Hello Enterprise Refit fans - I am new to this forum and would like to introduce my build in progress.
I am building the A version of the Enterprise Refit, as seen in ST 5/6. This is my second build of this model and I am now determined to achieve 80-90 percent accuracy, according to all available photo references from the Smithsonian days to Christies. I will be lighting this model but my accuracy goal will be focused on the colors and details, since these are most critical for accuracy.
I am making some modifications but not using photo-etched parts. I feel that the colors and painting are much more critical to an accurate look than details such as shuttlebay or docking ports, etc. You can build a model that has modified angles of this and that and photo-etched everything but if your colors and workmanship are off then accuracy is too.
So far I have the Secondary Hull completed and am almost finished with the Primary Hull. I have been comparing my work directly with ref photos at different angles and lighting to try and nail down the colors and patterns. So far I am fairly pleased.
Feel free to offer comments and suggestions along with examples of your work to demonstrate. Questions are also welcome!
Here is a link to the general photo album:
1701-A 2013 Photos by ColHero | Photobucket
Here is a comparison shot:
I am building the A version of the Enterprise Refit, as seen in ST 5/6. This is my second build of this model and I am now determined to achieve 80-90 percent accuracy, according to all available photo references from the Smithsonian days to Christies. I will be lighting this model but my accuracy goal will be focused on the colors and details, since these are most critical for accuracy.
I am making some modifications but not using photo-etched parts. I feel that the colors and painting are much more critical to an accurate look than details such as shuttlebay or docking ports, etc. You can build a model that has modified angles of this and that and photo-etched everything but if your colors and workmanship are off then accuracy is too.
So far I have the Secondary Hull completed and am almost finished with the Primary Hull. I have been comparing my work directly with ref photos at different angles and lighting to try and nail down the colors and patterns. So far I am fairly pleased.
Feel free to offer comments and suggestions along with examples of your work to demonstrate. Questions are also welcome!
Here is a link to the general photo album:
1701-A 2013 Photos by ColHero | Photobucket
Here is a comparison shot: