Botany Bay... Oh NO!

trekriffic

Sr Member
Oh YES!

Here are some images taken in natural sunlight of the first of two builds of the Fantastic Plastic Botany Bay resin kit mastered by Richard Long. The ship in these photos will remain in my collection; the second model, still in progress, will be shipped to my client upon completion. The model was painted with Tamiya grey lacquer primer followed by coats of Testors black and rust enamel. Then it was sprayed with coats of grey and light tan enamels. Then the grey/tan was sanded away in spots to reveal the rust and black coats underneath. The model was then oversprayed with more of the basecoat (thinned and mixed with Floquil Flat Base) to tone down the starkness of the black and rust patches. Then Tamiya pastel chalks were applied. Finally the entire model was sealed with Dullcote for a dead flat finish. The photo-etch panels on the stern were made from plastic strip, brass rod, and sections cut from the nacelle pylon screens in the Round 2 TOS Enterprise supplemental PE set:


IMG_5648 by trekriffic, on Flickr


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The client is a big TOS fan and wanted the weathering to look as close to the studio model as possible using photos he pulled off the internet and sent to me. This build was a guinea pig of sorts to try out various weathering techniques prior to finishing the client's model. He plans to display his ship inside an acrylic display case next to his MR Enterprise.

I hope you guys enjoy the pics!
 
It's such a simple design but it looks like how you expect a transport ship to look. The weathering looks really good, especially given how bad alot of the reference pictures are coloration wise from back then.
 
It's such a simple design but it looks like how you expect a transport ship to look. The weathering looks really good, especially given how bad alot of the reference pictures are coloration wise from back then.

Thanks Wes. Yes, you are right about the challenges of working with the available photo references. The Cloudster pics were great for getting the shapes of the darker patches but, as far as overall color tones, were really tinted too far towards the reddish end of the scale. The best ones were probably the Greg Jein garage photos as they were taken in natural light; however, even those were washed out where the sunlight is hitting it so it was still difficult to get a true idea of the colors and their intensity. Zones in between light and shadow were my best references.
 
Just a few more pics before I move on to the second BB.
The client asked for some views from above so here goes. I also included one pic of the underside of the nuclear engine pod...


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Those with a keen eye might notice the model is mounted to a different stand in these shots.
The original base was made per specific measurements provided by the client to fit inside a display case alongside his MR Enterprise.
As such, his ship will be in a static pose not subject to rotation on it's support rod.
In the case of my ship it will be on a shelf and able to rotate so I wanted something larger as the model tends to tip over when oriented so the long axis of the ship is projecting over the narrowest portion of the stand.
I found a nice sized square wooden base at Michael's which solved the stability problem.
 
Thanks a lot for the kind words guys.

Started on weathering the client's ship...

The outer layer of tan was sanded away in spots to reveal the rust and black layers:


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Black enamel was drybrushed to accentuate meteor scorching:


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My messy workbench:


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The next step will be to drybrush some reddish rust at the margins of the meteor scorches. The two colors are the underlying foundation for the weathering to follow. Once the paints dry I'll apply a second layer of the basecoat. Then the pastels.
 
very nice build!! :thumbsup

eventually I will scratch build one of these to go with my 6 foot enterprise, hopefully it will look as nice as this one.
 
Well she's all done! Here are some pics of the client's ship...


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IMG_5866 by trekriffic, on Flickr

And the two ship side-by-side with the clent's ship on the right...


IMG_5862 by trekriffic, on Flickr


IMG_5844 by trekriffic, on Flickr


IMG_5847 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Here's the shipping crate I built for transport...


IMG_5870 by trekriffic, on Flickr
 
Well she's all done! Here are some pics of the client's ship...

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IMG_5848 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5849 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5851 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5853 by trekriffic, on Flickr


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IMG_5854 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5855 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5856 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5857 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5859 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5866 by trekriffic, on Flickr

And the two ship side-by-side with the clent's ship on the right...

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IMG_5862 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5844 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5847 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Here's the shipping crate I built for transport...

[url]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3717/10877265804_1cfe35a0a1_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5870 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Fantastic job on that crate, very professional!

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Well she's all done! Here are some pics of the client's ship...

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IMG_5848 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/10877131655_7065540795_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5849 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/10877160836_140a197c56_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5850 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/10877131395_d4ea5958ff_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5851 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/10877267644_b7e60e5922_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5853 by trekriffic, on Flickr


[url]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3787/10877267594_49e4e2eb76_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5854 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5855 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_5856 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/10877267184_9fdc06bf19_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5857 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2871/10877437453_4839961dbf_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5859 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/10877266614_2bf3c68622_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5866 by trekriffic, on Flickr

And the two ship side-by-side with the clent's ship on the right...

[url]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/10877436993_8a85769ba1_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5862 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7433/10877161536_419be84ec6_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5844 by trekriffic, on Flickr

[url]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/10877438273_78641d65c3_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5847 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Here's the shipping crate I built for transport...

[url]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3717/10877265804_1cfe35a0a1_b.jpg[/url]
IMG_5870 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Fantastic job on that crate, very professional!
 
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