Classic Klingon vessel, a classic AMT kit, and a classic Klingon to boot. Cool.

  The work you have done so far looks terrific.                              knox

Thanks Greg. I think the color looks very Klingon indeed.

As far as the deflector plates go... thats gonna be the old fashioned way, with enamel paints and a brush 

Can hardly wait to watch you do the panels. I want to try a sci fi ship and have no idea how to handle same.

Looking very 'Klingon-y' already.

I just finished an airbrushing session for this build. In the original movie on screen, this sucker looks gray with a greenish tinge. On a site I found about the studio models they are called a dark military green (yeah thats pretty specific). And since the original model was reworked and repainted into a more pure gray for the 6th film, there is no way to go and see how it was. So I compromised and used Humbrol Dark Slate, a nice medium gray green shade. It took me three refills of my airbrush jar, and I still need to go back and do a touch up on the lower side of the boom. But now it looks much better than that original green plastic.

and for those curious about the size of this build, here it is with a standard 12 inch/30 cm ruler

after the touch up of the boom comes the fun part... hand painting all the deflector panels in varying shades... masking and airbrushing would be too time consuming...

Thanks Gamera. This thing is feeling pretty solid except for the front end of the boom. The Enterprise nacelle struts were always a weak point on those kits.

Very cool SP! I think I said before I built this kit back in the late '80s. Probably one of the better AMT Trek kits if for nothing else it's lacking the delicate nacelle struts of the Big-E. 

seam/gap clean up... I have found that Squadron putty is much more malleable four pressuring into tight areas when dosed with liquid cement...

for some gaps in the bridge area I used sheet styrene shims and then cut and filed them to blend with the contours

After all the sanding,  I added the warp engine nacelles

I left the shuttle hanger off until after some basic painting because of a decal that goes under the grillwork

after filling and clean up of the warp engine attachments I added the bridge connection boom

and finally the bridge housing once the boom had dried

all ready for painting the base coat now...

waynec

and i have klingon fonts, a transliteration font and a klingon characters font.

 

Now that would be a cool forum feature...

and i have klingon fonts, a transliteration font and a klingon characters font.

Sprue-ce Goose

Ah, I see you also have an eye for $5 kits.............

 

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Yes I do 

I hope that you enjoy the show...

Ah, I see you also have an eye for $5 kits.............

Lots more surface detail than my old 1960s AMT model.

I'm looking forward to watching the build.

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