USS Enterprise TOS Bridge

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First off, TOS is awesome, and I have to say, the best. Kirk is better!! I found this model at paper Hollywood, which linked me to another site which I beleive to be the Lower hudson valley gift shop or something like that. It is a fantastic model with excellent instructions. It is identical to the original bridge in the episodes, I spent time comparing while watching, and it is in a very good scale.

I know it looks rough, But it's only my second model I've ever made. I cheated on the chairs, they had tiny tabs that I didn't want to cut out, so I cut them into rectangles instead.

I also had trouble with getting the seat pads to match the curve of the chair back to glue it on. I have a dowel and skewer I can use for curving, but it didn't work the way I thought.

Lastly, I used pliers on tough spots where things didn't want to come together. Squeeze extremely hard, and viola!

Feel free to post comments and advice, or even criticism. Also, post models you have enjoyed, I'd love to try them out.

Thanks!
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thanks, I'll change that right away. I wonder if it has to do with me being logged into google accounts.
 
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Wow, I have always wanted to build that. I think it came out great. Don't soft sell yourself. You have talent!! :)
 
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It was quite fun. Very satisfying after you finish and look at it. Thank you a lot for the compliment!
 
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Yeah, it really catches the eye. My model gets numerous compliments. I guess those people haven't seen anything else in the card model world!
 
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I like it, it came out great. The colors also came out vivid, that printer has good color qualities which also helps to enhance the build even further. The folks around here are always hungry for photos, give us more. Enjoy and see you around the forum.
 
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silveroxide said:
I like it, it came out great. The colors also came out vivid, that printer has good color qualities which also helps to enhance the build even further. The folks around here are always hungry for photos, give us more. Enjoy and see you around the forum.
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That's right. it looks cool, however, I when I click on the pics they don't get bigger. Could you please post some bigger ones - and more? :eek:ops:
 
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I don't have any more pictures right now, But I will try to get more. I'll also try to make them bigger as well.
 
Ron Caudillo

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I think you did a great job, thanks for the pictures and kind words.

The chairs are a little tricky; I apologize for that. They were very challenging for me to design to look accurate and not be worse to build. After pre-shaping with a small dowel, start at the center of the seat back and work your way slowly to the edges. The outside part is slightly larger than the inside and they will line up. Tweezers really help out here too.

Best Regards,
 
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Thanks, It was fun to build. It was a great model, especially when it was my second ever! Do you have any other models?
 
Maverick65

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You did a fantastic job on the Enterprise Bridge. I've had this one printed out for sometime now. Might just have to give it a go when I finish the Colonial Defender. Thanks for sharing your build.

Regards,

Rick
 
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