1/350 Death Star II Porthole

[monsterpartyhat]

Wow. Scratchbuilding those tiny tiles is really fantastic work. You're really inspiring me! Tiny-scale dioramas are my favorite thing

 

[tdb68]

Holy Moly:eek inspiring work! thankx for showing some of the start of the build. Amazing!!!

 

[joeydee]

Tile covering is almost done.

Size comparison:

 

[korben44]

amazing work! Looks great so far.

 

[tdb68]

WOW! i love this project! Amazing stuff

 

[bwize]

This is an amazing dio! Love it! It's funny how that could also be a Borg cube/sphere portal as well.

 

[joeydee]

Last few weeks I prepared the (still unfinished) model for Spacedays model show (Darmstadt/Germany, last weekend)

New details:

Some of the pipework for the tunnel part, not finished with details.

I built another Tie and battle-damaged it:

As mentioned above, the model is still unfinished, especially the interior parts, but at least somewhat representative with a quick'n'dirty lighting solution.
Some impressions of it at the show:

 

[Analyzer]

Amazing!

I love the expanding explosion effect with the Tie Interceptor being blown apart as it just gets caught in it

 

[bigpetr]

Wow, that is and will be hell of a diorama. Beautifull work.

 

[equaltimepoint]

Absolutely stunning- Love the explosion effect witht the Tie being blown apart as well! Great work all around!

 

[stevielewis]

Fantastic! This will be one awesome looking dio when finished!

 

[Attirex]

Pulling off a dynamic, realistic (sci-fi realistic?)-looking diorama is a tricky balance of elements, but you nailed it so far. One of my favorite scenes from SW, too!

 

[g0rb]

This is brilliant! You've caught the lighting and the dynamics of it very well.
This is one of the best scenes in Star Wars, as Attirex said, it gives me goose bumps even having watched it a thousand times.
Kudos!

 

[modelerdave]

Just...wow. It would make an incredible wall hanging but you'd have to open a hole in the wall for the tunnel!

 

[patrickivan]

This is ******* AWESOME!

 

[OTnROTSfan]

Hey, cool to see another one of these... my large 1/144 one is still sitting under plastic since I got the innards and the port finished. Love it!!

 

[joeydee]

Hey, cool to see another one of these... my large 1/144 one is still sitting under plastic since I got the innards and the port finished. Love it!!

Thanks, and thanks for sharing your build some time ago - it was a fantastic motivation that it's doable

 

[MangyDog]

LOL that cotton wall explosion really made me laugh... i love it amazing

 

[OTnROTSfan]

Thanks, and thanks for sharing your build some time ago - it was a fantastic motivation that it's doable

Glad to see you are on pace to actually finish yours... LOL. Digging the cut-away and especially love the "explosion"...

 

[Laserschwert]

Man, those cotton explosions look so cool. I've never seen a proper tutorial on how to make them...