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…
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…
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…
A lof of information on how to best approach this model build I got from a very helpful guy in the UK. He has his own website at His site has a lot of helpful information about building model…
As I am currently going through a burnout treament I was reminded to focus and find things to do that make me happy. I remembered how I used to build these world war II model kits from Revell and how…