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Star Trek 50th Anniversary Group Build

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Monday, March 27, 2017 11:16 AM

Mach71: Awesome, love how they turned out. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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  • From: Berwyn!
Posted by Beans on Monday, March 27, 2017 11:31 AM

mach71

Thanks.

Probably the 1st.

Done.

Congratulations, that's a nice display.

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  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, March 27, 2017 4:51 PM

Nice work!

 

 

 

 

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  • From: Milaca, Minnesota
Posted by falconmod on Monday, June 12, 2017 7:35 AM

I found some cheap electronics that I think will work for the inside of my doomsday machine.   the tea light fades between the color spectrum,  I'm going to put 4 of them in the mouth of it.

John

On the Bench: 1/72 Ki-67, 1/48 T-38

1/144 AC-130, 1/72 AV-8A Harrier

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Monday, June 12, 2017 12:09 PM

Those look cool. Seems like they could be just the thing for the flickering light that was the reactor on the weapon. 

 

And btw a bit of an apology on my part. I sprayed a couple of primer coats on my Enterprise and I kept getting seams, junk in the paint, runs etc. I'd sand them out and reprime and it would still have issues. So I set her aside and it's been what? Three-four months now!?!? I did pull her back out, sand her down, and reprime last weekend. Gee friggin' whiz I hope this will be the last time. It's not that big a kit, I really want to get the thing done... 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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  • From: Boston
Posted by mach71 on Monday, June 12, 2017 1:51 PM

Gamera, It sounds like my Romulan again! Except that I messed that up.

I reach, Repriming and re painting sucks.

 

Falconmod, 

Those lights look good for the job. Looking forward to seeing them instaled.

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  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, June 12, 2017 10:29 PM

Good idea, John.  It should look fantastic.

 

 

 

 

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  • From: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Posted by iSteve on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 9:16 PM

I've been lurking here from time to time over the past few months and everybody has been diligently working away creating some great results.

 I, on the other hand, have been plodding away on a BF-109 that should have been done a month ago. It's summer and stuff and here in the Great White North we don't get enough of it. So, I'm going to kick my butt and wrap up the 109 in the next few days so I can get cracking on the K'tinga. It's going to be lit, which means getting it finished by September 8 might be tricky. Regardless, I'm going to post and get as much done as I can. 

My apologies in advance if I don't make the deadline.

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:02 AM

You're not the only one Steve. My 1/1000th Enterprise is just sitting there needing a coat of paint. A little pre-shading, the top coat, gloss, decals, and finish matte and I'm done. Shouldn't take me more than a week and somehow I can't seem to get off my butt and do it. Embarrassed

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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  • From: Berwyn!
Posted by Beans on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:08 AM

Oy. Don't get me started...

I had every intention to knock out all of my Trek models in my stash during this group build.

I should have a new footing after this wekend.

LLP

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    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:29 AM

Lol, yeah my eyes are always bigger than my bench! 

 

And the fact that it's hotter than Vulcan out there doesn't help! 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Sunday, September 3, 2017 2:10 PM

Well, no way on earth that I'm going to meet the end of this group build deadline but I have made some progress here.

Pardon the horrible photo, the lens in my cell phone broke and I'm using my tablet- which simply doesn't take very good photos. I looked around the interwebs and was told to use a slightly greenish-grey Tamiya Japanese Army Grey lightened by about 10% white. I tried it and hated it. So I've went with Light Ghost Grey even though the photo makes it look much more bluish it's a pretty straight grey.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Sunday, September 3, 2017 6:08 PM

Nice results, Gamera.  I think I read that the Smithsonian's repairs of the Enterprise showed she was painted in something grayish-greenish; but I don't know how that would look in real time and space.

I think you did well to go with Light Ghost Gray.  

 

 

 

 

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Monday, September 4, 2017 8:13 AM

Thanks CMK02!

It may just be my eyes but every photo I've seen of the Big-E she always seemed a pale grey with no real greenish tint. I should have took a photo of her in that shade, though I'm not sure it would have photographed well. To my eyes it just looked like a washed-out sun-bleached shade that of ugly '70s colour 'avocado.' Which might make some sense considering when the show was filmed but I still hate that colour...

No idea when she'll be done but I hope to keep plugging along on her. It's funny, I watched bunch of YouTube commenters on the upcoming 'Star Trek: Disaster'... WHOOPS I mean 'Star Trek: Discovery' and despite how horrible it sounds and the fact that I doubt I'll watch any of it unless I do so to see how big a train wreck this is going to be it did pull back my interest in the francise. I bing-watched a couple of 'DS9' episodes on Netflix and got back into 'Star Trek Online' which I hadn't played in months. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
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  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, September 4, 2017 9:30 PM

I've been binge-watching all the Treks myself over the last few months.  Finished TNG and DS9; currently working through Voyager.  

 

 

 

 

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  • From: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Posted by iSteve on Monday, September 11, 2017 3:24 PM

Good on ya for slogging to the end Gamera! Nice work too!

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Monday, September 11, 2017 6:28 PM

Thanks, I'll throw her up on the SF/Fantasy forum if I ever get her finished.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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