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Bandai "Vehicle Model" Star Destroyer; finished in Tamiya & Vallejo acrylics, 502 Abteilung oils, and MIG Productions enamels.

This model has no given scale, but it's pretty small at a little over 4-1/2" long. It's smaller than an Armada Victory-class Star Destroyer, which is a shame because it would make an awesome gaming piece!

I primed the model black and then gave it a coat of Tamiya Flat White darkened with a little Tamiya Light Grey. After that, I cut a bunch of tiny pieces of masking tape to a simple "Aztec pattern" on the hull. Then I lightened the original base color with more white and sprayed the ship. After I pulled the tape off, I felt that the panels were a little too dark so I dusted them with the base color to tone them down a bit. I put a coat of Future on the model and when it dried, I gave the recesses a wash using 502 Abteilung Oil Faded Grey and gave some of the darker areas a wash of toned down Mig Productions Dark Wash (enamel). Once everything was dried, I'll gave it a matte coat it and pick out some small details with a brush using Vallejo Game Color Ghost Grey. The decal was lifted from Bandai's 1/48 scale AT-ST kit.

Amazing work. The only thing that I could think of, is I’d like to see the blue glow of the engines.

But what you have done is great!

 Nevelon wrote:
Amazing work. The only thing that I could think of, is I’d like to see the blue glow of the engines.

But what you have done is great!

Thanks!

I considered doing an engine glow, but I'm not really the biggest of it and with this model's small scale it would be tricky to make it look convincing. I would really like to put some lights in it, but there's hardly any room on the interior (and I'm not well versed in electronics!).