Finished D7

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (CDR Tacket) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:16:46 GMT

Finally got around to finishing the top with the two red bumps.

Sorry about the dust.

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (CDR Tacket) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:06:03 GMT

In case anyone is interested. This kit is now for sale. Just follow the link to http://www.collectivemodels.com/ for details. I think I'll be contacting Scott for another one.

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (CDR Tacket) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:06:38 GMT

I received Johnny57's D7 this past week and started a new build thread on this topic D7 Fin - Rebuild Johnny57's

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (Johnny57) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:19 GMT

I got to tell you. I've seen quite a few builds of this kit and this is by far the best I've seen. I've already contacted Cmdr Tackett and I'm sending him my D-7 to build. Nice job-museum quality all the way.

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (CDR Tacket) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:23:13 GMT

Repositioned the decals to their correct placement on the upper deck

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (CDR Tacket) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:48:09 GMT

I've been informed on my other forum (www.starshipfarragut.com) that I placed the upper deck windows upside down. I will be fixing that this weekend.

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (scotthm) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:49:31 GMT

I like that Bondo trick; very nicely done.

Also, thanks for the info on the window decals. I don't know if I'll be able to pull something similar off or not, but I hope so because it looks really great.

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Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (CDR Tacket) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:02:51 GMT

I tried a couple of different ideas to do the windows on them. Initially I put white paint from a paint pen and then after that dried tried to use my pigma pen and template to draw a circle around the white "lit" window. That didn't work out well because I couldn't keep a straight line of windows.

I then went with the method I have now. Black circle decal and then a white circle decal on top of that. I have a hole punch that I bought years ago that makes...

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (AModelMan) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:37:51 GMT

nice shots! I like how you dealt with the impulse deck. I used a 'subtractive' method to get the fit and now have gaps that need filling. Is that sculpyudner there? Stnadard clay?

The front grill being flush with the hull is beautiful and something I could not achieve. i may have to pull mine apart and do some tinkering.

Congrats!

Re: Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (scotthm) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:25:34 GMT

That looks really good. I'm glad to see another of these finished.

I also like the white windows you've got there. I've thought about doing something similar myself when the time comes, but I'm a bit nervous about it.

Did you paint the white on before or after the decal was applied?

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Finished D7

feeds@yuku.com (CDR Tacket) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:38:33 GMT

Finally finished this beauty.

More photos here: