1/350 Enterprise - Finale and Retrospective
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Complete! See some of the footage that documents the creation of this model along with a retrospective on the kit and journey. Next up is the Klingon K’tinga Battlecruiser.
Website:
geisminiatures.com
Feel free to ask any questions!
I always liked TOS Enterprise the best. I always found her sleek, clean and well balanced, a superb design. Everything that came after tried to best her but in my opinion they never succeeded. You have done her proud here with your amazing replication of her, fantastic job!
Well said! There’s nothing quite like it
refit was gorgeous... nothing beats TOS except Refit... such a stunning ship
The Constitution class Enterprise was the most beautiful Starfleet vessel ever built.
Agreed! Beautiful design
I like how you said "screw it", the bridge is going forward! 🤣🤣🤣
😁 it’s definitely a contentious topic but I like it forward
This is one of the best TOS Enterprise I have seen. It turned out awesome!
An amazing build. I could never in my wildest dreams be able to accomplish anything near this quality in either detail or beauty. I have nothing but the highest regard for anyone that has the skill and patience for this type of art.
I really appreciate it and thank you for checking it out! It’s a pleasure to share the process and the fun
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I agree. This is brilliant.
It really is a work of art
🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely greatly well done and executed in every detail way shape and format, A very beautiful spectacular fabulous job well done indeed Sir!👌. (Let History Never Forget The Name Enterprise!)
Very nice job!!!!! 😀 Love the orange/brass bussards! Looks great with the lights off! You did justice to a beautiful ship! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much! I always thought the metallic look would be cool for when the engines are off
@@geisminiatures I agree! Looks space age and fits the 60's look too!
Museum quality. Awesome work!!👍
Thank you so much!
I'm really impressed with the work you did on this model. Aside from the razor cuts on the saucer (since it was pencil lines on the original filming model) I would have thought this was the real deal! This puts the recent Tomy Enterprise to shame. Great work!
Thank you so much, that means a lot to me!
@@geisminiatures You're welcome! I'm especially wowed at the meticulous detail on the bridge. I could never do this. My hands are not as steady.
The TOMY ship is pretty awesome! It's a great display ship! Very impressive piece!
@@nelsonc6173 the fact that they were able to get it to $600 with all of the lighting is pretty mind blowing
Again, I’ve just found you, brilliant..🥰🇦🇺🇺🇸
Nice 👍🏾🖖 I faced my bridge forward too👌 the rivet counters on Facebook went crazy 😆
Haha! I had the exact same experience, hope they weren’t too nasty. It’s always seemed weird to me to go through the effort of facing the bridge 30 degrees just to have the turbo lift line up
@@geisminiatures 😆 one of them tried to be nasty I told him instructions say you can place it in either position & it looked stupid to me cocked to the side & go build your own 🖖
That's one of the best Enterprize builds I have ever seen .... keep going... you got something going on.
Your build on this project makes me smile. It was very well done and sent me to my happy place😁
I’m glad that you enjoyed it! It’s a pleasure to share the fun
Perfection, looks more modern day by day
I really appreciate it! It’s a beautiful ship
Excellent. Absolutely. Excellent. I still have the very very first AMT. In Box. Maybe I should finally build it. 🤔🤔
outstanding work. for such a small model. You captured all the details and shading. Hull plating. Most people miss that. Looks perfect
For sure, one of the best I've seen... especially the interiors. The ONLY quibble I would have is that the bussard collectors are rotating the wrong direction. But again, everything else is fantastic!
This is one of the finest fan built TOS Enterprise I have ever seen! Well done!
Amazing job and vid
Horner score a beautiful touch
Thank you so much! Agreed, I could listen to any Horner score everyday
Incredible
Wow, what a faithful copy. You did a great job. The detail makes me think about the original Enterprise.
Fantastic work well done
I really appreciate it!!
Damn this is beautiful! Great work! I love that you have modeled the interior of the bridge and the shuttle bay. Often overlooked details IMO and they look amazing. SUbbed!
A truly beautiful work. I bow to you sir! (I have an 'understanding' of the dumb damn problems....and the pure joy, involved.) Thank you, Geis.
This is wonderful and inspiring! I’m working on a 1/350 scale archer class now, after I hope to take this on as well 🖖🏾much love!
Good luck with it! I hadn’t seen the r archer class before, it’s a very cool design
That is a beautiful job of the Enterprise awesome.
Brilliant work 👏 I love it. Well done 👍
Looks fantastic what an awesome job you are a true gifted modeler!!! Love it”❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
I appreciate all of the kind words! It was a blast to make
Well keep up the good work looking forward to seeing more videos. Awesome!!👏👏👏
The best model I've ever seen!
What an impeccable job, congratulations and greetings from Brazil.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you tuning in
Outstanding results. Great work
Thank you much for checking it out!
Beautiful.
Awesome work! Hope you do a 1/350 Refit Enterprise 👍
Thank you! Oh you bet, hopefully very soon.
My goodness. You put Balok on the bridge viewer!
That is boss 😊
That's incredible. Can I have one?The lighting is just fabulous. Unbelievable it's got the bridge all details and the landing bay. Super work. Extraordinary! Well done. Very jealous.
I really appreciate it!!! This was a commission and I can always take clients, next opening is probably around September or so
@@geisminiatures I'm a big fan of the Star Trek original and the follow up films after the series. Of what I'm seeing is Studio quality model building. The lighting is an extra boost to give life to this classic Enterprise. I have several of the much smaller scales. I've seen the large scale but it's too costly. I'm wandering is the lights a kit or made personally. I'm not technically minded unfortunately. Excellent work. From George in Australia.🦘🐨👍
Thank you for replys. It's first I've received so far. Very much appreciated. Do you build models for people I'm wondering ? Is there an after market lighting kit for this scale Enterprise? That's the Starship I grew up watching in the 70s. Always the favourite. I do have the Enterprise of Star Trek the later version that came with lights and sound. I never built it. That's as close I'll get to something like that. Again wonderful work.👍🦘🐨
From George again. I have the old I think AMT the 1/400 I think from a decade ago a third of one you've built and I put it together saucer section fuselage and engine nacelles painted but left all seperate I hat to sand and repaint. After seeing this video I feel as an inferior modeller. I'm now extremely jealous. Once again a fantastic job bringing the original to life.👍🦘🐨🇭🇲
The best I've seen in this scale! Bravo!
I so appreciate it!!
You should be proud mate! Great job 👏
That looks amazing, I admire people with your skill set. That's why I bought the Tomy Enterprise for those of us that are would be craft challenged. I also love the warp engine covers, almost if not metallic gold, it's unique, never seen them just like that before.
Thank you!!
It was fun figuring out the caps, they’re mostly a clear orange but, you are right, there is a very light layer of a brass/bronze metallic paint over it.
I’m glad you were able to nab a Tomy, it looks pretty great especially for the price
@@geisminiatures Yeah that brass/bronze metallic looks great, never seen one just like it. And on the Tomy thing, yes, there's no way I could build a model worth my salt, so Tomy to the rescue. Anyway, just a great job all around, you have the talent, and chicks love model builders!
Beautiful. 👍
Gorgeous!
Beautiful work! Bravo!
Beautiful 🖖
It looks great. Wow you put so much work in to this . Thank you
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it
Nice work! Looks great!
Great job
Older kit....... That hurts. I helped to develop that kit. Doesn't seem like THAT long ago.
You've done a great job.
Oh jeez! I thought I had read that the original release of the 1/350 was 2003 but it looks closer to 2013, totally by bad! You all did a wonderful job on the kit, the detail and engineering is perfect! I appreciate all of your work 👍
@@geisminiatures The kit came out in 2013 IIRC. Gary Kerr was the detail GURU. My contributions (with others) fell mostly into the engineering side and some parts breakdown to help with stability and options to build things like scout/destroyers. I was just one of a great team.
@@clubtepes2046 that’s amazing, your work on it does not go unnoticed! Are you still in the model engineering world?
@@geisminiatures I helped out on the Voyager kit as well. I enjoy doing it.
Such a fantastic job! This is just such an incredible reveal, very well done!
Just awesome work!
Thank you!! 😃
Amazing! Great work.
This is amazing.
The GOAT.
This is amazing. Complete opposite scale to Mr Treks channel where he is building a 1/25th scale model.
Haha! He’s on a whole other level
You should have motorized the shuttle bay doors so that they could open and close, as well as the turntable turning the shuttle into launch position. ;)
I wouldn’t be surprised if someone has tried that yet! It would be incredible
@@geisminiatures It wouldn't surprise me either. I watched a video of someone who built the 18" model of the Lost in Space robot with motorized treads, motorized torso, motorized brain, lights, speech, power pack that turn on the robot when inserted, and even the tiny little buttons on the chest can be pressed to turn them on/off.
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Very cool!
Thanks you so much!
Amazing.
Jeez, it looks great, but I’m glad I just got TOS and TNG new Playmates ships.
well cool stuff best one seen be fore
Truly AMAZING!!! Want to build mine? I'm scared to build mine. In the box for a few years now..
Thank you!! Im always available to schedule commissions 👍
Website:
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Perfect 👍
Incredible!
Thank you so much!
what a beauty!
Whatcha need is a robot arm, that can move the camera along the sides of the model with the precision of an actual shuttlecraft in flight.
That would be so cool!
WOW !
I am seriously impressed! 😃
My sincere compliments on your impressive creative talent one of the best TOS Enterprise Ive ever seen and wanted to ask if you'd consider building another one on Commision. That is exactly how I always wanted one the only thing missing is the Sound FX from the show
I so appreciate it! It was a commission but also a labor of lover. If you are interested, I have an opening early 2025, I’m currently working on a couple of Klingon Battlecruisers and then one more Enterprise. Let me know if you are interested 👍
@@geisminiatures I am very interested in your early 2025 commision opening when you can please advice me on the details thank you sincerely
@@geisminiatures I am interested in your availabe opening in early 2025 so please at your convenience get back to me with your details and if I should purchase the model kit thank you
Your Bussard Collectors are spinning backwards!!!!! HA HA HA HA!!!!
Oh no!!! I guess it’ll be going in reverse
Let's see your build?😊
Wish there was one available like that for sale!!!
I would want mine to have red glowing impulse engines and the engine nacelle ping pong balls glow white.
I appreciate it! Feel free to contact me, this one was a commission so I’m always available if you are interested. Any customization you would like, I can definitely accommodate
@@geisminiatures Can you do that spinning engine effect? Not just from the led lights but that little egg beater gizmos that spin? How do I contact you?
@@viciouspoodle5543definitely! I add a small electric motor into each warp nacelle to add the mechanical spin to it. Along with that the impulse engines and back of the nacelles can be lit as well 👍
Let me know if email or Facebook messenger works better for you, I’m available at either and can send my contact
@@viciouspoodle5543in case you need any contact info, I have a new website up and running
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1701A nuff said
Wow amazing work. The hull weathering is so spot on.
WOW !!!!
Maybe in the near future you can do an original romulan warbird. Before they started using the Klingon battle cruiser design....
Fantastic work! Two questions, if you’d be willing to share:
- How did you apply the copper outer paint to the bussards and not block the light from shining through?
- Just curious: Why don’t you use disposable gloves while painting😊? For me I know hands get sweaty quickly in them.
Thanks in advance
I appreciate it! For the bussards, I just frosted the inside of the domes and all I did for the outside was airbrush an incredibly thin layer of bronze metallic paint. I’m using a circuit board from Tenacontrols so the LEDs are almost right at the edge and easily shine through as well.
Regarding wearing gloves, it’s mostly just laziness! I do wash my hands as much as possible
@@geisminiatures Thank you very much for the fast reply and good info!
This is awesome!! Great job!! Can you build me one?
Thank you so much!! Would definitely love to build a second one, i always take commissions
Excellent build, looks like it stepped out of the tv series.I have the Master Replicas Enterprise, but missing the stand,and power supply to it.Could you tell me what type of power supply,andcstand you used on this? Thank you.
I still like the original paper maché Doomsday Machine.
When they remastered the episode, they got rid of the original clips of the Doomsday Machine done-up in paper maché.
It's a shame, because the paper maché looked scary-er.
I’m always on team physical models
Hi, absolutely love the quality of your finish!
Just wanted to ask a quick question - what paint did you use for the buzzard collectors as they are a nice copper when off but show the spinners when the lights are on.
Such an amazing effect!
I really appreciate it! For bussards, I did a very light layer of clear orange/amber and did probably the worlds lightest coat of Vallejo bronze. As long as you keep the coat very thin, it will let light through perfectly 👍
@@geisminiatures ah ha! I see. I will definatly try that when I get round to doing my old TOS enterprise in the stash.
Thanks for sharing your technique 🙂
@@McDughf anytime! Have fun with it, it’s always a pleasure to build the original.
In the animated series time trap have you ever heard of or seen The USS. or was it the NX. Bonaventure it was the first of that design and then disappeared during or after her third voyage...
I could be wrong...but don't the bussards spin in the other direction? Otherwise, exceptional job.
Aren't the nacelle motors rotating the wrong way?
Yes, they are.
They are called "Bussard Collectors", and yes they are spinning the WRONG WAY! Good eye! I thought that I would be the only one who noticed!
If you could list where you got those electronic elements from especially the rotating warp nassels, i would appreciate it.
Of course! It’s a company called TenaControls and it’s their 50th Anniversary 1/350 enterprise option. Make sure to get the one that includes the motors
WOW! I need one exactly like it. How much, pls?
😆Thank you so much!! I’m always available for commissions if anyone need one 👍
Very nice! Do the impulse engines light up too?
Thank you so much! I left the impulse engines unlit because I was going for an original filming model look, in the future I’ll definitely do one with all of the works!
@@geisminiatures Got it! I saw the real studio model the other day at the Smithsonian in D.C., and your model is indeed very similar. Maybe just the hull plating lines looks softer in the real deal. On the other hand yours include a very nice bridge and opened shuttlebay. By the way, if you take the measure of a known object from your bridge (say, the helmsman chair) and use it as a reference, how big would the whole ship be in real life? I know the "official" size is around 300 meters, but I guess it needs to be around 400m in order to fit that bridge so perfectly, especially with the viewscreen facing forward as it should (nice choice, by the way).
Color of the exterior hull? Off the shelf spray cans?
It’s a couple of Tamiya acrylic airbrush paints. 50/50 of Sky, XF-21, and Sky Grey, XF-19. Gives it a nice tone and the slight minty green hue.
I must know the bussard dome paint! From your comments it's X-26 clear orange and a very light layer of Vallejo Bronze. The insides are frosted - did you use a particular matte paint for this? Are the colors on the outside and the frost on the inside?
The grid lines are too much. Jefferies watched the ship smooth but Roddenberry wanted the deflector grid. So Jefferies lightly added it with pencil knowing that it wouldn’t show up on film
hi geis models! im very big fan of your models !! very good job they were so beautiful models! how you make them! im just 10 years old and as big fan of star trek i want 1 too!
if you can tell me :)
Hi there! I really appreciate it, it was a blast to build 😃 I can always make one but you should try building one yourself. I think you’ll have fun!
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Pretty dadgum awesome. BUT - The bridge is WAY TOO BRIGHT. And the exterior running lights seem WAY TOO BIG.
When comparing the dome shaped exterior light which is mounted directly over the hangar, while keeping the scale of the model in mind, that dome light - plus every other exterior light - look almost as big as a VW Bug.
So, maybe the dome lights are authentic to the original model but if so, then 'authentic to the original model' needs to get replaced with 'much more manageable and not as retarded looking'.
Anyway, that's it. Yeah, it's pretty frickin awesome.
Nice work, but not to be too nitpicky....Your bridge is wrong. It should be offset to port in order to accommodate the fact that the one and only set of turbolift doors is always depicted as off the center line of the bridge layout over the captain's left shoulder. In order for the doors to line up with the turbolift shaft which is on the ship's centerline, the entire bridge needs to be rotated approximately 22.5° to port. You may have known this already and chose the bridge placement intentionally. But now you have to explain how come the turbolift doors from the inside open up to a blank wall with nowhere to go. And your bussard collector rotors should be turning inboard instead of outboard. The magnetic flux from the deuterium agitators needs to be rotated inboard to constrict the gravametric forces to be in sync with the field coils output. Rotating them outboard throws the field flux lines out of phase with the warp field and could lead to instability at high warp and inefficient hydrogen isotope synthesis. Sheesh! What warp field mechanics training facility did you graduate from?
Not to be to "nitpickey?"
This is one of the best I've seen!
A lot of time and effort went into this build. 🙂
If you bothered to watch the video he explains that he made the choice to line up the bridge the way he did. But yeah the Bussard Collectors ARE spinning the wrong direction.
@desijrichert
There are some episodes that show the bussards spinning that direction.
Just reused footage shown backward. 😉
Fantastic work what model kit is this???
Outstanding!
Wow!
Thank you!!!
Awesome build sir.
I can understand how much time, effort, and $$$$ went into this.
Thank you for sharing this 🤩!
Excellent
Love it!
I have seen this video several times and I never get tired of watching it.
You did a great job!
I WANT ONE!
That makes me so happy! I’m glad you enjoyed it, it’s was a labor of love. If you ever feel the need for one, you can always contact me at my website:
geisminiatures.com
You did an amazing job!!! There is one small mistake I caught. The Enterprise's bridge was actually not pointed straight ahead. It was rotated 36 degrees to the left. The turbo lift was on the center-line of the ship. The small bump you have (correctly) on the back of the bridge is the top of the turbo lift.
Thank you!!!
It was a tough choice going with the bridge angle or not, but I like it facing forward more. There some cool blueprints that people have made where the bridge is slightly scaled down and the bulge is a spare turbo lift “closet”
Very nice. Well done.
Fabulous freaking job man! I'm impressed as to how the engine domes look even when off!
Is this a beautifully made and augmented kit, or a completely mind melting scratch build?
I got my answer. Still very well done 👏
@@jamesday1295 sure thing! It’s the 1/350 scale pilot lights that you probably found, plus some 3D printed interior parts. Thank you for your kind words!