The Studio Scale Tie Fighter Project
- Thread starter DaveG
- Start date
MonsieurTox
Master Member
Great job !
Thanks guys!
So this is my attempt to build a studio scale TIE Fighter from scratch. The hull, H and T beams will be EMA parts. Rather than try to collect up all the correct nernie kit parts I'm modeling them in the computer, then will print them on a jewelry resolution 3D printer. I've been using the wealth of photo reference available online of the original studio scale models, as well as kit scans and other photos people have posted of kit parts.
I'm not worried about this TIE being 100% accurate, which would basically be impossible without scans and dimensions off the existing model and a collection of all the original nernies. I'm not going to kill myself making sure every scribe line relates exactly to every detail to every structure, etc. Every recreation of the TIE is an impression, this one is mine.
As you've seen from the postings so far, the computer modeling of the hull and pylons are basically complete. Here are some images of the progress to date on the wing hub. Still a few more nernies to model.
So this is my attempt to build a studio scale TIE Fighter from scratch. The hull, H and T beams will be EMA parts. Rather than try to collect up all the correct nernie kit parts I'm modeling them in the computer, then will print them on a jewelry resolution 3D printer. I've been using the wealth of photo reference available online of the original studio scale models, as well as kit scans and other photos people have posted of kit parts.
I'm not worried about this TIE being 100% accurate, which would basically be impossible without scans and dimensions off the existing model and a collection of all the original nernies. I'm not going to kill myself making sure every scribe line relates exactly to every detail to every structure, etc. Every recreation of the TIE is an impression, this one is mine.
As you've seen from the postings so far, the computer modeling of the hull and pylons are basically complete. Here are some images of the progress to date on the wing hub. Still a few more nernies to model.
)
Dave, super impressed here!
kenny
New Member
I think Mark still has some solrman@earthlink.net but it's very $$$. I found it a few months ago here U.K. http://www.smartlouvre.com/ really friendly people and it was dirt cheap. Shipping cost was a fraction of what I expected, ended up being less than half the cost of the stuff available in the U.S.
