Hey, all. I’ve started work on my own kitbash of the USS Yeager, from DS9. I’m going to be following the paint scheme of the filming model, using the colors that fellow modeler Stephen Loftus used on his own kitbash.
For my bash, I’m using an old Voyager saucer from a previous kit. I’ve stripped the original paint down to the bare plastic (using oven cleaner - spray it on, and let soak for about 10 minutes, then brush off with a toothbrush), then applied some Tamiya Fine Surface Primer, then shot the base coat of Testors Flat Gull Gray. I’ve now masked off the parts of the saucer to be painted light blue, in this case, Testors Russian Underside Blue.
I realize most of the saucer windows have been previously installed. I have black and white ultra-fine-tip Sharpie paint pens for the windows, and I am confident I can redo them cleanly, once all the painting is done. This will be a LONG-term project, as I am absolutely determined to do this right, so don’t expect daily or sometimes even weekly updates. But they will come.
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A very good luck to you on this endeavor.
I like the heavy handed blue on this ship. I know why they did it. (detail for a "distance" ship) but I still think it looks cool.
I also very much love the colors on this ship. I love colorful Trek ships, like the Ambassador-Class. I’m glad they gave this one a lot of color.
Oh, those aren’t decals... I literally painted them with a toothpick, lol.
Thank you. Yeah, I may do some of the windows on this with a toothpick as well. I can only imagine how tedious it’d be on the 1701-D, lol.