Since I have met with a temporary setback on my AMT TOS Romulan BoP build and while I wait for the decals to come in, I decided to try and go ahead with my next build – the "Galaxy Quest N.S.E.A. Protector"! I got this as a birthday present earlier this year, along with the Photoetch set, and the Soundtrack by David Newman!
Model Paragrafix The plan so far is to
1. light it
2. paint it with iridescent colors, similar to the recent refit builds going on, use aztecing
3. use fiber optics for the smaller lights
I'm still in the planning stage, but I think I will need at least
12 Blue LEDs – 3mm – I think
4 Red LEDs – 3 mm
4 white LEDs – 5mm
3 for the Primary Hull
1 for the Fiber Optics
Primary Hull lighting External
There are some square windows/lights on the "wings" that I haven't figured out yet and that may add to the number of white LEDs I'll need so, we’ll see.
I am thinking through picking up a blinking board from TenaControls for the white running lights. I had to watch Galaxy Quest again to make sure I got all the lights! Ya’know...I HAD to! This will be my first time working with Fiber as well as aztecing. I watched Trekworks do some aztecing to one of his refits and it “SEEMS” easy.
I've even made some progress on the model by using a pin vise and bit to drill out all the windows on the primary hull.
Anyway, still working toward the goal of making an awesome refit (1/537) and an even awesomer 1/350 TOS Enterprise!
I hope you will follow along as I start another journey into the unknown!
Never Give Up!
Never Surrender!
Steve
