Death Star 2 Port Attack Diorama

[OTnROTSfan]

Hey all,

First WIP over here. Posting some catch-u-up pics.

I love building [big] dioramas with structural elements I haven't seen tried before (love building architectural models, too). I have always wanted to do the cool red port from ROJ with all of the ships diving in (or fleeing out). I started designing this about 1.5 years ago, spending about four months figuring out scale and how to design a multi-layered approach to building it. I work on it slowly (like 2 hours a week) with my work/life schedule, but have come quite far. Hoping to finish this around this time next year.

Long story short - she's in 1/144 scale and it is about four feet wide, three feet high (with the partial laser tower), and will have a removable "port" top that should be around three feet by four feet (so I can get everything through common doorways). I got a kickstart to actually doing it at a local store that was closing... I got myself a big heavy welded metal rack for $25! I saw potential in it and away I went...

Oh yeah, and it WILL be lit...

Full Project Build so far...

Started here:





Got to here:



1-144 MF in the Hole:



Currently working on the tunnel lighting tubes:





Full Project Build so far...

More soon...