SteveNeill
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Thanks Rob! That helps. Boosard it is. 
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Studio Half Scale TOS Enterprise Scratch build
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Watching it right now! Woot! Love it already. In a word AWESOME!:thumbsup
Thanks for putting that together and thanks for sharing, thanks for the tips as well. Nothing like hearing straight from the Pros!
Great Steve! I'm looking forward to watching you mold this superb model.
Well Steve I spent my day off reading your thread from begining to end and I must first ask how is Mrs.Neill doing? I'm a cancer survivor myself. This is a fantastic build and it kind of reminded me of my build of my Aliens APC after the master was done I had to wait for funds to mold her but I won't need 10-12 gallons thats the big leagues Lol, just finished watching your video on this which just inspires me to complete my project, take care Ray.
trekriffic
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Great video Steve! That Rosie is such a cool dog!
SteveNeill
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Ray thanks! And do finish that project it's important. Gilly is responding well to treatment in fact she just got back from City of Hope and the doctors are pleased. She will beat this.
So glad to hear you did too Ray. In the 50s and 60s when I was growing up it was a death sentence. Not anymore.
Thanks as my sig says!
Love that dog.Steve
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Chrisisall
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Steve,
Whats Burman getting for his 1065? i get mine from FRENSD on Laurel Canyon, they are supposed to be cheaper, but its probably the same price.
Think I paid 450 ish? You're right 1065 is pretty good stuff. Seams to be the industry standard. I just did a huge mold, and went through five, 5 gallon kits of it.
In hind site, we should have all gone in on a 50 gallon kit and SPLIT IT!
Whats Burman getting for his 1065? i get mine from FRENSD on Laurel Canyon, they are supposed to be cheaper, but its probably the same price.
Think I paid 450 ish? You're right 1065 is pretty good stuff. Seams to be the industry standard. I just did a huge mold, and went through five, 5 gallon kits of it.
In hind site, we should have all gone in on a 50 gallon kit and SPLIT IT!
SteveNeill
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Actually Friends and Burmans are both owned by Sam now. It's 420 for 5 gals and what the hell took 25 gals?!!
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robn1
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That's great news :thumbsup
SteveNeill
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Thanks to both of you.
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Thats great Steve about Mrs.Neill, true as you said about the 50's and 60's I had a bone marrow treatment in 96 which was considered experimental well by the insurance companies those cheap bastards Lol. Your thread is priceless in terms of teachings of fabrication I myself like working with the balsa as I have built a Topflight .60 P51 Mustang and its been a over ten years wip sanding, glazing then fiberglassing just as I see you did with your build here I have never tried the foam though. People say your giving trade secrets away like a magician I see it as a teacher showing future generations of new modelers on how to keep this art form alive CGI is okay and has its uses but you cant hold a CGI model like your Big E and admire it, look foward to your molding process if you put it on video! take care Ray.
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SteveNeill
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Hey Ray yes I will shoot video of the whole process. As for giving away trade secrets this is old stuff I learned form the greats back in the early 70s. John Chambers, Tom Burman, Mike Westmore, Fred Philips, Dick Smith and many more who always gave their knowledge freely as I do.
As for CGI I agree. IMHO CGI models lack sole. And don't forget kids before you jump on my back about that statement, I do CGI. LOL!
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As for CGI I agree. IMHO CGI models lack sole.
And don't forget kids before you jump on my back about that statement, I do CGI. LOL!Steve
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OK today I'm off to Home Depot to get some 3/4 inch ply, a 2x4 and a 1x2. After two days of thought the saucer section is the hardest part to mold. I plan a case mold so the saucer and the mother mold have to be registered to the mold table I'm going to build. The last thing you every want to do is rush a mold. Especially of this size. If it doesn't get too late I'll post video tonight.
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Chrisisall
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And IMO your CG-E is the best I've ever seen BECAUSE you are a modeler & can add your real life modeling touches to it!:thumbsupAs for CGI I agree. IMHO CGI models lack sole.
SteveNeill
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That's true Chris too bad some many of the cubical workers at the studios these days aren't modelers or artists. It shows.
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Please, please, please show your work. This is the last thing I'm molding on the 50" Refit and frankly, I do not want to mess it up with a bad mold. I know that you know, one imperfection in a mold of that size can mean a LOT of money down the drain. Thanks.
Hey Ray yes I will shoot video of the whole process. As for giving away trade secrets this is old stuff I learned form the greats back in the early 70s. John Chambers, Tom Burman, Mike Westmore, Fred Philips, Dick Smith and many more who always gave their knowledge freely as I do.
As for CGI I agree. IMHO CGI models lack sole.
Steve
Thank you, thank you, thank you...!!! I've always looked at CG as an evolving process and even today, when you look back a little later, you see things to didn't see. It's really hard to fool the eye, as you know. I've played with CG for a couple of years now and still it has limitations. The movies that I saw a couple years ago just do not look the same. I think practical effects are far superior, even today, if they are lighted correctly.
Stepping off of the soap box. Sorry.
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