Panfar, first of all....Im jealous you live in Ormond Beach. Secondly, let me make an observation and you might be able to clear it up. Regarding the plastic model, dish height looks thinner than your project. Your reference pics might show a thicker sidewall than the model, but by comparing the model to your project, the sidewall on the saucer looks high. This might be because of the choice of materials (plywood VS thin Styrene for the skin).
If you are happy, Im happy. Just wanted to give you a fresh set of eyes. Thanks for the observation you have a good eye. I will be sanding the side to an angle to match the upper skin so I should lose almost a 1/4 inch from the perceived height. Please continue to keep me on track.
BTW....looks like you are making MAD progress.
PS. Its kinda cool how certain ships 'call out to you'. I might not care for a 20,000 Leagues under the Sea sub, but there are plenty of people who it does. Voyager was a great bird and series.
This is my attempt to build USS Voyager from scratch. I started by doing a lot of research and collecting reference photos. I used top and side views to get my basic structure and enlarged them in my opaque projector and drew out the patterns on 1/4 inch plywood,
I built the bridge from wood and plastic sheeting I bought at Lowe's The Nacelles are made from 7 layers of 1/4 inch wood hollowed out and glued together The clear blue part came from a floursent lamp cover and the front red emitters are cast from clear resin with a little candy red added.
I made the Main Deflector originally from a piece of 2x4 that I hand sanded until I acquired the correct shape .I then cut thin strips of gorilla duck tape and laid them out around the deflector to get the proper look.I then made a rubber mold and poured in clear resin with a few drops of HOK colbolt candy blue mixed in. I hand painted the raised ridges and glued a piece of opaque glass behind the main opening to diffuse the light
The upper hull under construction
