U.S.S. Reliant

Christopher Mullins
My 5 year old saw the ship box and said he wants it to hang in his room. I built the sup assemblies before I took any pictures, there are not a lot of parts, but detail on the hull is pretty good. A couple of the parts didn't fit too well together anymore, it is an old kit. From 97 I think it is. I do like this class of ship though, I think they look pretty good.

Christopher Mullins
Now I have the top of the hull finished, and the nacelles, next step is to work on the bottom of the Hull. Using MM paints mostly, Duck Egg Blue and intermediate blue, plus Revell Yellow and Aluminum.

Christopher Mullins
Been taking my time here, got a little touch up to do and then put the decals on and its finished. Think it looks pretty good.

Christopher Mullins
The decals:very old, very yellow. It took a lot of time to get then on, more than 7 hours. The yellow does come off, but you have to dip the decal in water, wipe it off, wet it, flip the decal over, wipe it, wet it, and pray it is not in 5 or 6 pieces by the time you get it on. The only problems I really had with breakage were the stripes, the rest came off and went on without much trouble. Now the mistake I made. On the Nacelle pylons the re are Starfleet symbols but i got a couple of em upside down because i wasn't paying enough attention, not really that noticeable though, unless you look really close.

Christopher Mullins
So its finally finished, The decals were a pain, but I got most of the yellow off so they look OK, but you can tell they are old if you look close.