t2sides
Master Member
After a long couple years, I've finally pretty much completed this Studio Scale Replica from the original 1977 Star Wars - A New Hope.
I've always wanted to create the 'Holy Trilogy' of Filming Replicas - The 5' Falcon, 4' Star Destroyer, and the 6' Blockade Runner. Alas, that day has finally arrived.
I tried my best to recreate in as much detail as possible this model as it appeared during original 1977 filming on set. The cockpit has one of the ILM guys standing inside it with his 'ice cream cone hat', and the 'pinup poster'. The weathering is close to all the original grime, dirt, oil, rust, streaks, etc... (The current model went through a complete restoration). The radar dish can be manually rotated (plan to add a motor eventually), as can the gun cannons. Hundreds (if not over a thousand) of the same original model kit parts/greeblies were added to the model, with some resin castings of the hard to find, out of production kit parts - or ones I've just simply used up on other builds. The engines and cockpit are lighted, and luminosity is controlled via a voltage knob on a single power supply. This model would not have been possible without the incredible help and assistance of literally dozens of friends and fellow model builders, THANK YOU to everyone that has helped along this journey!
( The build thread is here: 6' ANH Blockade Runner - Replica Build )
So, let's kick this off !
First Up - Comparisons to the Original Miniature:
A few from the front
I've always wanted to create the 'Holy Trilogy' of Filming Replicas - The 5' Falcon, 4' Star Destroyer, and the 6' Blockade Runner. Alas, that day has finally arrived.
I tried my best to recreate in as much detail as possible this model as it appeared during original 1977 filming on set. The cockpit has one of the ILM guys standing inside it with his 'ice cream cone hat', and the 'pinup poster'. The weathering is close to all the original grime, dirt, oil, rust, streaks, etc... (The current model went through a complete restoration). The radar dish can be manually rotated (plan to add a motor eventually), as can the gun cannons. Hundreds (if not over a thousand) of the same original model kit parts/greeblies were added to the model, with some resin castings of the hard to find, out of production kit parts - or ones I've just simply used up on other builds. The engines and cockpit are lighted, and luminosity is controlled via a voltage knob on a single power supply. This model would not have been possible without the incredible help and assistance of literally dozens of friends and fellow model builders, THANK YOU to everyone that has helped along this journey!
( The build thread is here: 6' ANH Blockade Runner - Replica Build )
So, let's kick this off !
First Up - Comparisons to the Original Miniature:
A few from the front
