Corona Self-Isolation made me build a STAR DESTROYER
Prepping - not for Corona, but for building a Star Destroyer
I ordered the Revell re-pack of the Zvesda 1/2700-scale Imperial Star Destroyer. I also ordered plastic glue, superglue, and loads of plastic card in various profiles and strengths, and blades for my hobby knive and scalpel. I also required masking tape, a needle, and pincers.
With all that set aside and/or ordered, I studied, saved and printed dozens of high-quality reference images from here:
https://modelermagic.com/star-wars-identities-display-in-france-star-destroyer-avenger-photographed-by-jean-marc-deschamps-olivier-cabourdin/
Once the kit arrived, the first order of the day was to build the super-structure and make it higher using plastic card. That was a very straight-forward task and easy to do. I also started adding detail – especially on the sections raised with plastic card which were plain and had to be filled. The challenge here is to not simply fill it with random detail, but to re-create the specific detail and texture of the 8-foot studio model as accurately as possible.
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