I like CGI fine - but most of the time my brain turns on the CGI alarm the moment I see it. I guess I've gotten too adept at spotting it.
Those old enough to have built one of the 70s AMT kits can only be jealous of how those engine nacelles are actually, uh, staying attached!
Nice job! I started working on one of these too, but after all the time spent smoothing out the gridlines and trying to install the dang shuttlebay lights in the cramped secondary hull, I kinda needed to get away from the thing for awhile. It's definitely a big project to make this thing look right.
Yes. That was my intention originally but I screwed up and put it in the wrong place. Should I post it again over in Fan Art or should I request it be moved? Seems silly to have it in two places. BTW.... thanks for the nice comments everyone. This is my favorite build and I've been building models for over 35 years.
In some images, she does indeed look like she could have come from a screen shot. Congratulations on a job well done!
Thanks for the compliments everyone. I'll have some more pics and a video soon. I have a 1/350 Botany Bay in the works and there will be a few space pics of it alongside the Enterprise as my homage to Space Seed.
Polar lights have outdone themselves with this model. It could easily be used for filming and pass for the studio model.
That is a very well done practical model, Trekriffic! Yes, I'd swear it just jumped off the screen, such is the detail! Excellent, excellent work!
Thanks Martok! Here are a few more pics... IMG_5224 by trekriffic, on Flickr IMG_5223 by trekriffic, on Flickr IMG_5220 by trekriffic, on Flickr IMG_4246 by trekriffic, on Flickr IMG_4348 by trekriffic, on Flickr IMG_4793 by trekriffic, on Flickr IMG_4883 by trekriffic, on Flickr