a lot a people on this site. I m actually not very happy with this model. I might start over.

Your right you should start over, just send this old one over to me .

ringa said:

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I noticed that too about the measurements in that book. I think they pulled them out of the air, because they are WAY off.

Do you happen to have the exact measurements?

morsesith21 said:

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Do you happen to have the exact measurements?

By the way, I appologize, I called you rob earlier in stead of RICK! oops! won't happen again!

jedimaster said:

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Your right you should start over, just send this old one over to me .

SD is on its way to you!

This thing is absolutely breathtaking. Great work.

I began by drawing out the pattern for the upper and lower hull on a large piece of .90 styrene. I then cut them out and began mapping out the details.

NOTE: the date on the camera pics is not correct. My camera doesn't always work right and I could never get the date to appear as the correct date.

One main regret I have, and sign of inexperience is the fact that i did not start off with the frame. I should have built it first so it would be easier to build up off of it. This caused many complications later!

Mois said:

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This thing is absolutely breathtaking. Great work.

Thank you Mois! I appreciate it.

I started crudely laying in the main hangar bay. I made a frame out of styrene and then glued kit bashed detail over that. I wasn't sure how deep it was gonna be so the walls were a little high at the start, but I soon corrected it.
The first attempt at the crane claw is in the last couple pics. This would later be removed because I didn't like it.

I built the secondary hangar as well as started detailing the bottom hull with various panels and other detailing.

Looks Great!

Morsesith21, what a fantastic build - I can see the pain and sweat from your labor. I imagine a nerd who never takes a bath and never sleeps, matted hair all standing up in all directions, squinting through inch-thick glasses in a grimace, and hunched over the model from 2 inches away. Seriously, I'm at awe with people like you who can just go ahead and build. This is one beautiful model and I cannot see anything ugly about it at all like you mention.

crackerjazz said:

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Morsesith21, what a fantastic build - I can see the pain and sweat from your labor. I imagine a nerd who never takes a bath and never sleeps, matted hair all standing up in all directions, squinting through inch-thick glasses in a grimace, and hunched over the model from 2 inches away. Seriously, I'm at awe with people like you who can just go ahead and build. This is one beautiful model and I cannot see anything ugly about it at all like you mention.

I appreciate the positive comments crackerjazz. And you're not far off from the description of me!
The model is turning out ok. Its just because I am so primitive with my building that there are probly far better, and easier ways of doing it. Like I said I just wish I had not only built the frame first but also planned out the entire build. Im stuck on part of the rear, and also I think my bridge is too big. But I really appreciate your encouraging comments!

Continuing to lay out the bottom detailing. This includes the trim that runs down the center of the hull from the main hangar bay to the rear. I also put a temporary dome in place to fill the hole. It will be replaced later.

More awesome work!

Do you have strict preferences for which models you ultimately build, or just eenie meenie miney moe?

jme3 said:

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More awesome work!

Do you have strict preferences for which models you ultimately build, or just eenie meenie miney moe?

Honestly, my favorite movie of the whole Star wars saga is Empire. So I've been goin with that. I buils the snowspeeder, now Im building the Star destroyer, and I have started a tie bomber on the side. I have the vader wings, and cockpit shield, but just have to find the rest. However I plan on breaking the empire formula and building the shuttle tydirium next.