QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeym_us
the Doomsday Machine episode of Star Trek is on right now and looking at the closeup pic they have. you have the nacel ends wrong the right nacel should be damaged right up to the pylon and the left sould have more structure forward (remains of Bussard scoop more likely) refer to the Picture that Midnight prowler has in his post to see what I mean.
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Hi Mike,
The reference pictures of the 1017 I had weren't too great, so I'm sure I got alot wrong. I was basicly trying for "close" as opposed to a full on prop replica. The kit I used (PL 1/1000th kit)is actually too accurate to make an accurate 1017 replica because the screen used model was an inaccurate (AMT) kit . So being a more accurate kit in fact makes it less accurate off the bat. (wow)
I tried for an updated version. Kind of a "Constellation 2004" thing. I didn't paint it white,or mess with the b/c deck but went for a greyish tone like the Enterprise, and I added the rust ring & some grid lines as seen on the Smithsonian Enterprise pictures on the IDIC page. It's more of a Constellation/Enterprise hybrid
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Here are the ref pictures I had to go by:
Here are a few other pictures at different angles while it was under construction:
and 1 more of the finished model from a different angle showing the nacelle damage close to the pylon:
The fine bits are hard to see in the reference pictures, and I toyed with the idea of adding some more detail up front on the nacelles, mainly of some damaged fan blades and ruptured tanks and such, but never got around to it.
I still have a few more PL kits, so maybe I will do another in the future
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