Lookin great. Thanks for updating with so many photos. Helps to see what everyone is doing. Great work

So, speaking of cushions :) Thanks for the segue everyone...cuz guess what?!?!? CUSHIONS!

Issue 10

This issue started with 18 little tiny minuscule fiddly fits to fit on the corridor... actually not took bad. Sanding the edges was a bit of a challenge, but needle nose pliers came to the rescue so I wouldn't remove more skin from my finger tips (in addition to the skin removed by superglue).

I also fix a couple pieces into the wall indents. The lighter colored one I might use a bit of wash on to darken. The other I used Metallic Grey to pull out the details. Enjoy!

18 little pieces cut and sanded from the sprue


Cushions affixed to the hallway piece


And all glued together, including some extra bits to go in the recesses


Issue 11 coming soon to a forum near you!!!

Glad you like the quantity of photos. Sometimes I wonder if I'm posting too many, but this encourages me to keep doing what I'm doing. Man, this model is such great fun!!! Thanks for checking in!

ISSUE 11

Issue 11 is all about interior piping in the hold. I decided to paint a few stripes on the piping before putting it in. The colors are not necessarily screen accurate as I didn't have a yellow or orange, and honestly for as little of these paints as I'm using, I don't need to go buy more hehe. I did however pick up some Testor's acrylic red and blue. It definitely adds something even though its not 100% accurate shades or colors. Kinda makes it look like an American Flag ship...

First I tried to use this super thin modeling masking tape I picked up so I could wrap the little pipes and make clean lines in between the pieces. Ya, that was kind of a joke. First the masking tape didn't stick very well, and even after I got it on there the paints bled underneath the tape. This is partially my fault for having a bit too much paint on the brush.

Instead, I decided to just hand paint the stripes on with no guides or tape. I used what I learned from dry brushing to get most of the paint off the brush first, which really helped me control the application of the paint stripes. One thing I learned is just how jittery I am. Focus, bring brush near pipe, wait for jittering to put the brush in the place I wanted and QUICK DAB!! Barely even used the tips of the bristles, but I like how it turned out.

The little hook pieces that go on the ends of the pipes that curve around the door frame were quite fidly and didn't really want to attach, but after some patience and application of superglue I eventually got them mostly how I wanted them.

So here's some pic's of the Issue 11 progress, enjoy!

My little stand after painting so the pieces could dry. Up close the lines are a little wiggly, but most of that is hidden once it is put in place


Piping glued into place on the hold wall


And...a shot of everything together in the hold thats been built, glued, painted, or weathered so far. Feels like its really coming together. And the few little bits of customization really make it feel like its mine

Imp, the Model is looking great!!! great pics and updates!!!

A nice clean build Imp looking great so far

Spencer

Okie dokie fans, I've been gone a while with a really busy July and August, but I'm back to try and get myself back on track. I've got 3 shipments waiting for me, which is a little daunting, but we'll get through this one issue at a time. Several weeks ago I did Issue 13, so here is a quick update on that one! More to come soon I hope. (Ohh and those dreaded cushions are all here waiting for me to put them together for the corridors...eeeek!!)

Issue 13

This issue was pretty quick and easy, with most of it just gluing things into their final resting places, adding a few walls, and continuing to work on additional components in the hold. The only real issue I had was placing the science station as the glue dried REALLY fast and I wasn't able to get it fully seated in time, so there is a little gap between the bottom of it and the floor, but ohh well, you can barely tell.

Here's a photo of the hold so far:



Hopefully soon I'll be able to post some progress of the other issues in this 4th installment. Great to be back with you guys!!!!

Just to make you aware the screws that screw the little wall threat the pipes are touching to the wall the computer is touching will be replaced by lengths of plastic that glue into the screw holes holes to avoid have screws visible once assembled

Ahh, good to know! I really didn't like the stress marks that showed up after putting those screws in either. I'll leave them in for now, but look forward to taking them out and replacing with plastic pins.

Thanks for looking in!!

Coming along nicely