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Polar Lights TOS 2nd Pilot Enterprise

By Michael Scarola

This is the Polar Lights 1/1000 TOS Enterprise, built up as the 2nd Pilot version. It's basically built out of box with some minor modifications.  The engraved lines under the fronts of the nacelles, front of the dorsal and the triangles under the saucer were all filled.  I used a pencil to draw on the triangles and painted the details on the underside of the nacelles.

The main hull color is Tamiya JN Gray lightened 25% with white.  The details were painted Tamiya Neutral Gray, Testors MM Acryl Medium Gray, Copper, Gold and Aluminum.  The Bussard domes and main deflector dish are a mix of Testors MM Acryl Rust and Clear Red.

I used the kit's decals and mixed and matched the lit and unlit windows to match pictures of the 2nd Pilot studio model.  I filled in the grilles on the Nacelle end caps and replaced those details with custom printed decals.  The weathering was done with pastels.  The base is made using part of the kit's supplied stand attached to a wood plaque with a 1/8" brass rod used to mount the model.

This is a great kit and I really enjoyed building it. It's my first Enterprise build and I learned a lot working on this one.

Image: Saucer close-up

Image: Top/front view

Image: Right/front view

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