VFX ARTIST REVEALS HOW BIG 'STAR WARS' SHIPS REALLY ARE!
STAR WARS MODEL MAKERS are used to making kits at a seriously wide range of scales. The Bandai Death Star II, for example, is made to an amazing 1:2,700,000 scale. SMN report: Star Wars kits are not all made to such tiny scales of course. Vehicles like the Millennium Falcon and X-Wing are available at a typical model aircraft 1:72 scale. But even at that size, we are making models of some very large machines. The video ( bottom ) rams science-fiction ideas home by showing you just how big the film makers' dreams have been. More please! A Walker (below) strolls past a light-industrial lot, while Star Destroyers ( header pic ) hover threateningly over New York City. Oops, the Millennium Falcon will earn a parking ticket by landing on a freeway ( below ). The Bandai Star Destroyer ( below ) is one of a range that marks new heights for sci-fi kit production. The Revell Slave 1 ( below ) may be 'just' a snap-kit, but the moulding quality is good and sharp, as this ventral vie...