These Colonial Vipers WIP’s were originally shown here on Modelers Miniatures & Magic back on February 27, 2009 and is now updated to today’s showing standard! Built by artist R.L. Bleecker, these four Studio Scale Colonial Vipers were built from the then NEW V2 Studio Scale kit mastered and offered from Mike Salzo (MSLZ22 Models) and artist Mike Reis. This new V2 kit was created to correct the studio scale size and detail that had been lost in the generational shrinkage of resin copies over the years, well away from what was utilized for the ICONS Replicas release so long ago. Mike & Mike did marvelous work in recreating the amazing replicas in kit form.  And.. artist R.L...

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~38″ Blockade Runner

Wave 1 (First 20) SOLD OUT and SHIPPED!

Wave 2 (Second 20) ORDERS BEING ACCEPTED
Wave 2 Kits will be made during October & November 2019

(Pricing is Subject to Change by Kit Seller)

Wave 2 Pricing: $1,075 USD

Plus Shipping

Kit Scale: ~38 Inches Long!!

Kit Materials: Resin

Number of Pieces: 194

Shipping Amount: Postage for USA delivery is $50. And International is $110 (due to the weight and box size needed for safe travels)

Shipping: World-Wide

Kit Availability: Only 20 Available as of 7/13/2019

Payment Methods Accepted: Pay in Full, or Payment Program through AFFIRM (Modeler Magic Always Recommends Using PAYPAL for BOTH Purchaser and Seller Protection.)

Kit Description: This is our ~38 inch long Blockade Runner (194 Piece) model kit – which i...

There is so much content on this that we have to show everyone. Sadly, I don’y believe I could ever show how much truly went into building this USS Enterprise REFIT Replica from Star Trek The Motion Picture. What I do have to show that everyone may view, I have decided to keep on one site. Appropriately so, the honor goes to my Kuhn Global Site. There it shall remain for all to view as they wish to do so. It is our our hope that these photos may assist in other builds that will be done by many… possibly even you. With the Kuhn Global Site still being worked on to show content the way we wish it shown, below is Photo that when clicked on shall take you to the posting of the Enterprise Build on my Kuhn Global Site...

These two beautiful builds were done by artist Dan Grumeretz for the Collection here. They began life as patterns created by artist Alfred Wong for the now defunct company PRECISIONEER. Now those patterns are owned by KORBANTH, and having been slightly modified, are now for sale on their site.
There were many things done to these two kits to make them look like they do. Many modifications to make then each look like what we viewed in the Revenge of the Sith. The kit was patterned after the Revell model, which has been stated as having been created with the digital files. Artist Alfred Wong did a magnificent job making these patterns a much larger version of that kit...

When I first viewed photos of art Alfred Wong making these patterns for KORBANTH of the immense Mandator IV-Class Siege Dreadnought DESTRUCTION, I was intrigued greatly! Upon getting my kit (VIEW HERE) from Randy Johnson of Korbanth, I assigned this build to artist Dan Grumeretz…. who did a most amazing job. The kit was fantastically patterned after the Maquette model shown in the Disney Launch Bays in California and Florida, USA. That stated… that Maquette is not exactly like the film version.. and since it is that which I wanted to replicate as much as possible, the kit thus required slight modification. Firstly, I wanted lights, which the Disney display Maquette did not have. Dan sliced the bridge in half to make top and bottom halves...

Here is one that was purchased and initially built by artist Richard Long. Unfortunately it met with some challenged transport (no pun intended) and ended up in a few pieces. Once again I asked artist Dan Grumeretz to come to it’s rescue…. and he did! Firstly repairing it’s outer shell, Dan then moved to it’s interior guts, revamping the wiring and lighting. After that it was a matter of painting it up, and reassembling it all. Even more fantastic is the BanDai 1/144 X-Wing and Y-Wing that Dan placed with the Transport to give it more life than before! I LOVE THIS DISPLAY!

I wish to thank Anigrand for initially making all these wonderful Star Wars kits. I would also like to thank artist Richard Long for his work on this initially...

Here is a model kit that has been sitting in a box for years. We are just now getting to many of those that have been waiting to be built. This 1/20 MK7E Super Viper was built from the FM Model Company kit…. a fantastic GK model company that no longer produces kits. That stated, I am pleased to have both their MK7E and their MK2 Viper’s in 1/20 scale.

Dan has done beautiful work on this Viper, modifying it slightly to resemble the amazing digital model Viper MK7B created by artist Pierre Drolet for Battlestar Galactica, and of which may be seen on his site SciFi Museum. The kit itself was very well made (as was FM Model Company’s usual)...

Artist Ralph McQaurrie will always be remembered for his brilliant and imaginative work in the film and art industry. A many of his designs were used for popular science fiction films… of which this one made it into the Star Wars universe. If real, this concept A-Wing is much larger than the actual A-Wing that we saw in Return of the Jedi. When artist Richard Long patterned a kit of it, I wanted one greatly. I eventually was able to get this kit direct from Richard Long, and even arrange the pattern sale to KORBANTH, who may begin selling it soon. That stated… this model was masterfully built up by artist Dan Grumeretz for our display here. Dan took time to really follow what McQuarrie had painted...

We have so many studio scale X-Wings here on display. In fact, we still have all of the X-Wings we have replicated from the original Star Wars models used in 1977, with a few that are even one-offs of great imagination. We also have the concept X-Wing, the very first ICONS X-Wing (the one Capt Cardboard utilized to start the studio scale X-Wing Kit craze), two Korbanth 1/24 T-70 X-wings, the Poseidon 1/24 X-Wing, an actual Capt Cardboard X-Wing (built by RL Bleecker as Blue 7 thirteen years ago)….. and a Partridge in a Pair Tree! Am I bragging? Maybe a little…LOL. That stated… I know of a few private collections that have way more than we have displayed here…. which truly must be amazing to view...

This one was along time coming. I purchased a few parts from the kit’s original pattern maker (Richard Long) years ago, and I knew then were parts missing. The pattern had eventually made it’s way to Frank Cerney of FM Model Company whom I am happy to say was able to sell me the missing parts. I am grateful of Frank for doing so… it helped with this project very much. That stated, part challenges continued with minor issue. With what Frank sent me, Dan still had to scratch build two of the wings due to a mishap of mistaken parts shipping… (basically two of the same wings which cannot be flipped from side to side). Unfortunately by the time we realized this, Frank had already sold the patterns to an unnamed person…...