This has always been one of my favorite Star Wars ships, and I am not even really sure why, I just think it has a cool aesthetic. Either way, I have always wanted a large scale model of this ship. I would have even settled for the Lego version but there is no way I am paying those prices on Ebay for the kit...
This is my first real larger-scale project after getting my new Mars Pro resin printer and I think it's the perfect project to test it out on. It has been a learning experience for sure on what they are good at, and what they are not good at. For instance, the printed parts are much more fragile than my PLA prints. I would not want to print large structural parts without a serious amount of reinforcements. Drilling is also an issue, the parts just crack and fall apart... I am also brand new so there are probably some tricks I need to learn in order to help this a bit.
Since the PLA is much stronger I will be printing the main body, wings, and a few other parts with that material to avoid having to make some kind of large armature.
I am still trying to determine the scale of this, it's pretty large but I don't think it's studio scale (500 mm W, 500 mm H, 300 mm L). Either way, I reduced the print by 5% to fit the wings on my printer as a single part so that I did not have to cut anything in half. The model is also pretty accurate from what I can tell so far with the reference material I have reviewed. I will be doing some more research along the way. There is a major detail that is missing which will need to be addressed as I don't think it will look right without out. I will point this out later as I do not want to post the molder builder's images here.
It does have LED tunnels so I will be adding all of the landing lights with some really great flashing LED's, plus I will be trying out some clear resin so that I can light the engines in the rear also. I am not interested in doing the cockpit (even though it does have a bit of an interior, dash, and pilots) so I will be blacking that out.
Let's see how this goes!
This is my first real larger-scale project after getting my new Mars Pro resin printer and I think it's the perfect project to test it out on. It has been a learning experience for sure on what they are good at, and what they are not good at. For instance, the printed parts are much more fragile than my PLA prints. I would not want to print large structural parts without a serious amount of reinforcements. Drilling is also an issue, the parts just crack and fall apart... I am also brand new so there are probably some tricks I need to learn in order to help this a bit.
Since the PLA is much stronger I will be printing the main body, wings, and a few other parts with that material to avoid having to make some kind of large armature.
I am still trying to determine the scale of this, it's pretty large but I don't think it's studio scale (500 mm W, 500 mm H, 300 mm L). Either way, I reduced the print by 5% to fit the wings on my printer as a single part so that I did not have to cut anything in half. The model is also pretty accurate from what I can tell so far with the reference material I have reviewed. I will be doing some more research along the way. There is a major detail that is missing which will need to be addressed as I don't think it will look right without out. I will point this out later as I do not want to post the molder builder's images here.
It does have LED tunnels so I will be adding all of the landing lights with some really great flashing LED's, plus I will be trying out some clear resin so that I can light the engines in the rear also. I am not interested in doing the cockpit (even though it does have a bit of an interior, dash, and pilots) so I will be blacking that out.
Let's see how this goes!
