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USS Antares from Charlie X Remastered

trekriffic

trekriffic

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Finished all the detail painting.
I decided to go with the yellow-orange bussard domes like the Antares had in the remastered episode rather than try to do the spokes.
I also finished some odds and ends related to the aztec paneling.
Then I clipped the music wire to the desired length and glued the deflector dish in place.

I'll give her a flat coat before applying Tamiya pastel powders to give her a more metallic look.
Then another flat coat before coating with Future before applying the ship's windows, registry and insignia decals.
Then a gloss coat to seal the decals followed by another flat coat or two. Anything I want glossy (like windows, running and formation lights, and the bussards) I can then gloss up with a brush and some Future...


USS Antares - Final Paint by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares - Final Paint by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares - Final Paint by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares - Final Paint by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares - Final Paint by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares - Final Paint by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares - Final Paint by trekriffic, on Flickr
 
Atolm said:
She came out amazing! So sexay :) Was this a kit? or a Scratch-build?
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Thanks Atolm. It's a resin kit I got off Federation Models.


Box Art by trekriffic, on Flickr

The only thing I added was the deflector dish which I made from scratch using styrene sheet and piano wire:

USS Antares - Deflector Dish Shaped by trekriffic, on Flickr

You can view more in-progress pics in my album here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29607470@N08/albums/72157701883794172/with/32857116218/
 
Great build, great TOS ship, love it! I admire anyone who can put together a physical model without it turning into a blotchy mess.
 
I'm not always a big fan of adding deflector dishes to TOS designs but this has worked out really well!
 
Always had a soft spot for this design (I
love small ships and the TOS aesthetic) and your model looks awesome!
 
Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Got the decals done! I managed to mangle the ship's name and registry decal though so had to come up with a workaround using old leftover decals from my stash.
Piecing together such small numbers and letters was intricate work using an exacto knife, tweezers and a magnifier but, all in all, it turned out very well.
I am quite satisfied with the results...

It took three pieces from my leftover decal stash to replace the bow registry decal:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

Hmmmm... Not bad at all:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

For the ship's name on the bow I repurposed the kit decal meant for the fantail:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

To replace the kit decal, I sliced letters off the leftover decal sheet from the 1/1000 scale USS Phobos kit:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

Altogether it took 5 pieces of decal material to make the ship's name on the stern:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

I kept thinking that the large ovoid shaped panel on the forward face of the upper hull needed something and found this leftover 1/2500 Enterprise D decal from Absolute Models.
The fan shaped section was the perfect size to fit:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

Here it is freshly applied and brushed with MicroSOL decal setting solution:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

Here are some teaser photos taken in my driveway in natural light:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

I added red and green running lights to the top of the secondary hull on either side of the oval upper hull section.
I figured the ship needed an extra set for when the bow crew module is detached and she's running in
robotic mode:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

I added some "purge vents" panels to the inside face of the nacelle struts:


USS Antares Decals Done by trekriffic, on Flickr

I've sealed all decals with Future now and am going to spray her with Dullcote before applying some Tamiya pastel chalks to give her a more metallic look like in the remastered episode.
Then she'll get a final flat coat before she's all done.

Then I'll take the "good" pics.
 
Here are some of the finished pics:


USS Antares Finished by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares Finished by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares Finished by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares Finished by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares Finished by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares Finished by trekriffic, on Flickr


USS Antares Finished by trekriffic, on Flickr

On the stand:

USS Antares Finished on Stand by trekriffic, on Flickr

You can view the rest of the images in my album on Flickr!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29607470@N08/albums/72157701883794172/with/33635349918/
 
Thanks guys. She still has some silvering in a few spots even after I went after it hard with Solvaset but most of that was cleaned up. She's covered in aztec decals I scrounged from the ol' leftover decal stash. This model is about 4-5 inches long.
 
:eek:

I'm impressed by anyone who can build an AMT Enterprise without the warp nacelles sagging like wet newspaper.

But building one of these micro-sized beauties? Now that takes the patience of Job. (Or Spock, when arguing with Bones.)

I'll give her a flat coat before applying Tamiya pastel
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My oldheimer's kicked in momentarily there because I could have sworn you wrote that you were using Tranya pastels.

Which, for a Star Trek model, would be eminently logical. :D
 
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