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@@Julian1701D Heya Julian!!! I don't know what sounds it's gonna have, I do see some speaker holes in the body. Yeah it's got lights, and I think it's all controlled through a remote. Are you subbed to World of Wayne? He builds all these expensive 1/8th scale cars and such. If you're not subbed check him out, he's one of you Brits, think you'd like him.

@@thecaptain2521 Heya Captain!!! Yeah this is such a fun build, if you weren't already doing their Enterprise D I'd say join me! 😁

@@Salty_Balls Heya Salty. Sorry you're having such poor luck on your build. So I did a light blocking coat of black then two light coats of white and I put two more light coats of Rust-Oleum French Blue on top for the base color. Let me know how it turns out.

@PunkyWily thanks. I've tried Flanker Blue, Medium Grey, RLM76 Light Blue, Royal Light Gray. Wasn't happy with any. The RLM76 is close, but to my eyes has green in it. Which I hate. Someone around me didn't see the green, but light blue looks green to me. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@Salty_Balls Yeah I know getting close to that blue isnt easy, I tried a bunch before settling on that french Blue. You may want to do some testing over different primer colors, but I found white to augment the color just enough to push it where I wanted tone wise. Good luck!

@@PunkyWily new question. My peg broke off that connects the saucer to the star drive. This kit isn't lit (old blue plastic kit, I have a 2024 release to light). What do you see replacing that to connect them and still be able to separate them? I'm thinking about these 4mm x 1mm rare earth magnets on Amazon. Drill a few in to recess then, top and bottom matching. Any other ideas?

@Salty_Balls rare earths are very strong, those 4mm are good. I think you should be able to mount them inside the top of the neck, under the battle bridge, and maybe even inside the saucer. Id tape a bunch into place and do some testing. Might have to mount them on the underside of the saucer, but it would be cool if you could mount them all internally.

@@paulgertsch7105 Heya Paul!! I just used some Rust-Oleum French Blue. It's darn near a perfect match for the ship. Good luck with your build!!

Thanks for the help.

So do I, at the proper time, when the ground is froze enough for it to stay. This stuff is nasty slush now.

It is VERY! Some of the best Mexican food I've had outside of Mexico.

@@PunkyWily Mexican food mmmmm awesome taste

You want some? I have PLENTY of leftovers.

I'll be curling up with a horror movie or five tonight! Snow is fun, when it's snow time, now it's just annoying slush that you get to drive through. Have a fun night yourself!

JULIAN! Heya mate! Thanks and cheers!

Heya Fullspete, sure you can have them, just send me an Email at russkmsd@gmail.com and I'll get them to ya.

Heya Steve, thats a shame. Why don't you throw me an Email at russkmsd@gmail.com and I'll hook you up.

@@thecaptain2521 heya Cap!! Thanks! Was a fun build. Did you give up on the big one or are you still waiting on parts?

I have them all but 1. There are 32 packs, pack 29 is still back ordered they tell me.

@@MoonwalkerModels Heya Kenny!! Yeah I think you'll have fun with this one, can't wait to see your build!!

Heya Julian, as I sit here and sip my tea, yes it's a tea morning, burr!! Getting cold over here. Ok, I'll have to fiddle around with that white vinegar trick. It's not so much that they were not sticking as I was getting air underneath and in-between all those details. Oh well, it's done at any rate. I'm getting back into my 1/350 Refit now, time to get that puppy back on the bench.

@@PunkyWily I know mate, is is always the answer, try using an old paint brush to smooth over the decals and get the air bubbles out, as well as the Vinegar, that will help keep doing it until they are flat with no bubbles,

Heya Chrisb!! Thanks! She's a very cool ship, always wanted to light one up, now I've got one!

Heya SDM! Thanks man! Simple lighting too, maybe wanted to add a bit more to the top, the edge windows came out a touch dim, but otherwise I like how it turned out. Now get to work on that C! ;D

@@PunkyWily soon

Holy crap, sorry I missed this Michael! But no, I'm kinda out of deving these parts at the moment. I may at some time in the future.

@PunkyWily you still have the upgrade sets right?

@@MoonwalkerModels Heya Kenny!! I'm not using grey, using french blue as apparently that was the color they used on the studio model.

Heya Kevin!! Glad you're enjoying the build! Not bad, I snagged mine for around $20 US, not in the shrink wrap but everything was there in the bags and such. I don't envy you cutting out all those windows though mate, that is a task and a half, use a rotary tool!

@@xfighterbuilds Heya Xfighter!! Yeah it's been a pretty fun build thus far, fairly simple, I think you'll enjoy it when you get yours!

Heya Salty!! What happened to the hull? Factory defect? R2 is normally good about that stuff.

@@PunkyWily yeah. The part didn't fill the mold at the top where the neck connects. Big hole under the torpedo bay. R2 quality really isn't good. My saucer is bigger on the bottom by like 2mm on each side then the top. Can't really sand it down cuz you lose the saucer edge lights. So I guess it'll just stick way out. I'm waitIng on my Evan Design wire to get here and I'm gonna start cutting this 5mm Cob LED I got. It's pretty nifty stuff. I'm just gonna run a big loop up of it around the interior of the saucer on its edge, so it shines out and not up or down. Then a loop inside shining towards the center, and not up or down. Gonna keep it really simple since this kit is kinda a molding mess.

@@Salty_Balls Sorry to hear that, hope the build goes well. Been meaning to get some of that Cob lighting, just to see what it's all about, looks pretty cool.

Heya Michael!! LOL. I don't hate you. I think someone else already did a shuttlebay???? Maybe?

@@PunkyWily Maybe for the 350 one but I don't remember one for the 537 K'Tinga being made recently though. The only Resin shuttlebay bulkhead is the JT Graphics one and a slightly modified kit part. Now Enterprise D shuttlebay interiors there are a ton of those out there. Oh BTW The lifeboat decals in the Translucent kit you have are ok just a little bland. I posted a link in the comments for the G-Cal Enterprise D replacement decals you will like those alot more as the lifeboat decals come with the ships name and registry number printed on them.

@@VeegovonDOOM Heya VeegovonDOOM, honestly you really don't have to, they're all in the colors they should be, I just wanted to. You can build this out of the box as is and have a really nice Voltron.

@@PunkyWily good to know , thanks.

Yeah I've been seeing those, I thought they were just untransforming action figures so I ignored all the reviews. lol. Ok, so then worth checking out.

Honestly, thus far, it's not been too bad to light. I've only put in a few LED strips and some single 3m bulbs for the flashers. And who says you have to light it anyways? Build it the way you want to. Or you could get that GIANT 3D printed kit that Lou is working on right now, that is CRAZY!

@@PunkyWily is that the 1/650? I'm following someone else's build of that. The saucer is about 3 foot across.

@@Salty_Balls Maybe? It's pretty big, it's a 3D print by Helios

@@PunkyWily maybe this is different, cuz I think the one I'm watching is a poured resin kit. It's huge too. I think someone is popping them from his garage setup. Edit, I was wrong this one is printed. That's a huge print. 😮

@@PunkyWily I blame you for this, but I went ahead and picked up a 2024 release of the D. Whew, the mold has really suffered since I built my last one in 1995/96. I do like the milk jug plastic though. I've got some 5mm LED cob tape on order for a DiscoPrise. I'll use the rest on this. I really want to use those MPM masks to Aztec it properly. I don't like wallpaper decals. I'm using my kit from 95/96 as a paint mule to experiment on first.

Aw, that sucks. I'd have said something to the company, I'm sure they would have made it right.

@@PunkyWily I'm not overly impressed with Yolopark. Every single figure I get has had some weird issues so far.

@@Salty_Balls Wow, all of my stuff has been pretty good thus far. Still think you should have kicked back at them and gotten a refund or new kit.

Heya Salty!!! ...oh, right, it is. Well I feel stupid forgetting that. lol.

@@PunkyWily only install it on Tuesday.

Heya Xfighter!! Thanks for the kudos and thanks for watching the build, I'll keep plugging along here. :D

Heya SDM, yeah I like how they came out. I wish the one lit better but maybe you can fix that for your build, check your inbox buddy!

@@PunkyWily Got them thanks bud.

Heya Cap!!! lol, well I hope so, the windows on that Fanhome are 100 % better then mine that's for sure. God bless!!

Heya SDM!!!! Thanks man!!

Heya Blammers! Thanks, paint was just a few coats of spray paint in the old paint booth, then I let it all dry for about three or four days. And Well, THAT explains why I keep looking at wings and thinking something's up. OK, well thanks much for that, I'll fix those puppys up!

Heya Christisrisen! Sorry to hear about that. I haven't really been moving him around a lot for just that reason, scared I'll bust the joints. They are SUPER tight on mine, so I've just left him in the one pose. Glad you could fix it and I hope you have better luck with your second one!

@@PunkyWily yeah I costomized mine too. The new one that's on the way will at least have spare parts available if need be.

@@thecaptain2521 yeah it was a fun build. If you don't paint it up it would make for a nice lazy afternoon build. You should pull yours out of the stash and build it!!

Heya Todd!! They had a few Batmobiles, so I'm sure it was one of the ones they used in filming. Lucky you got to see it in person!! Every month I can't wait for my parts to show up and to see what I'll be building next, having a blast with this one!

Yeah, you need AG1 x 3 and 2 CR927 batteries

@@PunkyWily awesome thanks, I have a ton of batteries including the AG1 but never heard of the 927. Most things I have take the CR2032. Thanks for the heads up!!!

Julian!!!!!!!!! Hows every little thing, mate?! Yeah, they DO glow red, watch the next video! :D

@@PunkyWily Hey Rus, no worries, I will look at the next one. and everything is fine thank you for asking.

I hope you enjoy them!! don't forget the batteries. :D

Heya Cap!!! Yeah it's a lot of fun! But you should know that, you're building the D! Which is so tempting you don't even know! Must resist, need new bathroom!

I am interested in the stl file for your led holder. Thanks Rick

Heya Pug!!! I'm glad my tips are helping your build! Yeah the D is a fun build, we will see how scraping the windows works out soon! Thanks for watching!

Heya Todd!!! Yeah I think I'd rather wack it with a book, yikes. Thanks, we will see how much I like scraping paint off all these windows. lol

@@PunkyWily Yeah, the D has a ton. I have the opaque Voyager, and I'm still trying to devise a plan. I'm pretty lazy when it comes to that stuff. Maybe I'll just paint it gold like those ships in the briefing rooms...lol.

@@toddwalker4301 really todd? Lol. There are no where near as many windows on voyager, do it properly! 🤣

@@PunkyWily LOL I believe Voyager is smaller than the Enterprise D's saucer which is saying something as it has even fewer windows than the Enterprise-A.

That stuff sucks though. But unluckily for me I have Carpal Tunnel in both wrists and shoulder problems in the right shoulder and also unfortunately I have a major wrist problem that may have aggravated things more (A past wrist injury from 18 years ago that may have caused the Carpal tunnel issue in the wright wrist that happened 2 months before I broke my left shoulder in 2021). And a few other things that caused more trouble for me last year that added to the problems with the right shoulder. (2 Shingles outbreaks)

Oh right, I keep forgetting to use your resin trick. I'll have to try it. I did pick up a UV flash light just for that too. Thanks! Oh and check your Email.

@@PunkyWily Awesome thanks.

Heya Todd! Where you been hiding yourself? :D Hopefully I'll get my next packages soon.

@@PunkyWily Is there a Wonderfest in your future?

@@toddwalker4301 I would LOVE to Wonderfest sometime! Would be awesome to meet all the modelers and see all their work in person. Not economical this year, sadly. Saving up for a new shower.

Thanks alexalonzo, much appreciated!

Happy wife happy life! 😁

I just couldn't pass this one up, Cap! That D was tempting me something fierce too, just couldn't justify the 2 grand for her. This is much more manageable for my economic situation. You can live vicariously through my build!! 😁

Hey bud, just went on the website. Unless I'm reading it wrong but after the first couple you get 6 stages a month at $15.24 per stage. That's $91.44 a month. 120 stages in all which comes out to about $1,800 total. Still a bit much for me.

@@thecaptain2521 I thought it was four a month, may have to re read that. Thanks for the heads-up.

Heya Wraith!! Yeah I was going to use gloves but forgot to. lol. The Ecto and K.I.T.T look awesome, hard one to choose there. Yeah I'm going to pick up a few things from the ole Walmart today, a nice beefy magnetic screwdriver, micro fiber cloth and some gun oil for the screws. The 1/350 is a mess bud. I have a video that's 99% done in the can, just need to get some wires together. But the mess is the secondary hull. The paint is ruined, the neck is ruined, and I have about 100 wires sticking out of the deflector housing that I DIDN'T LABEL. Almost makes me want to start over in some respects. Blah.

@@PunkyWily Shame...let me know when you do a rebuild Bro. and please hit me up for some tips and ideas, mine so far is going great...it's my first 3:50 Enterprise but taking my time to do it right, I'm slmost done just got to do the Nacelle's and attach the Neck and saucer to the Secondary hull and then to the base and she's done.

@@wraith20072007 Totally will, if I do. It's really only the secondary hull, everything else is just fine.