The engineering that Bandai put into this model as far as getting light to all the areas is really remarkable. They spent a lot of time designing it.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is a very clever way to light while using the minimum LEDs.

@JimPaulJr

4 жыл бұрын

Will be getting to the Millennium Falcon in the near future but that kit also has parts to hold the leds in place for the lighted areas. Even though I'm more of a Trek fan all my life, these Bandai kits are just so nice to work with. The fit, no seams to fill, and no modifications needed. The only 2 Star Trek kits from Polar Lights that come close are the 350th scale TOS Enterprise and Klingon K'tinga. They were designed really well but their light kits weren't. I could see why this kit is a little on the expensive side. Your paying for quality and you definitely get that.

Nice build on the model. I especially like the way you applied the remote lighting. Bravo and thumbs up.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Just received mine today. Wasn't suppose to get it till Next Tuesday. FedEx must have used a jet. Anyway despite the small size, it was well worth the price for all the detail in the parts that I don't even think the high price resin kits can match. I bought the unlimited version as we do our own lighting anyway. I am simply in awe at all the detail. I would actually consider this a perfect grade kit and I also feel that this will be Bandai's biggest Star Destroyer kit. On the side of the box they describe it as "A massive model that pursues the overwhelming presence portrayed in the series through its details with an astounding amount of information". Thanks for doing your good review showing the parts in the video. You and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Very nice! And thanks for the great ideas! So inspiring.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Fabulous work! Looks amazing 😎

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

TY. One of my fav ships. Looks great. I wish someone would come out with a large scale USS Cygnus with lighting. It is like a floating chandelier. Lovely.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've seen a model of the Cygnus bit it was very expensive.

I wish they made the republic venator star destroyer

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, I love the design of the Venator.

Excellent work as always. Love those remotes. To me the lighting looked great on 25%. Now I have to get remotes lol

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah I stumbled across them and thought they would be great for many of my projects.

@kyleruiz7167

4 жыл бұрын

@@EagleSciFiModeler what would you recommend to make the engine lights brighter while also keeping the other lights at a minimum especially if I were to decide to use RC lighting?

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

@@kyleruiz7167 I would mount the LEDs directly in the engine. this kit use a clear plastic piece to transfer the light to the all engines.

The build came sweet Eagle but i do agree i would have liked to see a bit bigger version but over all you did a fantastic job on the kit as always.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud.

I finally went ahead and ordered this one from BIGBADTOYSTORE. Was kind of hesitant because of the size, being I did the Revell build and play with all the lighting, but seeing all the detail on this one especially in the side trenches makes it worth it. Thanks for showing the parts so well. Also the fact that all the holes are molded in is a big plus. Was kicking around getting the larger Revell/Zvezda one but having to drill all those holes and fiber optics again wasn't an entertaining thought. Besides with all my big 350th scale Star Trek models I don't have much space for too many large kits. I just got the standard version of this it only ran a total of 85 bucks with tax & shipping as they charge a 4 dollar flat rate shipping no matter what or how much you order.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I can't wait to see your build of this kit.

@JimPaulJr

4 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see the kit. Should have it by this time next week as even though I'm about 100 miles west of Chicago and BIGBADTOYSTORE is in Wisconsin, they use FedEx and they are slow. This along with my 1/144th scale Force Awakens Millennium Falcon will be my winter builds, although it is winter here now as we got 6 inches of snow on Halloween and about the same Monday along with below zero temps. Normally November by us is in the 40s and 50s. We have January weather in November.

on amazon they said this was 126 inches long. LOL. That is 10 feet.

@EagleSciFiModeler

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, now that would be some kit.

I was bummed it wasn’t bigger and it didn’t have more pieces. Blew my mind the turbo laser cannons and ion cannons aren’t separate pieces.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's just too small.

Thanks for sharing. Good to see that you can successfully light this with your own LEDs. Curious when applying the apoxy for the stand, was that done with a brush? Looks very smooth and shiny. The model looks great!

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Oggie. The resin self levels. When you apply to the surface it will have lots of little bubbles that will rise to the surface. I used heat from a micro torch to pop the bubbles, just don't touch the flame to the resin. You also want to cover it while it sets to keep dust from setting in it.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

I did use a brush to spread the resin on the base.

@InterstellarModeler

4 жыл бұрын

@@EagleSciFiModeler thank you

Nice job. Maybe you could glue a small mirror to the top of the base so that the hangar bay can easily be seen.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, my Zvezda had a mirrored base to see the hanger Bay and Blockade Runner.

Thanks for the video the Bandai star destroyer is on my shopping list but was undecided which one to go for your one has come out so well I will definitely go for the cheaper unlighted version. When you painted it did you thin down your paint a lot to avoid blocking the holes

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I didn't thin the paint any more than I usually do.

Just for some variation I’m going to stand the comm tower up on mine like the ones in Rogue One. Yours is great as usual. Don’t you wish Bandai would make one the size of the Zvezda? It would be epic!

@EagleSciFiModeler

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it'd be nice if it would have been larger. I believe the one in Rogue One was an Imperial 1 class. Thanks for the support!

They still haven't done an Imperial 1 Class Star Destroyer model kit, have they? It's always the Avenger/Class 2 Star Destroyer from The Empire Strikes Back! I mentioned this before but the Revell kit was dubbed "from Rogue One" but Vader's flagship from that film AND A New Hope was a Class 1 Star Destroyer named The Devastator. Again, the Revell kit was also a Class 2 Star Destroyer! There are differences. Obviously, the model companies are being run by bean counters and the guys who should know the differences aren't speaking up or just don't have the power.

@Scar-Predator

2 жыл бұрын

This model is the Devastator I believe. I'm pretty sure that the small Star Destroyers (1 that comes alone, and 1 that comes with a second Executor) are also the Devastator.

Thanks for the Video, it was really good to see how it went adding your own lighting. How tight was the 9V battery? Looking at copying what you did, but using a battery set up still.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

I think it could be done, maybe use some smaller wires and plan it carefully. I had a lot of extra wiring that took up to much space. Thanks for viewing!

@roggarggg

4 жыл бұрын

@@EagleSciFiModeler thank. It did look like there was some space. But it is hard to tell in the video. Again thanks for a great video of the build.

Okay, you know I want one. I just wish they made a Imperial Star Destroyer the same scale as Revell's Republic Start Destroyer.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too.

@JimPaulJr

4 жыл бұрын

The Revell/Zvezda 1/2700 is the same scale.

the esb model was a off white, no wash since it would look out of scale even the 6 foot model didnt have wash and had many light different grey hues paneling.

Great video. A lot of people online are complaining that the kit has a bow or curve at the front tip of the model that is hard to correct. Did you experience this curve in your build or is the nose straight / flat?

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! No, I didn't have any issues with that part of the kit. My only fit issues were caused by me doing my own lighting.

What is the brand of the lighting controller, do you have a link?

Rumour suggest Bandai is prototyping a 1/32 PG grade X wing. They just released the mini super star destroyer, so hopes are they would make a bigger version of that one roughly a bit bigger than the 1/5000 destroyer if the big destroyer sold well.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome. I just built the little SSD it's nice but just so small.

@jackau08

4 жыл бұрын

Eagle Sci Fi Modeler More rumour suggest Next new ship on the vehicle series pipeline that is not from new movies or rehashing is the nebulon B medical frigate or the imperial shuttle.

@JimPaulJr

4 жыл бұрын

If they did a 1/5000th scale super star destroyer it would measure right around 12 feet long. If you take their small box kit star destroyer and did a super star destroyer in that scale it would measure 52 inches long. I just did a video on this.

@Demiurge13

4 жыл бұрын

@@jackau08 ooh i like both those designs!

@Demiurge13

4 жыл бұрын

god i hope they do a good sized version of the ssd

Could you list the products you added?

Hi, Where do you purchase your LEDs from? Thank you!

@JimPaulJr

4 жыл бұрын

I get mine from a place called Lighthouseled. They have very reasonable prices and they also manufacture them too. You can find them on google and there is a phone number you can call the directly.

@sci-fimodeler1701

4 жыл бұрын

@@JimPaulJr Thank you!!!!!!

Turned out nice. Still really disappointed that Bandai did it in such a small scale. Should have done it in 3000th which would be right at about 20 inches.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that would have been a good size. This one is just too small.

@kyleruiz7167

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed but then it would cost 200+$ (especially knowing that bandai's 1/72 millennium falcon costs 300$ and is huge). Knowing how popular the ISD Is and was highly asked for, they wouldn't be able to sell as many especially to those who wouldn't have that extra money. But once they release more star wars kits they will most likely make/release a bigger scale star destroyer, that way people would be able to get this 1/5000 scale at least if they wouldn't afford a bigger and expensive one.

@JimPaulJr

4 жыл бұрын

I really don't think one a little larger would cost any more over 100 dollars. You have to remember that the large Millennium Falcon that costs so much is a perfect grade. This Star Destroyer is not a perfect grade model. The only thing this has going for its small size is having all the holes pre-drilled. All of the feedback that I have been getting from everyone is everyone is disappointed in the small scale, as well as some other details that Bandai has left out.

@kyleruiz7167

4 жыл бұрын

@@JimPaulJr yeah you're kinda right, maybe they're just concerned about making all of there models to big based on storage and displaying. Or maybe some other factors that I'm not aware of, I'm sure they are aware that people would see it as small before it was released and didn't make it small to be mean but I'm sure that they will most likely release a bigger scale in the future that way people have the choice to get the small, medium or large scale ISD just like what they do with the starfighters, it kinda makes sense. Either way I'd love for them to release a mon calamari liberty or home one cruiser to this scale that way I can make a decent sized diorama space battle

@JimPaulJr

4 жыл бұрын

Don't hold your breath. When Bandai first announced this over a year ago, the video had a Star Destroyer in it that was much larger, closer to 2 feet long, and that's what everyone was expecting. It wasn't even a Ban-Dai model in the video just a large display model they had used in the video. It's the same withe Polar Lights and their new Star Trek Discovery ships. I am a huge Star Trek fan and not so much a fan of Star Wars, but have no interest in Star Trek Discovery as it is degrading to the Star Trek franchise. Anyway, Polar Lights did the models in 1/2500 scale which other than the Discovery at close to 12 inches long, the Shenzou and Enterprise are only a few inches long. They showed photos when they did these kits and showed that they were also going to do them in the larger 1000th scale but that idea had been trashed, as Polar Lights does that with a lot of their kits. In the case of the Star Destroyer, if you want a larger one you can go with the Revell/Zvezda one in which the Revell brand was only done in a limited run and is out of production now. You can still get the Zvezda kit from Russia which is the same kit as the Revell kit. These are 2 feet long and quite impressive and detailed. On the other hand you can go with the 1/4000th scale Revell build and play Star destroyer which is 16 inches long and is a carbon copy of the larger Revell/Zvezda kit but only costs around 30 dollars. If you go over to my channel, you can see what I did with this model. I did a entire build series on it and I will put it up against the new Bandai kit any day. When you see it you would never know that it is the same model that came out of the box and started out as a kids play toy. You will have to go back away as I built it a little over a year and a half ago. I would have built the large one, but with all of my big 350th scale Star Trek models and other large sci-fi models, I just don't have the space to build too many large scale models. At 16 inches long the Revell Star Destroyer is still a very nice size display. Hope you can go over and check it out along with my Death Star Attack diorama I recently did.

You think tamiya panel liner would look good in all the details?

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Really depends on your personal choice.

So in the end you decided with basically the same shade of off white that ILM had painted the original filming model.

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

More or less..lol

Where did you get the base from?

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

I made it with a wood plaque and vinyl decal then covered with clear resin.

Does zvezda model comes with pre drilled holes for lightning ?

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

No it doesn't. I have a video of my Zvezda build if you want to check it out.

@alexwhitman9343

4 жыл бұрын

Eagle Sci Fi Modeler oh I will , problem is m not patient enough to drill million holes it most likely end up set on fire 🔥

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

It was a very tedious process.

@Xeromith

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Is this kit roughly close in scale to the AMT kit?

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

It's a bit smaller.

Insignia White.

airbrush shoudlnt block the holes

does the ship come off the stand or...?

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

Mine is permanently attached.

Better detail than the Zvezda kit but like the Death Star models it feels too small... You can still do nice things with these but it feels -- I dunno, off? This is one of those ship models where it seems like it has to be at least 3-ft long to give you an idea of size and menace but realistically they'll probably never do a model longer than 24-27 inches because of, you know, the market! I think the modeling companies are playing it safe now. They're doing smaller kits because of the soft economy. A recession around the corner isn't helping things, either. They know the collecting market is soft for sci-fi now... (Well, if Hollywood was making BETTER TV shows and movies now the existing fanbase wouldn't be so discouraged and revolting against the situation by NOT buying EVERYTHING thrown at the fans for scraps and they might actually be attracting new generations of fans, too!) Yeah, I was told by a "expert modeler" that I was full of it and that the market is great for Star Trek, too! Pfffttt! Some people just don't want to acknowledge reality. Things have NEVER been worse for Star Wars and Star Trek than they are now. On the other hand, if you WANT to collect people's cast-off collections and plenty of things in-store that AREN'T selling, it's a great time to be a fan!!!! LOL (((((((((((((((((((( Skipped ahead to see you compare this to your earlier Revell build. From the top and side, you really don't see a HUGE difference here, do you? It's sport to slag off on Revell and praise Bandai all day (even though the Bandai kits have their share of issues = higher cost for less plastic, fragile plastic pieces that break easily) but the Revell doesn't come off too badly here. You did a nice job of sprucing the Revell model up and giving it more character but it didn't have a bad base to build off from after all, did it? Well, your "fleet" grows! The models look good together, side by side, and with the difference in scales you don't have to pose them across the room from each other to make it look like they're cruising in formation. They have literal built-in forced perspective!

@EagleSciFiModeler

4 жыл бұрын

I agee, this is one kit that just needs to be big. At this scale the detail can hardly be noticable.

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