Deflector Dish Color

Go4Fun · Post by **Go4Fun** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:27 am

I looked but haven't found any reference here to the color. Pictures show to many varieties of color. Is it copper or brass?
I'll be building it probably and found many helpful references here at SM.

Max Nex · Post by **Max Nex** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:36 am

I like to use Humbrol 171 Antique Bronze

irishtrek · Post by **irishtrek** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:31 pm

If you're talking about TOS deflector dish then yes it is copper, or atleast supposed to be any way.

Go4Fun · Post by **Go4Fun** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:13 pm

Yes the Pre-TOS era actually. But I figure once they build a good dish they would keep using it. Sort of like war ships: most of the improvements to the rafars have been in the electronics and the computer programing for tht last decade.
Thanks for the color advice. Building the dish itself should prove a new challenge but there is lots of advice on that in Starship Modeler.

CaptBillD · Post by **CaptBillD** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:21 pm

The thing about the 1701 dishes is, that on the Pilot model and early 33 inch study model, there was uneven weathering that gave it an "impacted" look, while on the later Production cut-down dishes the grime seemed to be more evenly distributed, with the rings inside the dish very shaded. The spike wave guide antenna is, of course, silver on all versions.