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I'm still alive.

Hello, it's been forever since I've posted here. Unfortunately, life has interfered with my hobbies, and I haven't had and will not have an opportunity to build much of anything for a while. But I am still active and collecting kits. When I can, I am going to try to put up little in box reviews like I did for the 2FG Clone Battleship. But for now, just wanted a little bump to keep the blog alive.

Saucer mounted deflector dishes for old AMT Enterprise

OK, I haven't used this blog in a while, so I thought I'd do a side by side comparison of 2 similar but different conversion pieces for the old AMT/Ertl Refit Enterprise. This was brought up in a thread on Starship Modeler on whether or not there was a piece like this for the AMT kit.

The two pieces are saucer mounted deflector arrays by Thomas Models and VA Miniatures. The Thomas Models piece is out of production (but may be re-released by PNT Models). The VA Miniatures piece was recently released earlier this year.

Here's a shot of the two side by side, the TM piece on the left, the VAM on the right.

And here is a shot of the TM piece:

And the VAM piece:

Here's the TM piece installed in the Enterprise saucer:

And the VAM piece installed:

Overall, I like the look of the old Thomas Models piece better, but the VA Miniatures piece is also very good. The casting is pristine and Victor's customer service is top notch.

2 Fat Guys Clone Battleship

I just got a new kit from 2 Fat Guys. It is the Clone Battleship aka Acclamator class Assault Ship from Star Wars Episode II and the new Clone Wars animated film.

I liked this ship from the first time I saw it in Episode II. As a predecessor to the Imperial Star Destroyer from the original Star Wars movies, it works a lot better then the Venator class Star Destroyer introduced in Episode III. Don't get me wrong, the Venator is a great looking ship, but it looks more like a "next gen" ship rather than an ancestor.

This resin model kit from 2 Fat Guys is really nice. The kit comes in a nice sturdy box filled with packing peanuts...and bubble wrap! The kit parts are nice and protected. The parts consist of the upper and lower hull halves:







And many smaller detail parts separted into little zip loc baggies:

And a nice set of instructions:

The casting is really good. Very few bubbles or holes to fill. The detail is really good too.

One area of concern is the thinness of the lower hull half. I looks like this piece will warp very easily.



The kit is made to be in scale with the Revell Republic Star Destroyer kit. Here's a pic of the upper hull halves for the two kits. The 2FG kit on the left in green resin, and the Revell RSD on the right in gray plastic.



Overall I'm very pleased with the kit. I had been wanting a kit of this ship since I saw it in the movie, and to have it in scale with the other kit of a Clone Wars warship is a great bonus! The detail is sharp and impressive. I would recommend one to anybody else who liked this ship. You can order it from 2 Fat Guys website: http://2fatguysmodels.com/

New here

Hello, I'm new here. I am 35 years old and happily married with 2 children. I have been into model building since my dad used to build models for me when I was little. I've been a sci-fi ever since my parents took me to see Star Wars at 5 yrs old.

I've seen a few folks at Starship Modeler use this to share their projects so I thought I'd try it out too. Don't have much to post at the moment, just had a new baby and the house is still in transition from the new addition to the family. Hope to have stuff soon. My stepson is also into model building, so some of his projects will make it here too.

Well, that's all for now.