Ok only a little update.  Got the engine supports glued in and the wires routed.  Now I have to make room for the center post and solder wires together and run them down the post.  Yaa! Hoo!

Ohhhhhhhhh, I've been trying to cram three LEDs into a Bandai A-Wing and you're working with something waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy smaller so I guess I should stop cussing and complaining now! 

Looks awesome, I think even Scotty would approve. 

Oooooo!  I also have to use a Optivisor with a 10x lense on it.  Capn' I've got to have more room!!!

She's assembled and lit up!

John

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, cool!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

falconmod

She's assembled and lit up!

John 

Outstanding!

Very well done! 

Very well done indeed!

I've been very busy last week, Not much got done.

I managed to get an hour today to do a little bit.

Last week I painted the tail cone of the F-104.

I got a few things in the mail.

And I started decaling the Enterprise.

Everything is turning out really well!  Good job!

The Big-E looks great! And dematerizing Capt. Christopher looks cool in the cockpit of the F-104.

Not much new. I've been trying to get gome lights to light Capt. Christopher.

I ordered some on ebay. when they came they didn't work. The seller sent replacments

but they were 14V bulbs. I finally found some 3V bulbs and they came a few days ago.

I mounted the light in the seat.

I've been cleaning up a few things on the F-104. Final assembly on the F-104 is almost done. I've drilled a mounting hole on the side for a plastic rod.

I've been cleaning up Capt Christopher a bit also.

Really creative, mach!

Slow progress. 

I've almost finished decaling the Enterprise and Final construction on the 

F-104 is basically done.

I started decaling the F-104. I think I'll go with FG-926 and TAC shield/lightning bolts

on the tail.

Yeah, that's some sharp work on both! 

Some small updates,   the enterprise is on a wired post and I'm getting ready to put LED's in the doomsday machines to get that swirlling effect

John

Awesome Falcon, looks ready to blow up and eat your workbench!!

Looking very good Falconmod! 

I'm still blown away that you've managed to get lights into

that tiny 1701.

I need some help guys.  

I want to subtlety warp the F-104 to look like the tractor beam is bending

the aircraft. 

The model is all decaled and today I will seal it in Tamiya semi gloss clear.

I was thinking about using a heat gun, but I don't want to burn the decals.

I was also thinking of setting the oven at 220F and setting the aircraft on 3 bricks

and letting it "sag". But again I don't want to scorch anything.

Any other Ideas?

Thanks

Mach71: No idea how to do it without ruining the paint etc. I have seen a few warped from sitting in a hot car for too long. No idea how to replicate this safely without taking a chance of ruining your model. 

Only advice I'll give you is a to grab a few cheap poor quality kits and use them as guinea pigs before you take a chance on your finished F-104. 

I have other, better, F-104 kits in my stash. I'll experiment with this one.

I'll either go with boiling water or a warm (200F) oven. Unfortunately I changed my plan after I sealed the fuselage and primed it.

I've sealed it with a few coats of Tamiya clear coat. I hope thats enough to keep the decals safe.

You might try starting the oven maybe around 120F or so and carefully bump it up until you see some reaction. Not sure I'd shove her in there 200F right away.

Just my two bits though! 

Good idea! 200 might be a bit much to start.

Here is where I am now. All model construction, decaling, and sealing is done.

I have a small canvas that I painted sky blue/white.

I have to mount a strip of wood to the back of the canvas to hold the F-104 

in place.

Very good, mach!  I'm sure I wouldn't have enough nerve to put anything looking that nice into the oven.  Good luck with it!

I baked my F-104 in the oven today!

180F for about 12 min. I then twisted the wings and tail a bit and let it cool.

I put everything together tonight.

I'm thinking it done! 

Unless I can figure out anything else to dress it up.

The background is a small canvas painted sky blue and flat white.

I had to epoxy wood strips to the back to attach the mounts for the 2 models.

looking back, I would have done many things different but It looks nice as it is.

Very creative mach71.

Do you have a picture preference for the Wall of Fame?

Thanks.

Probably the 1st.