Yeah; I had to literally build all-new pylons for mine, and specially mount them into the secondary hull (custom mounting block that prevented them from pulling the secondary hull apart).
Round2/AMT 1/650 TOS U.S.S. Enterprise
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My Dad had a great fix for nacelle droop.
He lowered the saucer and leaned it back level with the pylons.
The secondary hull pointing downwards a bit was less jarring than droop.
He did shave the front of the secondary hull at an angle to get the dish pointed more or less forward.
And then my cousin broke it.
What I liked about it is that the nacelles stood above and well clear of the saucer—a souped up look…like bigger tires on the back of muscle cars.
Secondary hulls should come with inner rails where you slide one half-side along the other until it snaps…then fill with resin that flows into the pylons and neck.
Break now you %^&#%!
He lowered the saucer and leaned it back level with the pylons.
The secondary hull pointing downwards a bit was less jarring than droop.
He did shave the front of the secondary hull at an angle to get the dish pointed more or less forward.
And then my cousin broke it.
What I liked about it is that the nacelles stood above and well clear of the saucer—a souped up look…like bigger tires on the back of muscle cars.
Secondary hulls should come with inner rails where you slide one half-side along the other until it snaps…then fill with resin that flows into the pylons and neck.
Break now you %^&#%!
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Something else I have seen…
The AMT 1/650 (as seen in the long box photo)…does not exist:
See Karl Tate’s photograph.
The AMT 1/650 (as seen in the long box photo)…does not exist:
The 1968 Issue of the AMT Model Enterprise Kit is Back but in a “New” Box
Round 2 has issued yet another version of AMT’s beloved classic 18-inch Enterprise plastic model kit. Even though the model kit itself is the same as what Round 2 first issued in 2016 for the 50th …
liftoffworks.com
See Karl Tate’s photograph.
Took a look at that: it looks more like the pylons were extended rather than the saucer being "dropped" (compare the lengths between the pro model build and the model photo in the link).Something else I have seen…
The AMT 1/650 (as seen in the long box photo)…does not exist:
The 1968 Issue of the AMT Model Enterprise Kit is Back but in a “New” Box
Round 2 has issued yet another version of AMT’s beloved classic 18-inch Enterprise plastic model kit. Even though the model kit itself is the same as what Round 2 first issued in 2016 for the 50th …liftoffworks.com
See Karl Tate’s photograph.
alensatemybuick
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That explains I think why my best attempt to line up a shot of my out-of-the-box build of the 2nd version long box model with the box art only partly succeeded.
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Not really; on mine, I simply shifted the angle slightly on the pylons when I glued them in. Then again, I did make my own pylons.
Adam Savage expressed an interest into the mold making process behind styrene kits and was rebuffed...that being a big secret overseas.
One thing AI might do would be to allow scanning of model kit trees and retroactively back-engineer molds out of them...reshaping them virtually to have the more gentle B/C decks of early kits---moving the nacelle support slots back a tad---Kerr drawing adaptations, etc.
BTW mitxela has a YouTube called "Tiny Volumetric Display" that has a rapidly spinning LED array just asking to go behind a nacelle cap-
Now to graph a 1/1000 saucer stop the 1/650...I wonder if the saucer alone would be 947 feel alone then...
One thing AI might do would be to allow scanning of model kit trees and retroactively back-engineer molds out of them...reshaping them virtually to have the more gentle B/C decks of early kits---moving the nacelle support slots back a tad---Kerr drawing adaptations, etc.
BTW mitxela has a YouTube called "Tiny Volumetric Display" that has a rapidly spinning LED array just asking to go behind a nacelle cap-
Now to graph a 1/1000 saucer stop the 1/650...I wonder if the saucer alone would be 947 feel alone then...
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On the Round2 Tholian Glow-in-the-Dark version—-I hope they do a re-pop but with the decal sheets in what is known as zip-a-tone:
en.m.wikipedia.org
What that does is allow the glow to bleed through the decals…perhaps with scotchlite for top and bottom domes.
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What that does is allow the glow to bleed through the decals…perhaps with scotchlite for top and bottom domes.
