Star Trek TNG Future Imperfect Communicator

[Snow Builder]

Just a quick and dirty project. So far it's coming along well.

Sketch of my cut pattern:

Rough cut of the styrene

Building out the spacing between the bars

Layer two: the emblem

Dry fit

Two copies made, edges rounded and preliminary sanding and red putty

 

[Michael Bergeron]

I was always a fan of this design. Well done!

 

[gunnerk19]

Looks good. I really gotta get motivated and finish mine.

 

[FoxhoundTCF]

Excellent.

 

[Snow Builder]

I was always a fan of this design. Well done!

Looks good. I really gotta get motivated and finish mine.

Excellent.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the words of encouragement.

First coat of primer on -looks like I need to do some cleanup.

 

[Felgacarb]

Nice! Liking them so far.

 

[jreid]

Looking good!

 

[Snow Builder]

Final coat of primer and final wet sand. I think I'm happy...

 

[Snow Builder]

Molds came out pretty good.

 

[Ruddigger]

Will you be painting them metallic, maybe with Alclad II paints?

 

[Snow Builder]

Will you be painting them metallic, maybe with Alclad II paints?

I haven't tried any of the Allclad paints (although, of course, I've heard only wonderful things). Here's the first pulls from the mold:

I'll do a little painting this evening with the airbrush and we'll see what I come up with...

 

[Ruddigger]

You need a gloss black base, and dont overspray with the alclad. Also, sometimes masking will leave a mark, so be careful

 

[Snow Builder]

You need a gloss black base, and dont overspray with the alclad. Also, sometimes masking will leave a mark, so be careful

Can't wait to give it a try, thanks very much for the guidance.

I did paint the initial pulls with paints that I had on hand. Started with a base of primer, hit it with rattle-can metallic silver, then airbrushed the rank stripes with metallic gold (acrylic).

It looks like I had some minor bubbles from the pour in these casts and their showing up in the paint, but for a trial run I'm pretty pleased.

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Not too shabby! :thumbsup

 

[Ruddigger]

Looking good.