This will be a short update on The USS Enterprise-A.
I've been really busy with both life and work but from time to time have managed to work on the upper saucer.
I made quite a mess of it with the black primer (sigh). I wiped off as much as I could. then reapplied grey primer as a light block around the impulse crystal. Followed by white primer.
One oversight last time was forgetting to mask the impulse engine.
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| masks for the engine. |
Once I covered the engine and re-covered the dome, I reapplied light coats of grey primer to light block the clear parts.
The impulse engine light-blocked in the dark.
The saucer after a coat of white primer.
The impulse crystal is covered with lots of paint, a bit thick, but a light coat of the final colour will really set it off!
An oversight, I still have to add the phaser bumps to the upper saucer.
FINAL PAINTING (on certain parts)
I've added the final accent colour on the pylons as I was spraying that colour on another project.
So I don't lose the parts, I've assembled the model again.
Here is a comparison with it's larger cousin, a 1/350 scale refit.
That is it for the moment - small update. My goal is to get the upper saucer completed like the lower saucer, add the electronics and move onto the Brattain saucer/main body. For Enterprise, my next goal is to move onto the neck, then the nacelles and finally the secondary hull where everything will get tied together.
Happy modelling!!
