That sir is up to you. I would watch it so I could understand and see what you're getting at. It my take some of the OMG outta the build and inspire someone to try.

     I have a large Destroyer and would love to have it lit up. Perhaps watching a video would take some of the fear of goofing it up might be helpful.....or I'll just continue to make turbo laser noises and hum the March.

Well feel free to ask any questions here! I'm going to be putting all the code and electronic diagrams, and various other notes up on github, in case anyone is interested.

Great googly-moogly, there is so much wiring in that model it looks as though it is about to explode!

It makes it even harder to believe that the original movie prop only had a lit docking bay and main engines.

   Thank you for your kind offer, I may take you up on it. HUGE Star Wars fan, Star Destroyers are the coolest.

Github project:

https://github.com/jimcrafton/isd_lighting_audio

Real G

It makes it even harder to believe that the original movie prop only had a lit docking bay and main engines.

I think the original model also had fiber optic lighting system, the main difference was that it was just on or off. I don't think it was set up to allow for a "power up sequence" like I wanted in mine. But they had WAY more space to work in, I think the original model was 5 or 6 feet long? I'm pretty sure it was significantly bigger than this one.

Actually, the original Star Destroyer prop was only 3 feet or so long.  It still boggles my mind that the focal length in the opening shot was so perfect.

The ISD prop for Empire was indeed 5 or 6 feet long and featured fiber optic lights for the thousands of windows.

Interesting! So did the first one have a fiber optic lighting as well? Or did they do something else?

Incredibly, no fiber optic lighting was used!  The gap between the upper and lower hulls of the 1977 (Star Wars) ISD had simple detail compared to the 1980 (ESB) version.  There were no lights on the superstructure either.

Some other easily spotted differences include the big conduits running up and down the back of the superstructure "neck", and the really weird rounded, lumpy main turrets.

I suppose the 1977 ISD didn't need window lighting, as all the shots it was in were far away or from an angle that  would not have showed it off.

I do remember seeing the ESB ISD for the first time on screen, and gasping at the thousands of lighted windows and increased level of detail.

For ROTJ, when Vader's Super Star Destroyer was being built, the FX crew decided to use brass strips with etched window openings.  They knew drilling thousands of holes and running gobs of fiber optic strands was heavy work, and Vader's ship would require even more windows than the ESB ISD.  So they came up with this ingenious solution and combined it with fluorescent light bulbs to save time and yet end up with an impressive result.

Almost done with hte BlueTooth controller...

That looks so awesome!!! 

Tonight I finally finished this. Here's a few pics:

Under the lid, which is pretty tough to put on...

  WoW!