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OK, historically, I've always gone cheap on nippers, how awesome are really good nippers? I used to use whatever I found at the local hardware store, and last year, I spent what I thought was a fortune on Tamiya side cutters. But recently I've been seeing GodHands pop up on the model groups: https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/godhand-parts-nipper-limited-production-gh-pn-165/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI98-hgdvo8QIVga7ICh2utQvjEAQYASABEgI94_D_BwE That is a buttload of money to spend on nippers, but is it worth it? I honestly don't know.

Looking good so far! I still have to find a toy that's so far gone I'm not afraid to repaint. Most of the toys in my collection are in pretty good shape so I can't seem to find the nerve to repaint yet.

Muzzle brakes look great! For reference: Cerakote finish, not cleaned after 500 rounds. Cheap 1911, original factory blued finish After sanding and some custom engraving After using a cold blue (Birchwood Casey Perma Blue from the local hardware store). I did a horrible job, but the metal was protected. It never looked as good as the factory blue, but that's not saying much, the original finish was pretty nasty anyway, lol!

I noticed the accent thing too, but as many have pointed out, she reverted at least once in Rebels when she was talking to her pops. Definitely has fans talking though

That's a really odd thing to say about something covered in genital warts 🤣

Go large man, cover the entire bottom of the ship with the flag...or the top. I didn't think the Roy colors would work with the Defiant so I just did the bottom, and it still looks Star Trek from the top, but I think it turned out ok anyway. BTW, I really want to visit Texas one day. Two things I love, steak and guns, and I hear there is an abundance of both there.

Good soldiers follow orders.

Holy crap, his underside looks gnarly. I think I prefer previous versions of Starscream.

Noel......this name seems familiar. Was he a member here ages ago, went by Black Aces or something like that or different guy?

I honestly had no idea the Runabout had so much detail, wow.

Your workshop looks like a lab, with the yellow/black stripped lines on the ground and everything, at least in this pic By the way, your turtle sun-deck reminded me of your Daedalus build for some reason.

I went with an off white mix layered on top of Stynylrez Gray primer. It was mostly Tamiya White with a few drops of Light Gray, but I'm still mucking around with opacity with the air brush so I just kept adding layers until it sort of looked right. I was trying to match the box art from the 1/1000 Discoprise box, which looked more gray than metallic. From the trailers that I've seen, the Discoprise looks like it's got a metallic finish in the show, much like the NX-01 did in Enterprise, which is a nice touch because it sort of connects the two generations. There were images of the NX-01 Refit with a more whitish/gray finish (not officially canon?) which would have connected Enterprise with the TOS, but I guess STD now trumps all of that. I never get tired of looking at your ST builds, and I still marvel at your hand-penciled Aztecs.

Yeah, I heard it can be pricy once its dressed up with the decals and lights. Did you guys hear about Round 2 reissuing the TOS light kit? Heard the price for the lighting kit is now $212 USD

STD Enterprise done. Polar Lights 1/2500 USS Enterprise from Discovery, aka Discoprise. Not screen accurate because I haven't watched STD yet. Still peeved about the inaccurate size description, but the kit turned out to be ok. Box says these two are the same size (both boxes say 12") All the same scale, but just looks wierd to me. I'm going with this, hahahaha! Overall, pretty easy, straightforward build. You could get away with minimal filling and sanding as the decals hide some of the seam lines. I filled in the seam on the secondary hull and nacelles, but not well. My putty work is still quite sloppy and I missed a few gaps. The decals went on beautifully, with little difficulty and they conformed to unusual shapes quite well. They were fairly durable as well, and didn't fragment into a million pieces like typical AMT Star Trek decals. The decal guide wasn't much use to anyone on this planet. $50CAD is a lot of money for such a tiny amount of plastic, better off paying a bit more and getting the 1/1000 scale version.

My wife said it looks like the toy helicopter is wearing diapers, just like my kid, hahahaha!

OK, that is just drop dead gorgeous. Will have to dig through my pile, see if I have any prop planes. Speaking of props.... My 3 yr old loves helicopters and anything with propellers. Not my finest work, but I had to make it child proof. Don't judge, it's on my workbench so it's a valid post. Hahahahahaha!

A bit more work on the STD Discoprise. I really like the silver look that matches the NX-01, but I guess just wanted to go a different route. Just for practice anyway, going to see how splotchy looks under the Aztecs. Not a bad looking ship. Decals are very cooperative, the only thing that's a bit phucky are the instructions for the decals, which are of no help to anyone on the planet. Would have been nice to k ow that the decal had to go on before these fins. Just broke them off and glue them back later. Of course I have to go off script. This build may trigger the STD purists, lol! Leaving the red pinstripes off the nacelles and moving the registry to the back like the Refit.... But they are a bit big. More to follow.

Nice paint work!

Only had this toy by pure luck.... Picked it up on Marketplace for $20 (lights don't seem to work, bought as is). *EDIT* opened the battery compartment, found the typical fluffy white corrosion so I cleaned off the contacts and now the lights and sound work. @Thom Right?? It still irks me, lol! @MechTech Lol, Metric vs Imperial......I remember when we transitioned from Imperial to Metric in Canada back in grade 2 or 3....not exactly a smooth and complete transition as maybe 50% of the population use one, and the other half use the other. @slide E Z Line....adding to cart now, haha! I guess I'll eventually have to work with PE one day....it's just so small and I can barely see as it is, lol!

Newest item on the workbench: 1/2500 Discoprise. Begin rant: Same size box as most other 1/1000 kits. Back of the box says nearly 12" long. Ok, should look nice with with my Refit and eventual TOS. Open the box and find instructions, but 80% of the box is empty. Ok, they must have forgotten some parts, or no display stand. Nope, that's all the model there is.... looks a bit small. Mock it up and it's nowhere near the same size as my Refit, not even close to the box's description of 12". #$&@?! Rant over. Lol! I did research on the scaling of the Discoprise after I bought this kit. Oh well, I should have known it was a bit off when the box said 1/2500 scale. Was wondering if it was worth filling in these seam lines. Lines I could not see without magnification, but I guess the camera would pick it up for the entire internet to mock me for being lazy and leaving them in. Definitely had to fix the one on the secondary hull. I'm leaving the seam around the rim of the saucer.... Not going to mask all the tiny clear parts, will just sandwich them in after the base coat is down on the ship. Now to decide which color scheme to go with. Since I haven't watched STD, not really concerned with the rivet counters and screen accuracy, lol! Odd choice to up scale the ship though because I thought they wanted STD to be in the prime universe? Anyway, I like the design, but it looks wierd with the rest of the fleet.

I really want to see some of your Macross builds now (apart from your epic Daedalus).

E Z Line! I've never heard of this stuff! I just picked up an old 1/250 Musashi kit and was wondering how much pain and tears I wanted to put into it. The last time I tried rigging was in grade 5 (easily 35+ years ago). I took runners, held them over a candle and stretched them out, so they were all different sizes, and prone to breaking. I'm going to have to look into this E Z Line stuff for the rigging. I'm also planning to pick up a 1/200 scale Yamato eventually, but I'll put a bit more effort into that build. This 1/250 will just be a slap together test bed to see if I can build a battleship model better than when I did in grade 5. Any ideas for the railing/fence without going into PE? PE is pretty scary for me, and expensive....looking for a cheap alternative to simulate that fence that goes around the deck of the ship. BTW, the Runabout display base is amazing. I don't usually put much thought and effort into my display bases, but I probably should.

Is that Tamiya Hull Red? The stuff in the bottles looks almost brown and I haven't tried rattle cans yet.

That just made me wonder if I would bother filling in the seam lines for the arms and legs. With the Hasegawa, it wasn't hard because the battroid goes together in sub-assemblies, but with older Bandai kits, each segment is captured within another, making the seam filling/paint process a huge PITA.