U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205Voir: Diaporama Mosaïque Liste 1October 26, 2021Development on the Defiant began around 2366 in response to the Borg threat to the Federation.. 2October 26, 2021Is this CGI or the actual model? 3October 26, 2021I’m always hypnotized by the box art, since childhood.. 4October 26, 2021Ok, here is the real challenge.. 5October 26, 2021 6October 26, 2021 7October 26, 2021 8October 26, 202184 multi colored decals.. the horror 9October 26, 2021the Defiant will be my first lighted starship, dammit.. The line must be drawn here! No further! If You can’t get past this Cadet challenge, You will never progress to the upper ranks! 10October 30, 2021My idea of drilling out the hex posts revealed that the model can then easily be taken apart and reassembled. Silly Rabbit, Snaps are for Kids! 11October 30, 2021Like so.. 12October 31, 2021A look at the lighting challenge. How do I get leds in there? 13October 31, 2021One major design flaw is that the the front bulkhead of the nacelle is opaque, not like the aft part. 14October 31, 2021As seen here, no light getting to the lens 15October 31, 2021The aft part looks right, but the hex post is casting a big shadow. 16October 31, 2021 I will attempt to mold and cast the parts in clear uv resin. First by cutting away the tabs and then sanding flat. 17October 31, 2021Getting ready with the thermal plastic.. 18November 1, 2021After boiling in water on the stove the plastic is hot and gooey and can be pressed over a part to form a mold. Bubbles pose a problem 19November 1, 2021Still not a perfect mold with this technique, but it’s easily repeated. 20November 4, 2021After 3 attempts because of bubbles, I have a working mold 21November 1, 2021The uv resin is extremely hard, it resists my diamond files 22November 1, 2021Pretty good. 23November 1, 2021Test fit.. smile on my face.. 24November 5, 2021Warp coil light rig Mark I 25November 5, 2021Proof of Concept, and so much more.. The post is casting a shadow as anticipated. 26November 12, 2021 27November 12, 2021It’s a dream come true. too bad only 3 small bars will be lighted from all this effort.. 28November 22, 2021Removed the locator pins and posts, leds glued in place 29November 14, 2021Port nacelle assembly completed 30November 14, 2021Warp drive online 31November 4, 2021Masking fluid 32November 5, 2021meanwhile, the red leds are test fitted into place 33November 5, 2021SSSsss! Cobra! 34November 20, 2021You are getting sleepy.. 35November 20, 2021First led configuration Mark I 36November 20, 2021Test run successful. The blue light reaching the plasma vents is insufficient. Red is satisfactory. I like the overall glowing effect 37November 20, 2021Blue Led configuration Mark II 38November 20, 2021Better.. 39November 20, 2021The light is uneven, needs refinement. 40December 7, 2021Led configuration Mark III Side glowing optical fiber 41December 7, 2021Future Starship warp nacelles could be lighted in this fashion.. 42December 7, 2021Plasma vent Led configuration Mark III is GO! 43January 15, 2022Led Plasma lighting effects rig Mk. III Bonding with UV resin 44January 15, 2022Curing 45January 15, 2022Bonding sequence successful 46January 15, 2022Plasma light test rig Mk. I Proof of concept successful. Implement procedure. 47January 15, 2022Tony Stark ‘flip’ 48January 15, 2022Fortunately, while uv resin is very hard and strong, it can still be worked and removed if necessary, similar to hot glue. 49November 12, 2021Meanwhile, led test fit in the forward sensor array 50November 12, 2021Led calibration. The front posts have to go 51November 12, 2021Sensor array light test looks pretty good anyway 52November 12, 2021Interesting effect, must make a note of it. 53January 15, 2022Vallejo black primer blocks the light very well 54January 15, 2022Masked… 55January 15, 2022Unmasked. 56January 15, 2022Light blocking successfully applied. Red leds installed permanently using uv resin 57January 15, 2022The capillary action of the masking fluid works in my favor here. 58January 15, 2022Ready for light blocking paint 59January 20, 2022This information is ranked Captain and above. 60January 20, 2022This information is ranked Captain and above.. 61January 20, 2022This information is ranked Captain and above.. 62January 20, 2022This information is ranked Captain and above.. 63January 20, 2022This information is ranked Captain and above.. 64January 20, 2022Meanwhile, Lower Warp nacelle housing glued into place, final electrical conduit routing for the lower Hull 65January 22, 2022Preparing to mount the plasma conduits 66January 22, 2022Entering into a critical phase, possible warp core breech, brace for impact. 67January 22, 2022Matter/Antimatter reaction unstable, losing power.. If I can just.. hold on another few seconds.. 68January 22, 2022The operation was a success. Stand down Mister.. Return to station 69January 22, 2022Plasma conduits installed.. Qapla! 70January 22, 2022Upper hull standing by.. Commentaires25 November 2024, 16:33 - Project infoU.S.S. Defiant NX-7420570 images1:1000En pauseTous les albumsVoir tous les albums »