On the question of paint, this screen cap shows a more bluish tint in the uniform:

I spent the afternoon sanding seams on Spock.  Here he is dry fitted.

His pointing hand looks really bad! The fit was really bad, a big overlap that needed to be sanded down.

I'll have to get a coat of primmer on him to see what still needs attention.

Yeah, mach...everything I can gleen from looking around the net indicates that that particular uniform era was blue-grey.

Yeah, it's one of those things where under different set lights it can look either more grey or blue. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Oh no! telling a modeler not to worry about the color! :-)

I think your right, I would like to paint it grey with a hint of blue.

I could break out the airbrush and mix the paint. But it could be hard to match for touch

ups. For this I would like to use Tamiya's spray cans.

I'm picking up paint this weekend.

Does anyone have any strong opinions on the OS bridge color scheme or uniforms? The instructions seem to be close enough for jazz.

Instructions

I'm not sure of the protocol but hobbytalk has a short thread on this.

www.hobbytalk.com/.../showthread.php

mach71

I'm not sure of the protocol but hobbytalk has a short thread on this.

www.hobbytalk.com/.../showthread.php

I bumped into that recently. The photo callout is a good reference. I gotta eyeball the colors at the hobby shop, see what makes sense.

I gotta cue up a few OS episodes in the next couple of days and do lotsa of freeze-framing.

I'll post what I settle on.

BTW - Sharing this link

Cool, those are great sites guys! I have the bridge set too but want to light it, there is a cool lighting set for it.

Plus I thought I'd replace the figures, since I doubt I can get more 1/32nd figures that look much like the actors I figured I'd just do a generic set of officers to represent another starship. 

PS: Just for fun I got a good chuckle out of these Trek paper plates for kid's birthday parties- is it that hard to get their shirts the right colour!?! 

NCC 1311!

They did not get much correct.

The Paragrafix set is really nice. but I don't think it comes with lights, just the PE and transparencys.

I made a trip to the hobby store today and picked up some paints for Spock. I got a few light blues and a light grey. I'll do some tests and see which looks best.

Hey Mach71 I guess I shouldn't have used the term 'lighting kit' since it doesn't include any lights! Not sure what you'd call it but I have a box full of LEDs and fiber optics cables left over from other projects to use. Just need those transparent parts and the PE and stuff.

Yow! I didn't even notice NCC 1311 on the main hull! But the artist put NCC 1701 on the nacelles!?!?!! Gee, you think the artist just didn't give a rip? To be fair maybe they didn't give him any reference materials but still you'd think he wouldn't use two registration numbers and show different colour shirts in each painting.  

I used the Paragrafix PE and transparencies on the bridge of my PL TOS big E with great results.

The transparencies are very good quality and the PE blocks the light great. Even though it's the size of a quarter it looks nice lit up.

I made a bit more progress on Spock today. I puttied and sanded Spock, got a coat of primer on him and started on the base. I also sprayed some test stripes of Luftwaffe light blue, Med ocean grey, and light pearl blue on some sheet styrene.   I'm thinking of going with the Luftwaffe blue. It's not exact but looks the best to me.

Looking good! I agree with the Luftwaffe light blue, it looks good in the photo.

Spock looks like he's coming along pretty well so far. From the photo it looks like you've taken care of all the seams.

Luftwaffe light blue seems like it should be pretty close. Looking forward to seeing him all painted up.

Thanks. The seams are bad! I've got most of them taken care of. The front and back of his shirt still needs work.

I'll be out of the country for the next week, so not much more will get done on him until I'm back.

My first entry was in the wrong thread.....

Mach..I found a kit today at the LHS: So, I'm officially doing the Polar Lights 1:1000 Enterprise NX-01 Refit. Now, when I will start, is another matter entirely!!! 

AND, I think, I'll do it up as the NX-02 Columbia...so, I can do the NX-01 without Refit another time.

Sounds cool Rob, I'd love to see either of them built up.

I really like the size of the 1:1000 ships, nice and compact and don't dominate shelf space.

Great work everyone!

Quick update:

I ordered the Aztec Decal set for the 1/1000th Reliant (which includes the markings and registries for the Nautilus, Majestic, Brattain, Lantree, Tian An Men, and both Saratoga's (the one from Star Trek IV, and the one from the first episode of DS9)), as well as another bonus: the 1/1000th Enterprise B (which has markings for the Lakota).

I only ordered all that straight from R2's distributer (Autoworld) last Sunday, and it arrived quick, in only three days.

Anyhow, I'm thinking that I will mark my Reliant as the Brattain (from the TNG episode Night Terrors) or the Nautilus (my brother's favorite from the sheet, which he thinks should have a dark-colored hull). I won't be, however, intending to use the Aztec decals on this kit (I'll probably end up buying one or two more Reliants to use up all the decal goodness from this sheet, so I'll save the Aztecs for later)

Klik

P.S. let me be honest, I WILL end up buying a few more 1/1000th Reliant kits.

Sounds really cool Klik- looking forward to her.

I primed Bones twice this weekend. As I said I'd laid some paint on him but wasn't happy with it. I found a couple of gouges cut in his face and hands which I had to putty and sand out. No idea how they got there.

I got the paints I needed for my Enterprise bridge kit on Saturday. 

I cracked open the box to inspect everything. Looks like I’m good to go.

On the way home I stopped by the bookstore and looky what I got!

SCORE!

Ohhhhhhhhhh very cool on both of those!!!

Just curious but is that the new boxing of the bridge? I hear they'd more chairs and additional figures (the old one only had Jim, Spock, and Sulu).

I like the multiple "on screen" decal options you get.

Nice find Beans! The classic Spock kit is getting hard to find.

I love the new bridge graphics. Those and the additional parts should make for

a much better bridge than the 1970's kit.

Beans,

Which view screen decal are you going to put on? The Klingon Battle Cruiser, Balok or the planet?

Gamera

Ohhhhhhhhhh very cool on both of those!!!

Just curious but is that the new boxing of the bridge? I hear they'd more chairs and additional figures (the old one only had Jim, Spock, and Sulu).

I'm not sure about the boxing but it seems like I remember it (so many years ago).

Lotsa chairs.

Figures:

Ten heads to choose from. This is what I chose:

Three sitting males - Kirk, Sulu and Chekov.

Two standing males - Spock with his hands behind his back and McCoy with arms crossed.

One sitting female - Uhura.

I wish they had one more male figure to bring Scotty in the fold. 

The extra heads are Lieutenants Latimer and Boma and Yeoman Mears; all from The Galileo Seven Episode.

I found some time to start assembling the figures...

modelcrazy

Beans,

Which view screen decal are you going to put on? The Klingon Battle Cruiser, Balok or the planet?

I haven't decided. Maybe I should shrink this down and print this as a decal...

or this one...

or this one...

You guys will be the first to know my choice.

mach71

Nice find Beans! The classic Spock kit is getting hard to find.

I love the new bridge graphics. Those and the additional parts should make for

a much better bridge than the 1970's kit.

I hear ya mach71. When Nimoy passed, my secondary reaction was to find the Spock kit (The Search For Spock or In Search Of...Spock). I came up empty handed after a lukewarm search. I knew like-minded modelers would be snagging up all the Spock models they could get their hands on. When I happened upon the Spock kit in the bookstore, I knew I had to snag it.

That second (collage) option would a clever view screen option.

I like the 1st one!