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Recently I came across an old Ertl Star Destroyer kit (scale 1:4222), I knew from the start that it had major issues with screen correctness and the overall level of detail, but I thought what the hey... I was bored and it was dirt cheap, so I bought it.
After doing a bit of research and pondering what I was going to do with it, I discovered that size-wise it is incredibly close to what a Victory class Star Destroyer would be in the same scale as the Revell Venator kit and the Zvezda Imperial Star Destroyer (both 1:2700) . Then the idea was born… combine it with an Acclamator class, Venator class and the Imperator class and you get a nice "from-then-to-now" diorama.
There is little data on the Victory class, but it was the first step towards the Imperial class and away from the republic Venator class. The Venator class was developed to carry fighters and transports, which was in-line with the needs of the republic during the clone wars, the empire, however, wanted to control through fear and needed a platform with more firepower and less fighter craft. For this reason the Victory class had multiple variations in the attempt to find the right combination of firepower. This trial and error laid the groundwork for the Imperial class that we all know so well in the films. The main structural differences between the Victory class and the Imperial class is
As with all my models I will be putting in an Arduino chip to light it and do all kinds of other fun stuff including motorizing the fins on the sides to open and close them. The major difficulty will be that the detail on the kit is made for a 1:4222 scale and will need to be doctored so as not to create a mix-match of scales. So the fact that the Ertl kit is so lacking in detail is actually a good thing.
I will be basing my conversion on the artwork done by Ansel Hsiao
Well that is the plan, I will have to see where this road takes me. Thanks for watching.
After doing a bit of research and pondering what I was going to do with it, I discovered that size-wise it is incredibly close to what a Victory class Star Destroyer would be in the same scale as the Revell Venator kit and the Zvezda Imperial Star Destroyer (both 1:2700) . Then the idea was born… combine it with an Acclamator class, Venator class and the Imperator class and you get a nice "from-then-to-now" diorama.
There is little data on the Victory class, but it was the first step towards the Imperial class and away from the republic Venator class. The Venator class was developed to carry fighters and transports, which was in-line with the needs of the republic during the clone wars, the empire, however, wanted to control through fear and needed a platform with more firepower and less fighter craft. For this reason the Victory class had multiple variations in the attempt to find the right combination of firepower. This trial and error laid the groundwork for the Imperial class that we all know so well in the films. The main structural differences between the Victory class and the Imperial class is
- the fins on each side that open for reasons of atmospheric manuverability,
- the Victory is a triangle shape whereas the Imperial class' is more diamond shaped with a slight slanting in the back as well.
- a more box-like, elongated bridge
- and of course the size, the Victory class is roughly half as large as the Imperial class and slightly smaller than the Venator class.
As with all my models I will be putting in an Arduino chip to light it and do all kinds of other fun stuff including motorizing the fins on the sides to open and close them. The major difficulty will be that the detail on the kit is made for a 1:4222 scale and will need to be doctored so as not to create a mix-match of scales. So the fact that the Ertl kit is so lacking in detail is actually a good thing.
I will be basing my conversion on the artwork done by Ansel Hsiao
Well that is the plan, I will have to see where this road takes me. Thanks for watching.
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