Bill Krause

Sometimes they are parallel to the deck, other times perpendicular to the outer hull surface. Not all starships have perfectly vertical outer hull walls.

I’m far from being any sort of 3D master. I put windows were I think they need to go visually on a design without worrying about the wireframe geometry and then use cutters to Boolean a hole but you should work however suits your comfort level.

Custom Recon helmet by MynocksDen sits proudly in the shop. Really exquisite work. Now I need to gather the rest of the suit…

You can wet sand it but I prefer not to do this on finished models with electronics. I will use polishing compounds when finishing separate clear components however.

Front registry headlight is edge-on to the forward decal markings, which reveals the film border. Two more coats of clear Aqua Gloss and polishing should reduce the shadow.

Now in final gloss coats following decal markings. Progress continues with polishing in 1500 foam pads and then an Alclad Matte clear.

This was a gift from a friend.

Circa 1953.

Medium and small custom markings:

Decal progress on Starseeker.

No pressure.

Merlin-class 3D parts are currently being test fitted after some redesign and updates for the next project following Starseeker's completion. The 1/350 scale project uses a donor primary hull and bridge from the Round 2 kit. Engineering by @cworthdynamics.bsky.social

Hey, more for me.

TychoTime Tuesday™ - The Hamilton Ventura. The only watch attire specially sanctioned by MiB special services. This was an anniversary gift some years ago.

Renown warming up starboard bay.

The Chaparral.

I use decals for the multi color registries.

No, that's still in design and development of an interior.

Phaser turrets off the assembly line.

These are commericially available vinyl paint stencils most likely cut on a plotter which uses a small knife. Lasers would melt this material.

Belay that order helm. Don't spit on my ship.

There are a wide variety of industrial and commercially available desktop plotters than cut all sorts of paper, plastic or in this case vinyl sheet through software driven interface.

Not really. It's a fairly sturdy black vinyl self-adhesive material.

Hull inspection.

Paint mask - 1701 registry

That'll depend on what era you're modeling. NX to classic TOS, you're looking at a non stencil version of the USAF font and that comes in a variety of cloned names like Machine Extended. SNW ships use a Microgramma Bold Extended. Motion Picture era ships through TNG use a red outlined version.

Big L. NCC-3916

Recommend using magnets to hold access panels.

There was a Viper model to the right as well.