1/650 AMT USS Enterprise 50th Anniversary model
For the most part, I’m almost done with this kit, but I wanted to go ahead and photograph it. I still have yet to paint some details on it such as the end of the warp nacelles and so forth, so it’s about 98% complete.
Definitely an old AMT kit and it had some serious fit issues. I really hate sanding, and I had to do a ton of it on this model. I just built it straight out of the box and after priming it in a light grey, I airbrushed Imperial JN Grey – TAMXF12 over it. I also coated it with Tamiya pearl gloss before applying decals.
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Robert Royes said on November 14, 2018
You’ve made this ancient kit shine. A lot of work taking off the upper hull grid.
Dale Jackson said on November 14, 2018
Thanks so much! it’s not perfect, but I tried to get it somewhat close. š
Editor said on November 14, 2018
These photos are beafutiful, congratulations, and the model definitely is a quality work.
Dale Jackson said on November 14, 2018
Thank you! I’ve got a big 1/350 Enterprise Refit I’m working on. It’s ver. 1 of the old Polar Lights kit so it’s almost 10 years old now and I have Trek Modeler’s lighting kit in it. I need to finish it as I’ve been moving around quite a bit and it’s been unfinished for years.
david leigh-smith said on November 14, 2018
Anyone who builds an original Enterprise (well, excepting the CV-6) is a good man. Great build, Dale. Thereās a nice battlesarred āfour and a half years into a five year missionā feel about her.
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Dale Jackson said on November 14, 2018
Thanks! yeah, I actually messed up on there, and then weathered it to look like there’s a patch. So, you said it just right! think of it as a battle scar, heaven knows the TOS ship went through a lot in her lifetime! It would be hard to say she was always pristine even in space!
david leigh-smith said on November 14, 2018
Ah, on the one Iām building…
https://imodeler.com/groups/imoder-at-the-movies-1964926360/forum/topic/space-the-final-frontier-these-are-the-voyages/
…Iāve had to take several āevasive actionsā with a razor saw because of led screw ups. Lessons from the Kobayashi Maru manoever – if you canāt win, change the game.
Charles Rullmann said on November 15, 2018
Dale,
Man, that looks really good! The weathering is just right to me. Also great job painting the bussard intake collector (hope i have that right…)
How do you like the Tamiya pearl gloss effect?