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Re: Galileo Shuttle 2022 1:32 Scale

#61 Post by Trekkriffic »

So I gave in and decided the spindly landing pad support pegs needed strengthening when they bent at odd angles while I was applying decals.
They didn't break off thankfully but I thought this was not the place to have a weak point.
To that end, I trimmed most of the plastic shaft down to about 3 mm and sheathed the stub in aluminum tubing.
A short length of brass tubing fits is glued inside the aluminum tube to slide into the hole in the nacelle.
I always wondered at Federation engineers placing a shaft for the landing pad right aft of the bussard but ... I guess it works for Star Trek.

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 140 by Steve J, on Flickr

Landing pads and rear landing strut installed.
I used 25 second CA on the forward pads into the nacelle and they cured like iron.
You can literally support the weight of the model just holding onto one pad.
Much improved over the plastic kit shaft alone:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 141 by Steve J, on Flickr

Teaser showing rear landing strut...
I was delighted to see there was enough clearance for the nacelles not to touch the surface.
When I watched the show as a kid, I just assumed the shuttle sat on its balls.
Never knew it had a landing pad at the stern till later:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 142 by Steve J, on Flickr

Good look at the forward landing pads whose support shafts run up thru the middle of the warp nacelle.
Really strange engineering to have that built into the nacelle.
Must be a way for starfleet engineering to make it work though:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 143 by Steve J, on Flickr

I like the way the engines light up using my flash:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 144 by Steve J, on Flickr

I went ahead and unmasked the forward windows so I could clean out any stubborn bits of dried liquid mask before the next clearcoat to seal the decals.
Glad I did! That stuff is tough. I had to resort to isopropyl alcohol on a microbrush to get some of it out of the frames.
That and my dental picks and an old scrubby brush, though, did the job:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 145 by Steve J, on Flickr

The crew were installed using Museum Wax. So if I ever want to remove a crewman I can do so easily.
The wax comes off with warm water or mineral spirits.
I also masked off the bussards to keep the next clearcoats off them:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 147 by Steve J, on Flickr

Teaser of the crew in their seats:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 148 by Steve J, on Flickr

Underside detailed and wiped clean with water before spraying with Testors Glosscote.
Went on smooth as silk with no wind today so little to no risk of my wet gloss catching threads in the air:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 149 by Steve J, on Flickr

Still wet from her final gloss coat.
Her final coat will be one spray with Testors Dullcote to give the Galileo a satin finish:

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 150 by Steve J, on Flickr

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Re: Galileo Shuttle 2022 1:32 Scale

#62 Post by barad_dur »

So very cool - Stunning work !

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Amazing work!!! :like
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Re: Galileo Shuttle 2022 1:32 Scale

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Trekkriffic wrote: . . . Teaser showing rear landing strut . . . I was delighted to see there was enough clearance for the nacelles not to touch the surface.
When I watched the show as a kid, I just assumed the shuttle sat on its balls . . .


There's a joke in there somewhere :-k
Trekkriffic wrote: . . . Never knew it had a landing pad at the stern till later . . .
Ditto - except I didn't know until YOU just told us! (and I have the nerve to call myself a Star Trek fan! :oops: )

Simply breathtaking work Steve - genius, artistry, patience, and talent combined into 1 tiny model =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>



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Heavy Metal Spike wrote:
Trekkriffic wrote: . . . Teaser showing rear landing strut . . . I was delighted to see there was enough clearance for the nacelles not to touch the surface.
When I watched the show as a kid, I just assumed the shuttle sat on its balls . . .


There's a joke in there somewhere :-k
Trekkriffic wrote: . . . Never knew it had a landing pad at the stern till later . . .
Ditto - except I didn't know until YOU just told us! (and I have the nerve to call myself a Star Trek fan! :oops: )

Simply breathtaking work Steve - genius, artistry, patience, and talent combined into 1 tiny model =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>



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Wow, thank you Spike for the very high praise.
Seriously, I think at some point every modeller comes to love their model.
This is one of those for me.
When that happens you enter a modelling zone and sometimes can do some pretty neat things.

Anyway, here are some more teasers of the crew with the roof off leading up to taking the final shots.
The model is finished except for some small touches on Mears that these images revealed need to be done.
She's a little shiny on her face and uniform and my Liquitex matte varnish went bad on me so need to get me some.
I used a cheap Harbour Freight flashlight to take these pics...

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 151 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 153 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 154 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 155 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 156 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 157 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - WIP 159 by Steve J, on Flickr

I'll have better ones once I get my photo booth set up with better lighting.

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Here are some of the finished images I took yesterday with my garage “camera studio” setup…

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 001 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 002 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 003 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 004 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 007 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 012 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 013 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 015 by Steve :D J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 024 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 026 by Steve J, on Flickr

Let me know if you want to see more images.I have more where this came from. I even have some vids. :D

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Magnificent!!!! :bow:
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Trekkriffic wrote:Here are some of the finished images I took yesterday with my garage “camera studio” setup…

Let me know if you want to see more images.I have more where this came from. I even have some vids. :D
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Well how can I refuse such earnest demands? Here’s a few more. I’ll post more tomorrow too.

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 005 by Steve J, on Flickr

Look closely at this next image and you can see the panels lines I scribed into the roof. I haven’t seen anyone else do this on their builds:

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 006 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 008 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 009 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 010 by Steve J, on Flickr

My Mona Lisa Mears…

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 051 by Steve J, on Flickr

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Last pic (which is supposed to be "Mears") is a duplicate Steve (which will no doubt be fixed by the time everyone else reads this :) )

Yarp - it was fixed as soon as I posted :lol:

Tis a thing of beauty my friend - stunning work =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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#71 Post by barad_dur »

Well, You knocked it out the park - again!!
I am always so very impressed by your work and skills.

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#72 Post by tay666 »

Just simply stunning!
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barad_dur wrote:Well, You knocked it out the park - again!!
I am always so very impressed by your work and skills.
Thanks a lot man! :D

I really like how the crew has turned out. I put some research and mixing my skin tones and expressions to try and capture the spirit, if not the exact likeness, of the TV episode's crew.
There's only a few things I still need to make and add and those are tricorders for Mears and McCoy with straps. The only other thing I thought to do would be retouching Mears' eyebrows with some medium brown. They are a prominent feature of the actress who played her.
Probably done using a toothpick but... I'm not sure I need to try and make her any better.
She has this little hint of a smile and I'm not sure if she's looking at anyone in particular or just musing about her job responsibilities on their mission.
Still, if I got the eyebrows just right, it would really be a pretty close to dead ringer for the character in the episode.
Do I even want to mess with her face again?

Anyway, here are some more pics... sorry for the photo bomb...

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 008 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 009 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 010 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 011 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 014 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 016 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 017 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 018 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 019 by Steve J, on Flickr

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The Galileo 7 - FINISHED 020 by Steve J, on Flickr

Since these pics were taken I have retouched Guetano to fix an eyelid issue and fixed Spock's right eye so more pictures of them to be taken.

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:bshock:
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#76 Post by LOBOREX »

Beautiful work all the way round.
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#77 Post by Trekkriffic »

Mears got a tricorder…

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As did McCoy…


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#78 Post by barad_dur »

Very cool ! They looked “real” already but the tri-corder enhances the realism even more .
Nice touch !!

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Absolutely FANTASTIC!!! :bow: :bow: :bow:
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Just keeps getting better!
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