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USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:19 pm
by Anark
Ok..
... so it isnt painted yet but I think i've done a good job.
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Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:23 pm
by flyboy 28
I have that EXACT model, just a bit smaller scale. :) And it dosen't come with Dauntlesses, I think it's just a generic fighter. Looks good. ;)

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:59 pm
by Papa9571
And it is so sad the the real Enterprise was scrapped to, of all places, Japan. Cant wait to see it painted.

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:05 am
by cspyro21
And there was me expecting Captain Kirk and Spock ;D ;D

NOTE: I am not a Star Trek fan, that's my Dad ::)

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:19 pm
by Anark
Cant wait to see it painted.

Uh....yeah...painted...
;D
I'll get round to it someday  :P

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:36 pm
by Woodlouse2002
[quote]
Uh....yeah...painted...
;D
I'll get round to it someday

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:58 pm
by Hagar
I thought the idea was to paint all the bits first. :P

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:01 pm
by Anark
Yeah, I skipped that bit.

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:00 pm
by beaky
I thought the idea was to paint all the bits first. :P



You beat me to it... I hesitated, 'cuz it's been so long since I built a plastic model kit (in a haze of toluol fumes...) I wan't sure if I remembered it right! ;D

First: paint all parts while still on trees (much easier to handle that way, how about that?
Second: cut parts off trees with knife or nail clippers
Third: file flash off; touch up paint.
Etc.

Good luck painting inside the hangar deck... ! ;D

Of course, the whole thing is gray already... maybe swab some thinner on it to give it that "weathered" look and call it done... ;D

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:31 pm
by Woodlouse2002
You only paint the fiddly bits first. Course, you often get carried away. ;D

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:09 am
by Colonel_M00RE
Looks great anark, though as a person who has assembled a few of those, including CVN 65 (nuclear USS Enterprise)  model which is about 2 feet 9 in long, I'd say that some parts should be painted before assembly.

Though I wouldn't paint them all like rotty said, sometimes you have to glue them together, and the glue that I have at least apparently work as a solvent as well, so I get a really messy spot on the model.

Also, you'll find out that the painting is nothing, nothing like placing the decals: at least on my Enterprise they are about a foot long, several of the severed when I was placing them on.

Anyway, looks like you did a great job on assembly, good luck post some pics of the final product  8)

Re: USS Enterprise

PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:40 pm
by Anark
Well I have been focusing my efforts on other things recently which ill post photos of shortly.