Finally finished!
This is the Alliance Models conversion kit to make a Belknap-class starship, plus the LN-68-style warp nacelles that are particular to the USS Raan. The design is from Mastercom Datacenter's "Ships of the Star Fleet, Volume 1." The only part from the Ertl model kit is the saucer, and in this case I used one of my rare old "smoothie" saucers from an original 1979 model, because I didn't want to sand off all that damn panel detail.
The 0nly kitbashing I did is to replace the resin engine struts with laminated sheet plastic ones. The nacelles are hollow, but I still don't trust the resin struts to not sag. The rest is pure commercial conversion kit.
I built it with the hangar deck open, and inside are two scale shuttles from Federation Models.
The aztec pattern is a base coat of ModelMaster "Light Gray" detailed with light Flanker Blue, with a final overspray of gray to tone everything down. I used Walker brass templates for the saucer, and a billion bits of Chartpak drafting tape for the rest of the ship.
Phaser balls are birdshot!
Decals are 100% JTGraphics. You'll probably notice the lack of the red pinstripes on the B/C deck superstructure. I have never succeeded in getting those thin things on right, and this was no exception. The heck with it!!
This is the Alliance Models conversion kit to make a Belknap-class starship, plus the LN-68-style warp nacelles that are particular to the USS Raan. The design is from Mastercom Datacenter's "Ships of the Star Fleet, Volume 1." The only part from the Ertl model kit is the saucer, and in this case I used one of my rare old "smoothie" saucers from an original 1979 model, because I didn't want to sand off all that damn panel detail.
The 0nly kitbashing I did is to replace the resin engine struts with laminated sheet plastic ones. The nacelles are hollow, but I still don't trust the resin struts to not sag. The rest is pure commercial conversion kit.
I built it with the hangar deck open, and inside are two scale shuttles from Federation Models.
The aztec pattern is a base coat of ModelMaster "Light Gray" detailed with light Flanker Blue, with a final overspray of gray to tone everything down. I used Walker brass templates for the saucer, and a billion bits of Chartpak drafting tape for the rest of the ship.
Phaser balls are birdshot!
Decals are 100% JTGraphics. You'll probably notice the lack of the red pinstripes on the B/C deck superstructure. I have never succeeded in getting those thin things on right, and this was no exception. The heck with it!!
