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                        Star Wars Interdictor Scratch Build

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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Monday, October 25, 2004 7:23 PM
                        I did have it up over at Starship but there topics move by rather fast so I thought I would wait untill shes all done and repost.
                        Studio scale hummm. That would be a three foot model. You know the funny thing is that it really wouldn't be much more work, just more plastic. Besides I have to keep room set aside for the 75" Exicutor.Laugh [(-D]

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, October 25, 2004 1:00 PM
                        you should be glad you didnt scale this beastie to match the scale used by the studio model of the Star Destroyer.

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Gundamhead
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                          June 2003
                        Posted by Gundamhead on Monday, October 25, 2004 7:13 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by StevenQ

                        Looks great Matt, have you posted this over at Starship Modeler?


                        Yeah, they'd love this over there. Absolutely the best sci-fi model site in the world.

                        http://www.starshipmodeler.net/cgi-bin/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=7

                        Should be the Star Wars forum. That's some great work you've done.Cool [8D]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:16 PM
                        Looks great Matt, have you posted this over at Starship Modeler?
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Thursday, October 21, 2004 12:26 AM
                        Wow, that is just awesome work!

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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Thursday, October 21, 2004 12:02 AM
                        I think we all want to see you cross the finish line with this one Matt. Keep up the great work and keep us on the edge of our seats!

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        stipp
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!
                        Posted by stipp on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 5:12 PM
                        Thumbs Up [tup] Well Im glad you like our input and such! You just have an outstanding project going on and we all would like you to continue and finishApprove [^]. It isnt often you find someone who is willing to undertake a project as grand as this, and still have the desire to continue.
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 2:23 PM
                        WOW! Once again I want to thank you all for the positive and enthusiastic feedback. There have been a couple of times while chopping up thousands of tiny bits of styrene that I wanted to shelf this one for awhile but you guys have kept me excited about the final out come. There where a couple of questions about how I would build the side trenches. Here are the highs and lows of building trenches.

                        This is the 5/16" I-beam before detailing.

                        This space was built up with .040 strips cut to fit inside and make the high and low surface of the trence.

                        Once detailed it gives lots of surface for light to play with.



                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        overkillphil
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Indiana
                        Posted by overkillphil on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:08 PM
                        Wow, as a drooling Star Wars geek I am blown away! Major Kudos for undertaking such an amazing project, it looks way cool!
                        my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35 "I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams
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                        Cobrahistorian
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:03 AM
                        WOW. And I thought a 1/35 tabasco bottle was impressively small!
                        Matt, you're killing me here.... I'm SO tempted to build an Interdictor now! I just don't have the friggin time!!! Definitely filed for a future project though.

                        Any thoughts on an FSM article on your build?


                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        Lufbery
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Harrisburg, PA
                        Posted by Lufbery on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 9:04 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by maxx1969


                        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 Mischief [:-,]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 doneConfused [%-)]

                        Matt


                        Matt,

                        Have you thought of invading a neighboring star system? Wink [;)]

                        Your Interdictor looks fantastic! Thanks for posting pictures of your progress.

                        Regards,

                        -Drew

                        Build what you like; like what you build.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:19 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by maxx1969

                        Heres that tiny Tie Interceptor. It isn't much larger than the date stamp on the penny. You might need a microscope...now what did I do with the pilotLaugh [(-D]



                        Matt


                        That is nothing short of amazing. How can they even make something that small?
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                        stipp
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!
                        Posted by stipp on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 5:10 AM
                        You gotta be Censored [censored] me! Now wait til i get my bifocals on, im not that young ya know!Shock [:O] Youve got to be kiddin, right? right? I give up, just how in the world did you do that? did you practice by writing the Declaration of Indepedence on a grain of rice?Wow!! [wow]Bow [bow]
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 4:37 AM
                        holy cow now those would be hard to kit out with the Interdictor

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        djmodels1999
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                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:09 AM
                        Fantastic!
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Monday, October 18, 2004 11:49 PM
                        Heres that tiny Tie Interceptor. It isn't much larger than the date stamp on the penny. You might need a microscope...now what did I do with the pilotLaugh [(-D]



                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Prince of Styrene II
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Prince of Styrene II on Monday, October 18, 2004 7:53 PM
                        Unbelievable!!! [:0]

                        Thanks to too many hours at work, I just caught this thread & have to agree with everyone else that your skills & the build are both amazing! Great work & I look forward to seeing more updates!

                        "Hold the weapons, Daddy. I'm going to go get my monkeys." The Dutchess of Styrene

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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, October 18, 2004 7:44 PM
                        TIE Interceptors have more wing area though

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 2:00 PM
                        Tie fighter wings are a lot taller than Intercepter wings though.
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, October 18, 2004 1:45 PM
                        your forgetting the wing of a TIE fighter is almost the same size as a tyderium class shuttle

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:00 AM
                        If the shuttle is that small a Tie Intercepter will be microscopic. lol
                        Hope you don't lose it somewhere.
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Monday, October 18, 2004 9:56 AM
                        Thanks stipp. The shuttle will be mounted below the bay in flight and a tiny Tie Interceptor will be docked up in the bay.

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        stipp
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Chulak/Jaffa Cree!
                        Posted by stipp on Monday, October 18, 2004 5:13 AM
                        Hey Matt, That shuttle is a real cutie! How are you going to display the shuttle, in the bay? or outside the ship?Blush [:I]
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:47 PM
                        Hobby Lobby, Christmas decorations, light strips I'm so happy to see you guys think outside the box.Approve [^] And don't forget about all those discount Halloween lights coming up.Pirate [oX)]

                        Matt
                        ps. Thanks Woody
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:00 PM
                        You might try looking at one of those dollar stores. That is were I bought a sack full of Christmas decorations that were nothing more than colored diode lights with their leads soldered together to form patterns like Christmas trees, etc. They each had about 10 lights and were only a $1 each. Other than that you could look anyplace with a big selection of Christmas decorations for sale.

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:43 PM
                        dang if only I had a Hobby Lobby near me but what other stores might have them?

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:47 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Woody

                        That looks great Matt! I can't wait to see them all lit.

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeym_us

                        so where you getting the grain of wheat bulbs anyways Matt?

                        I don't know where Matt is getting his but Micro-Mark sells them in bundles of 100 lamps for $40. They have clear bundle and an assortment bundle of clear, green, amber, and red.

                        I just found a much better deal on grain of wheat bulbs. While looking at the Christmas stuff at Hobby Lobby I found a cheaper source for the bulbs. They had battery powered strings of them. There is twenty bulbs to a string of lights and they have a battery holder attached to them. They had all clear or a string of assorted colors but best of all a string of lights is just $2.99! I just got my Hobby Lobby sale flyer and guess what is on sale next week? How does $1.65 a string sound. I paid $18 for 120 bulbs and Micro-Mark wants $40 for a hundred. If I'd only waited another week, I would have saved even more.

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 15, 2004 7:28 PM
                        I just noticed your pic with the lit up engine and that looks awsome.
                        You've got me excited to see it when it's finished now.
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Friday, October 15, 2004 7:26 PM
                        WOW thanks all. I thought the shuttle was kinda cute to.Wink [;)]

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeym_us

                        hey matt any chance of building another one in the future and kitting it out.


                        The plan for this one was to kit it but I got caught up in all the detail and it became unlikely that I could make a master out of it. And then with the addition of lighting I made it even more of a problem. But there is always a chance you might see it at some time.Big Smile [:D]

                        Matt
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Mikeym_us
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Friday, October 15, 2004 7:07 PM
                        hey matt any chance of building another one in the future and kitting it out.

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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