Excelsior De-fit
RTV rubber molding test 1
RTV rubber molding test 2
Trimming away refit impulse engines
Void left to be filled from de-fitting refit impulse engines
Initial comparison Excelsior to Excelsior refit with 'extra' mass removed
Materials test with 100% tube cement to make sure it doesn't affect the rubber. Pleased with the surface result.
Comments
5 27 September 2021, 23:31
Starbase101
Without photo captions it's difficult to understand what you're doing. Did you recast the primary hull in translucent resin for lighting? Trying to figure out what's going on in photos 1 and 3.
Without photo captions it's difficult to understand what you're doing. Did you recast the primary hull in translucent resin for lighting? Trying to figure out what's going on in photos 1 and 3.
28 September 2021, 04:47
Jay T
The yellow stuff is an RTV rubber. I'm making a surface mold of the "plain" parts of the saucer and edge, so I can cast copies and fill in the missing sectors left when the Ent-B's second set of impulse engine are removed.
The yellow stuff is an RTV rubber. I'm making a surface mold of the "plain" parts of the saucer and edge, so I can cast copies and fill in the missing sectors left when the Ent-B's second set of impulse engine are removed.
28 September 2021, 15:32
Starbase101
Ah, so you're converting the 1:2500 B into an Excelsior. Got it - cool idea. Secondary hull should be fun.
Ah, so you're converting the 1:2500 B into an Excelsior. Got it - cool idea. Secondary hull should be fun.
28 September 2021, 16:47
Album info
Album for project:
U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-2000 (1:2500)
Customized from AMT Enterprise-B kit.
U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-2000 | Project by 555jay (1:2500)