My 1/350 Enterprise Refit build...

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My 1/350 Enterprise Refit build...

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So...

Having built several of these many years ago when this kit was first released, I find myself building three now. All three will feature...

The Star Trek the motion picture paint scheme. Five colors(Four iredescent Gold,Blue,Green and Red) Plus the base color white.
Full lighting package.
On this build, the masking set from Orbital Dry-docks.
Photo Etch from Para Grafx.

Once I started the build I realized why I stopped building them. They are a major pain to build.These three will be my last.

On this build, I started with the Shuttle bay. After cleaning up the parts and Priming, I air brushed the appropriate color scheme...

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More detailed pictures of the Shuttlebay and the two Turbolifts...

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The Shuttlebay again...The detailed/painted Botanical Garden and officers Lounge.

On both I removed those horrid plastic "trees" and substituted scale ones.

Also the Photo Etch addition of the Windows for both areas.

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The intricate Five color Motion picture paint scheme begins.
Note...to keep these builds from boring me to tears, I jump around. Your milage may vary.

Again, using the mask set from Orbital Dry-docks I have begun airbrushing the Secondary hull...A tedious process to say the least. I won't go into the steps of The actual how to on using the mask, You can find that around the net. However, having said that, it's MUCH easier than cutting my own, which I did in the past.


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The kit supplied bridge is wrong...So I started to modify it until I found a much more accurate part on Shapeways...

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And on the Saucer...
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The Impulse power crystal housing..
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I airbrushed the intricate Aztec pattern and five colors on the upper saucer...

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The saucer and Shuttlebay assemblies and the lower saucer gets airbrushed...
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Test Fitting the major assemblies...
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AND some light testing...
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The electronics and lighting have been installed 100%.

Although there is much more work to do, the model is finally beginning to look right. Still need to address several areas for clean up and lighten some of the coloring...However, I am happy with the progress so far.

I also stopped by to see my friends at my local Hobby Shop to allow them to inspect and enjoy the model...
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Another fun shot of my 1/350 refit build...
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And here is the original boring shot on my kitchen countertop! Background clutter a bonus included for those inclined!!

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A couple more fun shots of the completed 1/350 Refit...

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This is definitely some impressive work! Thanks for posting in such detail.
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Holy crap that looks like a ton of work! :o

But the results really look amazing!
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Simply stunning! The detail is insane!

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Great attention to detail :like
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Many,many thanks guys!!!
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#20 Post by ffolkes75 »

she looks incredible! fantastic work.
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