Federation Commander

Hi Cosmotiger,

What color did you use as the base hull color for your Federation ships?

Thanks!

Sorry I missed your question. They are Testors Flat Gull Gray.

Nice work, indeed.

I've seen pictures of those figures before, but for some reason, it hadn't really occurred to me that you could backdate them to the original-series style tunics. Embarassed

Just for fun:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/Cosmotiger/Star%20Trek%20ships/014.jpg

You guys can make your own. Just search the internet for the matching font you want (USAF, Federation Hull, or Amarillo), use MS paint to format the lettering to your liking and you can print them to ...

A painting notebook is a useful thing. Wink

There's a good tutorial at the SCN website:

http://www.star-ranger.com/BasingMinis.htm

I've tried this method, and it works well, although it is labor intensive.

CA, USS Yorktown:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/Cosmotiger/Star%20Trek%20ships/dscn4372.jpg
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I've heard of using Future as a substitute for gloss coat, but I always assumed it was applied, then allowed to dry before doing anything with decals. Working with it while still wet sounds pretty me ...

My friend in the model club told me that you can put Future floor wax on the mini where the decals are going to go before you put the decals on and they'll go down better. I bought a bottle to try it ...

I like his Klingons a lot, as well. The sharply swept-back "wings" make them look fast, like fighter jets from the 50's .

When it comes to windows, you could just made a generic block of "colored" ones in yellow or white.

Yes, that was what I was envisioning, as well. Strips or small groups that were not ...

Another suggestion: Portholes/ windows. Once you have an ALPS it would be possible to do both lit and unlit. I've painted them on some of my models, and it helps give a sense of scale.

Decal ...

Regarding NCC's and separate numbers, I think it would work OK for the larger numbers on the top of the saucer/primary hull. But the Federation ships also have those tiny numbers in other places, lik ...

The FASA minis are 1/3900... so as you say, they are very close. (I'm not sure FASA strictly stuck to that scale in all cases, but that's another discussion) .

Hi, I'm just in the process of re-furbishing some of the old Zocchi ships, and I have to say that the slightly oversized look of the Pomroy decals was putting me off ordering them. I'd be interested ...