MustangGTR1
Sr Member
This one will be my 3rd 1/350 from a another company
...Have to plan on how to attack those gridlines and make it a smoothie - I'd most likely be using the apoxie sculpt
Accessory pack - lighting kit plus photo etch for sure. Not sure what else. It may contain the registry decals or weathering decals. Don't think it contains the supplemental parts pack. Not totally clear on this one.
Doug
The accessory pack is lighting kit, plus photoetch and the weathering decals all for $200 which is a savings of $35.99 compared to buying the three sets separately. If you don't want the weathering decals and want to save a little money, get just the lighting kit and the photoetch (for $185.99, a 14 dollar savings). I may get the accessory pack anyway since even though I won't use the weathering decals on my build, it is a nice reference for going about adding the streaks with paint or pastels. Other thing is that I don't know if PL's prices for the normal stuff will be standard retail or sale prices. You might get a better price break by shopping for those accessory bits elsewhere.
The Paragraphics photoetch set I'll probably get as it seems like the most effective way to light the bridge displays cleanly as the etch panels act perfectly as light blocks. Plus, Paul also has done the pilot bridge display screens (I liked that particular bridge a little better than the series one).
If you want it and have the finances, you will find a way to get it, no matter what might stand in your way.
Maybe someone who can contact the makers of the kit would consider selling "no grid lines saucer parts" to end the grid lines or no grid lines debate. I would think most here would spend the extra bucks to save themselves what looks like a alot of work.
To do that, they would have to grind off a raised grid from the molds after they have been hardened. Not likely ever going to happen because it would irreversably change the molds. Filling a finely etched grid is not "a lot of work" if somebody really wants to do it.