Dr. Brad Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 After my 1701 1/1000 kit from Polar Lights languished on the shelf for many, many years, I finally finished it off last fall. My main goal was to see if I could get the Aztec decals to look, well, less like decals. I know there's no way they will look like a great paint job, but well, I wanted to see what I could do. The buiild makes use of the stock decals, some supplemental decals for the "A", some decals for the main deflector and glowing nacelle grills, and a new bridge from the long gone Tetryon Parts. I built the kit in sections and applied decals to the sections. I misted the base coat over the decals until the Aztec patterns were toned down enough (to my eye). Then I applied the markings and added a bit more base coat (a mix of white and light grey acrylic). Comments are are welcome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crowe-t Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) This looks great! The aztec looks much better with the base coat sprayed over it. You sprayed some base color over the markings too? Edited January 5, 2019 by crowe-t Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Brad Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Thanks. Yes, just sprayed a bit of the base coat over the markings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Oh, very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Brad Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Thanks all! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blakeh1 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Great work! I really appreciate the cleanness of Trek builds. In many ways it is harder to pull off and get right than weathered stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sapguy Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I think that finish really looks outstanding. Good work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Brad Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Wow so nice. I have the Polar Lights kit and nope it comes out as nice as yours Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Brad Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Thanks! The base coat was the key to tone down the look of the decals.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Very nice finish Dr Brad. Your approach to toning down the decals aced it. -co Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Brad Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Thanks all! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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