ggriffaw
Sr Member
Wouldn't the Level 4 box be the Zvezda? Your line connects it to the snap model.
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New Zvezda Star Destroyer Model kit
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ggriffaw
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Yes, I see. The placement of the text and start of the line was a little confusing since it is on the other SD box.
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Robert McLain
Sr Member
Awesome! I'm Jealous! Mine spent just 2 days in US Customs, moved a whopping 3.7 miles to Metro, NY for one day, an finally shows "In transit to destination" on the USPS site. Should be here sometime next week
PS: The Russian Post tracking still shows that it's sitting at US Customs lol
Robert
Fett_Ish
Sr Member
I hope mine shows up someday!
Awesome! I'm Jealous! Mine spent just 2 days in US Customs, moved a whopping 3.7 miles to Metro, NY for one day, an finally shows "In transit to destination" on the USPS site. Should be here sometime next week
PS: The Russian Post tracking still shows that it's sitting at US Customs lol
Robert
Robert McLain
Sr Member
Just curious, are you tracking it throuth the Russian Post site, or USPS? Once I ran the tracking number through USPS I got better results.
Robert
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Dedalus5550
Sr Member
Yup, I gotta ditto this. Mine shows up as in New York. Russian PO service says it's somewhere.
WarpeD
Active Member
I see so many people apparently drilling into unpainted parts and inserting fiber optics and testing. Obviously one isn't going to mask hundreds of bitty FO portholes. The lighting elements themselves aren't all that daunting - guard against light leaks, paint the inside, etc. But I conjure up a process of painting, then drilling, then assembling, then inserting the light guides - and repeating - painstakingly. I'm sure there's more than one way - but since I'm a noob at this, and my ZSD will be on it's way sometime in the next few days, I figure I oughta learn how to properly plan this build. How does one mix lighting with FO, assembling and external painting for the most straightforward results?
Robert McLain
Sr Member
Talk about unexpected: My kit left Metro, NY at 10:16am yesterday, and just arrived at Oklahoma City at 1:24am, 100 miles from my house. It should arrive in town about 7:00am this morning, to be delivered TODAY. Can't wait
Robert
Robert
Scarecrow Joe
Sr Member
If you paint first the work will be ruined by all the handling the model requires with the process of drilling, designing and deciding where you will run the fibers, etc....Its not as simple as you think! Ive been taking care of probable light leaks as part of the assembly process. I plan on painting the inside flat black before completing the lighting system also. With fiber optics light leaks in the usual way is greatly reduced due to the way the system works. If done with care the only visible light will be at the ends of the fiber optic itself. Painting comes after all the lighting is put into place and in this case, at least IMO, after the model is completely assembled with all the lighting setup in its final place and working. A final inspection for any light leaks could be done here and corrected if needed. Robiwon would surely get back to your questions and has more experience with fiber optic lighting.
WarpeD
Active Member
Got my shipping confirmation this morning. Now the wait begins. I have no need of being bored while waiting - plenty of models I could be building and no shortage of flight sim projects to otherwise occupy my hobby time. But after giving up an Anigrand, I'm really stoked to see a Star Destroyer styrene kit of nearly the same size come to market.
Thanks for the initial input, Joe. Makes sense, and would be a lot easier than some of my wilder imaginings when it comes to process. I've seen some tutorials online, and various topics on this over at SSM, but still find myself a bit ignorant. I need to search here too, having just joined. I don't want to drive this thread OT, by the way. If a ZSD build thread gets going somewhere, I will be sure to ask lots of questions there.
Thanks for the initial input, Joe. Makes sense, and would be a lot easier than some of my wilder imaginings when it comes to process. I've seen some tutorials online, and various topics on this over at SSM, but still find myself a bit ignorant. I need to search here too, having just joined. I don't want to drive this thread OT, by the way. If a ZSD build thread gets going somewhere, I will be sure to ask lots of questions there.
Thanks Jkirkon! Yes, there is a build thread! And yes, it is much easier to fiber, build, then paint. Leave the fibers sticking out until after painting. When done clip the extra length off. The fibers will not hamper painting at all.
If you paint, drill, then assemble you have to worry also about glue messing up your paint.
If you paint, drill, then assemble you have to worry also about glue messing up your paint.
Robert McLain
Sr Member
Just got mine No pillow case, but a nice and sturdy cardboard box with plenty of bubble wrap protecting the parts. After building two Tamiya 1/32 scale aircraft and six 1/100 scale master grade gundams, Bandai 1/72 scale Y-Wing and the 1/144 scale falcon, it's nice to relax with a nicely detailed simple to build kit. Thanks Zvezda!
Robert
No pillow case, but a nice and sturdy cardboard box with plenty of bubble wrap protecting the parts. After building two Tamiya 1/32 scale aircraft and six 1/100 scale master grade gundams, Bandai 1/72 scale Y-Wing and the 1/144 scale falcon, it's nice to relax with a nicely detailed simple to build kit. Thanks Zvezda!Robert
rustbucket
Active Member
got mine too ....YEEHAAA....approx 4 weeks shipping including a shutdown of service over christmas so i heard...not to bad..
the box survived ok for just being wrapped in brown paper and a cardboard sheet over the front side just minor corner damage.
the box survived ok for just being wrapped in brown paper and a cardboard sheet over the front side just minor corner damage.
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