I'm looking forward to your build. Online build articles show a very impressive kit- you've got some b*lls, man.

As a longtime ship modeler, I would suggest that you design and build a good solid temporary work base, one that can be switched out for a finished one later.

When I build say a 1/350 aircraft carrier, I'll mount her on pedestals on a piece of 1x10 shelf board longer than the ship. I like to put a upturn piece of same on one end, it allows me to lay the thing on it's side and still have a sturdy support for working on it.

Stephen,

That will be an incredible build once it's done! I'm looking forward to the seeing pictures.

GMorrison,

    Thanks for the advice, I will have to do something like that once I get to that stage. Not my first time playing in resin, but the other ships hulls were one solid piece. This one comes in six parts, three top and three bottom, that you join together and the warping is not helping. We will see how it goes together.

Rambo, thanks i may pick your brain a little. This will be my third lighting effort and with each one i try to do something to improve. I guess we all do that tho.

Hogfants, thanks for looking in. I approach this one with a little trepidation.

Here is the bottom hull

I strengthened it by epoxy flat steel bars on the inside.

The superstructure just cobbled together to get an idea of how it looks.

Stephen

Wow, that's going to be friggin' epic!!!

Looking forward to more!

Rambo, this thing is 27.5 inches long and 18.5 inches at the widest. This is a  recast from the annigrand kit, I am not sure who makes the SSD.

hey Gamera, hope I will be able to do a decent job on it.

Stephen

See !

The original design was probably a take - off of a door stop !I have seen so many Star Wars and othe Sci-Fi ships that had roots in common things till the imagineer decided to take a chance .I definitely wouldn't have room for this .My Enterprise Carrier ( when I get her ) is going to test the theory that you can put a large ship in a tight space !

Looking forward to it.

Got some work on the bridge done.Some progress is better than none.

Now I have to fill seems and make sure it looks good before priming.

Stephen

I have about 100 strands going through there. These were all drilled with a .5mm bit in a pin vise. I have since bought a miniature electric drill which should really speed things up.

Oh wow, even more epic than I thought! She'll look beautiful all lighted up! 

Well not much work done. I've been drilling holes and filling them with fiber. I think I may have gone overboard. I figure if it is to much then I can just paint over some. Better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them. So this is the super structure lighting:

And a little work on the sensor domes.

Next will be putting the upper hull plates together and attaching the super structure.

that's a lot of fiber optic cables!!!

She's gonna be awesome!!!!

Gamera

that's a lot of fiber optic cables!!!

 

She's gonna be awesome!!!!

 

That is a TON

Thanks guys. I hope I am not going overboard.

NucMedTech

Thanks guys. I hope I am not going overboard.

 

I on the other hand, hope you are.  ;-)

NucMedTech

Thanks guys. I hope I am not going overboard.

 

No more than building two moon sized battlestations with planet destroying super-lasers...

Ok, so I have had this staring at me for to long now, so it is time to get back to work on it. I have since worked on the seams putting and filling. Still some work to go, not going to bother you with pics of that. I have, however done some work on the giddie-up-and-go and of the ship. So here are the engines:

Hopefully will have more done during the week and weekend.

Oh wow!!! 

You just need a 'We Brake For Nobody' bumper sticker... 

Anxious to see your completion, what fantastic craftsmanship.

Your Friend, Toshi

Thanks Tosh, hopefully it will come out ok.

Had some difficulty with it this weekend. I had the upper hull together, but when I tried gluing the superstructure to it the pressure that I used to hold the pieces together while it dried ended up breaking the glue lines on the hull. So I decided to take it apart, clean off the epoxy and try a different approach. Now, I am going to assemble the superstructure, including the bridge and then glue the hull panels to it. We'll see how that works. Tell you what, this is no Bandai kit, lol.

Wow, 11 months have gone by. I guess I should get back to work on this. I have all the fiber optic strands in place and I am starting to work on the led and wiring. Well, I also want to start painting this beast too. 

Do have a question though, any idea as to what kind of rod to use as a mount? I have not been satisfied with my previous choices so was wondering what other people use.

Ok, looking back where I left off here I guess I have more completed than I had thought. Like I said earlier the fiber optic are in place and I need to work on the leds and the wiring harness. What I have accomplished along with the f.o. Is getting the super structure done and attached. So the two halves are together the best I could do. There are obvious seam lines where the large flat pieces just would not go together well. Used plastic stock to cover the worst parts and that's what those white parts are.. Well, here are some pics.

So next up is to wash it and Prime it with Vallejo black.

Oh wow! Now that's a serious job of fiber optic cables!!! 

I admire your tenacity! It appears that you gone way above and beyond. Now that you have the fiber optics installed, how do you light each group?

Thanks Gamera coming along slowly.

Thanks Frank, I guess tenacity would be the word of choice. Right now I am hoping that it at least looks like a Star Destroyer when I am finished. I plan to have one white led per bundle plus seven blue leds for the engines. I can use shrink wrap around the f.o. and leds to help control the extra light. I would assume that with all those bundles needing an led it would get awfully bright in there if they were not covered.

Stephen