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Posted by Jim Kirk on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 10:41 AM

Here's my model with a clip of the actual filming miniature for comparision...

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 3:42 PM

A recreation of a classic SPFX Shot and cover of The Making of Star Trek book...filmed in front of a black drop cloth.

 

 

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Posted by midnightprowler on Sunday, August 25, 2019 7:53 AM

Nothing boring about your videos and you are correct to paint it per clips from the series. The resoration was beautiful but clips are the cat's meow.

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Sunday, August 25, 2019 7:39 AM

Typical boring table top/ background cluttered video of my 1:350 Enterprise build.
The model was built from the 1/350 Polar Lights/Round 2 kit.

Second video is a comparison with the actual Filming miniature. 

When I built and painted this, it was BEFORE the restoration of the 11' Filming model.
I painted it per the miniature as it appeared in the run of the series.
Special attention was made to the lighting...first it had to be in scale and I studied several SPFX sequences to get it as close to the original as possible in this scale.

The hull colors are custom mixed. Despite what some of the "experts" say, you CAN'T get it from a rattle can...and it ain't light ghost grey.

 

 

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Friday, August 2, 2019 5:38 AM

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Friday, August 2, 2019 5:33 AM

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Friday, August 2, 2019 5:29 AM

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Posted by midnightprowler on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 4:48 PM

Again, beautiful work.

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 10:04 AM

A montage of favorite clips and several never posted before! Enjoy!!

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Posted by midnightprowler on Thursday, May 2, 2019 5:28 PM

Wow.

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Thursday, May 2, 2019 2:34 PM

Another SPFX recreation...

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Posted by midnightprowler on Monday, April 29, 2019 5:06 PM

Your builds are the best I have seen.

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, April 29, 2019 11:57 AM

I can hear the theme music just from looking at your photos! 

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Monday, April 29, 2019 9:24 AM

Some more "tabletop" pictures...however I had to remove the background clutter.

 

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Posted by midnightprowler on Saturday, April 20, 2019 7:37 AM

Where is the music from?

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Friday, April 19, 2019 11:38 AM

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Posted by Greatmaker on Thursday, April 18, 2019 3:16 PM

Amazing!!!   The Engines look like they are being attacked by the lights of zetar

 

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Posted by midnightprowler on Monday, April 15, 2019 4:39 PM

Perfect. Just perfect. You can barely tell them apart.

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Monday, April 15, 2019 5:21 AM

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Sunday, April 14, 2019 5:23 PM

An actual screen grab from a SPFX video ... AND the video...

 

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Posted by midnightprowler on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 4:08 AM

Jim Kirk

 

Bow DownNow it's just not right to use a still from the show to represent your model!

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 12:53 PM

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Monday, April 1, 2019 7:15 PM

I neglected to show the bow...fixed to accuratly reflect the 11' filming model.

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Posted by Jim Kirk on Sunday, March 31, 2019 5:01 PM

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Posted by midnightprowler on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:01 PM

Yes, 3 times, the one you mentioned, a terrible one in 91 with over emphasized panel lines, and a painstaking one in 2015-16 that restored her to her 1967 glory.

https://youtu.be/wa79FmRRgJ0

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Posted by Real G on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7:01 PM

Has the real thing been refinished more than once?  My memory is only of the first restoration after is was pulled out of storage.  I don’t think it looked all that good.  The paint job looked like it was one color, and the Bussard dome lights blinked off and on rather than spun.

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Posted by midnightprowler on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 5:39 PM

I have to disagree to a point. The restoration is top notch and she looks just like she did at last filming in 67. That's not to knock jim Kirks model, it's top notch too, and his effects are awesome.

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Posted by Real G on Monday, March 25, 2019 6:38 PM

Dang, that is SO awesome!  Your model puts the real thing at the Smithsonian to shame.  No really, the museum restoration looks naff to me.  No disrespect to the talented staff, but just compare the two models and it it pretty clear which one looks like the one in the TV show.

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Posted by midnightprowler on Monday, March 25, 2019 5:04 PM

Very cool! Star Trek Continues IMO is the only real Trek since TOS. By all means bring it! Say hi to Shatner and Cawley too if he is there!

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

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