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As I write this and review the above
pictures, the last picture confirms that I missed a phaser
strip! Sometimes, a guy just runs out of bad words.. I'm
happy as hell that I kept the unused phaser paint in another jar -
being custom paint I could never get it to match
otherwise!
I've worked on the paint for seven
hours, and have accomplished a great deal. I've mixed up the
paint phases a bit, saving phase 5 (primary and secondary deflector)
for last.
* - Sand : The torpedo tubes and parts of the spine were painted
in sand. This sucked because the paint was particularly hard to
work with as it showed the brush strokes. I airbrushed what I
could (down to 1/4" parts), and just winged the rest.
Hopefully the torpedo tubes are passible! :/
* - Torpedo tubes : These are supposed to have a red center, but
I thought that was a bit odd as the weapons aren't charged when in
standard running. I opted to paint them a darker color instead,
showing them powered down.
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- Shuttle Bay : This was a huge deal. If you examine the photo
at left you can see base color of the the landing strip and that part
of the hull match. I dug out the decal that will be applied, and
breathed a sigh of wonder how I was ever going to get them to
match. I mixed Sand, Braunviolett, Dunkeblau, Light Grey,
Afrika Dunkelgrou, and Red. The lighting for the picture at
right isn't perfect, but Goddess Mother keep me, the color is!
You can see the result in picture 3, above, as well as all the
detailing.
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