I am scratchbuilding 1/2500 Enterprises!..

Chris_in_Japan

Member since
November 2004
From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.

I am scratchbuilding 1/2500 Enterprises!..

Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:05 AM

Hi guys.. after my PL 1/350 Enterprise, I was looking at my collection of Enterprises.. I have all of the Enterprises from the Furuta range, and the Johnny Lightning NX-01 to make up the numbers... While looking at them, I decided that I wanted to have all of the enterprises in one scale..

I was lucky to get cheap on auction here in Japan the Enterprise TOS, A, & D, 3 piece set.. But the B, C & E set are just about non exsistant? .. Unless one of you have it???

So I decided to just scratch build the B, C, and E myself.. SO I started with the B.. And I just wanted to show my progress thus far.. It wont be perfect as I am doing everything by eye, but it will make a nice addition to the collection...

This is a simple plan of what I did.. I used basic pine from things lying around the house. Including a rolling pin... The nacelles will be done with cooking chop sticks used by my wife here in Japan

Still not completely sanded, but with a coat of primer of how it has turned out..

The nacelles will be carved out of long cooking chop-sticks used by my wife.. I bought myself a power drill, and bolted it to my bench and turned it into a mini lathe.. I have carved out the saucer, and it is in the process of being completed also...

Chris in Japan

On the bench:

1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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maxx1969

Member since
May 2004
From: Oregon

Posted by maxx1969 on Sunday, June 26, 2005 10:41 AM

Looks like a good start to me Thumbs Up [tup]

~Matt T Meyer

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Griffworks

Member since
June 2004
From: The House of Blues Clues

Posted by Griffworks on Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:50 PM

Hey, that looks good, Chris! If I'd known you were looking for those, I could have traded an E-B and E-C to you or something. Shoot me an email if you're at all interested.

The greatest measure of a man is his children and what kind of people they are.

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Chris_in_Japan

Member since
November 2004
From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.

Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:17 PM

Email sent Jeff...

Chris

On the bench:

1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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Griffworks

Member since
June 2004
From: The House of Blues Clues

Posted by Griffworks on Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:30 PM

^$#@$!!!

I screwed up and hadn't changed my email addy here - it was still set to my last deployment email address! Grrr...

Please resend to: griffyards (at) aol (dot) com Sorry for the aggravation of having to send again. I've corrected that here and checked the other forums I haunt, as well.

The greatest measure of a man is his children and what kind of people they are.

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:49 PM

Chris

No one can deny you are not industrious!!

Looking good mate :)

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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Chris_in_Japan

Member since
November 2004
From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.

Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Monday, June 27, 2005 8:55 PM

Thanks Mike. Appreciate it.. It has been a whole week of puttying and sanding, just to get to this stage!.. Alot of fun to sometimes build something from scratch though!

Chris

On the bench:

1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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