That is why guys stay quiet, because your in a long line of many fanboys that are sticklers. 99.9999% of you have no clue of what your talking about. You see a number and you think it's an absolute, and keep going on about it. Instead of doing something about it, like building the model. Since you think the model is all wrong go make your own. Those of us who do are sick of those of you who just talk. Besides if you can afford a $75 model, you can make your own for a lot less than that.
Can you tell if this model is off? I can't and I designed the thing. I would look at the fixing the MR E if your going to be that picky about these models.
Jeez! I don’t see why you’re getting so defensive and condescending! And I don’t know what you’re going on about: ‘seeing a number and thinking it’s an absolute.’ For heaven’s sake, if 1+1 = 2, then the answer is 2. If the studio BB is 43” and a 1:350 of Jefferies’ 947' Enterprise is 32.46,” then the BB to scale is 10.34.” This is simple arithmetic. Why does this upset you and cause you to resent me and the rest of us who can ‘just talk’? You insist on lumping us ‘fanboys’ into an unsavory category of those who have ‘no clue what we are talking about.’
I’m not here to attack your character or your talents, or to point out errors or miscalculations. I admire your work and appreciate all the posted documentation. You are amazingly talented and you have some extraordinary equipment and technical knowledge and expertise--most of us are not, and do not. It's true, you have paid your dues, while I for one have not. I am relegated to non-scratchbuild kits and ready-made models.
Sorry, I am not elite.
So, no, I cannot make ‘my own’ Botany Bay. The kit exists for the majority who do not have the technology, the equipment, the talent and the time that you do. I’m just a ‘fanboy,’ after all.
You are a contradiction: You declare that there are no ‘absolutes’ in model-making and yet you expend tremendous energies and resources in trying to get measurements and scale just right and accurate beyond belief for your model. Then, when someone else, perhaps someone not in your league of extraordinary model-building-gentlemen likewise attempts to establish accuracy you are critical and downright offensive.
Thanks for the mesh pics/tips. I intend on looking for some brass mesh to substitute for the antenna mast panels along with soldered brass rods in place of the styrene ones.