I decided to throw an update since I feel it will be a long time until my next one as I suspect there will be a lot of sanding and gap filling in my future (oh, I love the smell of super glue in the morning!!!!).
The end of nacelles is made up 2 clear pieces. Polar Lights has you paint the inside one red and then a clear cover go over the top. I made an executive decision and it will either look cool or go down in spectacular flames. I painted the interior part clear yellow and the outside one will be painted clear red. I am hoping that you will able to see the yellow part through the top red cover. The studio model indicates that the outside piece is pure red but has a light behind it. Since I am not lighting the kit, I am trying to create the illusion of light behind it (we will see how it works? I can already feel the flames).
I also did some work on the saucer. Again the studio model had lights coming out of the top and bottom of the saucer. I have seen several modelers who light their kit and it looks pretty cool (see Starship Modeler for examples of modelers who know what they are doing). So I am faking it – I cut up white card stock and glued on the backside of the lenses. It looks OK.
In addition, there are four colored lights, 2 on bottom and 2 on top, which need to be inserted prior to gluing the saucer halves together. I decided this would be a pain to paint around them and also covered the holes with card stock. After the model is painted, I will cut the lenses in half and insert them from the top (getting that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach…something is going wrong here).
That is all for now…keep on Trekin’ (very bad joke).
Matt (or the unknown guy in the red shirt going on the away mission...this can't go well)
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