Nothing like throwing a little "junkbuild" in with the scratch. :) :)

I bow to your superior Kodiak build!  Far better than mine ever was.

Not much to update so far. I only have just started  to get some of the parts going together. I am doing a Romulan ship from the Adversary Set since the BOP needs more work then I can give it after Wonderfest.

This shot is the secondary hull, with warp nacelles attached; 

Bottom view of secondary hull and nacelles; 

The hole in the center of the photon torp bay, is for the 1/8" steel rod that supports the model on the display base. You can also see the 18 "windows" of the botanical section; 

This is the top view, looking forward, of the secondary hull, and warp nacelles; 

The two holes aft of the pylon in this shot, are for the screws that will attach the prinary hull's lower section, to the secondary hull. There is a third screw hole between the horizontal, and vertical pylon cross braces. This is the last shot of the secondary hull, by itself. I will be permanently attaching the primary hull, and begin detailing it.

Primary hull lower half, with styrene "reinforcements" and the three mounting screws; 

This closeup shot shows the screws in place with the reinforcements;  

 

 

Far better than yours ever was???? If that's true, it's only because I've learned from my past mistakes. We're all, only as good as our current achievement. We'll all be better, "next time". 

When I first built the Battle Cruiser, "Firestone", I wanted to build the Kodiak. I am very happy that I got to do that, in this manner, in this forum.

The primary hull assembly is just about done, and there's putty that has to be applied to the "joints/gaps/mistakes". The drawing isn't too clear about the structure where the megaphaser pylons, that support the upper photon torp pod, attach to the primary hull. I'm going to have to exercise some "creative artistic liscence" in finishing this area. The next pictures that I post will be the finished/pre-paint.

I have one major decision left, that is paint. Do I go with the "standard, kit recommended, paint scheme?  Or, do I get creative, and do an aztec pattern. Do I shoot all gloss, decal, and then shoot a flat coat? Or, do I shoot all flat, overglaze, decal, and flat. I have run into problems shooting an overglaze before, but, all gloss tends to build up a heavier coat of paint. I'll have to play with some scrap material and the paints I will use to see which will be the better way to go.

I saved the shipschematics.net JPEG image of the Kodiak drawings, to disk, imported it into Autocad at "full size", and printed out the profile drawing and pieced it together. The reward for this was seeing that the model did indeed scale up well. The discrepancies that do exist are mostly due to the accuracy of measuring the small drawing in the Jackill's book.....and a couple of forehead slapping "duh's", caught too late to correct. Transferring the panel lines from the drawing, to the compound curves of the model, was the hardest, and most easily botched. It didn't help that the surface of the model ended up not exactly what it was intended to be. Still, the scratchbuild part of this was a first time undertaking, and turned out well enough, considering. I am pleased with results.

This weekend I have a train show, and next week is my annual "disappear off the face of the earth" week. There won't be any progress on Kodiak until after all that. 

I really wanted to go to WF this year, but too many things just didn't add up to it.  Nice to hear that it was a good contest turnout, & good job on your Merit!  Even those can be hard to get!

The engraved panel lines in the saucer, seem to accurately reflect those in the Jackill's drawings, so I will leave them as they are. I am currently adding all the small details, and filling and sanding the "irregularities". I'm still struggling with the decision of how I will paint the finished model. I had success enough with the digital camo on my "junkbuild", that I'm tempted to use the same technique to do the Aztec pattern on Kodiak (any suggestions as to colors for the pattern would help me finalize the decision) . I'm not sure I really want to cut, apply, and then remove all those pieces of masking tape. I still have a little time left before painting, in which to make that decision. I hope to have some pictures soon.

Fantastic!  I can't wait to see her in full paint!

 

I've been working a bit on the Taegu tonight.  I'm cutting up the highlighter caps so I can insert some bussard collectors.  I'll post some pics soon.

The secret to a good paint job, is a good masking job. The secret to a good masking job, is time. Lots, and lots, and lots of time. . . and then you have to wait for the paint to dry before starting the next masking job. I have one color done, and half the second. Pictures?.. . . . when I have time!!  :)  :)

Here's a quick shot of Kodiak with a little paint, accompanied by USS Farragut NCC1702, and an as yet unnamed Jenghiz class destroyer