Thank you!! I really appreciate that :)

Thank you! I'd love to see the recreated scene, hit me up on social media with some pics? :)

Thanks man! It goes without saying I'd like to submit this for your Show Me Your Stuff ™ Series

Bill’s 3D Corner just a glutton for punishment! Thanks Bill! 🙂

GrumpyDude hah! Didn't even think of that, very fitting !

Thanks! I thought so 😄

DO IT!

Jim Paul Jr. shame I’m not much of a trek fan! They have a heap of beautiful models 😊

You do nice work. I am 60 years old and have been building models for 48 years now. I grew up with Star Trek. The only Star Wars movies I ever really saw was Star Wars back when it was first released in theaters back in 1977, and the Empire Strikes Back when it came out. Never followed the franchise like I did with Star Trek as that is what I grew up with in the 60's on TV. Nothing wrong with Star Wars as I have been building a lot of the Bandai kits. Even going so far as to doing lighting on the tiny Super Star Destroyer and Imperial Star Destroyer as well as the 350th Millennium Falcon. Also did a really cool diorama with several of the Bandai Death Star Attack sets with some really cool lighting effects. I was going to build the Revell/Zvezda kit, but with all my large scale Star Trek models and other sci-fi like Battlestar Galactica models and now doing a lot of Star Wars Bandai kits, I just don't have the room for many more large scale models. I opted for the Revell build and play Imperial Star Destroyer which is a carbon copy of this kit as far as all the trench and surface detail goes, but I completely lit that with over 300 feet of. 25mm fiber optics that I ran through some 1070 holes I drilled with a pin vise. I got rid of the folding feet on the bottom as well as all the sound and light unit holes, added some extra detail, even did little laser cannon effects in the side trenches. I did a complete build series on it. I am currently working on the Bandai 1/5000th Star Destroyer with my own lighting and will also be building the 144th scale Force Awakens Millennium Falcon with lighting and photo etch. I will be adding the floodlight effects in the side trenches on the Bandai Star Destroyer as I do all my own lighting and design and make my own circuit boards for my models. The new Bandai Star Destroyer has so much detail it will put most high end resin kits to shame. Again you did a nice job and I will be checking out some of your other work in the future when I get a break from all my commission builds. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

Trout thanks! I will give that a try for the next project !

......Lol! Try that with 0.25mm fibre optic!!

@@r199ers Oh yes . . . only for the feint of heart. Cheers.😁

Independent Rider thanks! I had a smaller option, but it was already difficult enough without going smaller 🙂

Valeria Fa black pencil would look fine I think, might be harder to remove it though. For a wash take your acrylic paint and water it down until it’s very thin, but still pigmented. Play with adding dish soap, sometimes you want surface tension, sometimes not. I almost always gloss coat before washes, but sometimes this can have a negative effect, like in this video, as the panel lines were so shallow after a gloss that the wash didn’t work well on them. You could try a lining or a wash without gloss and see if it runs better! Hit me up on social media with you results! 🙂

Noos Art I only noticed the light leakage after painting, so the black came later. Don’t think it would harm the electronics being painted as they are just LEDs and wires.

R Mac thanks! I modified the top and bottom pieces. I think I cut off or back the vertical walls. Drop me a picture on Twitter or Insta of the bit you mean, and I’ll confirm. @mrhodes on Twitter, @markoftherhodes on Insta 🙂

Great question. It's because these panels lines are so shallow I couldn't get a wash to flow, pencil / graphite worked wonders. I could have scribed them out, but that would have been a much longer process.

that build looks like it should be used on the next star wars movie or mandolorian episode! looks very awesome!!!!

Thanks! From memory I wasn’t too concerned. I would usually tape off where I thought it might cause a problem, but didn’t see many problematic areas except in the bridge superstructure

@@MarkRhodesMaker Cool, good to know. I have always been a little paranoid about paint+glue, and constant masking really ends up making me want to avoid the bench. Maybe I can relax a little :).

Ruben Garcia thanks! I think it was Vallejo USAF Light Grey. I may have mentioned it in the wrap up!

haze form I did yes, this is usually what I'd do, as the clear gloss will protect the paintwork

@@MarkRhodesMaker oh wow thanks for your fast answer i am actually start to build my own Revell/Zvesda Imperial Star Destroyer+Fiber Optic...an other question: did you sealed the destroyer again with clear varnish after the panel lining and weathering

haze form I did yes, because the pencil (panel lining) is fragile

@@MarkRhodesMaker that's what I thought...the tips from your two videos have been a really good help so far...thanks for that

It was! I printed it on my resin printer. I can’t remember where I got the model from, but the print was ridiculously tiny. It sat on the tip of my pinky finger.

Victor Dominguez thanks! Point 5 mm, or 0.5mm drill bits :)

Here you go! www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-star-destroyer-base-100858

This is not exactly the same model you showed in the video :(

Not exactly the same, but should do the job: www.amazon.com.au/Circuit-Carbide-Plastic-Copper-Sculpture/dp/B08CDZF1Y1/ref=sr_1_10_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=0.5mm+drill&qid=1601528829&s=home-improvement&sr=1-10-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEySjRCR0NDWjRNTDgyJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDU5NDMyMUw2VlVDTVhQREM4RSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEyUFhSRUQxVE9QV0xXJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfbXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

ydeardorff I can’t even remember, but stay tuned because I have a new one coming in the next few weeks with a better colour scheme