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Beautiful work man.
Thanks dude. I appreciate the support.Beautiful work man.
Wow, such super detailing. Loving your work. PanthermanThanks Q! Compliments are always welcome!
Time for an update I think ...
Cutting tiny strips of clear plastic sheet to be cut and used in the smaller rectangular lit window ports.
The windows already have been partly filled with white glue that has hardened.
Another drop of white glue will be dropped into each lit window prior to inserting the plastic window pane into the port:
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USS Voyager WIP Img - 424 by Steve J, on Flickr
You can see the plastic window panes reflecting in the light above the matte beige phaser strip.
This will be dulled though when I hit the ship with her Dullcote layers at the end:
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USS Voyager WIP Img - 425 by Steve J, on Flickr
Filling secondary hull window ports with white glue using a pointy toothpick. Check out the "luminous yellow" enamel paint on the nacelle:
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USS Voyager WIP Img - 426 by Steve J, on Flickr
After inserting really small clear plastic window panes into the openings to cover the second layer of white glue before it dries.
I got it down to about 60 seconds per window after lots of practice.
Fortunately all my effort to make the windows openings relatively uniform paid off with less need to measure, I could just make them mostly the same size so less need to really think:
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USS Voyager WIP Img - 428 by Steve J, on Flickr
Half the upper saucer small window inserts are done, they will appear more translucent once the glue dries:
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Clamps back on while i move on to the decal stage:
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USS Voyager WIP Img - 432 by Steve J, on Flickr
Clamps ON! Finding small nits in the paint to clean up here and there.
Some are tiny remnants of Tamiya powder from the underlayer ... DOH!
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USS Voyager WIP Img - 434 by Steve J, on Flickr
After some cleanup she looks a bit cleaner. The final weathering/shading with acrylic wash I leave on will be very subtle.
She's still a relatively clean ship in this iteration:
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USS Voyager WIP Img - 436 by Steve J, on Flickr
Thanks! It's a pleasure to work on something larger for a change.Wow, such super detailing. Loving your work. Pantherman
Oh no, I almost don't want to look at the next post as you're build is fantastic. PanthermanVoyaging on...
Rim decals. Found images of these on Pinterest luckily:
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Upper spine decals. I used a mix of kit and other decals from my personal stash:
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Short videos...
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USS Voyager WIP Vid - 015 by Steve J, on Flickr
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USS Voyager WIP Vid - 016 by Steve J, on Flickr
Got this at the craft store with a 50% off coupon.
This will provide an easier way to cut thin strips of decal paperthan using a ruler and an exacto knife.
Less likely to slice my fingers too:
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USS Voyager WIP Img - 459 by Steve J, on Flickr
Unlit window decals soaking in warm water:
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After the dark window decals dried I gave her a shot or two of gloss cote lacquer to seal the beast. Have to gloss cote the secondary hull and under saucer next.
She'll get a few shots of dull cote for her final coat.
Some high resolution detail shots follow. Click or tap the images to expand to ludicrous size:
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Upper hull and engines after a final shot of Testors gloss cote. Next will be her dull coats:
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Midday garage light photo of upper hull right after sealing with Testors clear gloss lacquer:
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Dorsal surfaces sealed with gloss cote. Will spray with dull cote next:
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More to come and overcoming a small disaster due to my own stupidity.
if this concerns my disaster, don’t worry my friend. I’ve made enough weirdly dumb gaffs on my models over the decades to get pretty good at fixing them, and sometimes I end up improving them. Heck if it is too damaged to fix I could always turn it into a battle damaged ship! It would be my first…Oh no, I almost don't want to look at the next post as your build is fantastic. Pantherman
Thanks!Fabulous, simply fabulous
Thanks! She photographs fairly well. I can see a few things to tidy up but not bad overall.That is awesome, what a fantastic build!