Kit of the USS Daedalus NCC-129?

[SteveNeill]

Mystery continues..

here are the nacelles swapped. the port one is more in line but still a bit off while the starboard still needs a good twist to bring it in line.

so back to the original question. Would you recommend opening up the pocket in the nacelle or sanding down that strip and replacing it with new half round?

I checked the Drex rendering and stand corrected. that strip is on the bottom. However your intial build pics (before you started painting) show that strip going down the top side.

No just sand out the pocket or slot a bit more and tweak the fit. That's all I did because those pylons fit tight and the molds changed the original fit of the masters when parts were cast. This is par for the course.

In Doug's renders he took a lot more license than I did from Greg's original model. Build her the way you like Lou. Remember I added a strip to the top.

Steve

 

[SteveNeill]

Hey Steve, the black lines on the front of the model was not on the decal sheet. Did you just mask them and paint them on or did you print up supplements or.......?

If you go back through my build you just use tape. Worked great. Decals of those line would have been hell on Earth to apply. Painting works good too.

Steve

 

[Tony Hardy]

Received my kit. GORGEOUS!!!! Thanks Steve!

 

[Underdog]

The more I think about this the more I wonder if I should keep it in scale with the AMT kits? Say 1/650? or a little bit bigger. I'd like to see some input on that. 1/350 is still a big model and still a big price.

This kit will will have a light kit for it available from Voodoo FX once i get it done. Or you can do your own but I want to set a scale before I begin.

Thanks guys,

Steve

I built a Daedelus from a 1/144 Space Shuttle Kit and a hamster ball. Good luck with your kit.

 

[Smiling Demon]

I built a Daedelus from a 1/144 Space Shuttle Kit and a hamster ball. Good luck with your kit.

This post comes a little late to the party as the kit is finished and molded and several kits have been made and sold!!!!

 

[SteveNeill]

Thanks guys and thanks Tony!

Still waiting on Alumilite to make the next batch of kits. If your still waiting I'm really sorry to make you wait but I'm told it will be here tomorrow and I'll start making them up ASAP.

Steve

 

[Damocles]

That was a fine 14 pages of quality viewing, nice work!

 

[SteveNeill]

Thanks Damocles. Glad you enjoyed it.

steve

 

[Aztek Dummy]

Drilling a square hole

Steve,
I hope you don't mind me posting this on your thread, but I think I may have come up with something that the builders of your great kit might find usefull and couldn't think of a better place to put it where they would see it.

I was carving out the portholes and generally not liking the results. my windows were too big or not square, you name it. I was trying to think of how to drill a square hole and I thought about how I could punch them out with some sort of die.

I went to the local art supply store and picked up some 1/8" square brass stock (pic#1)

I filed the outside of the four sides to make it sharper, then after lining it up with your indents, basically just wiggled it back and forth to cut in the shape (after first drilling out the majority of the windows with a regular bit) (pic #2 & #3)

I paid particular attention to the four corners, but after just a few wiggles, I was able to punch thru the aluminite and get a perfectly square. the last pic shows the difference between my carving (on the right) vs. a newly "punched" hole on the left.

I hope your builders find this method as useful as I did

I return you to your normal thread, already in progress

 

[Smiling Demon]

Thanks Aztek, I was trying to figure out an easier way for those as well. I knew that my windows were gonna look like crap.
Thanks again!!!

Kenny

 

[SteveNeill]

Lou that's great! you can also fill in around the brass once you grease it up with finishing glaze.

The other thing you guys need to remember. Those window masks are use over the slightly over sized epoxy filled windows. Once you primer over them and remove the mask you have a perfect window. You can't screw up that way.

Lou thanks for the big tip. And any of you coming up with such things should feel comfortable to post your findings here.

Thanks so much,

Steve

 

[feek61]

That's how I did my scratch built version (that's still uncompleted) although I used the rectangular stock.

 

[cosmic_x]

Re: Drilling a square hole

Steve,
I was carving out the portholes and generally not liking the results. my windows were too big or not square, you name it. I was trying to think of how to drill a square hole and I thought about how I could punch them out with some sort of die.

I went to the local art supply store and picked up some 1/8" square brass stock (pic#1)

I filed the outside of the four sides to make it sharper, then after lining it up with your indents, basically just wiggled it back and forth to cut in the shape (after first drilling out the majority of the windows with a regular bit) (pic #2 & #3)

I paid particular attention to the four corners, but after just a few wiggles, I was able to punch thru the aluminite and get a perfectly square. the last pic shows the difference between my carving (on the right) vs. a newly "punched" hole on the left.

So you punching the holes basically? Isnt that little risky for the resin to break? Or did I misunderstand your method?

 

[SteveNeill]

BTW. I just got my Alumilite! Round two kits go out the end of next week.

Steve

 

[Aztek Dummy]

Re: Drilling a square hole

So you punching the holes basically? Isnt that little risky for the resin to break? Or did I misunderstand your method?

well "punch" may be an overstatement

since the majority of the material has already been removed by drilling, all I'm really punching is the corners. If you wiggle the brass rod as you push it into the holes, it carves out the corners.

I hope that clears it up

 

[SteveNeill]

Also the white Alumilite is less brittle.

Steve

 

[SteveNeill]

Back to making kits today and making some new molds. Some are getting worn already. I'll in the kitchen I'm finally getting around to cleaning up and molding these COM badges I've had since my Paramount days. One of the guys down there gave me a set. I've made a new mold and will finally get to make some up. I'm looking into a sound chip for them that makes the sound when you press on them.

I have a cobra original Phaser too I plan to get to down the road. New mold. Hallow cast and electronics. Fun side projects.

For those of you waiting on kits they will go out all next week. Sorry for the delay. I need two more arms!

Steve

 

[SteveNeill]

Kits are coming along well and I sending 3 out tomorrow with 5 more to follow or the next 2 days and I'm caught up.

Lets see some building guys. There's over 20 kits out there floating around. And again I ask. Who will be the first to refit the ship??? Don't look at me I'm busy!

Steve

 

[brandomack]

Mine will be a custom build, dont you worry.
I just have to wait for the darn thing to show up, I hope customs didnt fumble it.

Brandon

 

[SteveNeill]

Brandon that should have been there by now. I think they have. I'll have to send you another if it doesn't show up soon. You seem to have trouble with mail up there darn it.

All I did was copy and paste your address. So I know I didn't get it wrong.

Steve