Anigrand Star Destroyer build one for FuseNova and one for glen3631

[Robiwon]

Fantastic work as always!

 

[dtssyst]

Progress has been made.
The lower and upper hulls are complete and glued together.
Every single one of these kits that I have built so far have been a pain in the @ss.
The fit of some parts are great while some are.. well...not.

As long as the weather is nice on my next day off I will be able to start painting as I should have the kit fully assembled by tomorrow night.

 

[Robiwon]

Well they may be a pain in the @ss, but they sure are beautiful when they are done, aren't they?

 

[dtssyst]

Well they may be a pain in the @ss, but they sure are beautiful when they are done, aren't they?

That they are.
However, I do not get to enjoy it for long as they get shipped to the person I built them for.

Someday I will build my kit so I can enjoy it. For now, it will be on hold. This is so I can do some of the other kits that are in my collection.

 

[Ronan87]

Man id love to build one of those this summer

 

[Jm419]

They're getting rare. If you can track one down, get it.

I absolutely hated mating the hulls. My least favorite kit I've ever worked on, I think.

 

[dtssyst]

The ship is assembled. However, it needs a lot more care in the terms of putty work than what I was expecting. Painting will begin this week, just not today.

 

[dtssyst]

Fresh Paint.

Painting this beauty has finally begun.

 

[dtssyst]

It is a great day for painting.

The wife says... 'Also, to do the lawn' :facepalm

While painting, I did find a few things that need to be touched up.
Either way, it is starting to look really good.

 

[dtssyst]

Rather than watching paint dry... today, I built the base to display the ship.

Still have some painting to do but it is very close to being finished.







PS. The lawn is done

 

[Robiwon]

As do your others, this one looks fantastic.

 

[yodasan]

How does this kit compare to the RC one - ?

 

[dtssyst]

I would also be interested in knowing the answer to your question as I have not seen the RC in person.

 

[dtssyst]

It is finished.

Very overcast today so I could not get any outdoor photos.
I did take a few indoor photos without flash and hand held the camera.
The reeftank is in this room so there is spillover light from it when I took the photos. Sorry about that.

 

[dfchang813]

Let me be the first to chime in that this is absolutely stunning work.

It takes SOOOO much work to put together one of these lit up Star Destroyer models and yours always looks so incredible.

I have a Randy Cooper one and the guy I bought it from had done an Anigrand as well for a client in Canada. He swears he will never do another Anigrand again . . .

Apparently, the RC version is a bit easier to work with from a model builder's perspective.

 

[dtssyst]

I tried to take some good photos of this finished build as I did not get/take to many from the second build that I did.

 

[Mr Walker]

Lovely work.

Question... when the lights are in recessed areas, do you cut them flush with the surface, or as close as you can get. If it's flush with the surface, how do you do that? I can't see how you'd get anything in there to snip them tidily.

 

[dtssyst]

All I used was 3-4 new x-acto #11 razer blades. I learned an approach for me that works. Not sure I can explain it.