Kit of the USS Daedalus NCC-129?

SteveNeill

Thanks Steve! And she will.

Captain she's a beaut! Thanks for posting.

Steve

nurturer

Interested in a 1/350.

SteveNeill

Thanks Nurturer

Effingham

Steve, I'd be interested, if you start Daedalus-ing.

In the meantime, you and Herself are in my prayers. I know it must be a stressful time, but know that you have friends who care about you.

Tony

SteveNeill

Thanks tony. Thanks very much.

The model is started and will be available soon.

Steve

SteveNeill

And a bit more on the Daedalus. Been working nights on the hanger bay end cap. Harder to do by hand than it looks. Some lathed and the rest by hand.

I made a rough part and then made a waste mold. This way I poured up a resin part and can clean is up, drill the holes, attach it to the end cap and make the final mold.

I did this one real quick tonight to see how it would look. Holes were drilled on the drill press and just eye balled for now. I'll do the real thing tomorrow night.

Beauty is with the waste mold if you screw it up, pour another.

Steve

Effingham

This is severely sweet.

Steve, you rock. I've said it before, but it bears repeating.

SteveNeill

Thanks you are very kind.

steve

trekman1017

How did you make that? just layering plastic or what.

SteveNeill

No thick styrene and a lathe. The hanger area styrene. Made a rough one and then a waste mold and cleaned it up.

Here is the real part with the properly spaced and sized holes.

End cap on the nacelle was turned on a lathe and styrene ribbed sheeting used. The holes are just drawn in free hand for now. I'll have a PE part made for those. The holes are just two small. A decal would work too but the PE will be nicer I think.

Steve

feek61

Hey Steve,

Looking great!! Sent you a PM.


Will

SteveNeill

I configured the end cap to be more reminiscent of Greg's original model with regards to the holes than the CG model. Will pointed this out to em and I liked it.

Working from the one photo that really shows this I got it as close as I can. This will be a decal if I can't get it PEed and I probably won't as they have a minimum and set up fee. Or you the builder could try to drill them out but at this size I found it impossible to do without a small mill. By hand just doesn't cut it.

On to the secondary hull detailing.

Steve

feek61

Oh that looks great Steve! I do like that configuration better then the CG version. Doug told me he had a very limited amount of time to build the CG version (although it doesn't look like it at all) so I'm sure it was just easier to repeat that first pattern. Plus, it most likely would not be seen in "In Harms Way".

She's looking grand!!

SteveNeill

That's great Will I appreciate your contribution.

Steve

trekman1017

How much do you think a kit will run?

SteveNeill

No way to tell just yet on that and it's best in the future to keep the Mods happy to PM me until I can post that info in the Junkyard.

Spent some time putting on the half round panel lines. Most are the same as Greg's model but some are different. Keep in mind Greg made a molds and made two models that I'm aware of. The first was a one off and different from the second made from the molds. Then there's Doug's new renders. I'm trying to create a balance of sorts between all of then while maintaining that over all look of the on seen on DS9.

I added windows with Dymo marker tape. Tests showed if I primer over the tape and then remove it I get a crisp indented window. Works great. I just tacked on a few for looks and still have to play with them a bit more.

I've been slowly cleaning up the other parts.

Tomorrow I'll finish the hull and detail the pylons more and the neck.

Here's some pictures.

SteveNeill

Spent some more time today and got the panel lines on the hull and some windows placed for a look with Dymo tape. Tested showed that once sprayed with primer and removed you get a nice crisp window.

I’m making a blend here between Greg’s two models. The first and the one that was made from molds he made for DSW9. And..Doug’s renders of the CGI model. I’m trying to maintain that look of the DS9 version but taking some liberties along the way. So if you see something your think is wrong it’s deliberate.

Got some more pointing up on the other parts too.
Here are some pictures. Hopefully tomorrow I finish the secondary hull and move on to the neck and ball.

Steve

Jm419

Boy, you really appreciate the Enterprise for what she is when you see some of these other designs, don't you? She really is a beautiful ship.

You're doing a fantastic job on this, Steve. Can't wait to see the finished one.

SteveNeill

Thanks. There's something I like about this ship and always have since I first saw it in my "The Making of Star Trek" when I was in high school. First we had the X-1. Then the SR-71.

Steve

P.S. I still have my copy I bought back then.

SteveNeill

So I took the day off and worked on the Daedalus. Got lots done.
I finished the secondary hull except for the windows. I’ll do all the windows last.

Detailed the neck. Added a bit of detail to the pylons.

Added all the last details to the sensor array part.

And lastly got the ball started. It took several times cutting the upper hole. The first time it was based off and enlargement of Doug’s 3 views but it just didn’t look big enough so I made it again. And again. I’m happy with it now.

Next up detail the ball. I’ll use the tape and primer trick which it looks like Greg did too. With any luck I’ll finish next weekend and the molds can begin. I figure a gallon of Silicone will do this job. These molds will be cored so all the parts will have nice even thickness and hallow.

Steve

Shizman

How did you cut the sections out of the hemispheres? I'm trying to determine the best way to do this myself on a current project.

Effingham

Dammit.
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robn1

More great work, this is gonna be a cool kit.

Compass cutter?

SteveNeill

Surface gage. You can attach a pencil to it or just scribe. They can be very expensive but I found one on amazon a few years ago cheap.

That's how I get parallel lines marked as well. Seam lines and more. Got to have one!

Thanks guys for the droll and Trekman I'm not sure about the price yet.

Amazon.com: Value SG/4-7 W/4&7" Spindles Surface Gage: Home Improvement

Theres a pretty cheap one. Get it! Anything you can turn on a flat surface you can mark perfectly. I use these to mark the water lines on the subs so I can paint them up and add the scum line.

Steve

Shizman

Oh that's awesome. I was thinking of making a jig to do something similar, but your solution is perfect.

I love these forums. Lots of get info from great builders such as yourself.