Scratch Build – In Progress USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class

Wow spent 45mins reading through this log and im speechless xD cant wait to see it painted !

 

Thanks man ! Glad you like it !
I have started on the paintjob.
will post a little update in a few !

 

Hi All,

The fact that the Cylon Resurrection NAS has been delayed by the rediculous prices if HDD's and I have started another build - 2001 - A Case Modyssey, does not mean that the work on the EURISKO is halted.

I am currently venturing into the world of airbushing and here is the first update.

Because of the softness of the depron (I would definately go with Styrene next time) it needs a lot of fixing up before the final layers of paint can be shot with the airbrush pistol.

Seems are a real bitch as i cannot use normal putty as that has a chemical reaction with depron.


Also little bumps and dents are abundant as i have been building her for quite some time (again a lesson) I use woodglue to fill in the dents and then shoot another layer and fix her up again. Slow work!


But al least we are getting somewhere!




Later!

 

USS EURISKO Nominated for the Mod-Of-The-Year Award, what an honour!
With 5 Dutch entries : L3p, Kier, K.enny, Frenkie en ASPHIAX we did great this year !!

Go and vote for your favorite builds here

 

Well done on getting in the MOTY a top build and a definite contender for the title.

 

Ok, so here's the bad news !!!!

As some of you might know i am relatively new to modding. I have been modding for exactly 13 months now and the EURISKO is my first mod. I have never done any airbrushing before. So i bought myself an airbrush and started practising , reading and so on. I used a special filling primer to get rid of the last little scratches and marks. It all started out so nice !!!

Getting the whole model taped up was a big job, took over 5,5 hours to get it perfect !




The first layer went on perfectly !


So then it was time to pull off the tape and continue to the deflector tunnel and warp nacelles! So I thought !

EPIC FAIL !!!!

The new role of tape was to strong , my test piece waxs done with a role a couple of months old and it worked perfectly and now this !!! It tears the baselayer right off!

I think I died a little there ....

So with 8 hours left to complete the build (I need to have it completed before midnight newyears eve) I have to sand all the troubled pieces down (no small task with depron), put them into the primer again and repaint them. I am so hoping that I will not encounter any other hurdles.

 

Why didn't you use painters tape?

 

well I did (i thought so at least), this was recommended in the shop where i got it.
I kinda should have known when I saw that guys eyes glaze over when I told him I was building a 5 foot starship out of depron and i needed tape to mask it.

After kicking the guys teeth in it looked like this last night at 3 pm!
*EDIT: that guy being me for not doing my research properly!

From starship to loveboat!

 

It so sole destroying when some thing like this happens. I feel your pain dude.

Why such a tight dead line, something you promised yourself or does it need to be some where.

 

Thanks man !

Well with the Mod-Of-The-Year nomination I think it should be completed within this year!
So I got 12 hours left (wel 6 or 7 actually before the celebrations start)

The resturation is going ahead relatively ok!






You can see the damage from the sanding but maybe I can turn that into weathering like a whole bunch of Borg Torpedoes have hit.

 

I made it !!! With the setback of yesterday I worked almost through my birthday and all night but I made it ! She's finished!!!!
Here are my 2 mascottes , Captain Janeway (sorry kate) and the voyager sign!

More to come but first a Very BIG BEER !!!!

 

Here is the first picture set !!!

USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class - Finished !!!

Some highlights !











Happy new year !!!!!

 

Awesome!

FYI, painter's tape is blue.

 

looks amazing m8
that beer is well deserved
how toasty is the hardware in there ?

 

Thanks man!
They sure tasted sweet !
I'll put up some pics of the interior tomorrow and maybe a video also in which I take off the canopy !

 

HOLY WOW!


I thought it looked pretty nice before. I had no idea the lights and all were in there (my first time through your build log, amazing!).



This is great stuff.

 

Does it fly??

Nice one dude got there in the end and looks great.

Time to sit back and have a few beers I think.

 

Surprise !! Thanks man !

Well after a couple of beers and champagne I had little EURISKO's flying around my head yesterday! So glad its finished, bu this will be one of those builds where every couple of months some work will be done I think. Got so much more idea's for her. Thanks man!

 

Damn... Just... Damn...

Beautifull piece of modding man!