I have a old AMT USS enterprise coming in soon. Already had the decals I ordered for it come in today. Graphics decals for the USS Enterprise window decals and the grid line decals all came in and will look nice on it. The decals I bought from Federation Models and all are from PNT decals.

Thanks for the heads up!  Glad they thought it worthy to post along with those other rgeat builds!

Your Enterprise is in this week's Online Reader Gallery, second picture in.  Was awesome to see it there! 

Great job- the old gal never looked better!!! 

Bravo sir!!! 

This shot of the enterprise was probably in every show and your model captured it beautifully.

Kudos to you for sticking it out with a challenging build and thanks so much for sharing!

..and I shall call this one done!  Between the melting plastic and the paint not wanting to stick to 50 year old plastic, this has been a fun and very interesting build.  I would even try it again... as long as it's the 50th anniversary version which I hope is made with better plastic then whatw as used in 1968.  Now off to the Defiant!

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Any pics of the finished model?

Looking forward to seeing what's next on the Defiant. 

Decalling is done, just need to seal everything and I will call it done.  As for the pylons, I am just going to have to call it a wash and a learning expereince.  If I build this one again, I at least know what to expect and will use something stronger for glueing the pylons to the secondary hull.

Oh that looks good! The decals look perfect!

Not sure what you can do about the pylons though...  

Well to be fair, Scotty was a mircale worker.  That would explain so much in regards to this kit! 

Nice work...and kudos for your persistence!

It's a silly thought...but considering the problems everyone who's ever built one of these models has had with those pylons, one can't help but imagine the 'real' ship flying to pieces every time Scotty fired up the impulse engines.

Must be very humiliating, in front of the Klingons.... 

Was able to put in some work on applying the decals.  Most of them has been added, just one side of the secondary hull plus some smaller numbered decals that need to be added.  After that then I will seal it with Future and the spray some matte finish and call it done.

Still not happy with the corrections to the pylons that needed some fixes that I couldn't even out.  migth build this model again if the newer releases have better decals.

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Thanks for sharing the build process.  There are surreal moments when looking at it and I see show scenes superimposed upon it.  Some great work there!

Out of curiousity what methods did you use to repair the areas where the paint peeled off?  Whatever you did, the end result looked great.

 I am eagerly awaiting pictures of the finished model. :)

 

Thanks for the kind words and support.  I have most of the decals on now, will take pictures tonight.  As for the paint thatc ame off, I had to sand down the edges, then resprayed a couple of layers of the base color (which was also a primer from Vallejo).  The areas that were taped off, this time I made sure to run the tape along my pant leg before putting on the model so it wasn't too tacky.  That was the easiest fix, I just wish I could have done something for the pylons that broke off during the build.  I couldn't get the seams flush down enough without feeling like the pylons were going to come  off again.

Thanks for sharing the build process.  There are surreal moments when looking at it and I see show scenes superimposed upon it.  Some great work there!

Out of curiousity what methods did you use to repair the areas where the paint peeled off?  Whatever you did, the end result looked great.

 I am eagerly awaiting pictures of the finished model. :)

To be fair, I think the kit is so old that it didn't even come with decals, just stickers.

Hoorah!!! Big improvement over the kit decals too!

Happiness is when the decals you ordered have arrived!   I will be able to complete this build soon.

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Oh yeah, almost there now! Nice work!!!

HOME STRETCH HERE WE COME!  Just waiting on my decals that I ordered plus some minor touch ups.  This one is almost done.  Better pictures when I complete this build.

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She's coming along nicely!!!

Here we go!   Almost done... witht he painting!   Some paint touch ups needed due to the tape pulling up the Vallejo paint I am using.  Repairs tot he nacelle and pylon look good, hopefully the paint will be able to cover the cracks.  The deflector is still being worked on.  It didn't melt too bad and with the need to sand it smooth I only lost the ring details on the inside.  the support strut may need to shortened, but I am looking into that.

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She's lookin' good! Great to see you making progress on her. 

I think the deflector dish is a little oversize anyway so hopefully sanding her down a little shouldn't hurt. 

Fantastic work going on here! Keep it up. Im really looking foward to seeing you complete this! Then I can start my 1989 rebox haha

Cheers,

Josh

Here we go, most of the painting is done.  Had to fix a broken nacelle/pylon that came apart after painting.  Not a pretty sight.  Also forgot my own warning about the lacquer thinner and the plastic this model is made from.  Somewhat melted deflector dish.  Looks salvagable, will know for certain when I get the chance to sand it smooth.

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The color is slowly coming along, but I am fighting my airbrush just to get good coverage.  It's clogging too much.  Overall I am happy with how this is coming along.

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Then there is the deflector dish.  Problems with my paintbrush (crappy) means I am going to have to redo this.

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Yeah I remember reading about that.  I am using the old Starfleet Tech manual and the new NCC 1701 USS Enterprise Illustrated Handbook fo a guide on how to build this model.  The instructions are... interesting. 

The 3 tri-angular things were supposed to be landing pads for the primary hull.  I was that a LONG time ago at Star Trek convention I was working at.  Yes, the kit is a challenge to build.

Sounds good! The new decals should be an improvement in every way.