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Hopefully with my next project.

I mean paycheck. Derp.

Well... I don't have a digital camera... But I'll give a little update anyways. On the secondary hull, I've filled in all of the portholes and the grid lines. After I let the putty dry overnight, I'll sand it to a nice smooth surface. On the lower saucer, I've cut out a couple of circles of 1mm styr...

By the way, if you go here http://www.virtualight.com/ and click on Reference on the top of the page, and then select the Refit Lighting, it will tell you the blinking intervals of all the strobes of the Refit Constitution starships.

Thanks for the tips!

By the way, I'm actually watching how you build your Enterprise in your little corner of the forum asylum. I plan on using some of the suggestions you've got there too.

Sorry I've bee gone so long, but I decided to hold out for Christmas...

I'VE GOT OL' SMOOTHIE COMING FOR ME IN THE MAIL!!!

Finally... No more sanding... hahaha

crowe-t wrote:Kai112086 - Will you be posting pictures soon?

As soon as I can get my hands on a digital camera. All I have is a crappy disposable that cost me about $.25.
As an update, I'm still sanding.

Do you mean the lights on top that are supposed to blink red and green?

Not yet. But I am going to "lower" the bottom of the saucer because the planetary sensor sits too close to the saucer.

60 grid takes off the plastic too unevenly for my taste. I use that to get down close to where I want and then use the 150 to sand it little by little and as evenly as possible. Since the Enterprise has all of those pain-in-the-royal-buttocks panels that are incorrect that I'm removing, it isn't tak...

irishtrek wrote:What grade sand paper are you using?

150 grid, and STILL TAKING FOREVER! If I don't have huge biceps from this, I'm suing my body for not bulking up.

Unfortunately, I don't have the smoothie, and I didn't know about the landing pads though. Thanks!
But I just started sanding last night... After about 2 and a half hours my arm started cramping up, so I called it quits after 3 hours of sanding.

Ok, here we go with the start of the project... I don't have a camera, but I'll see if I can borrow a friends so I can give picture updates. The model finally came in the mail. The first thing I did since I'm getting the replacement DLM pieces was remove the Impulse Dome and the A and B Decks. I did...

Coolness. Now for the strongback, should I use a metallic shade of blue as the base coat, or just a medium blue?

I'm going to build the AMT/ERTL USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A. I plan on getting some DLM parts for more accuracy and lighting (first lighted model by the way... I'm gonna get electricuted... ), and drilling out accurate viewports. I also have these photos to go off of (http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tr...