Nova Class Starship

Star Trek: Voyager - Equinox, parts 1 & 2
Starcrafts

Parts. Uhh, I mean "part"

Stated scale:

1/1400

Actual scale:

Unverified

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Overall length:

Material(s):

resin

Number of parts:

1

Stand included?

no

Decals included?

yes

My Source:

Cost (w/o s&h):

Yes, 1 part. No assembly required, just a lot of clean up. But eventually I got around to a primer coat on it.

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1/22/2010 - And yet more clean up now that the primer's showing more fix-it spots.

2/3/2010 - Primed again after that additional putty and sanding, and with the first coat of paint - light gull gray.

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2/28/2010 - I finally settled on Model Master light gray for the color. It's not the Voyager's "deckhouse blue" color - viewing the Equinox  episodes clearly shows the Equinox is not the same color as Voyager, but rather a light neutral gray.

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4/8/2010 - And starting to get some of the detail areas painted. Intermediate blue, burnt umber so far.

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4/21/2010 - And more... sensor pallets and phasers

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4/24/2010 - And yet more. Nacelles have copper, RAF trainer yellow, and Ford engine red detailing. Deflectors are a 1:1 mix of copper and international orange. And now this moves on to decals & details.

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4/26/2010 - After a few more paint details and color changes, I applied a gloss coat in prep for decaling this, at long last. I got the PNT decal sheet to replace the supplied decals - more markings, and better quality.

5/1/2010 - And another one's finished. Spent most of the past week's shop sessions painting details and decaling the ship. The PNT decals respond very well to use of Micro Sol setting fluid. Off to the gallery...