Re: Enterprise NX-01 Refit

OK fellow Addicts. I spent about 4 hours removing all the various bits of masking tape with tweezers over the last 3 days. I will need a neck massage from the cat this evening. Yeah... riiiight...

First though here's the wee beastie (Do I sound like one of our UK brethren?) oversprayed with Imperial Japanese Navy Sky Grey:

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IMG_6288 by trekriffic, on Flickr

After de-masking:

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IMG_6299 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_6300 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_6301 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_6303 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_6306 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_6307 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_6310 by trekriffic, on Flickr

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IMG_6311 by trekriffic, on Flickr

The only masks I left on this ship are the ones on the engines (warp and impulse), the hole where the matter/antimatter reactor pod crystal fits on the backend of the secondary hull, the blue deflector dish ring (the one I scratch-built), the bow sensors (also a scratch-build), the bottom saucer dome, the hole for under the top dome I made, and the warp bussards.

Here's a cool tool. These little polishing sticks are like a chamois on a stick. They work well for getting into tight places . I'm using this one to knock down the rough borders left after mask removal:

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IMG_6298 by trekriffic, on Flickr

After I've given the whole hull a nice going over with polishing pads and sticks to smooth out any remainig  rough tape borders she'll get her final coat of thinned hull color to blend and mute all that paneling.