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1000 Scale Akira Class


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As the title says this is the 1000 scale Akira by Starcrafts. Wow! It is an amazing kit. I really wish that Round 2 had followed through with their planned kit. But Starcrafts has done a great job with this kit! The price is a bit high, but there is a lot of resin and it is very well cast. Starcrafts also offers color cast resin parts and aztek decals for the model. I did not use either. I was worried about the resin sponsons would sag so I reenforced them with brass rod. Since I was unable to get clear views of the blinkers on he ship I just used a simple 4060 chip set up to blink the position lights. I drilled out the windows I wanted light to shine through. The "hardest" part of the build was cutting the trench in the pylons so I could light the warp nacelles. The decals that came with the kit are nice. My only complaint was that there was no name decal included. When I asked Starcrafts about this I was told there was no name on the studio model. They are right there is no name on the studio model. But I wanted one for continunity. I asked JT Graphics to print me 1000 scale registry and name. I went with the all black name decal to match the rest of the ships from First Contact or "The class of 96". There are around 25 LEDs in the model. The model was painted with Model Master enamels. The base color is Light Grey. The armor panels were painted Dark Ghost Grey and then over sprayed with Light Grey. I also used Navy Agressor Grey as a detail color. A lot of the detail was added with decals. The unlit windows were "painted" with a pencil. The stand is my usual wooden plaque with batteries underneath and dedication plaque on top. The quote is from HG Wells who wrote War of the Worlds. The HMS Thunder Child protected a refugee fleet from Martian tripods in the story. I began this build in September so it took around 6 months for me to complete. My goal when i began was to do this ship and model justice and I think I have.

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