My hyper squirrel brain keeps nagging me to see if I can find plans or specs that give the dimensions of an Exocomp. I've got several of the 1/6 figure kits from various companies and every time I see a pic of one, that nagging little voice says "You could build one. It's mostly flat panels."
W.W. CarlislePlayed since January 20, 2019Captain Level- 99 (May 9, 2022)VIP 14Crew Quarters: 485/485Most recent/Lowest- Anbo-jyutsu Kyle Riker (1/5* Lvl 30) 5/29/23Immortalized x-866 5* x184, 4* x 490, 3* x91, 2* x62, and 1* x27Most recent Immortal - Tearful Janeway 4* 5/25/23Current non-event project- Improving my Science base skill. Retrieval Project- Mestral 1/5*
My hyper squirrel brain keeps nagging me to see if I can find plans or specs that give the dimensions of an Exocomp. I've got several of the 1/6 figure kits from various companies and every time I see a pic of one, that nagging little voice says "You could build one. It's mostly flat panels."
Ask and ye shall receive something that might possibly maybe help a bit…
@Commodore Pack Just what I need, another project. The feet would be about 1.75 inches long. The whole thing with the tool would be four-ish. That wouldn't be a bad size to go with the figure kits. Bookmark for later.
Maybe when I get a couple of the other started projects done. I've got MOST of the engine for a '55 Chevy in 1/16 in my lap being cleaned ahead of primer and paint. Nothing like scraping away the texture it shouldn't have (seams in wrong places) and adding missing texture (like filing in the bald spot in the middle of the cast transmission housing). At least it isn't a tank...sometimes you have to retexture half the lower hull. It's not hard really after you've done it.
You can:
A.) Apply liquid glue, soften the plastic, and press it in.
B.) Stipple on a thin putty or filler, like Mr. Surfacer.
I've done both depending. Doing A, because I have the glue handy and don't want to dig out my jar of Surfacer 500.
Hmmm....there's a blue in Vallejo figure paint line that I bet is dead on for Lower Decks Sciences Blue....grrr. No! No more open projects.... Must finish others!😵
W.W. CarlislePlayed since January 20, 2019Captain Level- 99 (May 9, 2022)VIP 14Crew Quarters: 485/485Most recent/Lowest- Anbo-jyutsu Kyle Riker (1/5* Lvl 30) 5/29/23Immortalized x-866 5* x184, 4* x 490, 3* x91, 2* x62, and 1* x27Most recent Immortal - Tearful Janeway 4* 5/25/23Current non-event project- Improving my Science base skill. Retrieval Project- Mestral 1/5*
@Commodore Pack Just what I need, another project. The feet would be about 1.75 inches long. The whole thing with the tool would be four-ish. That wouldn't be a bad size to go with the figure kits. Bookmark for later.
Maybe when I get a couple of the other started projects done. I've got MOST of the engine for a '55 Chevy in 1/16 in my lap being cleaned ahead of primer and paint. Nothing like scraping away the texture it shouldn't have (seams in wrong places) and adding missing texture (like filing in the bald spot in the middle of the cast transmission housing). At least it isn't a tank...sometimes you have to retexture half the lower hull. It's not hard really after you've done it.
You can:
A.) Apply liquid glue, soften the plastic, and press it in.
B.) Stipple on a thin putty or filler, like Mr. Surfacer.
I've done both depending. Doing A, because I have the glue handy and don't want to dig out my jar of Surfacer 500.
Hmmm....there's a blue in Vallejo figure paint line that I bet is dead on for Lower Decks Sciences Blue....grrr. No! No more open projects.... Must finish others!😵
Don’t feel bad, I still have my original AMT Enterprise from when I was a kid that I have never finished! 😂
Scraped all the raised lines on the dish off with an exacto and sanded that down to a lovely smooth finish as a teenager and got hung up on that horrible awful engineering hull in three pieces.
One day I am going to buy a new one to replace all the little bits that have gone missing in the decades since to finish it up. 😀
I have some started before I left for college and some from college, plus a few I couldn't resist starting when I got them. In some cases, it's figuring out where I left off. Some are dogs that I'm figuring out how to fix. OCD is a bad think for a modeller. I've been matching individual components to the Chevy engine to decide what I need to do to fix it. Cast texture for one. I matched the color a couple weeks ago. Red Orange 70.910 in my trusty Vallejo Model Color should do it.
I have that kit. I think I have most of them. I'm pretty sure there is both a photo-etch set and some resin and 3D printed stuff for it. You decide to make a go of it, I'm here if you need anything. Been building 30 years now.
W.W. CarlislePlayed since January 20, 2019Captain Level- 99 (May 9, 2022)VIP 14Crew Quarters: 485/485Most recent/Lowest- Anbo-jyutsu Kyle Riker (1/5* Lvl 30) 5/29/23Immortalized x-866 5* x184, 4* x 490, 3* x91, 2* x62, and 1* x27Most recent Immortal - Tearful Janeway 4* 5/25/23Current non-event project- Improving my Science base skill. Retrieval Project- Mestral 1/5*
I'm still working on the model of the ship I was stationed on during my Navy service, USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41). I've had to replace most of my paints and tools over the years, and am hoping to have the time soon to really get to work on it.
Honestly, I do own and use some specialty tools and materials, but Rustoleum or Krylon paint for large items or primer coats is a good deal. Like that 1/72 Skipjack class sub, I'm building as the Skamp- all rattle cans except accent colors and weathering. If it is close enough, once you weather and top coat, you really can't tell.
I was driving myself insane trying to find matches for the Royal Navy's Western Approaches scheme for my Flower Class corvette. Found one company in Eastern Europe that made it, one firm in the UK that distributed it with US shipping, and the cost would have been absurd. I matched it to spray paint on the shelf at Wal-Mart. Bought all three colors as big cans for less than one small bottle before shipping. The colors are actually pretty on their own. I have to keep my mom away from them for her own projects. Got enough for my 1/144 Flower with enough left to do an entire fleet in a smaller scale.
Really for ship hulls a rattle can is your friend anyway. You can really move right along without needing an airbrush. I can't use one. It does something like carpal tunnel and my fingers stick in place. There are some good matches to the USN palette in the basic store shelf lines. Sometimes it's not the right sheen, but a coat or two of clear fixes it easy and you have to gloss everything for decals and then seal with a flat or semi gloss anyways.
I've been working on the Chevy with dollar store tools unless something requires the more precise work. Mom's brother had a '55 BelAir Convertible and she talks about it a lot. He would have been 85 this August, so I hope I have it done by then.
W.W. CarlislePlayed since January 20, 2019Captain Level- 99 (May 9, 2022)VIP 14Crew Quarters: 485/485Most recent/Lowest- Anbo-jyutsu Kyle Riker (1/5* Lvl 30) 5/29/23Immortalized x-866 5* x184, 4* x 490, 3* x91, 2* x62, and 1* x27Most recent Immortal - Tearful Janeway 4* 5/25/23Current non-event project- Improving my Science base skill. Retrieval Project- Mestral 1/5*
I'm conflicted. The Dr. T'Ana art looks great for Lower Decks and on that level I really dig it. It's also glaringly incongruous with the overall Timelines aesthetics. I suppose I was expecting Dr. T'Ana to be transliterated similarly to Shiboline M'Ress, the other animated Caitian. They're not remotely similar, though. I'll acclimate, though. And if I don't... so what?
IIRC, one of the stipulations for having LD in the game was for them to keep the cartoon look
Personally, I would have liked them to be just 2D & not given any 3D/CGI feel to them
I'm conflicted. The Dr. T'Ana art looks great for Lower Decks and on that level I really dig it. It's also glaringly incongruous with the overall Timelines aesthetics. I suppose I was expecting Dr. T'Ana to be transliterated similarly to Shiboline M'Ress, the other animated Caitian. They're not remotely similar, though. I'll acclimate, though. And if I don't... so what?
IIRC, one of the stipulations for having LD in the game was for them to keep the cartoon look
Personally, I would have liked them to be just 2D & not given any 3D/CGI feel to them
Ah. I'll take it at face value that you're right.
Also, I've decided it will be a sorely missed opportunity if the first Mariner variant's ship ability isn't "I'm Starfleet as Hell!"
I seem to remember that stipulation being mentioned when LD first came in the picture, too. It may not be presented as realistic as TAS, which I think was meant to be very realistic for a cartoon- I think was pretty common with cartoons of that era, but it does a great job bridging the LD look and the STT look. You can tell it is Timelines' art, but it still looks enough like LD that you can tell the series.
Well, MM was discontinued last year. I have a hoard of it that will do me a while on some colors. I prefer brush painting, so I experiment with brands a lot. I love the Vallejo and Model Master was the thing when I was in my teens. The local hobby shop owner actually stocked his new Acryl rack based on what I was working on. He'd ask what colors I needed next week and he'd order those plus the next how many ever on the rack to get how many ever colors he was going to order that week. I learned how to paint faces with their four part system.
Tamiya is pretty airbrush friendly, but it isn't bad for brushing, well some colors. I have a few of theirs. I've never gone deep into the line
If I got all my paints together, it would be a mad house. I know for sure that I own paints from the following ranges, current and defunct: Testors enamel, acrylic, and spray, MM enamel, acrylic, and spray, Pactra acrylic, Floquil acrylic?, Vallejo acrylic, P3 acrylic and inks, Citadel acrylic, Humbrol enamel and acrylic, Revell acrylic and enamel, Mr. Color enamel and acrylic (might have a can or two of spray), plus I'm thinking I have a few odd colors of LifeColor and Hataka. That's not counting non-specialist paints ranging from spray to oils, acrylics, gouche, watercolors, craft paint, and even a few bottles of poster paint for bases. There's also paint markers, inks, Rub and Buff, Sharpies (fantastic for cockpit work), pastels- chalk and oil, and a case of Future floor wax. Who knows what I'm forgetting. I experiment until I get exactly what I want, so I'll try anything.
Models and Militaria have been my thing since I was seven. I started with a Monogram SnapTite of the second F-18 prototype with the rounded tip flying surfaces in 1/72 and a WWII Greatcoat button produced by Horstman and Sons of Philadelphia. I still have both. I doubt Mom realized what she was starting. I build anything from dinosaurs to Star Trek. Well, it's 1:30am and I have to run the church's A/V system at 10. Nite!
W.W. CarlislePlayed since January 20, 2019Captain Level- 99 (May 9, 2022)VIP 14Crew Quarters: 485/485Most recent/Lowest- Anbo-jyutsu Kyle Riker (1/5* Lvl 30) 5/29/23Immortalized x-866 5* x184, 4* x 490, 3* x91, 2* x62, and 1* x27Most recent Immortal - Tearful Janeway 4* 5/25/23Current non-event project- Improving my Science base skill. Retrieval Project- Mestral 1/5*
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Exocomp collection!
Thank you! I've been trying to remember her name for like days!
Peanut Hamper would only join Timelines to maker her father angry.
Ask and ye shall receive something that might possibly maybe help a bit…
https://3dmixers.com/m/33574-star-trek-tng-exocomp-11-replica-prop
👍😀
Maybe when I get a couple of the other started projects done. I've got MOST of the engine for a '55 Chevy in 1/16 in my lap being cleaned ahead of primer and paint. Nothing like scraping away the texture it shouldn't have (seams in wrong places) and adding missing texture (like filing in the bald spot in the middle of the cast transmission housing). At least it isn't a tank...sometimes you have to retexture half the lower hull. It's not hard really after you've done it.
You can:
A.) Apply liquid glue, soften the plastic, and press it in.
B.) Stipple on a thin putty or filler, like Mr. Surfacer.
I've done both depending. Doing A, because I have the glue handy and don't want to dig out my jar of Surfacer 500.
Hmmm....there's a blue in Vallejo figure paint line that I bet is dead on for Lower Decks Sciences Blue....grrr. No! No more open projects.... Must finish others!😵
Don’t feel bad, I still have my original AMT Enterprise from when I was a kid that I have never finished! 😂
Scraped all the raised lines on the dish off with an exacto and sanded that down to a lovely smooth finish as a teenager and got hung up on that horrible awful engineering hull in three pieces.
One day I am going to buy a new one to replace all the little bits that have gone missing in the decades since to finish it up. 😀
I have that kit. I think I have most of them. I'm pretty sure there is both a photo-etch set and some resin and 3D printed stuff for it. You decide to make a go of it, I'm here if you need anything. Been building 30 years now.
I was driving myself insane trying to find matches for the Royal Navy's Western Approaches scheme for my Flower Class corvette. Found one company in Eastern Europe that made it, one firm in the UK that distributed it with US shipping, and the cost would have been absurd. I matched it to spray paint on the shelf at Wal-Mart. Bought all three colors as big cans for less than one small bottle before shipping. The colors are actually pretty on their own. I have to keep my mom away from them for her own projects. Got enough for my 1/144 Flower with enough left to do an entire fleet in a smaller scale.
Really for ship hulls a rattle can is your friend anyway. You can really move right along without needing an airbrush. I can't use one. It does something like carpal tunnel and my fingers stick in place. There are some good matches to the USN palette in the basic store shelf lines. Sometimes it's not the right sheen, but a coat or two of clear fixes it easy and you have to gloss everything for decals and then seal with a flat or semi gloss anyways.
I've been working on the Chevy with dollar store tools unless something requires the more precise work. Mom's brother had a '55 BelAir Convertible and she talks about it a lot. He would have been 85 this August, so I hope I have it done by then.
IIRC, one of the stipulations for having LD in the game was for them to keep the cartoon look
Personally, I would have liked them to be just 2D & not given any 3D/CGI feel to them
Ah. I'll take it at face value that you're right.
Also, I've decided it will be a sorely missed opportunity if the first Mariner variant's ship ability isn't "I'm Starfleet as Hell!"
Well, MM was discontinued last year. I have a hoard of it that will do me a while on some colors. I prefer brush painting, so I experiment with brands a lot. I love the Vallejo and Model Master was the thing when I was in my teens. The local hobby shop owner actually stocked his new Acryl rack based on what I was working on. He'd ask what colors I needed next week and he'd order those plus the next how many ever on the rack to get how many ever colors he was going to order that week. I learned how to paint faces with their four part system.
Tamiya is pretty airbrush friendly, but it isn't bad for brushing, well some colors. I have a few of theirs. I've never gone deep into the line