Botany Bay-Oh NO!

[trekriffic]

Oh yes fellow Addicts! Oh YES!!!

Here are some images taken in natural sunlight of the first of two builds of the Fantastic Plastic Botany Bay resin kit mastered by Richard Long. The ship in these photos will remain in my collection; the second model, still in progress, will be shipped to my client upon completion. The model was painted with Tamiya grey lacquer primer followed by coats of Testors black and rust enamel. Then it was sprayed with coats of grey and light tan enamels. Then the grey/tan was sanded away in spots to reveal the rust and black coats underneath. The model was then oversprayed with more of the basecoat (thinned and mixed with Floquil Flat Base) to tone down the starkness of the black and rust patches. Then Tamiya pastel chalks were applied. Finally the entire model was sealed with Dullcote for a dead flat finish. The photo-etch panels on the stern were made from plastic strip, brass rod, and sections cut from the nacelle pylon screens in the Round 2 TOS Enterprise supplemental PE set:


IMG_5648 by trekriffic, on Flickr


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The client is a big TOS fan and wanted the weathering to look as close to the studio model as possible using photos he pulled off the internet and sent to me. This build was a guinea pig of sorts to try out various weathering techniques prior to finishing the client's model. He plans to display his ship inside an acrylic display case next to his MR Enterprise.

I hope you guys enjoy the pics!

 

[cargoman5126]

sweeet!

 

[dazed1]

Beautiful work! The Botany Bay looks as ratty as she should. Great weathering.

 

[Quaralane]

Nicely done

 

[trekriffic]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Just a few more pics before I move on to the second BB.
The client asked for some views from above so here goes.
I also included one pic of the underside of the nuclear engine pod...


IMG_5658 by trekriffic, on Flickr


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IMG_5660 by trekriffic, on Flickr


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IMG_5662 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Those with a keen eye might notice the model is mounted to a different stand in these shots.
The original base was made per specific measurements provided by the client to fit inside a display case alongside his MR Enterprise.
As such his ship will be in a static pose not subject to rotation on it's support rod.
In the case of my ship it will be on a shelf and able to rotate so I wanted something larger as the model tends to tip over when oriented so the long axis of the ship is projecting over the narrowest portion of the stand.
I found a nice sized square wooden base at Michael's which solved the stability problem.