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I wanted to ask if these masks provided any clear parts masks? Like the deflector, impulse engines, windows, etc. So far i havent seen anything that says one way or the other

Nice work.. Turned out great.👍

When I was a young boy, I built plastic models. As a man, I build 3d virtual reality models that I can walk around in... the exact thing I felt was missing from model building when I was a young boy!!! The tools, materials and processes you're using could have kept me building miniature plastic models!!

Has the use of EL wire (or EL paper) been investigated? This would be in place of the LED strips. The emitted light from the EL wire is dimmer than the LED's making it more "in scale".

When will update 10 be out?

Been a while, are you making an update for the refit model? Thanks

I've been watching this series since I literally just got this exact same model a few days ago. I haven't done a proper model in about 30 years so I thought why not. I'm not sure if this could help, but wouldn't a clear paint would've workes better for the grills of the warp nacelles? Also can't wait to se how you're gonna clean the excess plastic on the clear bits. 20:49

When I inserted my shuttle bay on my build last year, I found it slides in MUCH better if you leave out the top clear pieces, and then you can wiggle them into place after the shuttle bay is set. All of this, of course, after removing the front support pins.

AWSOME WORK!

Put those in transfer tape. Doesn't any of these guys ever watch? Adam Savage?

Wouldn't it have been easier to tape that off and paint those pin straps on?

I would have wet sanded that top with 3000 grit and took off just a little bit of that paint to showcase that aztecing

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Nice work so far! I hope to see the finished model! I have two recommendations. 1. Use heat shrink on your wiring connections. 2. The Aztecing is incomplete, so I suggest looking into Lou Dalmaso of Aztek Dummy. The masks you are using are overly complicated and Lou's videos are the best. His masks for the 1/350 Enterprise Refit are legendary! Good luck!

Well, the wife and daughters surprised me with a 1:1000 Enterprise Refit kit and a very nice set of modeling paint brushes for Christmas. After looking at some examples of the finished kit sporting the Polar Lights aztec decal sheets, I think that the aztec decals are just a bit too stark for the scale. So I'm going to place an order for the paint masks and try for a more subtle aztec pattern.

I have a Polar Lights 350 scale Enterprise in my model stash that I've been meaning to build for the last couple of years, but I'm thinking that building a 1:1000 scale kit would be a good way to practice before trying to tackle "the infamous Big E." as everyone refers to it.

I’ve seen other modelers use some type of a transfer sheet in laying out the Aztec decals. Have you tried that method? This will be my next model to build.

This has always been a bit of a question mark for me about the Enterprise refit. I'm aware of the warp engines lighting up a bit when she goes to warp. Sometimes I see them lighting up purple when she jumps to warp. But other times it looks blue. I know that Federation warp engines are blue... but what is the actual canon for the refit Enterprise 1701 supposed to be?

A few months late but ive noticed through this thay you mention various ways to dim the lights, wethwr that be sand the plastic around the bulb or add some paint somewhere to filter it. I wanted to know why you may not have considered using resistors to help bring down the brightness of a specific bulb somewhere?

It helps to 'detack' the blue mask by sticking it on your pants or shirt. The blue mask is to sticky and will pull up paint if your not careful

What gauge wire is that?

The strongbacks look great, but I'm really not seeing anything on the secondary hull, it just looks white

excellant job on the strongbacks, great feeling to tell people that they are painted on a decal

That came out really cool.

Why does this look like the same size as the amt Enterprise 1701 TOS cut-a-way kit?

Nice videos. Can you share what paint you used for the base coating on hull and then what you used on top of the aztec masks?

Nice problem solving. I'm also building the 1:350 Refit, got about two weeks worth of work yet but it's been a fun clean build so far and nearing the finish line. When it came to cutting the front main support on the Secondary Hull to fit the Shuttle Bay, I did cut that but also took my Dremel and attached a barrel bit and just grinded enough under the Top Cross support facing down so the Shuttle Bay would slide right in and it didn't un- glue or crack anything. At the rear where the floor of the Shuttle Bay meets the Fan Tail area, I just grinded both pin supports smooth to the floor and cut out small square stock styrene pieces, stacked them a few at a time glueing every two till I got the exact level I needed ( Test fitting before adding more ) for the Shuttle Bay floor to meet the rear edge perfectly...it also makes for a stronger rear support for the Shuttle Bay floor. The yellow landing lines...I used Orbital Drydocks Masking Set and did the Shuttle Bay floor with them...first painting the top of the floor area that will have the lines Gloss Yellow then put my masks on and did my floor color, remove masks and Wa-La lol hope these tips help if you ever build another. Thanks for posting and sharing it's greatly appreciated.

Excellent work! looks amazing.

I admire your patience, especially when addressing little mishaps or temporary setbacks. Model's looking great so far!

Never thought about the neck instruction, I will get that done a.s.a.p. thanks for the comment and suggestion

The playlist order is completly backwards. It starts at video 9, the last video.

This is so informative! Thank you!

Great build and it looks great. Although there are a couple of points that I hoped that you'd show that you didn't. I really wish that you had shown the process of replacing the B/C deck as there are no video anywhere about that. I'm just about to start mine and was hoping to see this. I would have liked you to spend a bit of extra time on how to get the wires out of the secondary hull and into the brass rod as well. Covering points like how much wire do you need, ideas to guide it through the rod would have been great. I also still don't understand the tyre valve part as you never showed what happens with that. I know it sounds like I hated the build, I didn't I got some great ideas for my build. Thanks for putting tis up.

I think its a gloss coat to apply the decals and then a matte or satin finish after to seal them in it's just a personal preference, I think the matte looks better though

The link for the aztec masks dosent work anymore

WOW! STUNNING!

I love the fiber optic effect on the phaser banks! I wish I thought of that on mine. BTW, I just completed mine at the end of March after 1 year in the making. When you take on this kit, be prepared for a marathon!

Enterprise was pearlescent in TMP, it was completely repainted more of a flat white for TWK because it was so reflective that it had blue spill issues from the blue screen.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKING FOR

Did I miss you replacing the B/C deck and bridge section? Which part of the series did you finagle that? (Or did I skip a part?)

Hello, very nice series so far and definitely an inspiration. I was wondering in which order you've done the windows, especially on the secondary hull. Template and drilling first, then light blocking on the inside, then assembly and filling the gaps -- but when and how do you fill the windows with clear when the outside hadn't been painted white yet. (I seem to recall you talking about filling them when the outside still looked black?) That's a bit puzzling to me. Thanks!

That duck egg blue just doesn't work for me, not on the Enterprise. I don't know why and I've tried several different shades and intensities of blue but I just can't make it work. I just can't make that color work on this ship. Maybe I'll mix some greys or...I don't know.

I started on one and decided the difference wasn’t worth it. Luckily, I have two kits so I just grabbed another nacelle side and am going with the stock parts.

Curious after all the work to put those in if they make that much of a difference in hindsight? Loving the build so far!

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Looking great

I tried to build a model of the Enterprise-B that's been sat in my garage for about twenty years recently. It was good fun but I made a ton of mistakes. I picked up this kit and I'm finding these videos extremely useful, so thank you! There's so much "here's my super advanced build with lighting and working transporters" out there that it's good to have something going over the basics, and it's a good kit too (I'm amazed at how much better everything goes together than on my 90s Enterprise-B, and let's not even speak of the AMT Enterprise-A I tried to build in the 90s that collapsed on me). One thing that is bugging me... what on Earth is the difference between 35 and 35A on the decal sheet? It's the "ENTERPRISE" label that goes behind the shuttlebay, but both labels look basically identical except the "A" one is off centered. Anyone have any idea?

Amazing work, looking forward to more updates

Great work! Hope to see you tackle the shuttle bay!

Very nice, I am building this model right now too, but without the lights. I'm using aftermarket parts for accuracy, but I think it is impossible to make this model look completely accurate.