STAR TREK: Enterprise NX-01
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As you can see, not much has happened yet, although I have already invested hours of work.
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As I couldn't and didn't want to use decals for the Aztek pattern at that time, I had worked on the upper side with a scalpel 8 years ago. This gave a little more depth to the rather smooth surface. It's not perfect, today I would have better tools at hand. Believe me, this has already taken a few days.
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The bottom half of the saucer is not yet finished. So I'll have to continue here for now. I hope the motivation remains.
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I had already bought a kit with 2 shuttle pods. The quality is, well, just about acceptable. Today I have a resin 3D printer and I think I'll print the shuttle again myself.
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The fitting is not perfect, filler will be needed
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After several years I lost one of the torpedo bay parts, so I had to scratch build one.
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Since I have a 3D printer now, I can use the advantages of the Resin to fill small gaps. No drying time is needed after fixing it with UV light.
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The hangar for the inspection pods also had a bad fit. I'm really afraid of gluing the upper hull later. The fitting might be terrible at all.
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This part needs a lot of sanding and putty - ah no, I used the UV-Resin again.
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Drilled the holes for the loading bay to lighten them with fiber optics.
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More holes to drill for illumination effects.
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Finished with scratching the complete surface with aztek lines.
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Starting to glue some bigger parts.
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Drilled the holes for the secondary impulse engine. Will see later if it is small enough to close it with Micro Crystal Clear.
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I read in other construction reports that there is a misalignment of the nacelles to the horizontal of the saucer. They seem to sag at the back. I therefore moved the pin a few millimeters at the marked point. Let's see if that's enough to correct the misalignment.
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Oh oh oh... so many gaps and light leaks to fill after putting parts of the saucer together.
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Lot's of light leaks filled with UV resin.
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Sprayed black layer on the inside to make the hull lightproof.
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Silver coat for more lightproofness.
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Sanding the first clear parts.
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Blind sanding the next clear parts.
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Clear parts painted
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Tamiya Fine Surface Primer applied.
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Main color sprayed with Valllejo Model Air Aluminium.
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Started with first color of free handed Aztec painting. I used Vallejo Model Air Gunmetal.
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Comparison: Left - Aztek pattern finished after several hours / Right - still many hours to go
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Upper hull is now finished with Aztek painting. Can't see rectangles anymore.
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Painted some small details and sprayed a clear coat with Emsal Bodenglänzer as preparation for the decals.
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Decals applied on the upper hull.
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All decals done and sealed with a gloss varnish. Next step will be panel lining.
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Panel lining is done now on the saucer
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Clear parts painted for partial light transmission.
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More preparing for light installation: I darkened some windows and I also colored some windows. In my opinion the crew is not always in every room of the ship, so some rooms would be dark.
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Not as difficult as I thought, but it takes time to prepare and solder all the LED lights.
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Preparing the fiber optics step by step
Komentáre
36 5 December 2023, 10:20
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A build of my favorit ship from Star Trek? I'll take a seat first row centre!
5 December 2023, 19:37
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aztek mosaic looks really good, congratulations on surviving it 🙂 i think i would have been cross-eyed after that!
8 February, 15:52
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Wow, Chris! That's amazing work so far! I'm betting this will turn out to be a beautiful build!
11 February, 06:28
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I started with this kit back in 2015, but then it disappeared under many other boxes for years and I simply lacked the motivation to continue. I hadn't done much yet and I had the greatest respect for working with electricity and lighting. Electricity and model making are completely new to me.
But now I'm finally going to continue, let's see how far I get with this new attempt.