Ruddigger
Sr Member
Alright, watching you people build up all these awesome models has left me wanting to play too, so I figured I'd just jump right in. I've never built a model before so this is a learning experience, sort of modelling 101. I mentioned to my uncle that I had been contemplating building a model, and he went out to the garage and came back with this Voyager kit, an old AMT Enterprise and a cutaway Enterprise. I figured the Voyager kit is the most easily replaced if I ruin it, so I'm going to use it as practice. I want to do this up right with lights and PE, anybody have any good suggestions for lighting kits? Anyway onto the (slow) build.
The kits:
Okay, so what better way to start off then by making a rookie mistake? I figured the best thing to do is to start by light blocking. So I sprayed a few heavy coats of primer on the inside, and then a couple coats of gloss white. And hey, guess who forgot to clean all the mold release off before spraying? Yeah, so there was some bad reaction, I should have known better. But I sprayed enough that the light doesn't seem to transmit.
Then I bought a rotary tool and some tiny drill bits and some small files and set about opening up the windows. So far I've done half of the secondary hull, the lower saucer and half of the upper saucer. I'm making them a bit oversized and then I'm going to fill them in with something clear (maybe an acrylic monomer?), and mask them to the right size when I paint it.
That's where I am right now, still in window cutting hell at the moment, I'm running out of drill bits since they keep snapping on me. I would appreciate any pointers, suggestions, tips, criticisms that you guys might have for me. As well as suggestions on the best place to buy PE and lighting. Thanks for any help, and thanks for looking.
The kits:
Okay, so what better way to start off then by making a rookie mistake? I figured the best thing to do is to start by light blocking. So I sprayed a few heavy coats of primer on the inside, and then a couple coats of gloss white. And hey, guess who forgot to clean all the mold release off before spraying? Yeah, so there was some bad reaction, I should have known better. But I sprayed enough that the light doesn't seem to transmit.
Then I bought a rotary tool and some tiny drill bits and some small files and set about opening up the windows. So far I've done half of the secondary hull, the lower saucer and half of the upper saucer. I'm making them a bit oversized and then I'm going to fill them in with something clear (maybe an acrylic monomer?), and mask them to the right size when I paint it.
That's where I am right now, still in window cutting hell at the moment, I'm running out of drill bits since they keep snapping on me. I would appreciate any pointers, suggestions, tips, criticisms that you guys might have for me. As well as suggestions on the best place to buy PE and lighting. Thanks for any help, and thanks for looking.
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