U.S.S. Bradford (DS9)

Got an update to my Bradford build... had a few days that the weather here in central PA warmed up to do some outside painting. I was able to get grey primer coats and white primer coats on. The following photos show how the man hull looks after the last coat of white primer. I'm going to let this dry for a week before I start any detail painting. I'm still working on the two cargo containers that will be added underneath the saucer. I need to figure out what was used. Here are the photos below of the main hull...

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Thanks for looking.
 
I would like to know how the struts for the two cargo containers were attached to the bottom of the main hull. That is about the only thing I need to get this build completed. As for the Jupp, I would like to know how the two Voyager nacelle struts were attached to the bottom of the "neck strut". Did you add anything to the bottom to make more area to glue the struts together to the bottom of the neck? Thank you.

I do want to show that I have done some painting on this model since the last photos were posted so here are some to look at:

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Thank you for looking.
 
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Working on the "cargo containers" adding the final details to them before they get painted later this year. Will post photos of this work soon.
 
As of this time I have decided to use parts 17 and 18 from the Revell 1/32 scale F-15E Strike Eagle on the tops of the Excelsior stands that make up the struts that connect the "cargo containers" to the bottom of the main hull of the Reliant model. The two parts from the F-15E fit the oval shape of the stand, have the angle needed to make the pad level, and the Reliant model sits level on the pads. Until I can get some clear photos of these struts I will be using the F-15E parts. This is what they look like taped in place.

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I finally did some painting on the Saturn 5 "cargo containers". I used Model Masters Rust 1785. It is darker than I thought it would be so I'm hoping to find something a little more close to the Burnt Orange color, which is similar to the color of the spray on foam used on the Space Shuttle external tank. Here are a couple photos of how this looks now.
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Thanks for looking.
 
BolianAdmiral said:
WOW... haven't been here in a long time, and look what I've missed! You've d9one an EXCELLENT job with this! Great work!
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Thank you for coming back! I've been working on this and other Frankenfleet builds. Still painting this. I finally have repainted the cargo containers to a Flat Earth Brown color (Model Master 2108 or Tamiya XF-52). Once I have the cargo containers done then I can attach them to the bottom of the main hull. Once that is cured, then I can find the Center of Gravity for the whole model and get it mounted on a stand. Lots to do yet.
 
I just noticed your comment about the Voyager pylons on the Jupp… I’d like to know as well… I tried making a Jupp, but when I tried to attach the pylons and nacelles, it became a drawn-out horrible mess, so I gave up on Jupp.
 
Ah-ha, I recognize this ship... ;-) Good to be able to catch the builds here. I'd just got around to sorting a few questions on donors for a digital and practical build (with BAs help and perusing here too) and wanted to throw a 'Damn, nice!' here in the thread.
 
I'm going to be building a Bradford too, and I found that Tamiya spray paint TS-77 Flat Flesh looks the most like what Buckner used on the Saturn Vs.

I'd be interested to know which paints you used for the random helicopter/tank/plane parts.
 
I think you are correct with the Tamiya spray paint TS-77 Flat Flesh. I thought the same thing when I was looking through the selections. I may still get some of that color and spray it over what I have done so far.

I have pretty much used Tamiya paints in doing all the different colors for the random parts you mentioned.
 
Model Master was a standard when most of these were built; a shame that RustOLeum/Testors can't seem to bring themselves to revive the line. Certainly a wide range of paints were in use, but the MM line in particular seemed to be a favorite. I'd shoot Adam a note to be certain, but that color looks like Flat Interior Tan. You could also still get various flavors of Floquil then, so never count that out. But, for production speed, nothing quite like an old rattle can.
 
I have contacted Adam about the color of the cargo containers and he does not remember which color it was. He needs to get his color charts to find out. I'm sure that Model Master paints were used but they also did their own color mixes, so I can see where this could be difficult for him to remember. I'm sure at some time he will find the information.
 
Ok, I just received the Tamiya Flat Flesh spray paint and given one of the cargo containers a light coat, right over the dark color I have in the above photos, it does appear to be the correct color for the cargo containers. I will get some photos later and post them up to show.
 
I've never done a survey of any of the Tamiya sprays, and only of a few of the old MM where I've applied them over Tamiya Flat White and Mr Surfacer 1200 Gray primers. You can't get the old primers any longer either. Definitely biases with differing primers. I'd be curious to know, again, if any of the old Tamiya line, it's widely expanded now, were in the shop etc. There's a lack of imagery of builds in progress... I may ping someone.
 
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