Polar Lights U.S.S. Grissom w/Klingon Bird-of-Prey

This small Bird of Prey is also only two modes.  Took a look at the link.  At first I was perusing it more for comparison but discovered it had more information about painting the Bird of Prey.  Good infor there.  Thanks for sharing it!

PhoenixG

Since the assembly is dirt simple, using the opportunity to practice puttying.  The stuff is my nemesis, the bane of my existense, and an all around pain in the *** to work with.  But, if I want to get better at it I have to be willing to make sacrifices.

There are some pretty notable seams on this model.  Not readily apparent but I would know they were there.  Enough reason for me to attempt to fill them in.

I don't know what everyone else's experience is like but it always goes down lumpy and irregular.  And when I sand it, it either exposes the seam again, or I find voids in the putty.

Any tricks y'all use to increase consistency of results?  Or is it simply apply, sand, apply more to fix problems, sand, apply more, sand, then throw away the glob of putty that used to be a model.  

Hey PG, what brand of putty? 

Yeah, that's not the same kit as the old AMT/Ertl one from 1989. They did the large size Star Trek IV Bird of Prey with wings that could be displayed in flight, attack, stealth and landing mode. But the small one only had attack mode, and I guess stealth mode.

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/7/2/0/141720-57-instructions.pdf

Rob Gronovius

How's the Bird of Prey compared to the old AMT/Ertl Adversary set (the one that included the Romulan, Ferengi and Klingon ships)?

 

Hi Rob,

Not being familiar with those sets can't give a first hand accounting, but in this kit I think the Bird of Prey is going to steal the show.  It has much more detail on it.

And it has the option to display the wings in cruising or attack mode.  Can't change it after it's been assembled so it's something that will need to be decided before completion.

How's the Bird of Prey compared to the old AMT/Ertl Adversary set (the one that included the Romulan, Ferengi and Klingon ships)?

Since the assembly is dirt simple, using the opportunity to practice puttying.  The stuff is my nemesis, the bane of my existense, and an all around pain in the *** to work with.  But, if I want to get better at it I have to be willing to make sacrifices.

There are some pretty notable seams on this model.  Not readily apparent but I would know they were there.  Enough reason for me to attempt to fill them in.

I don't know what everyone else's experience is like but it always goes down lumpy and irregular.  And when I sand it, it either exposes the seam again, or I find voids in the putty.

Any tricks y'all use to increase consistency of results?  Or is it simply apply, sand, apply more to fix problems, sand, apply more, sand, then throw away the glob of putty that used to be a model.