Hi all,
I recently built my TOS Enterprise bridge model for my nephew and am posting the build process that I used.
I can definitely tell that my building is suffering due to gradually weakening eyesight (old timers). Had to use a magnifier on a lot of it. Man the camera REALLY shows all flaws that can't really be seen on the actual model! I found a few problems in the model (an errant line across one of the stations, and I need to make the outer wrap a bit longer to allow it to fit better) so you may want to let me upload the revision before downloading it.
First some preliminary stuff.
000: I bought these watercolor pencils just recently and wanted to try them out for edge coloring. They have soft leads and do not crush the edges (but you still have to be careful and move across the lead so you don't "cut" into the lead and create a groove. I also used felt markers for this project. A black and red are pretty essential for the railings, step sides, and console. You can get away with a light blue highlighter on the chairs.
001: Use a very sharp blade and cut an "X" in the small white circle for the insertion of the station chair posts later in the build. There are two intersecting red lines to use as a cutting guide.
002: Note the slight indent on the raised deck (part 3). This is to allow the insertion of optional viewer screens to fit your mood and the model's appearance.
003: On the raised deck (part 3) there are narrow white lines radiating across the black inner ring. This is used to help locate the railing supports (parts 23) later in the build. There are also white lines (picture not shown, sorry) on the two deck inside edges (parts 1 and 2) as well as on the sunken deck (part 4), the step sides (parts 14), and the stair sides (parts 17). These are used to locate the parts to form the assemblies and glue to the raised/sunken deck assembly.
004: Note that on the deck inside edges (parts 1 and 2) the end tabs are shorter than the height of the part. This to to allow for clearance of the upper tabs on those parts.
Ok, enough of this, on to the build!
Ron Caudillo
I recently built my TOS Enterprise bridge model for my nephew and am posting the build process that I used.
I can definitely tell that my building is suffering due to gradually weakening eyesight (old timers). Had to use a magnifier on a lot of it. Man the camera REALLY shows all flaws that can't really be seen on the actual model! I found a few problems in the model (an errant line across one of the stations, and I need to make the outer wrap a bit longer to allow it to fit better) so you may want to let me upload the revision before downloading it.
First some preliminary stuff.
000: I bought these watercolor pencils just recently and wanted to try them out for edge coloring. They have soft leads and do not crush the edges (but you still have to be careful and move across the lead so you don't "cut" into the lead and create a groove. I also used felt markers for this project. A black and red are pretty essential for the railings, step sides, and console. You can get away with a light blue highlighter on the chairs.
001: Use a very sharp blade and cut an "X" in the small white circle for the insertion of the station chair posts later in the build. There are two intersecting red lines to use as a cutting guide.
002: Note the slight indent on the raised deck (part 3). This is to allow the insertion of optional viewer screens to fit your mood and the model's appearance.
003: On the raised deck (part 3) there are narrow white lines radiating across the black inner ring. This is used to help locate the railing supports (parts 23) later in the build. There are also white lines (picture not shown, sorry) on the two deck inside edges (parts 1 and 2) as well as on the sunken deck (part 4), the step sides (parts 14), and the stair sides (parts 17). These are used to locate the parts to form the assemblies and glue to the raised/sunken deck assembly.
004: Note that on the deck inside edges (parts 1 and 2) the end tabs are shorter than the height of the part. This to to allow for clearance of the upper tabs on those parts.
Ok, enough of this, on to the build!
Ron Caudillo
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