Re: Building the 8' Star Destroyer (portside primered, lots of pics)
Great work. You amaze me with each update.
Thank you K !
Outstanding, the detailing is over the top! So how many kits went into this so far, did you happen to make a kit list?
Do you have any pics of the Starboard side?
Thanks Jay, I dont know how many kits exactly... I have between 350 and 400 kits, including multiple of course... and I need more !
No list, and it wont happen, I dont have the time for such a big model. Most of the answers can be found in my other thread though, of course not every parts is named but most of the job is done.
There are pics of the unfinished starboard side in this thread, please check a few pages back.
he must have auto-ship on glue and styrene
It would be so cool !
Actually I think this model makes me sick ! :lol
Dont be jealous Dave, actually that's just acrylic and styrene, nothing more...
Greatest Studio Scale build of all times!!! The time, money and effort is astonishing! All original kits right? You're not using any castings????
All original kits yes, some of the parts are castings though (there are 6 castings, now I have more original parts so I could replace them, but too much work lol), that's not bad considering I've glued more than 2500 parts so far. I will use more castings though, like the Entex parts because this kit is too expensive and I likely prefer to buy 100 Gneiseneau and King George V to complete this one to get thousand of parts than buying a single kit for 4 parts which are actually half pipes. :lol
Wow Julien. You've really kicked the bar so high on this one its out of sight! - just a joy to watch
I'm just amazed that you will have the space to display this once its done.
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Thank you Nick, coming from you it means a lot !
I havent found a place to display it yet, so I will probably stand in my shop ! :lol I tried to convaince my fiancée so many times to put it in the living room, but, that's weird and I dont understand why, she does not want.
I have no words, this is just incredible.
Thanks Stonky !
Tox, is one crazy French man. this is so cool. its going to be crazy to see this finished. i cant wait.
Thanks Al, cant wait to see your Betty finished, I think there are much more work involved in the recreation of the Betty than the ISD.
I think my head might explode from the sheer awesomeness of this build!!
Thanks again for sharing...
Thank you for following this thread !
Hi Juilen,
Absoultely, anything for SS model can't be compared to your ISD...:thumbsup
thanks Eric.
Thanks Eric, I think several SS models can be compared to the ISD... Some come to mind like the Death Star, the original ISD (less parts but the kits are probably harder to find !), the Battlestar Galactica, I guess the first one to work on one was a hero as it was probably the biggest SS model ever done by a casual modeler !
And of course your SandCrawler, you're the first one to make the crawler Eric, I would have love (and I hoped !) to be this first one, but I'm just glad you built it, so well. This one is really a tricky one because of all the angles, ANH donor kits that are always a ***** to find and not to mention that yoou made it R/C. Just making it R/C is probably the biggest challenge of this project, having something that actually runs, and runs well, is not easy but yours looks to run fine ! I'm so glad you didnt give up and you made it R/C.
Ah...he'll never finish it.
M.T. I'll buy it off you cheap.
Seriously though, I can't help but wonder how you can do so much work on this while having a family and a Day job, unless you're filthy rich. We are all so envious of you as you are doing what every one else dreams of doing.
You're probably right, but at least I'll have the superstructures done, and that's already a nice display model and the good thing is that I can add the hull at any time ! :lol But I really want to build the whole thing.
I reckon now that I will get married next year, I'll have less time (and probably less money !) to put into modelling, but I think I still have plenty of time to live to finish the model !
Aawwww, c'mon Julien... you're killing me here. I realise 'Rome wasn't built in a day' but I'm desperate for some more updates, mate :unsure
Of course my modelling ability ended with making Snap-Fix kits when I was 7 or 8 years old :$ Can't be that more difficult to create an 8-foot scratch-built model of an Imperial Star Destroyer, after identifying the thousanda of kit-bashed parts from all those commercially available kits ?
Seriously though, kudos to you buddy... I can't believe that the original makers of the 8' ISDwould be able to achieve what you have, 30 years+ after creating the original :thumbsup
Keep up the good work!
Cheers,
John
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Hey John,
Sorry I dont have time to work on the ISD these days and I'm waiting for the new book of The Making of TESB to be released in October, I noticed there was an incredible pic I dont have of the superstructures upside down with the guys putting the FO !
I saw this pic in the trailer vid of the book :
An Exclusive Trailer For J.W. Rinzler's Amazing Book THE MAKING OF STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Can be seen at 1:28
I dont know if there will be more pics of the ISD that I dont have !
Thank you for your words buddy !
Thank you jx !
