JPG’s 1/2500 Starship of David (from Jews in Space!)

[nicholassagan]

Mel Brooks is great. History of the World Pt2 is great. Jews in Space is great. And of course the Starship of David is great. JPG commissioned me to do the master for this kit for release at this past year’s Wonderfest and I’m finally getting around to a preview build…after every kit sold out!

I’m pretty darn happy with the way it turned out. The parts clean up easily and assembly will be a breeze. Each hemisphere of the hull is split down the center so there is a tiny bit of seam cleanup. I’m doing a modular paint process before the actual assembly on this one to save myself the effort of masking. It’s a fun, quick build so far!

 

[Cave_Dweller]

This is awesome. Saw it on Starship Modeler webstore and had to do a double-take! ;D

Can't wait to see it finished, it would be an awesome model. And yes, that is indeed a great movie.

 

[nicholassagan]

More progress! Once the base coat of paint on the panels dried I gave them a dark gray wash and then dry brushed them with some silver. Also got the hulls cleaned up, preshaded and base coated! I went with a slower approach using multiple thinned down coats of flat white. The subtle preshading doesn’t show up super great in these pics but it’s there. They’ll be more prominent in the studio pics. Assembly was pretty easy. There are only a few seams between the paneling that will need to be painted darker gray. Other than that she’s shaping up nicely!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Ha ha brilliant.

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely an unusual ship design

 

[nicholassagan]

Mel Brooks!!!

Jews in Space (Mel Brooks)

 

[Grendels]

I always wanted a model of this ship.

 

[nicholassagan]

Getcho pre-order on : http://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/product/2702_195/starship-of-david.cfm

I do have one available though

 

[nicholassagan]

Finished up the painting and assembly with a coat of Future! Next up is decals then weathering!

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Mel Brooks!!!

Jews in Space (Mel Brooks)

Whoa....that kinda has a TOS BSG feel to it! LOL

 

[arohk]

I love so very cool love mels movies as well he is great.

 

[Grendels]

Looking forward to that next step!

 

[Beork]

considering the comical nature of the movie, it's still a pretty cool design.
Kit looks good too

 

[nicholassagan]

Got the decals and clear coat on over the weekend. It'll be Wednesday until I post studio pics, tho

 

[YOULI]

Funny Fact... Add a Pyramid and you have the huge Goa'Uld Starship

Kinda...

 

[nicholassagan]

ha! yeah!

 

[nicholassagan]

All done!!! Full gallery is here: http://nicholassagan.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/12500-starship-of-david-complete/

 

[Quaralane]

Looks really good, but I think the white background washed it out a little

 

[nicholassagan]

yeah, it's my standard backdrop in the studio. i have black paper at home but the lights aren't as good...

 

[JohnSimmons]

Looks great Nick, certainly different lol.