Monograms Old Voyager

[amateurmodeler]

Well I figured now would be a good time to show whats going on with my next project. It's the old Monogram USS Voyager from...........Voyager........





This particular one is blessed with giant square windows on the main saucer section so my first task was to cut all of them out. After that I used some teeny tiny strips of styrene and made some windows...........lots..........and lots.............of windows.......







Some of the strips I trimmed down and sanded after the glue cured to try and get them even with the hull. As you can tell I am also using the Paragrafix photo etch. I am also going to use a light kit for this build. It is made by a group called Trekmodeler. Here is a link to their goody page, they also make an excellent paint guide for the Refit/ Ent A

http://www.trekmodeler.com/services/tm_electronics1/tm_electronics_catpage1.htm


Here is a picture of the kit lit up. It comes with a CD-ROM of instructions (in a PDF file). Oh yeah also got the DLM lighting parts.



Well I better go finish these last 40 windows!!! I shot some video of how I did the windows too so I will put that up. Take care all!!!


Also, here is my "helper"

 

[nicholassagan]

Looks like fun.

 

[Quaralane]

Oh, wow. The memories this one brings back

 

[amateurmodeler]

Oh, wow. The memories this one brings back

I hope positive ones Q?

 

[YOULI]

Old ?

It's only 18 years old. It's not "that" old, is it ?

Hope you're building the limited edition or the Revell Reedition of the Voyager, the incorrect parts (clear vs opaque) were corrected and a (bad) shuttle added.

 

[Grendels]

Looks like a nice lighting kit!

 

[Quaralane]

Oh, wow. The memories this one brings back

I hope positive ones Q?

Had a lot of work to light her way back then. Built her about 15 years ago.

And, Youli?
Based of the first couple of pics, he's working from the original issue. He's had to build the window frames in the too-large windows

 

[amateurmodeler]

Yep Q nailed it. No bad shuttle with this one.

 

[scifimodeler]

Lighting kit looks great. Would sure like to see these lighting kits a little more affordable. $130 to $150 is a little much for a lot of people.

 

[YOULI]

Yep Q nailed it. No bad shuttle with this one.

But a bad Deflector dish (clear part) unfortunately... And a limited decal sheet too.

 

[amateurmodeler]

Yep Q nailed it. No bad shuttle with this one.

But a bad Deflector dish (clear part) unfortunately... And a limited decal sheet too.

Fortunately I was able to get the DLM parts so the deflector will light up now. And I also picked up those JT Graphics decals....they are nice.

 

[amateurmodeler]

editing some video on this, but here is a look at where things are.....

 

[Grendels]

Looks good!

 

[Quaralane]

Work is definitely paying off here

 

[greyphantom1000]

Looking really cool so far. I just got mine done and posted the last video... Voyager was my first kit like this and i feel like it took alot out of me to get it how i wanted... looking forward to seeing where u take it