USS Kelvin kitbash WIP

[Oriontide]

I started work on a Kelvin kit-bash from the recent Trek film. I kit-bashed the saucer and neck from a 1/1000th scale refit model onto the engine section from a re-popped TOS Enterprise.



I also used the secondary hull from the 1/1000 refit and mounted it to the top of the saucer with three square tubes. I filled in the holes on the top with Apoxie putty.



More to come as I get it done.

Sean

[ignatz]

Looks like another sweet kitbash is taking shape Sean!

[dino84]

Looks good so far!

Scott.

[Oriontide]

Thanks, guys.

I've been thinking about how to build this sucker since I first saw it in the movie. When they released the 1/1000th kit, I bought it just to bash it with the engine section. Seems like I never build anything out of the box anymore.

It may not wind up looking exactly like the big-screen Kelvin, but I'm going to try and get it as close as I can.

Sean

[Mark M]

That's coming along beautifully Sean... I checked out the DVD again and saw this ship, you're right on track I'd say!

[Oriontide]

Thanks, Mark! I'm having fun with this one.

Sean

[Oriontide]

Got some work done on this, recently. Removed the standard bridge and added a "spine" section that joins the center superstructure to the neck. I filled in all of the gaps with Apoxie putty.



I tried hiding the greeblie on the saucer with a trigular pattern made of Apoxie. Looks like I've have to sand down the edges of the putty structure to make this more flat and even all around.

Sean

[ignatz]

Looking really nice! Also, you could surface the putty structure with thin sheet styrene as well. It might help give it a smoother "hardware" feel.

[Oriontide]

Yeah, I was thinking about doing that, Steven. That'll work better than trying to sand the putty to look like a hard surface. I have some really thin styrene sheets on hand. I'll give that a shot.

Sean

[Oriontide]

Well, I started covering the upper neck with really thin sheets of styrene, and it's shaping up nicely. I also removed the putty sections on the sides and will replace them with more styrene sheets. The putty just wasn't working out; I couldn't get the sharp edges that I wanted from it.

Sean

[F91]

I just about crapped myself!! I clicked on the picture before realizing this is the 1/1000. I thought it was a smoothie!!

[ignatz]

LOL! If I had me a smoothy, I'd kitbash it into a bicycle!

Looking great Sean!

[Oriontide]

LOL! Oh, no, I wouldn't do this to a smoothie.

Thanks, guys!

Sean