Help: MPC Star Destroyer

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So I was going through a flea market and managed to find an old MPC Star Destroyer model for $20 so I decided to buy it. I'm not an experienced modeler but I would very much like to put as much time into this as possible. I've been doing research into other people's products and they're absolutely amazing but I have no idea what I'm doing. I'd like for the final product to look fairly similar to the original models used in the movies.

My current mission is to gather all of the materials I will need for this like the paint, led lights, fiber optic set up, etc.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Some pictures I found of the movie models:
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What I have right now:
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Unfortunately it is not a very accurate kit.

Hopefully someone will chime in with advice to help you.

Mine would be to get the Revell kit if you can spare the money. If you have quite a bit of money, you could get the new Zvezda kit.
 
Nice find. There are some mod kits for this I think. You should take a look in the Starship Modeler shop. A tip, since this is scaled down way more than say an x-wing or the Millennium Falcon, you'll need to keep the weathering much more subtle. I think with a good tasteful paint and weather job you can make any model shine, accurate kit or not. I mean the MPC x-wing was used in ESB and ROTJ and it is far from accurate if you compare it to the scratch built models, but professionally assembled and painted and it's gorgeous.
 
edge10 said:
Unfortunately it is not a very accurate kit.

Hopefully someone will chime in with advice to help you.

Mine would be to get the Revell kit if you can spare the money. If you have quite a bit of money, you could get the new Zvezda kit.
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I agree, I think the best bang for the buck now is the new Revell kit, it has issues like the stupid "landing gear" but all that can be fixed. I think the old MPC can shine but it needs a lot of after market parts. Better off to go with the new Revell kit. However for now if you want to keep pressing on, the MPC kit is good practice for painting, would not be wasted effort.
 
good luck trying to make it to look half decent better spending time on a better kit, to be honest I think this was one of MPC's worst kit

GFollano
 
Here are some parts available for the MPC Star Destroyer from the SSM store.

https://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/category/206/odyssey-slipways---star-wars.html

http://arveymodelproducts.com/AMP/Devestator.html
http://arveymodelproducts.com/AMP/Avenger.html

And depending how much you want to do/spend you can make it into a nice kit. Depends a lot on your skill level and pocket book.
http://sci-fi.at.webry.info/201502/article_3.html

Oh Lordy, look who got their hands on the Revell kit!!!!!
http://sci-fi.at.webry.info/201612/article_5.html
 
Some Shapeways parts

Tower array
http://www.shapeways.com/product/49KTZLX3U/1-4222-isd-tower?optionId=17893757

Domes
http://www.shapeways.com/product/73X2WW3VU/4222-isd-domes?optionId=42379270

Bridge face
http://www.shapeways.com/product/B5TN2ZFAE/isd-4222-bridge-front-fiber?optionId=59567507

Bottom antennas
http://www.shapeways.com/product/X2YD9N22C/isd-4222-bottom-antennas?optionId=59567571

Turrets
http://www.shapeways.com/product/CTLRYD64B/4222-isd-turret2fxt?optionId=41669312

I will say though, as awesome as all of those parts are, you could buy either the Revell (cheap, about the same size as the MPC, needs some work to remove the "landing gear stand" and the sound hole feature) or the Zvedza (larger and more expensive, but could be built right out of the box) and still come out ahead.

If you want "the challenge" to test your building skills, then I would say scratch build the parts
I went down that road, but it is so much work it is easy to lose steam
http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/SMF/index.php/topic,5256.0.html
 
Also, check out Shapeways, do a search for 4222 ISD and you should get some upgrades for the Deflector Domes, Turrets, and the antenna/tower thingy on top of the bridge between the Domes.

I've got a WIP on the kit thats been going on for over a year. I'm using styrene shapes (angles, I-beams, rods, tubes etc) to scratch build the superstructure side walls based on the Avenger Studio Model photos found on the Modeler Magic website. I'll try to post some photos of the WIP tonight.
 
edge10 said:
Unfortunately it is not a very accurate kit.

Hopefully someone will chime in with advice to help you.

Mine would be to get the Revell kit if you can spare the money. If you have quite a bit of money, you could get the new Zvezda kit.
Click to expand...
Ah well that's a bummer... I guess it's good that this is kind of a practice piece for me. I have noticed since I've started putting it together that there have been some issues with pieces fitting together.

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Robiwon said:
Here are some parts available for the MPC Star Destroyer from the SSM store.

https://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/category/206/odyssey-slipways---star-wars.html

http://arveymodelproducts.com/AMP/Devestator.html
http://arveymodelproducts.com/AMP/Avenger.html

And depending how much you want to do/spend you can make it into a nice kit. Depends a lot on your skill level and pocket book.
http://sci-fi.at.webry.info/201502/article_3.html

Oh Lordy, look who got their hands on the Revell kit!!!!!
http://sci-fi.at.webry.info/201612/article_5.html
Click to expand...
To be honest this is more so practice for me but if I'm happy with the way the painting comes out then I'll be more incline to get more detailed kits.

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blakeh1 said:
Some Shapeways parts

Tower array
http://www.shapeways.com/product/49KTZLX3U/1-4222-isd-tower?optionId=17893757

Domes
http://www.shapeways.com/product/73X2WW3VU/4222-isd-domes?optionId=42379270

Bridge face
http://www.shapeways.com/product/B5TN2ZFAE/isd-4222-bridge-front-fiber?optionId=59567507

Bottom antennas
http://www.shapeways.com/product/X2YD9N22C/isd-4222-bottom-antennas?optionId=59567571

Turrets
http://www.shapeways.com/product/CTLRYD64B/4222-isd-turret2fxt?optionId=41669312

I will say though, as awesome as all of those parts are, you could buy either the Revell (cheap, about the same size as the MPC, needs some work to remove the "landing gear stand" and the sound hole feature) or the Zvedza (larger and more expensive, but could be built right out of the box) and still come out ahead.

If you want "the challenge" to test your building skills, then I would say scratch build the parts
I went down that road, but it is so much work it is easy to lose steam
http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/SMF/index.php/topic,5256.0.html
Click to expand...
Oh man "scratch" building looks like a little too much work than I'm willing to put into this but thanks for the after market parts!
 
edge10 said:
Unfortunately it is not a very accurate kit.

Hopefully someone will chime in with advice to help you.

Mine would be to get the Revell kit if you can spare the money. If you have quite a bit of money, you could get the new Zvezda kit.
Click to expand...
Do you happen to know where to find the Zvezda kit? I can't seem to find it anywhere but I may not be able to shell out the money for it right now :(
 
The original MPC kit is fun for a beginner especially if its the one that comes with fiber optics. It teaches you a lot and can can come out great. Ive always said 90% of a good model is in the paint job.
 
Lear60man said:
The original MPC kit is fun for a beginner especially if its the one that comes with fiber optics. It teaches you a lot and can can come out great. Ive always said 90% of a good model is in the paint job.
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Do you happen to have any tips on painting? Like ideal brand, shade, methods, and anything else?
 
IIRC, On mine I used a light grey primer and then a flat white with a piece of paper to mask off different panels. The whole model was painted white but the paper masks created various ridges to give some depth. Then a really thin wash of white with a teeny bit of smoke. I finished it up by adding some more panel lines with a really fine pencil.

Less is more due to the small scale.
 
Lear60man said:
The original MPC kit is fun for a beginner especially if its the one that comes with fiber optics. It teaches you a lot and can can come out great. Ive always said 90% of a good model is in the paint job.
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Not sure how much a paint job can improve this model, at that scale weathering shouldn't be visible would loose sense of scale, for this model its all about the fine detail to make it shine.
 
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Good points. I was trying to say, the smaller the scale...the lesser the detail. This is a good model for the beginner to try out shading, weathering etc. Paneling/masking with the same shade in this scale would be ok IMHO for a novice as the detail lines would be enough.
 
I've been thinking of a cheat method for paneling. Gotta say masking panel after panel gets old.
Using a black marker to fill in panels then come in with final light grey coat and hopefully the filled
in panels will appear slightly darker. Not sure if it would work well or not.
 
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