Fun fact i learned in the world of automotive lighting that i took into my modeling is to out the same color led behind the color painted you wanted to shine. Example: you have red tail light lenses, put a red LED instead of white, same with the nacelles. White shines all the colors of the spectrum and all colors are filtered out except the lens color chosen. It allows you to use a dimmer colored bulb vs a brighter white one. Then theres a whole other side of cancelling colors out. What makes the hobby so cool. Beautiful kit, keep up the great work
Thanks! The colour is a mixture of Tamiya XF grey paints. From memory the main colour is sky grey with a little of other darker greys added. Sorry, it was a mix by eye type of situation...
I’m honestly nervous to try this kit, because of not only the rectangle windows, but the seem work needed to make the hull as smooth as possible is pretty intimidating. Great job on your kit!
I'm building this kit now without the lighting or Botony Bay. Man, the engineering fit is awful! All of the Snap-together features get in the way of a flush fit and need to be removed. The nacelle struts are a slap in the face to the paying consumer. It looks like they forgot to finish designing them! I appreciate the amount of effort that went into making your Enterprise look THAT good. Really nice job on a pretty challenging kit.
would be difficult in 1/1000 scale to find out where all the windows go. I know Pike's ship was a different layout than Kirk's production model. Pike's Captain's quarters was in a curved set meaning located at the outer rim of the saucer somewhere. That means the ship was much smaller than the production variant. the walls curved in interior sets. the bridge was taller.
Great job! I have the same kit, but I haven't assembled it yet. I'd like to put it in a display case once it's done, but I don't know what size I'll need. What are the dimensions of the kit after assembly?
@@alexrebmann1253 I built that one. It was my first model build actually. Not very accurate though, and it took me 3 days of sanding it to get all the panel lines off in order to make it as accurate as I could. The dome on the bottom of the saucer section is way off as well. Not shaped like it should be. But it is the best kit for that size in my opinion.
Fun fact i learned in the world of automotive lighting that i took into my modeling is to out the same color led behind the color painted you wanted to shine. Example: you have red tail light lenses, put a red LED instead of white, same with the nacelles. White shines all the colors of the spectrum and all colors are filtered out except the lens color chosen. It allows you to use a dimmer colored bulb vs a brighter white one. Then theres a whole other side of cancelling colors out. What makes the hobby so cool. Beautiful kit, keep up the great work
I never knew there was an Enterprise kit with the Botany Bay. That's cool.
I did this tiny model of the Enterprise 1701! It came out very nice!
Nicely done. I'm always very hesitant to drill windows, especial square cornered ones.
Cheers. Yep, always a tricky task!
Really nice, the color and all the details are very professional. What color is the final coat ? Thanks
Thanks! The colour is a mixture of Tamiya XF grey paints. From memory the main colour is sky grey with a little of other darker greys added. Sorry, it was a mix by eye type of situation...
I’m honestly nervous to try this kit, because of not only the rectangle windows, but the seem work needed to make the hull as smooth as possible is pretty intimidating. Great job on your kit!
Time is your friend, there is no need to rush, use good filler and buy a few small micro drill bits and no 11 blades and you'll be fine.
Dude, I've watched your vids before, you'll be fine!
To be fair. Your model did turn out amazing.
I'm building this kit now without the lighting or Botony Bay. Man, the engineering fit is awful! All of the Snap-together features get in the way of a flush fit and need to be removed. The nacelle struts are a slap in the face to the paying consumer. It looks like they forgot to finish designing them! I appreciate the amount of effort that went into making your Enterprise look THAT good. Really nice job on a pretty challenging kit.
Thanks Ken, yes it was a challenge. Patience is key!
would be difficult in 1/1000 scale to find out where all the windows go. I know Pike's ship was a different layout than Kirk's production model. Pike's Captain's quarters was in a curved set meaning located at the outer rim of the saucer somewhere. That means the ship was much smaller than the production variant. the walls curved in interior sets. the bridge was taller.
Great job! I have the same kit, but I haven't assembled it yet. I'd like to put it in a display case once it's done, but I don't know what size I'll need. What are the dimensions of the kit after assembly?
Cheers, the finished kit is 29cm long, 16cm wide and 10cm deep.
What size pipe did you use with center of the pipe hallowed out for the wires to go through to the battery
6mm albany alloys.
Great job. I really wish they would just make a all new model rather than rehashing the same piece of crap they made back in the 60's.
Yep! :)
Revell from Germany puts out nice kit with clear windows. Hard go find one.
@@alexrebmann1253 I built that one. It was my first model build actually. Not very accurate though, and it took me 3 days of sanding it to get all the panel lines off in order to make it as accurate as I could. The dome on the bottom of the saucer section is way off as well. Not shaped like it should be. But it is the best kit for that size in my opinion.