Studio Scale Defiant (DS9)

[REL]

Thanks,

Here's the paint progress.

 

[Jerry Lee Kirk]

Sorry Rell if I'm going a bit off topic.

But why Paramount do not take the másters or the molds, to create special editions of the studio models ?

2 days ago I was watching a TV program called Hollywood Treasures, about props, clothes, sets... everything related to famous and classic movies. They went to a company that produced the lost Enterprise model, planned to Star Trek Phase 2 and not fully finished. They still had the masters and even the molds.

 

[Captain April]

That's not how the movie industry works, everything is built quick and dirty and any masters are thrown away to make room for new models for the next episode. Rel has recreated the Defiant for his master model pretty much the way the original model was created, no molds were made of the finished Defiant model, no reason to, they only needed one for filming. The truth is Rel's Defiant is way more finished and refined and better built than the original model.

 

[REL]

Thanks, more paint progress.

 

[bikemancs]

I am simply in awe of this thing....

 

[TheWhiteGrail]

God I want a studio scale model...

Amazing man, just amazing

 

[RockhopperVFX]

Brilliant paint job, is this one going to be lit up?

 

[Rhett J Martin]

Your floors are so clean!!

Seriously though, stunning build! Love this ship!

 

[REL]

Thanks, it's ready for decals now.

 

[ralphee]

You have inspired me to move my butt and get a build into paint buddy, this is just beautiful, cant stress enough how good those colours look.

lee

 

[Jerry Lee Kirk]

Someone once posted several pistures of the large studio model of Enterprise-E, made for First Contact. it have a phaser banks with a defect., some melted strip in a small phaser bank, from the right side, disk section, upper portion, rear portion of the disk.

That's not how the movie industry works, everything is built quick and dirty and any masters are thrown away to make room for new models for the next episode. Rel has recreated the Defiant for his master model pretty much the way the original model was created, no molds were made of the finished Defiant model, no reason to, they only needed one for filming. The truth is Rel's Defiant is way more finished and refined and better built than the original model.

 

[REL]

 

[maxdefiant]

Just gorgeous... well done!

 

[Jayshum]

Gorgeous.

 

[t2sides]

Absolutely STUNNING Rich!!! :cheers

You have nailed this model in every way!!! Congratulations on an amazing replica, paint job, details and just capturing the essence of the filming miniature. Can't wait to see the whole thing lit up. Blown away.
-Sean

 

[tk1608]

WOW !! That's Fantastic !!!!!!!
Can't wait to see the lit up pics !

Cheers, Phil

 

[cosmic_x]

looks amazing Richard!

 

[Jerry Lee Kirk]

Brave little ship !!!

 

[Blade90]

Brave little ship !!!

Lieutenant Commander Worf: "LITTLE?" :behave