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Revell USS Voyager build... worlds first with rotating nacelles

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    February 2014
Revell USS Voyager build... worlds first with rotating nacelles
Posted by summX on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:29 PM

Hi everyone,

I´ve just joined this forum

control and, as far as I know, worlds first build with rotating nacelles.

Here is a link to my photobucket album

http://s861.photobucket.com/user/summX/embed/slideshow/USS%20Voyager%20finished

and of course a link to a short youtube vid showing the nacelle effect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMw-QUtY_OU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3adm7NIBP4U

Looking forward to your comments and looking forward to share ...

Cheers

Christian

  • Member since
    February 2014
Posted by summX on Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:58 AM

Hey, something went wrong with my post. Half the text is missing. It should read as "joined to present my version of the Revell Voyager kit, featuring Paragrafix PE, DLM , and complete Bluetooth control"

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:26 AM

Wow, that's awesome! The mechanical parts must be really tiny to fit in there, I wish you'd posted some photos of the working parts since I'm curious about how you did it!

I hate to point out there is a little decal silvering but otherwise beautiful work on the paint and the lighting is fantastic!

And by the way welcome to the FSM forum!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    February 2014
Posted by summX on Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:49 AM

Thank you sir :)

The silvering decal is not the only problem! Although I used decal softener alot!

The paint itself has a big problem, because something went wrong with the primer at first. And she got all sorts of bruises, because the nacelle effect came into play, as I´ve went along the build. Just like anything else on this Voyager. I nearly screwed everything numerous times, for e.g. just AFTER decal work I decided to fill all the windows with canopy glue.

This is my first attempt in model making. Besides the stuff I used to do as a kid ;)

I will be adding all sorts of images. Just wanted to say "Hello" ;) I will take better photos and do a video this weekend.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:25 AM

Ahh, I didn't notice! Honestly I hate painting anything white or light grey, since it simply won't cover anything - all the starships I did have some smudge or something somewhere on them.

Heck, after what she went though in the Delta Quadrant I won't worry that she looks a little banged up!

Looking forward to more of your work.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    February 2014
Posted by summX on Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:44 AM

The primer came out very rough partialy. No smooth surface here and there. Since the model was already sealed there was no way to do it again. This is where the decals silver at the end. But ... the right camera at the right angle will hide that ;)

Concerning color ... I´ve tried to give it a little more of that blueish finish. Most of the time the model will be shown in dailylight and I never liked those build with ocean grey and whatnot as basecolor. I´ve tried to make my own version of "Deckhouse Blue".

Since Voyager looks just soo different in every episode I never longed for super accurate reflection

  • Member since
    April 2010
  • From: San Diego, CA, USA
Posted by Gerry on Sunday, February 23, 2014 1:09 PM

Gerry ...Young at Heart - Other parts slightly older.

  • Member since
    February 2014
Posted by summX on Sunday, February 23, 2014 1:23 PM

Bow Down  thank you

too bad she crash landed while trying to make a new video. Just happy that the nacelle drive still works (even slightly better than before ;) ). Spend the weekend fixing the cracks as good as I could.

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