Backstory
In 2007 I drafted my first plans of the 33 inch Enterprise model. I knew that they had errors and that the only way to find them was to build a model based on the plans and compare it to the original. Not being much of a model maker, I had hoped that by making the plans available that someone with real talent might take a stab at it.
In 2009 I decided I may as well give it a try, and I built my first two-thirds scale study model. The model served its purpose and I was able to address a lot of errors in my plans. In 2010 I took another shot at a two-thirds scale study model and felt like I had refined my plans enough to invest the time and resources in building a studio scale replica. I started building that model in 2015 and finished in 2019.
At that time I realized I had three models of essentially the same Enterprise, so I decided to rework my 2009 study model. The goal was to fix many of its issues, but also to have the model reflect the pilot configuration (I had, to that point, aimed at replicating the series configuration in all my builds).
As I tend to work rather slowly, and I didn't know when (or if) I might finish, I figured I wouldn't tell people I had broken up one of my models until I was far enough along that the model was close to completion.
2009 Study Model (rebuild, nearing completion)
I've made quite a few changes to the model, some of which I have replicated for my 2010 study model (which I plan on rebuilding, but keeping it in the series configuration). Most of the painting is complete and I've finished the decal sheet for the model (just need to print it).
Here is how she stands right now...
And as a reference, here is what the model originally looked like...
In 2007 I drafted my first plans of the 33 inch Enterprise model. I knew that they had errors and that the only way to find them was to build a model based on the plans and compare it to the original. Not being much of a model maker, I had hoped that by making the plans available that someone with real talent might take a stab at it.
In 2009 I decided I may as well give it a try, and I built my first two-thirds scale study model. The model served its purpose and I was able to address a lot of errors in my plans. In 2010 I took another shot at a two-thirds scale study model and felt like I had refined my plans enough to invest the time and resources in building a studio scale replica. I started building that model in 2015 and finished in 2019.
At that time I realized I had three models of essentially the same Enterprise, so I decided to rework my 2009 study model. The goal was to fix many of its issues, but also to have the model reflect the pilot configuration (I had, to that point, aimed at replicating the series configuration in all my builds).
As I tend to work rather slowly, and I didn't know when (or if) I might finish, I figured I wouldn't tell people I had broken up one of my models until I was far enough along that the model was close to completion.
2009 Study Model (rebuild, nearing completion)
I've made quite a few changes to the model, some of which I have replicated for my 2010 study model (which I plan on rebuilding, but keeping it in the series configuration). Most of the painting is complete and I've finished the decal sheet for the model (just need to print it).
Here is how she stands right now...
And as a reference, here is what the model originally looked like...
