Greetings fellow modelers,
Attached are photos of my ERTL 22” U.S.S. Enterprise finished in May of this year. To help make the model more accurate I used DML’s after-market resin set, two different decal sets from JT Graphics and Creature Art’s clear warp engine front caps. I think this kit is much more accurate than ERTL’s 1966 18” offering, but still has many incorrect features that required a good bit of work to correct. Mating up the “cut-a-way” sections was also a chore.
I used Model Master paints almost exclusively and they did not have an “out of the bottle” color I was happy with for the base color. Therefore, I made my own by using two Model Master Grays (Model Master Light Ghost Gray/1728-23% and Model Master Light Gray/1732-77%). Weathering was added by randomly airbrushing several different gray washes, as well as using light-brown and medium-gray pastel dust. Several light coats of Future were applied at 50psi to seal the decals and give the model an overall satin finish.
Attached are photos of my ERTL 22” U.S.S. Enterprise finished in May of this year. To help make the model more accurate I used DML’s after-market resin set, two different decal sets from JT Graphics and Creature Art’s clear warp engine front caps. I think this kit is much more accurate than ERTL’s 1966 18” offering, but still has many incorrect features that required a good bit of work to correct. Mating up the “cut-a-way” sections was also a chore.
I used Model Master paints almost exclusively and they did not have an “out of the bottle” color I was happy with for the base color. Therefore, I made my own by using two Model Master Grays (Model Master Light Ghost Gray/1728-23% and Model Master Light Gray/1732-77%). Weathering was added by randomly airbrushing several different gray washes, as well as using light-brown and medium-gray pastel dust. Several light coats of Future were applied at 50psi to seal the decals and give the model an overall satin finish.
