RossW
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It's been a loooong 10+ yrs since Polar Lights released the incredible 1/350 TOS Enterprise kit, but I finally completed mine late last year. She ain't perfect - far from it - but I'm pretty happy with it considering all the custom work I put into this:
There's a few things I'm not thrilled with on it, so I do plan on doing another one after I finish the 1/350 TMP Refit.
Full album of in progress work
- Lighting + stepper motor control boards, including:All blinkies board that handles saucer running lights, engineering hull strobe and warp engine lights. All use PWM to fade up/down to better simulate incandescent bulbs. The warp engine lights fade up in time to the stepper motor start up.
- Constant speed stepper motor controller with speed adjust via IR remote or onboard rotary encoder
- 12 individual LED strip brightness controller which allows for balancing the brightness of all the LED tapes/SMDs (adjustable via IR remote or onboard rotary encoder)
- IR remote control board (on/off, stepper motor speed control, LED strip light window brightness control)
- Custom 3D printed base designed by Steven Burns based on my sketches & requirements
- All markings painted on using my own vinyl masks cut on my Silhouette Cameo 4
- Top saucer rust ring created using a custom vinyl mask and pastels oversprayed with hull colour (same for all weathering).
- Custom paint mixes using Mr Color lacquer paints
There's a few things I'm not thrilled with on it, so I do plan on doing another one after I finish the 1/350 TMP Refit.
Full album of in progress work