Star Wars Interdictor Scratch Build

That is pretty neat! I be watching this ones progress for sure. Which show is this ship from?
Is Tap Plastic a good source for plastic shapes?

Very cool idea. I'd like, at some point, to put an entire fleet of Star Destroyers and support ships in a little dio/display. And I'd have to have an Interdictor there. But it would be a small scale, like maybe 1/700 or smaller, just for the sake of room.

Then I'd need to build a Rebel Fleet as well, with Mon Cals and the rest, facing off against the Empire. Oh, the big ideas I have...

it looks good so far. watching this with interest.


joe

Good looking progress on an interesting subject.

Regards, Dan

That's going to look cool!

Looking good !

Trekker

Thank you all

QUOTE: Originally posted by Woody That is pretty neat! I be watching this ones progress for sure. Which show is this ship from? Is Tap Plastic a good source for plastic shapes?

It was from one of the books I'm not sure which one. There are two concepts of this, the one I'm working on and one that has a control section more like the Star Destroyer from some comic book art. As far as Tap Plastic goes I use them for casting supplies or scrap plexi-glass, but they do have acrylic shapes. I had the bottom half of an Easter egg that was the size I was after and found the halves that matched. Now there are eight that are exactly the same (4 top side 4 bottom side)

Matt

Here are a couple more pics of the neck detail and the start of the surface detail to the bridge. I was up until 4am working on it. I was very happy with how the waste ejection port on the back of the neck looked after all the bits were added.

Front view:


Rear view with waste port:


Matt

looks like it'll stop anything in its tracks ! stopped me in my tracks

That bridge is starting to look real busy, Matt. Good work there!

QUOTE: Originally posted by djmodels1999 That bridge is starting to look real busy, Matt. Good work there!

Thanks Now that the face of the control decks are detailed it consists of 160 indvidual pieces and the neck is comprised of just over 200 pieces. Its really starting to keep your eyes busy. Heres an update on the bridge face:


Matt

WOW!
Ok, now you've got me interested. I'm an SW junkie, but my modelling in this area has been limited to building my own biker scout armor. Hadn't really thought about building ships... but there's something about the Imperial-class ships... and I always thought the Interdictors were a really cool idea. I may have to start something similar.

Can't wait to see the finished product!

now someone needs to scratchbuild a Super Star Destroyer [8p]

Keep those updates coming! It looks good so far.

Sweet

looking forward to seeing more!

cheers

Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeym_us now someone needs to scratchbuild a Super Star Destroyer [8p]

The funny thing is I drew up a plan for the Executor at the first of the year with a start date early next year. The really cool part is that to keep it in-scale to the AMT Star Destroyer (1600 meters) the Super Star Destroyer (8000 meters) will be 75" long The over-all substructer will be plexi-glass with a sheet styrene skin laminated over the top. The only quandary is what I'm going to do with it when I'm done

Matt

No quandary, send it to me.

Always there to help huh Woody
Will with the amount of glue used on the control tower I had to set it aside so it could cure. In the mean time I started working on the engine array. Not as easy as I thought at first. There is a convergence of 6 different angles at the secondary engine boxes. It took some doing but I think I got it.

Heres the engine array substructure:


And here you can see the first secondary engine box take shape:


Matt

Here is a preview of one of the secondary engines. The flare on the exaust was done by heating the very end of a piece of tubing with a heat gun set on low. After the edge became soft the end of a large size Sharpie was inserted into the tube just enough to flare the edge.



Matt

That is top drawer stuff, Matt! It is great that you are showing us the techniques your using. We all can learn a lot from somebody as skilled at the plastic arts as yourself.
Did you call the spheres gravity well generators? A weapon I'm assuming.

Thanks Woody. They are gravity well projectors. The ship would be able to generate an artifcial gravity field that could trap and or prevent ships from jumping to hyper-drive. An Interdictor cruiser would be used in conjunction with the destroyers. Effective and formidable...now I'm really starting to question my sanity

Matt

those Interdictors got alot of work in the latest Galactic war.

Keep the updates coming, I'm really interested in seeing the end result. Then you'll need a few smaller capital ships and a wing or two of TIE fighters...

I started adding the detail around the main engines. Lots and lots of little parts here. For the main engine bells I will thermal form them over a wood master that has yet to be turned on a lathe. I kept holding out thinking I'll luck out and find the shape I'm after available in one of my parts boxes. NO DICE. So sometime after work on Sunday I'll make the masters.

For now here is some of that detail:


Matt

Now, that is really cool! Just wondering, why couldnt you use the old amt kit and modify it? Your work is supurb!

I think Stipp might be right why not use the AMT Star Destroyer engine bell and then heat form over it then you can add the detail to the inside by the way how are you going to build the trenches on each side of the ship and how are the defensive/offensive armament going to be made

To answer some questions. The AMT kit would have worked great for the second design thats floating around. It looks more like a modifide Star Destroyer having the same surface decks and control tower. The design I chose was that of a new ship sharing only the substructer. You could build it from the kit but and that was one option I concidered. With every project I start I try to set goals and new chalenges for myself. In this build it was to go 100% scratch and use no kit parts or I'm just sick...Still trying to figure that out??? The engine bells could be robbed from the kit if needed but I wanted to build them. To form over them would increase the diameter and would not look right or fit correctly.
The Interdictor does not have much in the way of offensive weapons aside from the gravity well projectors and is limited to turbo laser emplacements on the surface. Think of it as a submarine. A subs primary objective is a weapons delivery system. They will engage in battle if needed however have a better advantage on the perimeter. The Interdictor will travel the perimeter of the battle zone where it has a clear view of the battle and pinpoint the most accurate location to generate a gravity well.
Thanks for the great questions and stimulating evaluation. This is exactly why I love this forum.

Matt

Hey Maxx, I think your right there are two different models of Interdictor, an earlier version and of course an older one. I stand corrected

I don't think there is any right or wrong with this one. As with most movies that turn into many many books there are lots of interpretations. The whole build so far is on my site and it has the schematic I'm using.

http://www.modelhead.com/david/interdictor.html

Matt