I finally got going on this. Stripped the paint. Looks like it got puked on. Ewww! You can safely use all kinds of harsh solvents on resin, though.
Just to confirm what I expected, here's what the same stripper does to styrene. Melted about halfway though a .030" thick part in a couple minutes.
Stripping the paint shows the resin has countless almost microscopic bubbles. Not too worried about those, but there are a few larger bubbles to fill. But the raised and engraved details on this kit are better visible now and they are mighty fine!
The warp nacelles look a little crooked. The starboard pylon overlaps the lifeboats, and the port one comes out farther forward. Saiyogohan built this originally, but he didn't do anything wrong. It's made to go together this way, a beautiful fit with locating pins. Unfortunately, the perfect fit causes asymmetry. I put a piece of inner tube over the offending nacelles and broke them off using slip-joint pliers, hoping not to do any damage. I did put acetone on the joint for a while first, hoping to soften up the superglue.
I had to sand down the front of the port nacelle and the inner face of the starboard pylon to fix the fit issues.
The raised panel on the outboard side of the starboard pylon looked like it got goofed up in the master, and sticks out too far. Fortunately it's easy to remove excess material. A little quick sanding and it looks better.
Now it needs a little bit more cleanup, some careful measurement because it looks like the warp nacelles aren't both parallel to the ship's longitudinal axis (that could be a pain to fix!), primering, drawing decals in AutoCAD and printing them out, and a base. By Monday.
