They look really nice and I'm glad to see you didn't go overboard with making them look like the actual filming props. I usually like the pristine look but I don't mind a bit of wear and tear.
They look really nice and I'm glad to see you didn't go overboard with making them look like the actual filming props. I usually like the pristine look but I don't mind a bit of wear and tear.
Thanks! NO... I didn't want the pristine look. I already have that with two Wand Communicators, A Wand Phaser, A Wand Black and White hand Phaser and the Master Replicas Landing Party set. I wanted them to look like "working", weathered , solider spills and a brush painted Hand Phaser...JUST like they were in the series. They weren't pristine in the series, at all, and I wanted to capture that particular feel and look. Hopefully I succeeded!
After talking to my friend Steve Pielock, I adjusted the color of my Phaser 1 Accordingly. However Although I cleaned it up a little, I retained the used/weathered feel of the Actual filming prop.
Nice work! They look like they could be set-used. I'm still kicking myself for not picking up those kits when they were available, despite not having the level of skill required to do them justice.
After finding and reviewing my reference material, I went back and adjusted my build ups to reflect my reference material!
I swiped out the middle jewel on my Communicator to better match the "GAMMA" Comm.
And again, the Hand Phaser was adjusted to better represent an accurate color, cleaned up a little, but brushed on and still weathered.
Nice to see your start trek John long builds. Hope some one here can help me with mine, I bought the Jlong kit when they first came out and I started the shells and life got in the way for last 13 or so years. I came across it again 6 months ago and would like to build it now but have no instructions at all, just the signed COA that came with it. I emailed John a few times for a copy of the instructions over the past few months but to no avail. No response. The p1tutorial on his “ saucersoverhollywood” site is also gone - or never was, not sure. Also the many other forums with in-depth p1 long kit builds over the years ( I remember someone named Phez had some great tips back then ) but they are all gone as well.
So can anyone helpe me out with maybe a PDF or pics of the original instructions?
I would like to add my build to this thread,
cheers,
Stew
Herea a pic of my jlong p1 kit with everything in tact minus instructions, just waiting.