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I thought I'd follow Steve's example and post some past and current builds.
I'll start with my C57-D cruiser made from the big kit. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The removable upper decks were scratch made and much of the interior detail as well. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Shark above Space Chicken
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These are the kit parts and my replacement frames. The instrument were removed and glued on the new frames, etc. ![]() My part and the kit part. ![]()
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Very nice indeed...amazing attention to detail.
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Eternal Patrol
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That is excellent!
![]() Leslie Nielsen would be proud. When I saw the exterior I though, "yeah, that's nice", but the interior is very nice. For several years now I've called Forbidden Planet "the real pilot for Star Trek". There is of course no connection, but these days the movie is similar in appearance and plot to what a Star Trek episode would be.
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This is my corrected interior next to the kit interior.
![]() The star drive motor. ![]() ![]() Here's a video of the star drive in action. http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sir...?sort=3&o=2076 The upper dome part is an aftermarket part to correct the kits incorrect shape. The upper deck is also to flat but that is too hard to fix. ![]()
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Chief of the Boat
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Steve and I are on Skype and admiring your work
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Eternal Patrol
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So, where's Robbie?
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In the kit box because he's not to scale with the saucer. I used a book called "The Saucer Fleet" by Jack Hagerty and Jon Rogers for reference. Great book if you can find one that's not too expensive.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Saucer-Fle.../dp/1894959701 ![]()
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Here's a couple of props I've just built in the last month for a fan film project of the Star Trek Enterprise series. One is a solid casting and the other a practical, but both use the same laminated screen save for the practical's back light.
The practical starts as a mostly vacuum formed kit with a few resin parts, and gets highly modified to conform to the dimensions of the solid casting which is cast from a screen used solid prop. I hope you enjoy the process as it took a lot of engineering to develop, and this marks the fifth and last one I'll make. The kit as is. This is what $240.00 buys but it is the only kit available and comes complete with absolutely no instructions. ![]() ![]() The display construction. It's an epoxy lamination of some blue acrylic I found, an ink jet transparency I created, and a clear polyester cover. ![]() ![]() Here's the initial modification to the one main resin part. ![]() And the rest of the build mostly in pictures. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cont.
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