On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 7:50:57 AM UTC-4, Bones wrote:
> Well I've started the build even though I haven't finished colouring it 
> yet..today I did the fusion drive and built it. Colours are a nightmare 
> with this thing, I have the whole lot as a boxed set of DVD's but the 
> colours of the interior are...well..nondescript. I've had to colour 
> match from photos of the built Mobeusplastic model to get some ideas. 
> There seems to be a lack of interior photos on the web and even watching 
> it on DVD makes it difficult to actually know what shades to make walls 
> etc.
> For the outside I selected a light grey, it was the closest thing I 
> could think of to the real aluminium colour. With the drive I tried a 
> couple of shades of blue but it just didn't look right so I borrowed the 
> colours from Gary Pilsworth's model and used his orange/gold and yellow. 
> Lots of parts in the drive and nightmarish cutting out the "cage" around 
> the outside since it's layered. Thank goodness for the colour matching 
> tool in the GIMP.
> If anyone has any alternate ideas for colours then I'm open to suggestion.
> When I glued the floor on missed a big glob of glue and it bled through 
> right in the middle...if I can't hide it with some clear spray I'll have 
> to redo the whole thing <sigh>
> I have a whole new respect for the people here who actually design 
> models, just colouring them is a horror show...
> 
> Bones
> 
> -- 
> The last great hurdle now awaits. All the answers to life's mysteries 
> will be illuminated with death. I almost confess to believing in 
> reincarnation and look forward to striding upon this earth in another 
> form...the majesty of the lion, the grace of the antelope, the swagger 
> of the defiant buffalo. Just as long as I don't come back as pastry......

Excellent work Mr. Bones!

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