So let’s try this again... the Round 2 1/32 Galileo 7 . I reserve the evenings for "me" Build time, so I worked on this. The roof slides off so I can add lights...or an Interior kit from Polar Lights if they make it. The lighted areas will be the rear engine and interior cabin. I painted the model to match the color suggestions on the box and reference material. The paint was Tamiya, I mixed them. Even though the hatch is closed in the photo, the lower area swings down and the top is removable. It's tacked in place right now until the decals fully cure. The viewport "glasss" In not in place yet. I may display the model with the windows closed. I couldn’t sleep last night so I made my own light kit. The rear engine lights. The switch is hidden inside the model. I made the model with the viewports closed for now as that’s how it was mostly seen in the episode Galileo 7. I felt it looked odd with nothing to see inside, Your Milage may vary. It can easily be removed to install the glass at a later date. My Nacelles will NOT light up...why? Because they didn't in the series. I am well aware they were wired but I am a purist. I told you I was a boring builder!
I want to be as boring as you! So what version of the shuttle did they go with? The full scale prop? The model? Some idealized version?
The 22' prop didn't have a bottom, so they gave the kit the bottom from the miniature. The hull & nacelles flare out wider on the 22-footer, and are parallel on the miniature. They based the kit's hull on the 22-footer, and checked with Probert & Rick Sternbach re. the orientation of the nacelles. They both said to make the nacelles parallel, so that's how they are on the kit.
Took a 15 minute break from the bench to get some decent, but boring, Pictures of my 1/32 Polar Lights Galileo build.
“Shuttlecraft to Enterprise, shuttlecraft to Enterprise, request permission to come aboard.” The colors are indeed spot-on, but I must admit that B&W photo of the Galileo and Enterprise is arresting and marvelous. NOICE.