The Enterprise Incident

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December 6, 2020
A 31 year old vintage kit, crude by today’s standards. So much sanding, so much filler, so many imperfections. It feels like I’m actually carving the ships myself out of soap or something. A real challenge. I hope I can make them look decent.
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December 6, 2020
Klingon D7 Battlecruiser
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December 6, 2020
Lots of bad fitting seems
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December 12, 2020
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December 12, 2020
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December 6, 2020
The tail of the Romulan Warbird was missing, I had to try and make one. Fortunately, it is a fairly simple shape. Made a shape with paper
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December 6, 2020
Made from a wood craft stick
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December 6, 2020
Not bad, it should clean up with some filler.
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January 8, 2021
Sorry for my ugly grotesque claw, I’m recovering from second degree burns to my hand.
Let the pressure cooker fully cool down before opening the lid! 😛
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January 8, 2021
The saucer section gap is hard to fill in and get smooth..
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December 12, 2020
Primed with Model Masters grey
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December 12, 2020
Looks pretty good from a distance
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December 12, 2020
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December 6, 2020
31 year old decals
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December 12, 2020
All primed up and nearly ready to paint. (Or so I thought)
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December 12, 2020
This is the point where I pause, usually for a long time trying to figure out how to not fuck it up.. And then I see a sign post up ahead.. and crossover into the Twilight Zone..
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January 8, 2021
I had a slight airbrush malfunction and had to completely redo the Warbird.
I used Tamiya acrylic thinner for the first time, and it reacted to the Model Masters silver causing a rip in the space-time continuum which sent me hurling back to square one..
I should have tested an unfamiliar product before I went straight to the model... I was getting too cocky..

Comments

11 6 December 2020, 02:29

JD
A 31 year old vintage kit, crude by today's standards. So much sanding, so much filler, so many imperfections. It feels like I'm actually carving the ships myself out of soap or something. A real challenge. I hope I can make them look decent.

6 December 2020, 02:48

Torsten
I'm in, like the theme and never seen this as a build

6 December 2020, 08:39

JD
All primed up and nearly ready to paint..

12 December 2020, 07:20

James White
That's a great kit and progress!

2 January 2021, 17:01

JD
I don't know about progress, but thanks! A real study in putty.. I've been spoiled with too many perfectly fitting modern kits compared with this oldie.

3 January 2021, 00:47

Ben M
I had this one when I was a kid, I recall it was fun to have all three, you will make them beautiful ????

3 January 2021, 01:58

James White
Yeah, those old (and heck, even new) AMT kits are made with such brittle and ill-fitting plastic. I bought the F-104 Starfighter "Tomorrow is Yesterday" Album | Album by JamesWhite (1:48) kit primarily for the jet because I love that plane. You'll see that I didn't put enormous care into the fit and finish of the Enterprise in that one, so I'm looking forward to seeing how yours turns out!

3 January 2021, 14:51

JD
Crash and burn ladies and gentlemen, literally... Uh, had a slight weapons malfunction and am recovering from second degree burns to my hand.. But we're all fine here now.. How are you?

8 January 2021, 09:31

Tom ...
Yikes! Sorry to hear that JD. As if building this kit wasn't hard enough!

8 January 2021, 09:45

JD
Yeah these older kits require so much more modeling skills then I realized.. It's like one step forward, two steps back..

8 January 2021, 10:08

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