ST:TMP Drydock - Revisited!

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If you like those pics... Check out this next update!
This weeks update I have 12 new test lighting pics. I have all of the details finished including the detailing for the armature. All I have left to do now is attach the topsides and build the control panel for both models. In the NEW PICS all of the drydock's lights are now on. All of the pics are once again are illuminated by the drydock lights ONLY. In the next update I'll have the drydock and the Enterprise lights all on. Stay tuned.

Mark

Here are a few front end shots.

[8D]I should have a few new updates of the control panel and wiring within the next week or so.... please keep checking!
~NemVia~

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Good News Everyone! The ST:TMP is now officially finished! I have 32 new pics of my now fully lit model! I've taken pics from as many angles as Icould think of. You can click on all of the photos to enlarge all of the details. I purposely left them this way for that reason. I hope you enjoyed following me on this project and will stick around fro my next one. I will be editing the drydock pics down to only one page to allow room for more pics of future projects, so if you wondered what has happened to them this is your heads up! Thank you to all of those who followed the building of this monster project and thanks for your patience! If you would like to see the model in person, I am planning on bringing it to a few model conventions. If you could assist me in finding a few hobby shows in the Chicagoland area please let me know when and where. Maybe we can meet and say "Hi" Stay tuned for my next project!

~NemVia~!

Thanks Guys!
Mark.

I just wanted to inform everyone that I found out that as of last Wednesday, Russ Simpson the builder of the original ST:TMP drydock had passed away. I did have brief contact with him via e-mail and was hoping to meet him in person. But alas, our paths would now never meet. The drydock, to me was an awesome accomplishment for movie models. It was a great inspiration to me and others to build our own highly detailed models from scratch. Thank you Russ for your wonderful contributions to the movie world. You've inspired us all to keep at it!
~Mark~

It's been a while since I've posted anything concerning the Drydock model, but I've been adding some finishing touches to the final model. So far, I've added some more detailing work to the support armature and finally painted it the appropriate color. I've fixed or restraitened all of the tensioning rods around the light panels, hid the wiring for all of the lights a lot better by painting them and adding harnesses around the cables. I've just about repainted the entire drydock model to even out the color. Next I rebuilt the control panel so that it now fits underneathe model and can be pulled out like a drawer. I redid all of the black velvet to hide the display case a lot better and also made a plexi-glass dust cover to protect the entire model. Next I've added about 60-70 1/350 scale crewmembers both to the drydock and Enterprise hangers to give a better appearance of scale to the ships. Finally I've begun working on a set of work bees with scratch-built harnesses to tote the cargo containers to and from the drydock along with 4 new travel pods that I purchased from Don's Light & Magic. I will then be suspending these items with a very thin steel wire thats painted flat black. You can see all of the pics in my photo gallery under "Drydock gets a facelift" Album.

Let me know what you think
~NemVia~