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You don't need to light a kit to make it look awesome. Go with your gut
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You don't need to light a kit to make it look awesome. Go with your gut
A lot of tight spaces with that one. I considered it briefly for my E-B build but decided against it. The plastic seemed too thick for the scale and would have been less than ideal to drill.
That's a good point, I had forgotten about.
Another Lego. Small set I had for Christmas.
It's Suki's pink Honda from the Fast and the furious
EDIT: Yes I know there's a gap at the back, I forgot a piece
It's Suki's pink Honda from the Fast and the furious
EDIT: Yes I know there's a gap at the back, I forgot a piece
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Very cool. Which version of the model is that, and what brand?
Bandai did a snap version of this I think with lots of parts, everything pre-painted and decorated with its own lighting kit. I remember wanting it really, badly but it eas the cost of international shipping that stopped me getting it...
Another Lego set, this time Wall-E and Eve but only built the little guy so far
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Polar Lights 1/350
That would be this.
Cute.
That's the one. I remember Bandai releasing it during the time Enterprise was on and the price was ok but on top of that they wanted something like $100 ish USD for shipping from the United States which made it a no no for me sadly. I heard it was a nice kit
OK the gang is all done.. Finished Eve so took photo of Eve and Wall-E and that little cleaning bot that was also in the movie. There's a lot of articulation on the arms for Wall-E with ball joints and the eyes are also able to move separately so can be posed in expressive ways with the head and arms on ball joints at the roots. Eve's arms can also move and retract back into her body just like the movie and there's a storage compartment in the front for both robots just like in the movie.
I'm not sure if I posted this before but made a Mack garbage truck with working steering and claw thing that grabs the bin that was included in the set and can empty that into the truck.
I'm not sure if I posted this before but made a Mack garbage truck with working steering and claw thing that grabs the bin that was included in the set and can empty that into the truck.
Hello! I was going to start a new thread for my question but looks like I might get some guidance right here. Hope it's if I pop in with some questions. 
I am really interested in building a model of the original Enterprise and I want to start with something small(ish) and not too expensive. I saw a few videos/reviews on the Polar Lights Enterprise 1/1000th - Space Seed Edition and it looks ideal.
HotRod: your photos are awesome! The TOS Enterprise that you included in your first post is exactly what I want!
I was confused by the videos that show people wiring lights inside while others don't mention it at all. I'm guessing this is an option and the lights and wiring are not included correct? Are there any places online that might contain the specs on those if I decided to try and wire it?
Also, is it best to spray paint the model before assembling? If so, any specific colors I should use?
I'm asking specifically for the TOS Enterprise and not the Discovery version or refit.
Overall, is Polar Lights a decent way to begin?
Any comments, guidance would be greatly appreciated! THANK YOU!!
I am really interested in building a model of the original Enterprise and I want to start with something small(ish) and not too expensive. I saw a few videos/reviews on the Polar Lights Enterprise 1/1000th - Space Seed Edition and it looks ideal.
HotRod: your photos are awesome! The TOS Enterprise that you included in your first post is exactly what I want!
I was confused by the videos that show people wiring lights inside while others don't mention it at all. I'm guessing this is an option and the lights and wiring are not included correct? Are there any places online that might contain the specs on those if I decided to try and wire it?
Also, is it best to spray paint the model before assembling? If so, any specific colors I should use?
I'm asking specifically for the TOS Enterprise and not the Discovery version or refit.
Overall, is Polar Lights a decent way to begin?
Any comments, guidance would be greatly appreciated! THANK YOU!!
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That's a great little kit to start with. It was one of the very first ones I did when I got back into the hobby.
Thank you kindly.
Most kits don't come with an included wiring kit. Polar Lights only released official wiring kits for only a few models, otherwise what you're seeing are wiring kits from unofficial "garage businesses." I don't have any experience with these, but I generally hear nothing but good things. I usually light my models with LED string lights. The only official wiring kit I used was for my "Discoprise."
One thing to keep in mind is that not every kit is designed with lighting in mind. In the case of the 1/1000 TOS Enterprise, all the windows are decals, so if you want your model with lit windows, you're going to need to drill them out. This can be one hell of a task, depending on the kit. DS9 almost killed me.
Here is a link to a great site that sells a great many lighting kits, aa well as many other accessories and models themselves.
https://www.culttvmanshop.com/search.asp?keyword=Lighting
Depends on the model and depends on the builder. As for colours, there's a great many reference sites that can help with that, but I believe this might be the most helpful.
https://culttvman.com/main/a-modelers-guide-to-painting-the-starship-enterprise-pt2-by-gary-kerr/
Definitely. Have fun and remember that you're not going to make a masterpiece the very first time. You're going to make mistakes or something is going to go sideways. Push through it, take your time and finish it. I find that I get better and better with each build.
Good luck. Hope this has been helpful.
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^Well said, sir.
As for the painting process: It depends. The PL TOS E is a snap-together kit, and if that's all you want to do, you can paint the parts first.
If you want to glue it together, you'd have to scrape the paint off where the glue joints are, because you'd just be melting paint and not gluing plastic
. In that case it's best to make subassemblies (i.e. glue the saucer together, glue the engines together, glue the hull together, all as separate subassemblies), and paint them separately.
If you want to go to the next step of puttying and sanding seams so they disappear, it has to be done before painting.
As for the painting process: It depends. The PL TOS E is a snap-together kit, and if that's all you want to do, you can paint the parts first.
If you want to glue it together, you'd have to scrape the paint off where the glue joints are, because you'd just be melting paint and not gluing plastic
. In that case it's best to make subassemblies (i.e. glue the saucer together, glue the engines together, glue the hull together, all as separate subassemblies), and paint them separately.If you want to go to the next step of puttying and sanding seams so they disappear, it has to be done before painting.
Thank you for taking the time to reply, HotRod! You have helped me tremendously!!
I'll have to share the results!
Thank you Forbin! Great advice! It'll help!^Well said, sir.
As for the painting process: It depends. The PL TOS E is a snap-together kit, and if that's all you want to do, you can paint the parts first.
If you want to glue it together, you'd have to scrape the paint off where the glue joints are, because you'd just be melting paint and not gluing plastic
If you want to go to the next step of puttying and sanding seams so they disappear, it has to be done before painting.
Here is a new video on the AMT 1/650 Enterprise that could be lit:
Plumber's putty was used to secure the nacelles. That, epoxy or super glue concrete could perhaps go into the saucer pylon--and grinded down at an angle such that the saucer could be rotated backwards to line up with the nacelles better.
There was another video where a model builder assembled the nacelles wrong...resulting in one nacelle/strut assembly that had two inner "trenches" with the other perfectly smooth.
That means if you had two kits, you could build two different variants...one with smooth nacelles--one with double trenches for a souped-up craft.
Nice accidental modularity.
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Plumber's putty was used to secure the nacelles. That, epoxy or super glue concrete could perhaps go into the saucer pylon--and grinded down at an angle such that the saucer could be rotated backwards to line up with the nacelles better.
There was another video where a model builder assembled the nacelles wrong...resulting in one nacelle/strut assembly that had two inner "trenches" with the other perfectly smooth.
That means if you had two kits, you could build two different variants...one with smooth nacelles--one with double trenches for a souped-up craft.
Nice accidental modularity.
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I recently bought a couple 1/650 TOS Enterprise kits at Hobby Lobby when they went on sale. The mold has seriously degraded over time, to the point that I ended up throwing them away when I couldn't get them to fit properly. The saucer seems to be okay, but the secondary hull, nacelles and pylons were bent and warped.
Not Star Trek, but I'm currently building one of those "book nook" kits. Initially I was really worried about all the small pieces and the stuff I had to glue (the amazon listing didn't say anything about glue), but I'm doing pretty good so far!
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