It’s been nearly a month to the day but the Enterprise E is finished. I even installed the plug in the base so you can plug in the power supply and remove it for transportation.
This was a very hard build in part due to its small size and trying to fit an elephant into a glove box. The other is the decals. So many. Hundreds. And many of them are in poor condition due to their age.
I did get the rest of the decals applied yesterday. And I painted on clear by hand with a soft brush. I have found in the past if you use an airbrush the decals will sometimes fly off never to be seen again.
The clear I used was Testors acrylic clear matt which is self leveling and looks the same both hand painted and airbrushed. I will miss this clear. I had one bottle in my stash. Now that the evil Rustoleum people have seen to its demise after purchasing Model Masters paints, Testors Model Masters no longer exist and Rustoleum’s paints suck!
With the exception of maybe a couple of paint touch ups this model is complete. Now I’m moving on to the K-7 Space Station.
BTW Mary had an old friend stop by the other day who is also a film studio electrician. Our old fluorescent lights started failing a while back and they completely died a month ago. He fixed all our lighting in the building with new modern LED lighting and the place is so lit up you’ll need sunglasses. A welcome change.
For the first time in ages you can make out what the monolith painting is on the wall with the EVA Pod from 2001.
Tonight we have a “First Friday” open studio and art exhibit with a guest artist displaying her work in our Gallery.
The Art of Steve Neill 