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This is the project that took me about a year to finish (that career/job thing continues to interrupt my valuable modeling
time). This finished
project netted me a Second place at our local IPMS Chapter Quarterly competitions here in Colorado Springs. After also getting a digital camera, this plus the fact that we are packing up to move to a new job location got me the motivation to hopefully become immortalized on your site.
This was basically out of the box kit, however, I did have to purchase a second set of decals to complete the prop's markings according to Star Trek The Magazine's blueprints and photos. The best
reference material that I came over was from Starship Modeler's web site. These are the pictures of the original prop taken in very good sunlight and were invaluable in helping me finish my kit.
The weathering was done with a combination of pastels and darkening/lightning of the base color with black, brown, dark yellow, and rust.
After sanding the sub assemblies to satisfaction, I left the tail, command section, and main hull separate for painting purposes. Once the model was painted and weathered, I sealed it with a two coats Future Floor wax, gave it a day to dry and then used Testor's Dulcote for the over all flat finish. I did not use a wash because my intuition told me I had done enough to the kit at that point (and that is not something that happens often, so I followed my instincts here.) After giving 24 hours for the flat coat to dry, I then added all the pre readied clear parts to the sub-assemblies and engine areas.
The base is not painted since this is a "hanging" model in my office, and it was more than perfect for the photos. After reviewing the modeling building tape of "How To Build
Science Fiction Models, I now have some inspiration of what can be done with that DS9 part of the stand.
Tony Crews
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