USS Voyager

[Chablar]

Can't seem to put this thing down lately, she's really starting to come together. More details painted:





Finally got the tape taken off the warp engines and navigational deflector:













Thanks for looking, just a couple more dabs of paint, then decals.
The end is near my friends

[Chablar]

Thanks everyone . Clear parts have been masked with tape, and maskol around the difficult parts.





Then lightly airbrushed copper with a couple of coats.





The deflector is also lightly misted with some metallic paint, it looked a bit funny without it next to the clear part.





And with the lights on...







Now its difficult to see from the photos due to the exposure, but the metallic paint shows to be quite grainy with the lights are on, which to be honest i'm a little disappointed about. I maybe should have used acrylic instead of an enamel paint, but I guess its too late now. IMaybe a few coats of varnish later will help smooth things over

[Smiffy]

That's coming along really well.

As to the metallic paint, I've painted the deflector and housing on my TOS Enterprise using Tamiya acrylic and I think that also has the same issue, for what it's worth. I'm gonna try brushing on a coat or 2 of Klear, to see if that evens things out.

[Chablar]

Thanks for the advice. Ive got some Klear so may stick some of that on later. Are you aiming to brush or airbrush it on?

[Smiffy]

With Klear, I just usually brush it on in thin coats.

Edit: I will add that I'm not going for a high gloss look, but just give it a sheen. I think that will help reduce that metallic particle look (hopefully). With Klear, the more coats you do, the glossier it gets.

[Carts]

Excellent work,it's a cross between art and engineering.

[Galahad]

Just after looking at your excellent paint job on the Voyager,did you ever fill the windows with the Kristal Klear or leave them unfilled

Regards

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