Imperial Star Destroyer Revell & Bandai (early work)

So I was thinking to show you also my first Star Wars models one from Revell 1:4000 scale and the pocket version from Bandai 1:14500. The model from Revell is the kit with engine light and sound and the rest of the lights are made with optic fiber. It was very difficult build mainly because I had to cut most of the internal structure ( it was the the click version from Revell), to make room for optic fiber but also the hols for optic fiber, where I used a very thin borer 0.5/0.8mm with a manual drill ( I will never attempt that ever again :sweat_smile: ) The paint job that I did was basic panel line pre-shadow a full wash where I did a mistake using acrylic on acrylic and it turn to be more gray than I wanted. I made this model for a friend, he bought the kit and the paints and I made my practice on it :grin:
The second version, from Bandai, is also very basic painted and also I got stubborn to put some light in it because back then I didn’t saw any with lights. Also I made some image composition like in old Star Wars movies with this one.
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Sorry for credentials on some photos, back then I put them all over my work :grin:





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Beautiful job on both, but I’m especially impressed with the smaller one - that’s quite the feat of engineering getting it lit!

As I’ve said before, the engineering of the smaller Bandai kits is incredible with tons of detail. I found an aftermarket set of decals that really made the detail pop!

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Very nice. I did a Bandai Super Star Destroyer, and was able to add lights to that tiny thing, but was unable to do so with their tiny Blockade Runner. I have a larger scale Bandai Star Destroyer in my stash that includes everything for lighting, including clear parts for all those portal lights.

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Thank you! Yes it’s much detailed with decals do you have a link for them? Masking this little ones is hell :grin:

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I found a string of mini LEDs from Evan Designs.that’ll work perfectly in the Blockade Runner…
String of LED Lights- Choose from Warm or Cool white Chip LEDs

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Star Wars Bandai 1/14000 Star Destroyer Decal isd vehicle 001 cosmos models | eBay

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Awesome ISDs! Love the extra “in universe” shots too.

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I believe I have that decal sheet! I bought their Blockade Runner decals and they performed flawlessly, sucking down over the deep relief details with proper use of Mr. Mark Softer decal solvent. The sheets are single-carrier film, so you need to carefully trim each design out. But if you use a fresh Xacto knife and some sharp cuticle scissors, you should be OK.

The small sheet is for the Super Star Destroyer.

I built a Star Destroyer before I got the decals, so it’s a 1977 Star Wars ISD. :grinning_face:

The Star Destroyer sheet can do four(!) kits, so PM me and I will gladly send you half of my sheet. Are you in the US?

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