Re: Enterprise NX-01 Refit

Figure I should past an update. Nothing too sexy to report.. let's see...

I drilled a hole thru the display rod mounting tube and used AVES to mount a power jack in the secondary hull. I used a size K plug and jack:

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IMG_6115 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_6117 by trekriffic, on Flickr

This way the ship will be removeable from the stand.

A channel was carved into the lower half of the pirmary hull wings for wires to passs thru into the nacelles:

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IMG_6120 by trekriffic, on Flickr

I wrapped some masking tape arohnd the 3 clear rods I inserted and glued into the forward sensor tubes before spraying the interior of the primary hull with Testors flat black enamel followed by white Krylon:

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IMG_6119 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Masking tape was removed. I also masked a couple of rectangles on either side of the center sensor. After painting the black and white layers on the back of the clear piece I

removed the masks and glued a couple of pieces of photo-etch mesh to the backside:

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IMG_6123 by trekriffic, on Flickr

These panels will be lit with a blue tint.

I found a vinyl cylnder in my misc parts stash that was the perfect diameter to fit around the lower sensor dome opening. About 100 holes were drilled into the cylinder for lower primary hull fibers to be inserted before I glued it in palce with 5-minute epoxy. A 5MM Superbright (5000mcd) white LED will be mounted facing downward above the fiber ends into the lower saucer dome. Before I glue the LED in place though I'll place a cotton ball inside the sensor dome for light diffusion:

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IMG_6124 by trekriffic, on Flickr

The clear impulse engine parts were glued into the lower primary hull openings. They will be masked, light blocked, and backed with either a cut section of blue plastic (salvaged from a used Glide floss dispenser) or a piece of transparent blue film. I haven' decided which will look best yet. A white LED will provide illumination on each side. I'll do the same thing with the smaller engine vents further forward on the rear perimeter of the saucer itself although those will be lit by ambient light only:

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IMG_6126 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Finally, holes were drilled thru the hull at the base of the pylons in the lower half of the primary hull pontoons. The same was done for the winglets that glue in between the secondary hull and the primary hull pontoons above them. These will get fibers for the upper and lower winglet spotlights that shine upwards along the outboard faces of the pylons:

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IMG_6127 by trekriffic, on Flickr