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I appreciate your input. Everyone looks at things through their own lens. I look at things as an old school TOS fan and saw that the Akira-prise was a rip off of Denis Bailey's work and the aforementioned Akira. I literally laughed when I first saw it. As an engineer, there's no excuse for the design issues in the model kit that hit the market. =/\=

I felt exactly the same way. My first impression was... "What the F^&* is that? Where are the spinnys?"

And I kinda preferred the radar dish on the front of the lower level, too. It was an amazing design, and my opinion is there was no reason to alter it.

@@gallery7596 Well.... What can I say? "They" wanted to update it, however, I always found it funny that when TNG started they went back to the forward bussard collectors, at least that's what they call them now. LOL!

I worked with Big Jim Slade to make these files and they are not available to the public. We worked too hard and caught too much flack from the modeling community to give them away. Sorry. If we hadn't been beaten down by the Trolls and Lemmings on the forums it might be different, but we tried to put out an accurate model for a decade and all we caught was hell and a C&D!

@@josephmelvin7508, OK, thank you for your answer. I understand your reaction, even if I don't understand what C&D means, I'm French ;) It's too bad you had this bad experience, but not everyone is understanding and benevolent. It's all right, your video is interesting. Good luck with the rest of your building projects. Just one last question, have you seen Dennis Bailey's 3d model? It looks close to the Jim Slade blueprints I've seen online in terms of accuracy to the movie model. If you have seen it, I'd be curious to know what you think.

@@philippealain-art Yes, I knew Dennis awhile back, but he missed some details and interpreted others differently. C&D means cease and desist. Essential Paraborg stopped us from selling a model. There was / is a small group of small, minded idiots that came against us from day one and one idiot accused us of stealing his work even though we showed our work for some time, and they ignored it until we started getting noticed.

@@josephmelvin7508, It's nice of you to answer me. Thanks for the explanation of the acronym and your misadventure. Could you tell me what details Dennis Bailey has omitted and what his interpretations are?

That's how you do it! These people that pay shelf price are nuts! The prices have gone insane!

I'm thinking this is post Voyager arriving home and that over time she was able to remove more implants. Though there is s Seven posed on the bridge in her silver suit, we have no cannon idea of what happened after endgame.

@@josephmelvin7508 If you ignore her in Picard season 3, I guess that's true.

@@cyborgvalkyrie Honestly, I don't see Kurtzman Trek, Akiva Goldsman Trek, JJ Trek, or even season three of Picard as "Canon". When you go out of your way to subvert expectations, turn seven into a man hating drunken lesbian, because reasons... It's not the same series and to be honest none of the new Trek in the last 20 years has impressed me at all, except with how bad it is. It's all a reason why Paraborg is dead. It only pandered to a very limited section of the audience as a whole. Finally, if you look the "Relativity" and the whole Section 31 time jumping episode where Seven had to go back and forward in time... She had no implants, or they were hidden by holodeck tech. So, my theory and thoughts are as valid as the Drek that has been on screen lately.

@@josephmelvin7508 When Seven went through various time periods on Voyager, it was at the behest of Captain Braxton and the timeship Relativity (29th century). They hid her implants (all of the visible ones) so that she could pass as human, as having a Borg walking around Utopia Planitia shipyards near Mars (Voyager before launch) would've freaked people out. As far as ending canon for the Voyager crew with Voyager, I understand and empathize.

It does, but the model kit has no decals to identify it as a Pan Am Orion III Starliner, amongst other things. No interior etc...

​@@josephmelvin7508Respectfully, they called it the Space Clipper, back before Pan Am went bankrupt. This is the old Aurora kit from around 1968. I built a few of them, but with different airline logos (including one in QF/Qantas colours which I sent to a buddy Down Under.) It's a nice kit and I wish you good fortune putting it together. If somebody makes one in a larger scale we could add such as a good interior and landing gear. I miss the days when we really had a space programme and thought Per Audra Ad Astra... hopefully we can recapture that spirit in the twenty-twenties.

Yes, they're a lot still out there and you don't have to pay excessive amounts of money for them.

@@josephmelvin7508 - because these older kits have more fit issues while the recent kits have been re-engineered at a larger scale. More easier for us old farts to work with. I personally like the smaller versions as they don't take as much room on one's shelf.

@@Wild-Dad Welllll, I've run into a lot of fit issues in the newer kits. the Noxious-01 and the 350th Refit are two to come to mind, the Klingon 350th K'Tinga has issues, the Aries1-B had issues and these are not cheap kits. The 350th TOS still has issues and the directions have mistakes...

Yes, one is being built right now and another has been shelled and printed and I'm working on it to turn it into molds and then cast copies in clear, along with decals base options electronics...

Wow... K-Mart... Hasn't been one of those around here for a while, maybe one hold out somewhere... Yeah, it's a great kit for what it is, much bigger than I expected.

Nope, this was from a book series and was in a couple of games and there were game mods for other games.

@@josephmelvin7508 + I do have this kit in my stash haven't thought about it until your video popped up I bought it when it first came out I liked the design it was bought on impulse like I always do when something catches my eye in the hobby store I have the ships from Babylon 5 the x fighters as well

@@dennisbisconti4583 Yeah, I rarely buy on impulse, but it does happen. I never got into B-5, it just seemed a bit of a stretch for me for some reason. The 90's graphics didn't help. Each to his own though.

I'm going to be using smt's LED's and a basic flasher circuit as well as copper ribbon and other.

I've been studying this ship and devouring everything that I could find for decades. I used to work for Trekcore and did thousands of high-res screen captures. I also had tons of data sent to me which included never before seen pictures and information of this ship, including never before published photos and never had I ever seen that on any documentation, never saw it any pictures and never heard it referenced before a few years ago and I called out the guy that photo shopped the image. It all started with a guy named Sasser who is no longer with us and the current "Experts" who are anything but have kept it going, it was actually a personal FU from Sasser to me and a few others. it's not there, it never was there, and Greg Jein did not replicate it on the 6 ft. model.

I didn't I bought it cheap, used kit, mold, water damage, but all there. Perhaps I can finish the kit for you, it's what I do. Do you still have the directions? galaxy65m1@gmail.com

OK, thank you for your input, I'll keep that in mind. =/\=

Really? They had the EMH doing a painting of Seven, in the nude, on the show in a flashback sequence, maybe it's because the creepiness is inside of you? Brannon Braga brought her on the show and dressed her up in a skintight silver catsuit, because???

You're the first and so far the only one out of 1,700 plus views to think, or say so, maybe it's you?

Thanks a lot!

I bet you were. I'd love to go see it, but the "Restoration" was all of that to me. They got more than one thing wrong and the lights are too bright, makes it look like a model... If you catch my meaning.

@@josephmelvin7508 I do, but there was something surreal about seeing it in person. I couldn’t tell what the Smithsonian got wrong. Probably because I was in fanboy mode.

Woohoo! -/'\-

Yes, the female form is truly artwork in the highest degree.

Thank you and I totally agree on the design. I had to laugh when Doug Drexler ripped off the design for "Enterprise?!?!?" LOL!

Yes, but, as with any industry, when you stop paying exorbitant prices, you control the demand. True a lot of boomers want to see the nifty stuff that didn't exist when they were kids, but they keep raising the prices and they obviously do not care about QA. It's all about the bottom line and $$$$ They don't even care enough to make things accurate, or buildable. Many of the PL and Schmoebious kits are a nightmare. You need a 55 gal drum of bondo and ratchet straps and a chain fall to get the hulls to mate up. LOL!

@@josephmelvin7508 oh I know bro🤔 but there is always more money than sense 🙄😅

Glad to help. I would say take your time and prefit everything first, because each kit has it's own issues, some of these kits are old and have been in hot garages, or attics, etc...

In the 1960s, my only choice for finishing was a hand brush, small bottles of primary color enamel with tube glue for assembly and the kit decals. With luck, a friend might own a Mattel Vac-U-Form toy to make clear parts. No aftermarket. No 3D printers to make parts. Despite the work required due to age and flaws in fit, I now have a much better chance to produce a respectable model.😁

@@robertcuny934 Here's a thought for you to try for windows... First off to be honest, the screen used props never used windows, due to glare and reflections issue, having written that, look for some blister packs, you know the clear PETG things that different items come packaged in? That can be used for windows. Even clear two-liter soda bottles can be cut up to make windows. I would suggest using masking tape over the windows, on the inside and then use an exacto to cut out the tape from around the frame and use that as a template for laying over the clear PETG. Viola, you have windows.

@@josephmelvin7508 The only caveat I might add would be that some blister pack clear plastic may discolor with age. I kept blister pack clear plastic from some egg-shaped night lights for potential use with a 1/12 scale Lindberg Diamond Duster re-issue kit. When I did retrieve the kit for building, I found that the clear vacformed plastic had discolored and could no longer be used. Oddly, my original Vac-U-Form clear plastic has never discolored. One other potential source of clear plastic might be clear plastic vacform plates from party stores. So far, the samples I have did not yet discolor after being stored for eight years.

@@robertcuny934 Good point. Was the plastic that colored left in or near UV sunlight?

One would think, but you know, some people are so sensitive and looking to be offended these days.

Same here! What took them so long? As soon as I saw this I looked for the cheapest one I could find and snatched it up!

I am. I'm bringing it... =/\==/\==/\==/\==/\= Keep on Trekkin!

@@josephmelvin7508 😎

Thank you, David. Can't wait to get started on her, but the primer is still curing and degassing.

WooHoo! Thank you for your input!

Do you have some way for me to contact you other than here?

Aye Sair. I'm givin her all she's got Laddy.

Actually, we are only steps away from having flying drones. Now, I worked on the Tomahawk cruise missile program, and we worked specifically on salt water activated missiles that would launch from the sea, so technically we have had flying submersible craft since the 80's I know because I was there. You are therefore wrong! www.google.com/search?q=US+Navy%27s+flying+sub+drone&sca_esv=b94808497f26672b&sca_upv=1&source=hp&ei=Rp-OZpWoNfX-ptQP2ISskAk&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZo6tVi-yEkT1tB50OWKhzBqzsJEfoLUv&ved=0ahUKEwiV4_zu25yHAxV1v4kEHVgCC5IQ4dUDCBc&uact=5&oq=US+Navy%27s+flying+sub+drone&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7de0d537,vid:I3ltznqQp-E,st:0

@@josephmelvin7508 HOW I'M I WRONG... WE DON'T HAVE A FLY SUB. IT'S 2024... THAT'S SHOW WAS IN 1964... DRONES R NOT FLY SHIPS.... THEY R CAMERAS &GUNS. PPL CAN GET INSIDE&FLY THE F.S.

Yes... So, much more to come... Modeling, Electronics, Droids, Starships, Figure Models, Painting and Detailing, Decals, Brass Patterns! Woohoo! =/\=

Thank you. Glad you liked the video. I worked with Meta Artifex on this and with another person and have several versions, another is currently being printed.

@@josephmelvin7508 Awesome! I've seen Meta Artifex's renderings.. Modeling perfection! Looking forward to your next follow up post..Thank You!😃

Thank you. You're right. They keep making the same models year after year, charging an arm and a leg for cheap, mass-produced styrene kits and most often they are totally inaccurate to the filming models.

It's the beginning stages of building a personal transporter.

LOL! I'll let the owner name it. I'm building it for a friend.

LOL! Just playing.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

You are correct!