Finally - Almost done with my CC Klingon D-7
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Hey where did you get those photos of the original miniature. You slyboots. :love
It looks great!
It looks great!
Cottonball
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That looks great!!! Thanks for sharing!
Eric
Eric
Today is a good day to apply chrome tape. :sleep
Actually it's hard to tell from photos how it looks. If you think it doesn't look good in person I'd go by that.
But the chrome tape is screen-accurate, right?
Actually it's hard to tell from photos how it looks. If you think it doesn't look good in person I'd go by that.
But the chrome tape is screen-accurate, right?
Ka-Plaggh!
I'm not sure if I like it - The tape on the boom kicks off some wacky reflections on the forward bulkhead. It's supposed to be screen accurate according to several sources. I think the tape on the boom looks right when I compare it to the starboard side screengrab in the other D7 thread.
Maybe if I hit it with a light dusting of dullcote. I can always retape it if I want it extra shiny.
I'll try & get a few better shots.
I'm not sure if I like it - The tape on the boom kicks off some wacky reflections on the forward bulkhead. It's supposed to be screen accurate according to several sources. I think the tape on the boom looks right when I compare it to the starboard side screengrab in the other D7 thread.
Maybe if I hit it with a light dusting of dullcote. I can always retape it if I want it extra shiny.
I'll try & get a few better shots.
That's a good question Phase--I'm still confused frankly as to which is the "screen accurate" paint scheme. Is it the two tone grey/green or the three tone?
I was under the impression that the filming model, which I understand is the one at the Smithsonian, arrived with the three tone paint scheme but was repainted two-tone (or did it arrive two-tone and end up being repainted three-tone?). The model at the Sci-Fi museum was the one AMT used to create the model kit was always two tone?
I've heard "definitive" opinions from different sources that are contradictory.
In either case I kind of like the three tone scheme myself and was planning to paint mine that way (whenever the time comes).
Dave
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Yup - this one's a tough nut to crack. Not much decent refernce - Repaints at various times in its existence. I just repainted the panel on the engine pylon just above the engine cause of erroneous reference. Again I looked at that nice side view screen cap & it was green, not grey! At some point I'll call it done!
Carson Dyle
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According to Scott "Captain Cardboard" Alexandar, when AMT delivered the original miniature(s) to Paramount they were painted a single shade of medium grey. Matt Jefferies added the green prior to filming. The confirmation that the two-tone paint scheme actually went before the cameras came from the late Robert Justman.
1968: Because it was anticipated that both AMT miniatures would eventually go before the camera they were each given identical paint schemes. Alas, only one D-7 was ever shot, and that model was given to Jefferies after the show wrapped. The other identically painted model went to Roddenberry. To this day there is debate over whether there were actually two shades of green used on the model (as opposed to a single shade).
1974 (approx): Matt Jefferies donates his D-7 to NASM.
1976 (approx): Paramount "borrows" the Jefferies D-7 from NASM for use on Phase 2. While at Paramount the model is completely re-painted and disassembled. At some point the determination is made that a larger Klingon miniature is needed, after which time the model winds up with Ed Miarecki for restoration. Unfortunately, Ed didn't have proper reference data of the model's original appearance, hence the inaccurate paint scheme in evidence upon its return to the Smithsonian.
This is by no means the last word on the subject... simply a well-informed account from someone I know pretty well and have found to be consistently reliable.
In addition, here's what Jim Key's Custom Replicas D-7 instruction guide has to say about the D-7 paint scheme…
As you can see, there’s a lot of latitude here for individual interpretation.
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Commando.eight
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I think it looks fantastic! Keep up the great work.
James
James
TK-2126_MD
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I think it looks awesome!!!! man i havent done a model in yrs.......
