1:1000 Star Wars *10.01.17 Continuing the Nebulon-B, side panels done*

[OSHIROmodels]

A little project that's been in the back of my mind for a good while and has finally seen the light of day   Star Wars ship combat in 1:1000 using a modded version of Full Thrust.

Being a professional modelmaker I can be a bit of a stickler for scale so all the ships I do will be to the same scale, namely 1:1000. The main reason for doing it this scale is the ease of scaling the ships themselves, one meter equals one millimetre. The other reason is that I fancied making a smallish blockade runner and this seemed the right scale.

Some parts might seem a bit skew but these buggers are rather small and my eyesight isn't getting any better  

Obviously for the game weapon ranges will be reduced somewhat but it should work fine  

Anyway, onto some pictures  

First off we have a couple of Tie fighters with a 28mm bod next to them to show the ridiculous size of them...


And then we have progress and complete shots of the X-Wings




And now a comparison shot...


And the holy grail that will be helping me along the way  


I love this book and it was worth every single penny!

The ships should look better with a bit of paint on them (maybe tomorrow) and I'm still undecided whether to paint the bases black or leave them clear  

I've also made a brief start on a Lambda class shuttle and have got the plans sorted for a blockade runner. Also in mind are lots more fighters (although I'm going to cheat and laser as many parts as possible), a Nebulon B frigate, a couple of Skipray Blastboats, an assault shuttle or two and some more smaller capital ships (nothing really over 350 meters, as this would mean making ships over 15 inches long).

This will be a long term project (like most of the others I have   ) but hopefully I'll keep it going.

cheers

James

[thebinmann]

ery nice, I'm guessing these are for personal use only?

Can we hope to see a superstar destroyer and (as one of my students said) Darth Vader's House?

[Johnno]

Absolutely ridiculous! 
Brilliant!

[Andym]

Cool project Jim. Good start! Using your scale does a Star Destroyer not end up about a metre and a half long?

[Mason]

Lovely work, James!
 
They really are tiny little buggers.
 

Was tempted with this theme a while ago when I saw a link to these;

http://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/category/206/odyssey-slipways---star-wars.cfm

May be a little easier for those of us without the eye for making such small and fiddly buggers fighters like these.

So many great Star Wars projects going on at the moment......must resist......

[OSHIROmodels]

Thanks chaps  

Personal use only I'm afraid, I don't even want to think about IP and licensing costs  

A superstar destroyer would be 19 meters long and even I'm not that mad!

Cool project Jim. Good start! Using your scale does a Star Destroyer not end up about a metre and a half long?

Just over, yes. This is a possibility but would take a serious amount of effort   It would look rather cool though, you could have the game on it...

I've seen the Odyssey Slipways miniatures before and one of the scales certainly has its uses (1:10,000 I think) but I like the idea of including fighters at scale and I don't think the range that they have is comprehensive enough.

cheers

James

[thebinmann]

A superstar destroyer would be 19 meters long and even I'm not that mad!

AW come on, for the boys at LAF 

[OSHIROmodels]

AW come on, for the boys at LAF 

Building it isn't a problem, it's hiding it from my wife that would be the killer 

Putting some paint on the fighters now and I have a plan of the Lambda class shuttle so that will proceed today 

[Blackwolf]

 Lambda class shuffle? The wife and I do that


 Oh and nice thread Jim,looks like a fun idea

[thebinmann]

19 metres, that's a lot of hiding!!!! It won't fit in the sock draw.

[OSHIROmodels]

Wouldn't even fit in the garden under a tarpaulin 

Just put some paint on them and looking at the photos I can see how shockingly bad the Tie fighters are  Never mind, I'll laser the wings out and it'll give me something straight to paint against 

I also think the proportions are a bit out 




Hope you enjoy 

cheers

James

[Steve F]

Your definition of "shockingly bad" is strangely similar to my definition of "better than I could ever hope to do"! 

[Andym]

They look good to me. I think you're being a bit harsh. If you want more detail though you could make a greenstuff mould by pressing the hexagonal wing into the putty. Once you pull that out you could add detail, like the panel framework onto the negative. Then it's just a case of casting a bundle. The only thing is all the detail would only be on the outside edge.

[Mason]

They look good to me. I think you're being a bit harsh. If you want more detail though you could make a greenstuff mould by pressing the hexagonal wing into the putty. Once you pull that out you could add detail, like the panel framework onto the negative. Then it's just a case of casting a bundle. The only thing is all the detail would only be on the outside edge.

That is a great idea, Andym!
Alternatively you could make one wing using plasticard etc and make a mould using that 'Instant mould' malarkey.
Of course, that may be a silly idea if you want hundreds of the little buggers!


On the note of 'shockingly bad', are you bonkers, my good sir?
They look just fine and dandy to me, and when you have a whole wing of them together, the effect would be fantastic!

[Johnno]

Your definition of "shockingly bad" is strangely similar to my definition of "better than I could ever hope to do"! 

If those are bad, I'd better quit the hobby altogether!!