[Darth Vader Imperial March in the background ....]
It has always been my dream to have my very own SuperStar Destroyer (SSD). To me, the SSD had always been the ultimate in terms of Capital Ships in any Science Fiction Genre - anytime hands down. But dreaming of owning her was one thing, trying to actually own one ... whoa! You can see based on my past reviews on this subject that there were some pretty nitty issues holding me back from getting one earlier, particularly in terms of their prices and display space required. And some of the bigger ones have become scarce. As small comfort, I had to settle for 2 really, really small representation of this humongous ship in the form of a RPG game piece and a Titanium Series die cast kit for a while.
Today that dream became a reality. A package arrived and it was the 17.5" Arvey Models' SSD. I got her from Arvey Models as she was the only kit of this class that was affordable (not to mention available) and would fit really snug in my display space once she's build. And I also got her from there as I am very happy and satisfied with Arvey Model's resin quality and customer service.
Ironically my decision to purchase from Arvey Models was made almost 1.5 years ago, after my first purchase with them for the comprehensive Galactica Accurization Set - which unfortunately took a whopping 3 months to reach me (yeah, I forgot to ask for International Priority Shipping). When I saw that set, I remembered being so utterly impressed with the quality of the accurization kit, and the sudden dread overwhelming me when I realised just how bad the Revellogram Battlestar Galactica kit was. Then I found the SSD on their online catalogue when I was checking out AMT's Star Destroyer's accurization set. I actually promised Robert Vancel (who then owned and manages Arvey Models) that one day, I will buy the SSD from him.
It took me 1.5 years putting aside some money each month, praying the SSD would still be available. I had to resort to this as I can't afford to buy everything I want in one go. And when I had saved up enough, I was so relieved to find the SSD was still available, and it was also enough to include 3 sets of the 2" Star Destroyers SDs to scale to accompany my "Executor" - that's Darth Vader's ship, but shipping was going to be a problem. So I wrote to "ironship" at the Starship Modeler Forum and discovered that there was a Christmas special offer for that month of December ... man, was I happy camper. I actually only needed to top up about RM50 (about USD$16) extra to cover the cost.
So now that I have the kit, I am able to do a better review for the benefit of those who may be interested in getting her. The box package is sturdy and simple, with a very small highlight on what kit was inside it.
It has always been my dream to have my very own SuperStar Destroyer (SSD). To me, the SSD had always been the ultimate in terms of Capital Ships in any Science Fiction Genre - anytime hands down. But dreaming of owning her was one thing, trying to actually own one ... whoa! You can see based on my past reviews on this subject that there were some pretty nitty issues holding me back from getting one earlier, particularly in terms of their prices and display space required. And some of the bigger ones have become scarce. As small comfort, I had to settle for 2 really, really small representation of this humongous ship in the form of a RPG game piece and a Titanium Series die cast kit for a while.
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The RPG Game piece - I got this image from the net and mine's not as crooked as above. |
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Titanium Series - that Star Destroyer at its side is not to scale |
Today that dream became a reality. A package arrived and it was the 17.5" Arvey Models' SSD. I got her from Arvey Models as she was the only kit of this class that was affordable (not to mention available) and would fit really snug in my display space once she's build. And I also got her from there as I am very happy and satisfied with Arvey Model's resin quality and customer service.
Ironically my decision to purchase from Arvey Models was made almost 1.5 years ago, after my first purchase with them for the comprehensive Galactica Accurization Set - which unfortunately took a whopping 3 months to reach me (yeah, I forgot to ask for International Priority Shipping). When I saw that set, I remembered being so utterly impressed with the quality of the accurization kit, and the sudden dread overwhelming me when I realised just how bad the Revellogram Battlestar Galactica kit was. Then I found the SSD on their online catalogue when I was checking out AMT's Star Destroyer's accurization set. I actually promised Robert Vancel (who then owned and manages Arvey Models) that one day, I will buy the SSD from him.
It took me 1.5 years putting aside some money each month, praying the SSD would still be available. I had to resort to this as I can't afford to buy everything I want in one go. And when I had saved up enough, I was so relieved to find the SSD was still available, and it was also enough to include 3 sets of the 2" Star Destroyers SDs to scale to accompany my "Executor" - that's Darth Vader's ship, but shipping was going to be a problem. So I wrote to "ironship" at the Starship Modeler Forum and discovered that there was a Christmas special offer for that month of December ... man, was I happy camper. I actually only needed to top up about RM50 (about USD$16) extra to cover the cost.
So now that I have the kit, I am able to do a better review for the benefit of those who may be interested in getting her. The box package is sturdy and simple, with a very small highlight on what kit was inside it.
A brass rod was also included, taped onto the underside of the box package |