1:350 USS Enterprise Refit By Polar Lights Updated Build Series Pt 9
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- čas přidán 15. 01. 2023
- This progress update shows how I filled and sanded the seams and a simple method for restoring the sensor band detail on the saucer edges that's usually lost during the process.
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My Polar Lights Enterprise is still shrink wrapped and has been waiting many years for the day I have time to begin, building it. I'll be using your guidance and techniques when I do. Thanks, Boyd!
The studio model has a crazy amount of detail that on a model this size just can’t be replicated. So you have to go into that understanding it. A fantastic model I’m loving it. A great start to 2023.
Just amazing watching the big girl coming together. Whoever wins this when auctioned off will be getting the best refit yet.👍
Oooooohh boy I'm crossing my fingers !!!!!
Gonna look amazing in 4k! 👍🏻
Beautiful! Love the idea with the bands around the saucer edge. Could you talk a bit about how you did the masking for the grey part around the B deck and the aft of the saucer? Thanks for the tips on doing this kit!🙏🏼
The gray band was masked using thin flexible vinyl tape and then back taped for over spray. The area around the officers lounge window frame was done with regular blue painters tape.
Boyd been following. you on this build series on the 350 Refit like always you do amazing. Work plus the tips you share. looking forward to the next update have a great day.
Thanks Ken :)
Audacious to use narrow vinyl tape to cover the surface detail. Can't wait to see the decal work by Jerry.
Dang! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT UPLOAD/UPATE! Hope all is well Boyd!
Truly one of the best looking space ships in sci-fi cinema! I love the subtly of the colors chosen here Boyd!
Man, that was a clever way of dealing with those sensor bands. They're so tricky to deal with. I can't wait to see how you do the Aztecing as I think that's the main reason people have a difficult time with this kit.
Awesome series. I’ve had this model since it was firstly issued and have been waiting for some detailed insight on how to tackle it. Well, sure looks like I found it! 👍
Absolutely beautiful work boyd 🖖😁
Really nice work on the Hull of the ship! You are really good at painting models and really know the tricks of the trade!
Thanks, the real fun begins next as we dive into the complex paneling of the aztec patterns on the model.
Its always a joy to watch a master at work. I learn something with every video.
Excellent work. I'm amazed that the gray primer, and even the white primer, didn't over spray through the windows. I don't understand why paint dust didn't cloud the LEDs, but nice that you didn't need to mask all those windows. Excellent work!
It's pretty hard for the paint to get through those small openings and the LED strips are set back inside a little bit.
Lookin good Boyd!
29:19 beautiful 👍🏻
The primary hull is really coming together Boyd. Nicely detailed throughout. Well done.
That looks so great. I'm building two of them side-by-side and I'll definitely be using the 'Trekworks Technique' for my sensor band detail. I was worried about what to do to keep that detail while I was planning them too, but now I know what I want to do. Great work, as always.
Wonderful work!
I'm loving this series, thank you!
When I built my ERTL Enterprise I had the same problem with the saucer Edge trenches. I sanded the edge smooth then used Tamiya fine masking tape and brush-painted the trenches, a few coats built up the texture. I don't have an airbrush but the brush painting worked well.
I've learned that Building any kind of Sci-fi Models that it's a lot of Work .
Yes it is!
Great work Boyd. Can't wait to see how you do the azteking.
Their will be "lot's" of that coming next lol.
Looks nice 👌
Hope you choose to continue building these. I still want to buy one. Last time I talked to you, you said you weren't making them anymore.
It's not likely that I'll be building this model on commission. It simply takes too long with all of it's complex lighting and the paint work. If I only charged $5.00 per hour which is low for a skilled trade, the total time would make the cost add up to a few thousand dollars. Not too many people can afford that and as the builder, I'd only be doing a little better than breaking even.
Great stuff
Beautiful As always I really enjoy watching your videos I'm working on the TOS enterprise Then I may have to try this model I've had the models for a long time but I haven't crack open a Box yet I just recently got them with the enterprise E and the Grissom
That's great, have fun building them :)
I used some thin strip styrene to bring back the raised detail on censor band around the saucer Boyd
Hey Boyd hope you're doing great, I was saying to my wife the other day about the walls of this kit but a little different...I told Jen what would be cool is if and when they retool this kit, have half the wall come down from the top and half come up from the bottom and the one seam will meet at the middle sensor band...it'll be hidden , no sanding. Yep those edges are a pain to light block I'm having a bit trouble light blocking the seamliine where the Strongback meets the rest of the Hull, I was able to put some Tulip on the inside seam from the front of the Deflector Housing to the Pylon bracing inside but can't do that from the inside seam from the backe of the Pylon to the rear of the Shuttle Bay...a pain in the butt. I used MKK for all my windows, clear but still hides any twinkling so those came out great and like you I used Solarez for NAV's and Strobes ect. Always enjoy your build series Bruh, if you made some made to order dvds of your builds I'd buy those in fact I'd say take my money lol Have a great one Bro. Thanks for taking the time to post, it's greatly appreciated.
Thank you, I have considered DVD's of the videos. Maybe I'll put it out there and ask if many more would be interested. I have the capability to do that here if they are.
@@TrekWorks Take a poll...I bet quite a few people would love it, i think you'd be the first to do so and I would excited to buy a few series myself :)
Looking great Boyd. Are you still using the fish paint?
Yep, the Mckensie taxidermy paints.
Think I do my USS Franklin the same way with the windows I be looking forward on how you fill in the windows on the ship
This is coming along great. Creating the sensor band trenches with tape is genius. Question-why do you bother with priming and painting the upper and lower saucer separately before assembly when you end up having to reapply primer and paint again after you clean up the seam? Why not just prime and paint once after it’s all in one piece?
I didn't anticipate having to do anything more than prime the edges and then blend in the white with my airbrush. Once I found that I was going to add the sensor bands back, I had to spray on the high build primer with the can to do it.
Hey Boyd, thanks for the detailed description of the saucer edge prep and paint. Question: the last time on this video you mention white paint is that you were going to go over the saucer with Tamiya white primer. Is that the final white we see here at the end of the video? Haven't you used a pearlecent white in the past?
Yes it is. After I spray it on and dry, a light sanding with 1500 and then a coat of clear goes on before the aztec painting. I use the Duplicolor matte clear for wheels. It's better than their regular matte clear.
I noted in one of these videos you mentioned using an Adhesion Promotor prior to applying primer. I live in New Zealand where we don't have anything or if we do it's a very limited range. I tried to locate something similar and it seems to be all for the automobile industry, for repairing damaged plastics. Is this likely to be the same thing?
Hey Boyd, How much do you sand your finish white coat? I know that the final coat has to be smooth for the pearls to look their best. I was going to use Mr Surfacer, but when you indicated that you were using Tamiya primer, I opted for that. It is easier for me to get. I did some test spray and got the finish very smooth, but the micro scratching is still present. As always, I love your videos.
Boyd, any updates/info on your up-coming model show in San Antonio?
I really want to attend.
I also want to meet up with you and commission a First Pilot Enterprise.
Hey Boyd. In episode 8, I noticed a big difference in the fiber optic phaser setup just before you closed up the saucer halves. What happened?
Anyone know how to make the Enterprise base coat using a Tamiya acrylic paints?
Styrene strips might work
Dear boyd what happened to the rest of the refit episode are you going to be video the rest of the ship
very very nice, i love your work :-) Did you know, can we all order this new sensor bands from HDA? 🙂
I'm doing a little testing of them for fit and I'm sure they will be available shortly afterword.
@@TrekWorks fantastic, thanks for the answer 🙂
The footage where you used the putty must have fell on the cutting room floor! Looks like a layer of perfect plastic putty around that edge seam?
Likely is, that's his go-to
Yes, it's the plastic putty.
have you tried going back to aztec dummy? i heard that he changed the masking material
When I get to mine, I’m going to backlight the spotlights from inside the hull, because I want it to look exactly like it did on-screen, and on-screen the Enterprise didn’t have blinding light emission sources blasting away to light up the ship's markings. Plus on a model, having those bright LEDs shining on the hull makes the model unpleasant to look at as they hurt the viewer's eye.
Everyone has their own methods. Personally I don't like lighting through the plastic as it doesn't look quite right either.
@@TrekWorks Any method used has to be a “cheat” because the actual look on film was faked with ooy-of-frame light sources reflected onto the studio model with dental mirrors.
@@ThomasEJohnson Yep, I've always said that the Enterprise would of had to have escort ships that would be shining spotlights on it all the time for the lighting to look like that. Either that or in the future the hull panels can self illuminate. They do have transparent aluminum ;)
@@TrekWorks I’ve thought of that explanation also. when it comes to the model, though, it comes down to what exactly are you trying to depict, the Enterprise, as we saw it on the screen, or the Enterprise, how it might actually have to look in order to “work“ like we saw it on screen. nowadays, my desire for interpretation is that I want to depict what I saw on the screen, because the filmmakers intended for me to see it that way, and that is what I remember it being like.