my enterprise e colors are alittle bright

after having this for awhile I decided to finish it. I wasnt sure what the real white was for the body so I used a easy silver, then so as not to make it to standoutish I used flourencent red and blue on the warp narceles.

 

Well done, man!! I'm not certain on the 'exact' base color of the E but that would certainly do well in natural / stellar lighting conditions. Great model you have there.

Tom

 

Here are a couple of links I googled up for ya, on how people painted theirs. Most people seem to add the black arrowhead-shaped panels sweeping back from the bridge across the saucer, to give it "oomph".

http://www.culttvman.com/robbert_gorter_s_enterprise_e.html



http://www.culttvman.com/craig_wheeler_s_enterprise_e.html
http://starshipmodeler.org/gallery7/sm_enterprisee.htm
http://www.spacemodelmania.com/models/gallery5/ms_ee.htm

- k

 

LOoks good to me!

 

Nice variation!

The main hull is 90% FS 36622 (Federal Standard color codes), with 10% flat white. The semi-light portions should be FS 36622, The med-dark sections I used 90% 36440 Flat Gull Gray and 10% white, and for the dark (which isn't black) I used FS 36440 + black + DK Panzer Gray + wood until I got it right.

The main colors were listed in the instructions, from what I remember, and I got most of the shades from there, as well as screen pauses (95- before "screen caps") comparing the tones with the FS colors I had.

I'll try and post pics of the "map" I drew out, that helped me with that painting nightmare.

 

I have "Color Maps", that I drew for painting the E. I built the ship in 98, and it's one of my best models.

PM me for the pics- I took them down for space.