Applying first clear coat Applying the decals Applying the decals turned out to be easy and very hard at the same time. Especially the large “NCC-1701” decal gave a huge headache. Applying it was very easy but making the silvery…
Once the whole thing was assembled I soldered the wires from the stand onto the wires that come out of the bottom of the model and had a look at the thing in all its glory. Even with the many…
So with the main assembly completed that only left me with several small bits and pieces that needed to be attached the the model. Such as the deflector dish, the “fins” in the back of the nacelles as well as…
So finally all the soldering and wiring is done – yeah ! And now I have to figure out how to put all the pieces together as with all the wiring everything sort of has to come together at the…
Preparing the circular plate and attaching the LEDs Soldered nacelle assembly Once that was done all the individual LEDs have to be connected to the bussard circuit board. This is done using a flat cable that is also provided as…
So yesterday I continued to work on the internal lighting of the USS Enterprise. We did almost finish all the wiring and soldering for the rotating nacelle lights, which was a beeeeeeotch to complete. Many thanks to my friend Claus…
When ordering the deluxe LED lighting kit the vendor (Gary) told me that soldering and electronics know-how would be required or at least very helpful. As I have a friend who is well versed in electronics I decided that I’d…
Every once in a while my airbrush would act up and at the beginning I had no idea how to fix it. The most common problems are: Fixing the annoying bubbling After some googling I realized that there should be…
Apart from the main hull parts and all the windows I focused on the other small bits during the last couple of days. Some of those included: Nacelle covers I sanded the outer nacelle covers on the inside and then…
From reading the information on I had already seen that preparing and installing all the many windows will be a pain in the butt. How to prepare the clear window pieces After trying to sand the back of one…