Zvezda Star Destroyer-a WIP

[clancampbell]

Stunning work so far,

the only thing i'm not digging is the blue engines.....in the OT, Star Destroyer engines glowed white....

Rich

 

[Robiwon]

I'll be replacing the blues with whites dipped in blue. It should be much more subtle. The contrast is just to stark as is.

 

[Darph Bobo]

Awesome work Robiwan!I'm working on a Republic Star Destroyer right now (started it eight years ago, figured it was time to finish it)

I decided to use a flicker program for my engines,
https://www.facebook.com/john.beaulieu.359/videos/10154222605871791/
I may still speed the effect up so it's just a subtle warble

 

[Robiwon]

Here is a link to the Zvezda Star Destroyer builders FB page, for anyone interested in joining.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/193834444423394/

 

[Robiwon]

Switched to all steady whites....

 

[Robiwon]

In black primer...

 

[Hagoth]

Very nice! That primer looks awesome.

 

[Robiwon]

Thanks, I love this primer! It's Rust Oleum 2X Ultra Cover. It goes on super smooth with a nice finish.

 

[edge10]

Thanks, I love this primer! It's Rust Oleum 2X Ultra Cover. It goes on super smooth with a nice finish.

Looking nice as always.

I wish Testors paint went on as nice as Krylon or Rust Oleum. They go on smooth as a babies behind and almost dry to the touch. Testors is a mess and the cans spit. Makes me ready to switch to Tamiya.

 

[WarpeD]

Amazing to me that a rattle can does not overwhelm the very, very fine detail on the ZSD hull.

 

[Robiwon]

Duplicolor grey and masking before the white top coats.

 

[Will Mac]

The problem with Revell for me is the Revell (Fine molds) 1/48 Tie fighter in my hobby shop is $140 AUS and so is the X-Wing .................so what the hell are they going to charge for the SD I know you can get them cheaper online but I am just talking about hobby shops

This is a UK site, price is 79.95GBP http://www.jumbliesmodels.com/plast...-star-wars-kit-p11016?nosto=frontpage-nosto-1

 

[Yorkie Fett]

This is a UK site, price is 79.95GBP http://www.jumbliesmodels.com/plast...-star-wars-kit-p11016?nosto=frontpage-nosto-1

Wow, and that's with £10 off.
If Revell's RRP is going to be £89.99, when you add on shipping it's going to be nearly £100. It's actually cheaper to get a Zvezda one off the 'net!
(Sorry for the hijack!).

 

[Robiwon]

Final color coats applied. After priming in grey (seen above) I had masked off various panels. The model was shot with Duplicolor Universal White and the masks removed. This revealed grey primer panels. Obviously these are too dark as is, so another few light coats of white were applied to almost cover the grey panels. This is the same technique I used on my Revell snap kit. Closely monitoring the coverage I stopped just before the grey panels disappeared. This gave a nice and evenly controlled panel effect without a lot of masking and painting or the need for airbrushing. Once I clip the fibers, I'll post better shots of the paneling effect.

 

[WarpeD]

Yup. That looks like a Star Destroyer! Nice! If you wouldn't mind, Robiwon, could you snap some images of your technique of trimming the fiber optic ends - particularly in the more deeply recessed areas? And the tools you use too - that will be a huge help to those of us that are doing FO for the first time.

 

[Robiwon]

Sure thing WardeD. I'll probably start on that tonight. I'll document the process with a lot of photos for you guys. One thing I did realize was I forgot to mask the Picco flood LEDs in the trenches. I'll need to carefully scrape those free of paint as well.

 

[Robiwon]

Paint is done. Need to do a medium grey wash this afternoon. Detail pieces added (canons, crane, antenna, etc.). Engines look good. I'll do a little detail painting in the garbage chute as well.

 

[edge10]

That looks great Robiwon. Once again you put us slackers to shame.

One minor tease: From the angle you shot the garbage chute, it kind of looks like a giant is standing in the back.

 

[Robiwon]

LOL. I'll get better pics with better lighting. My camera doesn't do well with artificial lighting (desk lamps).

 

[WarpeD]

VERY nice, Robiwon. Looks quite different with the FO trimmed, to be sure. You've really got a winner there, and with VFX lighting, I'll bet it would really look like it was a model pulled from ILM storage!