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Posted by mach71 on Friday, December 11, 2015 8:03 AM

Nice looking headless Bones! :-)

 

I agree, the shirt looks spot on.

 

Thanks for the update.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, December 10, 2015 9:57 AM
Bones' shirt looks like a perfect match Gam. Good thing you posted something, the GB has slowed a bit, but that tends to happen throughout a year.

Steve

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, December 10, 2015 9:43 AM

Ok, I cemented Bones together last night. I'm still not totally happy with his hair so he's a little headless at the moment. Now I notice a smudge on his uniform just under Enterprise arrowhead, guess I put it there while painting the insignia, grumble. Hopefully I can get it fixed, finish the insignia, and get his hair done soonish...

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Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 4:30 PM

Sorry Mach71. Bones is about 95% done but I'm at the point I keep wondering if I want to repaint his hair or pants or something and keep putting off just finishing him up.

I'm on vacation now but I'll see about finishing him up before the end of the year.

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Posted by Beans on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 10:04 AM

mach71

Ping

 

Anyone have anything to post?

 

I'm thinking of Starting another, the new PL small Romulan BOP.

 

Soon...

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Posted by mach71 on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 6:28 PM

Ping

 

Anyone have anything to post?

 

I'm thinking of Starting another, the new PL small Romulan BOP.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, September 25, 2015 9:48 AM

Thanks Gam,

Romulans are my favorite as well. I built the warbird some years ago, but couldn't get the green right. I'll have to try it again now that my skills have improved significantly, since I have been on the forums.

Steve

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, September 25, 2015 7:50 AM

Steve, she looks awesome in her 'natural environment'! 

I've got to pick up one of these one day, kinda an embaressment that the Romulans are my favorite bad guys but I've never built this kit. 

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, September 24, 2015 9:28 PM

OK guys, here it is, complete. Thank you for following this through all it ups and downs.






Steve

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, September 24, 2015 1:33 PM

Offended? Good gosh no! I sometimes get my words twisted up, just making sure I came off the right way. 

No idea about the Bussard Collectors, it's been years since I saw the episode. Guess there are plenty of photos online though. I'm thinking the ones in Star Trek Online are green but don't remember either, the game is set a couple years after DS9 and these relics are pretty much clay pidgeons for the player to shoot down Stick out tongue

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:06 PM

Gamera
Steve as I said I love how she turned out. 


I hope you don't think I was offended my friend, on the contrary, I like it when members question my motives.
Sometimes I think this thing is a replica of an actual spacecraft when it only appeared in 1 episode of the entire Star Trek saga.

PS. I think the Bassard Collectors need to be greener. Oh well, no changing them now.

Steve

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, September 24, 2015 11:03 AM

Steve as I said I love how she turned out. 

Guess I didn't express myself very well, weathering this model makes perfect sense. Wink

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, September 24, 2015 9:16 AM

Thanks guys, 

Gam, I weathered it because it atmospheric as well. Plus, it was boring without it.

Steve

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, September 24, 2015 7:50 AM

She looks great Steve! I sometimes wonder about 'weather' in space but I love what you've done, big improvement on what would be a rather bland kit from the top. Like your planet base too. And the lighting is perfect. 

Big kudos sir!!! 

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Posted by mach71 on Thursday, September 24, 2015 7:45 AM

That looks real nice!

I really like what you did with the stand.

Great job with a kit that threw you some curves!

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Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 10:52 PM

Here it is, done. I will take some diffrent pictures tomorrow night with a black background.





Steve

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Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:55 PM
The aftermarket decals were very thin and delicate. I bought them from JT Graphics. It took forever to receive them but the price was right and they came straight from the only guy, I think, who prints them. Anyway, here is the weathering. I am still completing the base and battery switch compartment, but should be complete tomorrow night.
Sorry, I have seriously lost interest in this build since it took so long to get back to it between the move and the decal fiasco (that is just the way I am, I sway from genre to genre all the time. Drives my wife nuts.....and me.).
So here is what I have tonight.
 

 
Steve

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Posted by mach71 on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:26 PM

Your BOP is looking really nice! The decals went on great and the lights are excellent!

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:48 AM

Hey Steve, these decals look perfect! Good luck with the weathering, you're almost done now! 

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Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, September 21, 2015 10:27 PM
Well I finally received the new decals, I was beginning to think I wasted my money on them again as they took so long to get. I applied them and will start the weathering tomorrow night. It seem everything is working fine after all this time.
  


Steve

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, August 31, 2015 11:13 AM

Ouch, that does blow! I thought their decals were supposed to be good quality... Indifferent

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Posted by Beans on Monday, August 31, 2015 9:45 AM

That sucks. Good luck modelcrazy.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Sunday, August 30, 2015 11:06 PM
I was finally able to get to the BoP this Sunday. I sprayed Future and then started to apply the AM decals. The decals are terrible. As soon as I tried to slide them off, they just came apart.
I'm going to have to contact Federation Models tomorrow and see what they are willing to do about it. I had my suspicions as they were yellowed.

 

Steve

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Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, August 28, 2015 12:23 AM

I received some AM decals I orders from Federation Models. The shipping was a little steep, but I received them in what seems like 2 days.

 

I’ll continue working on the BoP this weekend.

Steve

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Posted by mach71 on Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:17 PM

Looking good!

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, August 27, 2015 7:15 PM

I started on 'Bones' hair last night. Sorry I wish the lighting was better:

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Posted by mach71 on Friday, August 21, 2015 8:11 AM

It does look very nice!

The R2 decals are weak and shatter. I managed to get mine on, but in a few places the imperfections are visable.  I think R2 is good about replacemets and I forget who offers the aftermarket decals.

 

Good luck!

 

 

EDIT:

http://www.jt-graphics.com/D_650.html

 

JTGrafics has them. $18

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, August 21, 2015 8:02 AM

Looks cool Steve. I guess there are aftermarket decals if you need them, they're probably better quality than the packaged AMT ones. 

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, August 20, 2015 9:54 PM

OK dog gone it, I can't find my decals. I may have to talk to AMT.

But here it is for now.

Steve

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, August 20, 2015 10:31 AM
OK, it’s still August, and as promised, I’m getting back to the BoP. It took me a little while to get my bench put together, and things like paint still needs to find a better home. I took a good look at the BoP last night and saw that I still needed some paint on the bottom, so I got to it. It looks like all that’s needed to finish is the decals and weathering. I also need to work on a better solution to hide the battery pack and the rod to hide the wires, maybe convert to AAA’s instead of AA’s, although I don’t know if AAA’s can handle the current.
Once I complete the paint and get the decals on, I’ll get some pics up.
Thanks for following.

Steve

Steve

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