Thanks Gamera!

I enjoyed this excursion into figures, But I think it's back to hardware for me. 

My 1/350 TOS E, stalled for years needs to get finished.

You did a great job with the figures. There's no way I could have designed half as good looking a right hand for Spock. You should be proud of your work! 

My Star Trek figure shelf.

Spock is done, mostly. When the JT Graphics Spock head is available again I might swap it out. Also I'm not completely happy with the right hand that I made, but I think it's the best I can do for now.

I painted the back wall.

I didn't like the eggs silver, so I tinted them purple-ish.

Thats it for now. I could do a flat rock floor, but not now.

Thanks for following the build, I enjoyed it and learned a bit too!

Looks very cool! Please keep us posted, great project! 

This is close to where I want to end up.

The Spock is the DST action figure as a stand in for the AMT Spock.

Kirk is mostly done.

Spock is getting close.

Decals are on and his pants are semi gloss black

The boots are gloss black.

Thanks!

I finished the small Phaser 2 and got the decals on Kirk.

Major construction on Spock is mostly done, I'm still not happy with his right hand.

Yeah, that's an amazing job on Kirk Mach71!!! Please continue to keep us posted! 

Rob, Thanks and if I can anyone can!

A bit more work done.

I dull coated Kirks shirt, I really like the look of it now, I spayed his pants semi gloss black. I also got major construction done on Spock. I think I'm down to sanding on him.

I started rough painting on Kirks head and hands:

This is a great job; I doubt I could do it!

I masked and re-primed his shirt with white primer. After it dryed I sprayed it with the Mustard Yellow.

I think it's a good color, I'll dull coat him tomorrow.

Small progress on Spock. I heated his left boot and bent the boot sole to a more natural position.

One arm and both boots are glued on. I continued to sand the laminated hand, Still not happy.

The paint came today and I did some quick spray outs over flat black.

Furthest right is mustard yellow then dark yellow in the corner, next down is titanium gold then last is gold.

To my eye the mustard yellow is the closest, not perfect. It actually looks better over the bare white plastic.

Maybe hit his shirt with another coat of white primer.

This is close to what I want to end up with:

It's just dry stacked.

I just did a spray out of pure yellow over black. It's drying now.

Back to Kirk.

I started working on the hand holding the communicator. I had the idea that Kirk should be holding the Pergium pump that Momma Horta stole. This allows me to use one of the Spock kit hands.

My motor tool and a sanding drum took out most of the comm. Sanding sticks/rods/files did the rest. I then used a Xacto saw blade to cut down the gaps in his fingers. It's coming along.

There was a hole that needed to be filled in the palm.

With the hand opened up I needed a main circulating pump for a PXK Pergium reactor.

Some 1/8 wire, a hole punch and some plastic dowels later.

Looking at the screencaps the prop pump has 5 or 6 inner tubes but I could only fit 4 and make the hand work.

Oh well, artistic license I guess.

UPS was supposed to deliver some paint for Kirk's shirt today, but that has slipped until at least tomorrow. :-(

Thanks!

Some progress.

It's really too cold to paint, but I got a coat of flat black on Kirk today. He needs another coat at least.

I'm waiting on some paints to come for Kirks shirt, but the plan is to do his boots in gloss black, the pants in semi gloss black, the velcro tool belt in flat black. For the shirt I'll have to see what looks good. Gold is too gold, dark yellow is not gold enough. Maybe Champagne over the black? I might end up decanting and mixing.

While I wait for paint I started on Spock again. I bent his legs with hot water, everything came apart and huge gaps were the result of the reshaping.

I forced some together with thick CA glue and then got out the motor tool and ground away bits that were not going to fit.

Lots of filling to be done.

I got out the sculpting putty and went to work.

He is starting to take shape.

Next up is his hands. I'm trying a few things. First is to cut out, and laminate sheet styrene.

Using the resin hand as a guild.

I'm pretty sure this won't work out, but they are laminated and I started sanding them.

Hey Mach, this is cool and very creative. Nice work making the Horta! I like how you think...

Gamera

Cool! He's lookin' Shatneriffic!!! 

 

Haha! Thanks!

Now I just have to figure out a color for his shirt. Its not gold, more of a yellow/brown/gold. I'll mix and airbrush if I need to, but I have some Tamiya Champagne gold and Titanium gold on the way.

Cool! He's lookin' Shatneriffic!!! 

Thanks!

For mixing parts from 3 kits, I'm happy with it.

I wanted to get more primer on today. I tried 1 coat but its too cold.

Great job cobbling Kirk together!

A bit of progress. His arms are on, filled, and rough sanded.

and a quick coat of primer.

Kirk's midsection is glued:

And filled with bakingsoda/thin CA, sanded, puttied:

He's drying now, tomorrow I'll get a coat of surface prep on and see where I stand.

Me too! I'm making this up as I go along.

Oh cool! I didn't even know there were aftermarket parts for those kits. Looking forward to seeing how it all comes out.

Nino

Great work on the Horta.  This is a really cool project.

One thing... You may want to review Spocks hands.  His Thumb location seems wrong to my eye.

 

      Live Long... etc.,

 

       Nino.

 

I fixed Spock!

On to phase 2 of this subject, Kirk.

I would like a Kirk and Spock figure to go with momma Horta. The AMT Spock figure might be able to be modified, But there is no 1/2 Kirk figure.

Time to improvise. Night Owl makes a set of standing resin legs for the AMT Spock kit, It comes with a new arm and a hand. And JT Graphics makes a "Starfleet captain head" for the AMT kit, it comes with a PE communicator grill and rank decals and a command shirt badge.

The only problem is Nimoy was 6ft and Shatner is 5ft 10. He just looks too tall.

1/8 inch needs to be removed. The easiest, though not perfect, solution is to remove it from below the resin leg shirt line. It's a natural separation point.

Time to get out the Xacto razor saw!

The cut was not that bad, took about 30 min. The resin is very soft.

1/8 inch marked off.

and after sanding Kirk is "dry Stacked".

I'll glue the AMT kit styrene to the lower resin shirt, then glue that to the legs. 

I'll probably use some sculpting putty to blend everything together.

Meanwhile I would like a crouching Spock to show the mind meld. The stock kit parts 

are not crouching enough.

My 1st thought is to put the styrene legs in boiling water and re bend them. But that

might distort things too much.

My 2nd thought is to cut a small wedge out of the back of Spocks knees and cold bend them. Then re glue.

Does anyone have any thoughts? Better ideas?

I figure I need to bend them 20 degress or so.

The black legs are the DST crouching Spock legs from the Spock/Horta action figures, 

that is where I need to get the kit legs.

Thanks

Mark

Nino

 

 

Gamera

...

Did always strike me funny, the Horta was the only female alien Kirk didn't hit on... 

 

 

 

 

It was Spocks turn for touchy-feely.

 

        Nino

 

And the Horta being able to produce acid strong enough to melt rock. Don't think I'd kiss her ether. 

Gamera

...

Did always strike me funny, the Horta was the only female alien Kirk didn't hit on... 

 

Oh the shock cord worked out well- mama Horta's got her hula skirt on now!!! 

Did always strike me funny, the Horta was the only female alien Kirk didn't hit on... 

Do!

He is alien, but not that alien!

I'll fix him when I get home. Don't know how I missed that!

Thanks!

Great work on the Horta.  This is a really cool project.

One thing... You may want to review Spocks hands.  His Thumb location seems wrong to my eye.

      Live Long... etc.,

       Nino.