Federation Commander

Hey guys could anyone do me a favor and post some pics of their completed fed NCL's? I am trying to figure out how to remove the pewter build up near the engine caps and saucer. Any tips and pics (top down please) would be a great help.

Here's a pic of the first NCL I finished.

As you can see from the photo, I removed what I could and attempted to paint out hte rest of it. Didn't do such a good job on this one, but we needed it soon for a game.
The rest of them were done a bit more carefully and painted a bit better...

thanks scoutdad. did you use a dremel or something else to get the build up out?

I used a pointy x-acto knife.

I'd never use a Dremel on something that exposed (way too easy to over-do it). To get rid of that flash on mine, I usually snip away what I can with "sprue-snippers" (for cutting plastic model kit parts off the "trees"; all they really are is small wire-cutters). then I get in there with a small chisel-blade Xacto knife to scrape away the rest of the bulk, and finally use needle files to file away the remainder. Most of the work is done with the files, to prevent any over-cutting.

Savedfromwhat wrote:thanks scoutdad. did you use a dremel or something else to get the build up out?

Pointy e-xacto knife and a "rat-tail" file.

There's a few NCL/NCA pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34470879@N03/

I use an x-acto knife but it's a pain to clean them.

That's why I picked up 3 of the old lead NCL on eBay.

Huh. I'm the other way around.
I've traded away my old lead (small engine) NCL's along with any I've picked up along the way in trades, eBay, etc. I much prefer the new (larger engine) version.
To each his own.

Me, too. I got rid of nearly a dozen of the old style NCLs and upgraded to the newer version.

It's nice to have a variety of the old/new ships. At the very least it makes them easier to tell apart during a game. I do like the old style Gorn ships better than the new ones.

One thing I don't miss: the old Klingon D5/D7/B10/Tug miniatures. I much prefer the 1 piece castings of those. Having a warp engine failure during a game is never fun.

Again, I'm just the other way around. I have plenty of the new style, one-piece Klingons - but I snap up every multi-piece D7 I can find on ebay.

They are great for conversions and kit bashes...

I'm a little late, but here ya go...

Very nice!

Simple effective paint scheme!

And the decals make the mini. Congrats!

Those are great SWO thanks for sharing them.