This is the Aegis Hammerhead Gunship, created by Cloud Imperium Games for Star Citizen.
The model is 1/250 Scale with movable Turrets that can rotate and
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The Hull pieces are FDM printed in ABS using 0.15mm layer height.
Engine Nacelles and all Turret pieces are SLA printed by Shapeways.
Additional pictures with a few of the in-progress pics are in my Imgur album:
http://imgur.com/a/0GlWvO5
In total, the build took a little over 3 months in my spare time.
After printing the hull in multiple pieces, all the print lines were removed using a micro-file. The parts were then coated with 2 coats of Rustoleum Filler-Primer and re-sanded.
All the parts were then primed with Vallejo Grey acrylic primer before painting on the stripe colors and then primary Hull color.
I created text graphics for the ship using Adobe Illustrator and had them custom printed as waterslide decals.
After painting all the tiny features of the ship, I was able to apply the decals.
Weathering effects were painted on the individual parts before it was assembled.
Once weathering was complete, the individual pieces were glued together using superglue, making sure the glue didn't touch any surfaces that are intended to move.
Once I could determine the center of gravity for the ship, I modeled and 3D printed the Base and Cradle in FDM. A 3/8 inch acrylic rod from Amazon.com holds up the cradle-portion for the ship.
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