USS Enterprise Model Build – Part 2 – First steps

This week all the components arrived and I carried them all down into my little workshop in the basement.

Preparation

Based on some helpful youtube videos I built a cardboard enclosure to prevent spraying the whole room. I also purchased a FFP3 filter mask so that I don’t breathe in all the airbrush fumes.

I also installed a lamp as the standard neon lights in my basement really suck. Yup – I put it on a paint bucket. It looks wonky but works….

Prevent light from shining through

So first of all I started by giving all the parts that are exposed to lighting a black coat of paint. This was my first time using an airbrush and it worked really really well.

In order to ensure that the light reflects well inside the model, the whole thing had to be painted again with white.

I hope that two coats of paint will be enough to ensure that no light shines through the model in the end.

If you would like to build this model yourself, here is the link to the amazon store: