I've been building working on this build for over a year, and every time I think I see the end in sight, I find something else I want to do it.
Over the next couple of weeks I'll start to post some of the progress I've already made, and hopefully catch up to where I am.
A few goals I'm trying to accomplish with this build;
1. Light the model. Ill be using a mix of different LEDs, mostly 3mm and 5mm prewired for a 9V power source. I'll use a combination of straight LEDs, fiber optics, and backlit windows made from Micro Krystal Klear. I may use a couple of SMT LEDs on the flight deck.
2. Replacement of the existing hanger bay on the lower hull with a 3D Printed upgrade from Shapeways. I also have a set of 3D printed engine nozzle inserts.
3. Using small gauge brass/aluminum tubes/rods, and small gauge magnetic wire, add additional details/piping to the engines and heavy turbolaser recesses.
4. Scribe additional panel lines to the hull, and scratch build up the hull using styrene sheets and shapes.
5. The most ambitious part, which could make or break the build, modify the upper hull to display an open flight deck, complete with full squadrons of ARC-170s, ETA-2s, LAATs, V-wings, clone war Y-wing, v-19 torrents, Jedi starfighters. Flight deck will include Fighter and vehicle hangers.
I started out with two bottom hulls and no top hull (don't ask) but I was able to obtain a top hull half. Some of the early pictures show my first attempt at scratch building the top hull.
I also don't know why I chose the bridge lighting to be Red, chaulk it up to the flight deck being open and squadrons about to take off.
Over the next couple of weeks I'll start to post some of the progress I've already made, and hopefully catch up to where I am.
A few goals I'm trying to accomplish with this build;
1. Light the model. Ill be using a mix of different LEDs, mostly 3mm and 5mm prewired for a 9V power source. I'll use a combination of straight LEDs, fiber optics, and backlit windows made from Micro Krystal Klear. I may use a couple of SMT LEDs on the flight deck.
2. Replacement of the existing hanger bay on the lower hull with a 3D Printed upgrade from Shapeways. I also have a set of 3D printed engine nozzle inserts.
3. Using small gauge brass/aluminum tubes/rods, and small gauge magnetic wire, add additional details/piping to the engines and heavy turbolaser recesses.
4. Scribe additional panel lines to the hull, and scratch build up the hull using styrene sheets and shapes.
5. The most ambitious part, which could make or break the build, modify the upper hull to display an open flight deck, complete with full squadrons of ARC-170s, ETA-2s, LAATs, V-wings, clone war Y-wing, v-19 torrents, Jedi starfighters. Flight deck will include Fighter and vehicle hangers.
I started out with two bottom hulls and no top hull (don't ask) but I was able to obtain a top hull half. Some of the early pictures show my first attempt at scratch building the top hull.
I also don't know why I chose the bridge lighting to be Red, chaulk it up to the flight deck being open and squadrons about to take off.