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Physical Modeling Questions

I just came across this pic I had on my external HD, and IIRC, it was someone on the Trek BBS who made the models in this picture.

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If that be the case, I would like to ask them what all those pages of reference material are, and if at all possible, they'd be willing to send me a copy of them? I'd even be willing to pay for the color copies and all.
 
^ Hey, those are mine! I made them about 8 years ago (can that be right??) The stack of reference material on the left is a collection of images culled from the interwebs. It contains screen caps, pix of the 11 footer in the Smithsonian, other people's analysis, etc. I would be more inclined to send you the images rather than print them out. Obviously, none of the images are "mine" so I can't take credit for them.

FYI, while not a bad model, I modified or replaced literally every part on it to get it accurate enough for my taste. The booklet on the right in that image is a summary of the major changes I made. I also made all of my own decals. And, even though I made decals for them, I actually painted pretty much all of the underside markings including the triangles on the bottom of the saucer & the circle-tee-rectangle-square on the secondary hull.

BTW, as others have mentioned, pencil in the grid lines after you've completed assembly & painting. Pencil is awesome because you can wipe off your mistakes. Use a compass for the concentric circles. A trick I learned for straight lines on compound surfaces is using Dymo Label tape. It's sticky, so it stays in place & it's thick enough to scribe or draw along. I also installed the clear dome before I drew the circles -- I just protected it with a stack of about 10 small squares of masking tape.

If it's helpful, here are the pages from the booklet:

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Good luck & if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
 
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Wow, thank you, man! I really appreciate that! I will certainly give you a PM if I have any questions, which I am certain I will. :) Thanks again!

And yeah, if you would be so kind as to send me the copies of your interwebs images, I'd really appreciate that... it never hurts to see the refs people use! PM me, and I can give you my email address.

And kudos on actually physically painting the markings, lol... I thought of that, but then quickly questioned if I have both the skill and patience to pull it off, lol.
 
^Not a problem & PM sent. Give me a few days to track down the images. Like I said, it's been about 8 years since I built these...
 
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