Star Wars GB Episode II CLOSED

Bish,

I bought the Odyssey Hanger bay too. It's in several pieces and look very delicate, but very nice. I also bought the Odyssey engines too.

I have enough parts to build another star destroyer, which I may do at some point.

Bish, PB,

I bought the kit from Avery Model Products.

It's the Devestator Conversion set, but I'm not overly impressed with the quality of the parts. The bay and the engines have been the best parts so far.

Thanks, Bruce! And your build is off to a great start, too.

Ah, the MPC SD. One of the first kits I built when I got back into the hobby ten or so years ago. I don't think all that aftermarket was available (or I just didn't know about it), so looking forward to seeing what you do with it. It boggles the mind that decades after ANH hit theaters we still don't have a higher-quality SD kit. C'mon, Bandai!

OK, I'm finally going to get some pictures posted of the Star Destroyer. So far, I believe this kit was made to be a toy that you glue together. There are seems all over this model, but, Perfect Plastic putty has become my best friend. 

I did buy a resin kit for this build, however, I decided not to use many of the parts. I'm not extremely happy with the molding of some of the parts and I started to late to be able to effectively add them to the build. 

Anyway the pictures show what parts I am using:

Many of the locator pins had to be removed for the hull to attached correctly:

The hull being glue together:

Here the hull is attached:

Here is the resin Command Bridge. The Deflector Domes are from Shapeways. I am adding the cage surrounding the domes. 

I have to finish the cage, then finish the seems on the hull. Hope to get primer on soon.

PB, the X-wing is looking sweet!! Great job!

Another quick update...

I'm deviating from the instructions a bit to make painting easier. And thanks again to Brandon for pointing out the wing-orientation gotchas, invaluable info! I'm doing my best to keep the "right sides up." :-)

Hit the wings with some gray/white paint after pre-shading. I'm going for an overall "patchwork in-the-field repairs" look so decided to mask the markings (using the sticker decal sheet as the template) rather than use the decals to get some overspray and general messiness. Then started picking out various panels with darker and lighter grays and some yellow. 

Next, I'll seal everything with Future and then start the weathering in earnest (panel line wash, filters, dry-brushing, chipping, and overall color adjustments as needed). 

Thanks for looking! And for those in the U.S., hope you have happy and safe Thanksgiving. 

Awesome work, Bob and Bish! Can't wait to see them finished.

Thanks Bob, ye, me to. That's why I am glad I have a life sized cardboard one as well as a few trooper posters and T-Shirts.

Bish, great start on the stromtrooper! I agree with SB, I've always like the stormtroppers armor!

I have been promesing pics of the trooper for ages, and finally here they are. Only 3, but its a start.

I struggeled a bit with the body, especially the arms. I think it was my fault for trimming away to much of the excess vynil. I had huge gaps around the arm joins to had to use some Miliput to fill them and get the arms in the right position to hold the blaster. I have not sanded the joins areas completly smooth as i am hoping it will replicate the fabric of the body glove.

And just so you know i am not building the headless Stormtrooper, i have decide to leave that off to make it easier to paint the neck and under the rim of the helmit.

I am planning on giving it a couple of coats of white primer tomorrow, and then start the white paint on Mon.

Look forward to seeing that Bruce.

Bob, that is looking really nice, love the colour.

I can't wait to see some pics Bruce, I've always loved the look of Star Destroyers.

I dry brushed everything with MM Light Ghost Gray and then sealed it in Testors glosscote.  I applied a pinwash using black acrylic hobby paint.  After giving the bottom a sealer of Testors dullcote I attached the legs and here it is.  Now that it's up on its feet I'll seal the rest in dullcote.  I will also have to glue the head into position as the rubber band that came in the kit and goes through the neck is worthless for keeping it in position.  I'll continue weathering after I get the base done so I don't have to handle it too much at that point.

Gentleman,

I just glued the hull of the Star Destroyer. I'm not happy with many of the resin parts I purchased for this build, so many of them have not been used. I'll get some WIP pictures uploaded this weekend.

Thanks Brandon! Whoa, don't visit the home page much, so completely missed the contest lol! I guess that's right up this GB's alley. :-) I'll consider entering my Y, so thanks for the heads-up.

PB, looking forward to seeing the completed kit.

 FYI, you guys should enter your builds in the FSM model contest on the front/home page. Should be fun.

BK

Thanks, everyone! Glad you like it. I've only just started playing around with scratchbuilding, so appreciate the positive reinforcement. Guess I'm doing it right.

PB,

I like the extra detail! Looking forward to seeing this with some paint on it. Great job!