Excelsior De-fit
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RTV rubber molding test 1
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RTV rubber molding test 2
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Trimming away refit impulse engines
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Void left to be filled from de-fitting refit impulse engines
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Initial comparison Excelsior to Excelsior refit with 'extra' mass removed
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Materials test with 100% tube cement to make sure it doesn't affect the rubber. Pleased with the surface result.
Kommentit
5 27 September 2021, 23:31
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Without photo captions it's difficult to understand what you're doing. Did you recast the primary hull in translucent resin for lighting? Trying to figure out what's going on in photos 1 and 3.
28 September 2021, 04:47
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The yellow stuff is an RTV rubber. I'm making a surface mold of the "plain" parts of the saucer and edge, so I can cast copies and fill in the missing sectors left when the Ent-B's second set of impulse engine are removed.
28 September 2021, 15:32
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Ah, so you're converting the 1:2500 B into an Excelsior. Got it - cool idea. Secondary hull should be fun.
28 September 2021, 16:47
Album info
Album for project:
U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-2000 (1:2500)
Customized from AMT Enterprise-B kit.
U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-2000 | Project by 555jay (1:2500)