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Shuttle bay lit up after main subassemblies all glued together.

You can see two type 9 shuttles in the main bay and the nose of a type 8 shuttle in the back alcove to the left:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 286 by Steve J, on Flickr


Final? Pointing up of seams with PPP and Tamiya Basic putty.

Also need to glue in the rim RCS thruster panel and finish painting the RCS thruster clusters.

Will do saucer hull painting first though with formula A enamel airbrushed:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 288 by Steve J, on Flickr


Rim pointed up and brushed with Mister Surfacer 500.

Special attention was given to PPP still stuck in between the sensor strip detailing after saucer rim seam filling.

Offending residue was removed using warm water and a microbrush:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 289 by Steve J, on Flickr


Shuttle bay was masked off and brushed with light grey hull color mix A. The paint is almost airbrush ready IMO and brushed very smoothly:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 290 by Steve J, on Flickr


Spine after puttying, sanding, and brushing with Mister Surfacer 500. She'll get another light sanding before priming:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 291 by Steve J, on Flickr


After first primer coat. I see some divots along the rim. I'll need to wait an hour to fill, sand, and prime again:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 292 by Steve J, on Flickr


More uber detailing with PPP. I sanded and am ready to prime again:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 293 by Steve J, on Flickr


Final primer coat on:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 294 by Steve J, on Flickr


Priming done. Moving on to final hull coats:


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 295 by Steve J, on Flickr


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USS Voyager WIP Img - 296 by Steve J, on Flickr


Next... some more primer shots and a blue grey Voyager under flash.


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