Another Zvezda Star Destroyer

[Madhatter]

thanks guys!

hey guys

Well, the cursed COVID continues and so does this build. Over 2 years now and lots more to do. I've slowed down a bit lately due to other things on the go but there is some progress - probably not as much as you'd like. but there is some

I spent a few hours on the dome thing on the bottom and I am pretty happy with how it's come out (one 1 side anyway - haven't done the other yet). I've added stuff to the man hull plates and now I'm concentrating on the raise edges along the center of the ship. I'm going to do concentrated pockets of details here and there but lessen it as I work outward

You can see the difference in the 2 sides one of the overall shots. It's pretty bare on the right and not so much on the left. As I say frequently, I need to be careful not to loose the sheer size of it with too much detail. From afar, and under paint, it'll look a lot less busy but up close is where the time spent on this will come through.

Anyway, enough words, you came to see pics, so here's my latest update

Looks like I need to fix a couple of sprue pipe too:

Anyways, that's all I have sorry. Sorry for the yellowish photos but I couldn't be bothered getting the light tent set up tonight, but next time, I'll hopefully have better quality photos

As always, thanks for stopping by and having a look!

Stay safe and I'll catch you round the boards

Si

 

[edge10]

Looks at the incredibly detailed pictures. Looks at your screen name... yep, makes sense.

 

[joberg]

...and your co-workers are ants Great work btw

 

[Madhatter]

Here are a couple of pics of the start of my base. Doesn't look much now but these are just detail tiles which will form a much bigger area later on

Yes, there will be a trench for X-Wings to run down to

This base idea is nothing new, but I have always wanted to have a go at building something like this and this is the perfect time. If it fails, then I'll just stick to a pole and mirror (with something built along the sides or similar. I have a back up plan!)

 

[Analyzer]

Wow, that is insane scratched detail for that size

 

[joberg]

No kidding...your eye doc must love you

 

[skahtul]

Looking great, excited to see this base!

 

[Madhatter]

thanks guys - sorry I haven't replied earlier. I'm waiting on delivery of some more styrene sheet as the stuff I had before got warped and rendered useless. Hopefully, they should be here early next week

 

[Madhatter]

Hi everyone
Well, my replacement grid sheets finally arrived last week and I have now finished my master which I will make a cast of tomorrow and hopefully, will be able to produce enough copies to cover a large area.
Started off with this:

Ended up with this:

Yeah its not perfect but I'm still happy with it
Will post the results of the casting even if it fails
Thanks for looking
Si

 

[Analyzer]

Amazing!

 

[Madhatter]

Sadly the casting didn't work due to the resin being too old. I've had to buy more resin today so am now waiting for that to arrive. However, I'm also going to cheat and am scrapping the original base and have ordered a 3D printed tile in 1/ 2256 scale which I will take a mold of and cast numerous copies. This will give me a much more detailed base than I can make by hand.

 

[Madhatter]

While I wait for my new 3D printed tile to arrive, I have been quietly working away on the ship and have finally finished one side. Now I just need to start the other side....
Trying to get a shuffle on this one as I want it done for Expo next year (providing its on of course)

Well, that's it for now, but as always, thanks for looking!
Cheers
Si

 

[OlivierC]

wow insane amount of detail, can't wait to it with a coat of primer

 

[EKF5]

Incredible effort and amazing outcomes. Glad I found your thread.

 

[Analyzer]

Amazing as always!

on a side note, which printer did you get?

 

[Madhatter]

Thanks guys
I haven't bought a printer yet but I'm looking at the Anycubic Mono X, although I might wait for the price to drop a bit before I do. I may yet just buy the photon s but I want something that will be able to print a car body

 

[Analyzer]

Thanks guys
I haven't bought a printer yet but I'm looking at the Anycubic Mono X, although I might wait for the price to drop a bit before I do. I may yet just buy the photon s but I want something that will be able to print a car body

The bigger build plate size is definitely a plus with the mono x as well as other improvements. That would definitely be my next printer when it is time to upgrade.

You can get the Photon pretty cheap now if price is a real issue, I think $169 US. Photon S is currently $369.
While the Photon S is an improvement for sure, honestly, there is not enough of a feature difference between the Photon and Photon S to make up for the $200 difference.
The main difference being the dual Z axis rods for more stability, although I have not had any issues with the Photon's single rail

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[Guns Akimbo]

Thanks guys
I haven't bought a printer yet but I'm looking at the Anycubic Mono X, although I might wait for the price to drop a bit before I do. I may yet just buy the photon s but I want something that will be able to print a car body

I've been keeping an eye on the Elegoo Saturn but it's so far unavailable following its debut run. Hopefully Santa will be nice after a hellish 2020 lol.

 

[Madhatter]

I was lucky to get some free time this afternoon, so I took some pictures of where I am currently up to

I have been working on this as well as the Batmobile and have actually got quite a bit done. I have cemented my base plans and I'll show you a picture later on of what I have in mind. So, I have been casting multiple copies of my very expensive 3D printed DS tile ready to layout on the sheet and that has consumed a fair amount of time so far, but TBH, it's not hard to mix up a batch of resin and make a copy while waiting for the spuds to cook or what have you.

The surface detailing is coming along nicely. The main concentrations have been finished and now its just time to fill it out and then crack on with the side walls (what I have also started but not got very far with)

And this is rough layout of how the base is going to go:

Well, that's it for this update, but the next one will likely be the completion of the lower hull and more work on the base

As always, thanks for continually coming in here and having a look

Si

 

[Analyzer]

So many tiles and so much detail