Razor Crest

[Rhoadspc]

Hello fellow Canadian Modders, hope everyone's had a great year.
I'm a little late to the sign up and I apologize for that. I haven't worked out many details for my build yet but I think what I'd like to do this year is to take an idea I've had on paper since working on my last personal build, which I themed after The Mandalorian, and I'll build his ship, The Razor Crest, or some version of it. I know Star Wars ships aren't new as a concept for a PC mod, as the X Wing and a Tie Fighter have been done, however I love LOVED them both, and want to see if I can even scratch the level of detail in those mods. Mine will however be quite a bit smaller, because well, my house doesn't have room for a life size spaceship. Fun fact the model used to shoot the Razor Crest in the Mandalorian show was only 24" in size, so quite small, and YES they used a model for the show to bring back the epic old school Star Wars feel, so The Razor Crest wasn't completely CGI !! These are all factors that have drawn me to this project and want to work on some version of one myself.

*Edit* I'm happy to say I've been sponsored a 650W SFX Power Supply for this build from Seasonic, my only sponsor thus far for this project and they are fantastic, highly recommend you guys reach out to them about supporting your mods as well. *

I currently only have the case ill be using selected and that is going to be the Coolermaster NR200.

Many details to be worked out, but I'll be getting started soon.

Good luck everyone, have as much fun as you can, reach out with questions or feedback, I'm open to talk shop and learn new things at all times.

As a parting note on this post, I've started to keep a bit of a log on my own website www.rhoadspc.ca as well as my YouTube Channel Rhoads Pc.

Have Fun !

[Rhoadspc]

Okay, since submitting my entry thread here a couple hours ago, I've gotten pretty excited about this build and the competition as well!

So I've spent a little time doing a few rough sketches just to add context to what I'm aiming for and keep me accountable to the idea I'm going for in the start of this one anyway.

[Grinder]

Hi Rhoads, I really like the concept. Looking forward to the mods!

[Rhoadspc]

The Coolermaster NR200 arrived , and I thought a quick quality of life build for this project would be to give it a dedicated table in my workshop, so I took an old speaker stand and cut up some mdf and bam it’s got a home.

Next steps are to measure and start chopping it up

[Rhoadspc]

Okay supplies in hand ! Getting started on the engines! Wish me luck.

[Rhoadspc]

First night in on making the engines and so far so good I’m really enjoying this hands on approach !

Materials used here are EVA foam, PVC pipe and super glue.

Video progress of the build is being taken and whenever this project wraps up I’ll have the montage up on my Rhoads Pc YouTube channel! Just sayin

[Rhoadspc]

Some more progress on the engines ! Have the foam and pvc pipe portion of the engines done and 3D printed the ends of the engines. Also strung an led light strip inside the engines to be able to light up and will string the cable through the wing when I make them.

I used foam clay to sculpt the details and mesh the parts together, this can be sanded down and cleaned up when it dries after 24hrs.

does anyone else let their prints go hangout outside and catch some rays ☀️

[DazMode]

looking very interesting!

[Rhoadspc]

Thanks Daz!

[C0LLARD]

Realy nice work with the engines!

[Rhoadspc]

The foam, pvc, clay and printed parts finally all glued together, next step is to etch in some details, then it’s on to the wings !!

Once I have the wings built I’ll attach the engines and move on to painting (my favourite part) honestly these have been fun but i just can’t wait to paint them
and make them look cool hopefully, in foam form they’re kinda ugly haha

[Rhoadspc]

The pieces for the front of the ship are printed, 2 of the prints were 19 hours and the third where I printed the bottom half as one was a 44 hour print!! Crazy hah proud of my little Prusa. Next is to cover these in foam and fit them to the front panel.

[Rhoadspc]

[Rhoadspc]

Okay we’ve got the front cannons printed and one of the engines etched and sprayed with a layer of filler ! A few blemishes on the engine, was kind of a learning curved but I definitely think I can clean it up going forward. I etched the details by using my soldering iron on the foam, while wearing a respirator, safety first ! Haha

[Rhoadspc]