Aztek Dummy Update 1/29/21 650 scale Enterprise E - Part 11

work continues... this week I work on the shuttlecraft bay and impulse engines...
and then the saucer bottom arrives!
ATTENTION EVERYBODY!
Ed's email is [e-mail]
Give him a yell if you are interested in getting a kit

[@rasmokey4]

I wish they made a large verion(1/350)of this model Enterprise E!

[@BHGKURAMA]

Would be nice, but also massive, 77 inches long! That’s little more than half studio scale at that point given that the model for first contact was 10 1/2 foot long from what I’ve read.

[@gerardportland8583]

Look forward to your Saturday videos Lou ... love the Enterprise E build 👍

[@leonardgoodwin4752]

I'd like you humour You doing a good job on the ship Keep it up

[@40cal22]

Thank you Lou Dalmaso . You got me back into the hobby .

[@mrhay2u]

Something that size it would be awesome if the saucer shuttlebay doors opened

[@mikegilliam]

The new bottom saucer is in!!!!! I know you're glad it's finally on your workbench. The upper saucer is looking great. I remember when you schooled me on what that tulip stuff is and then I found out my wife had some the whole time!! Looking forward to the lower section coming together.

[@Carwyn.Morris]

It's really coming together Lou

[@aztekdummy]

thanks. man. I haven't heard from you in a dog's age. i hope you are well

[@Carwyn.Morris]

@@aztekdummy things have been all over the place but heading in the right direction now...hopefully

[@aztekdummy]

@@Carwyn.Morris good to hear. Let's keep in touch

[@rasmokey4]

I've had problems with the 1/1400 Enterprise E! Everything is too small!!

[@leslauner5062]

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside.... Awesome song, my friend. Keep up the great work. Peace.

[@colbywaldemar8949]

Lou,... I've discovered a way to bend Fiber Optics' 90%.... Hold a strand' up to your Soldering Iron'... Use both hands... You'll feel it once it gives... And they still light up! Hope that helps? Try it!

[@waitthatsgoingtocostyouext5450]

Great video. I am constantly amazed with your patience and enthusiasm for this kit. Its great to see it coming along nicely now but no one would blame you if you took a week or two off after this build!😉👍

[@Dawgsofwinter]

Big Ol Grey Mess sounds like when I did a WWII Dazzle camo on a ship. Layers and layers of tape and paint. And trying to remember to tape in negative.(tape covers what you want to keep) Fortunatly for me I caught the two panels I did wrong before I painted as I did final checks each time based off the diagram plates.

[@maplejames6992]

Wow, what a great job!!

[@rasmokey4]

Have ng tons of trouble with the 1/1400 Enterprise E. Drilling windows, light blocking,etx!

[@lukealmighty8828]

Took me about 26 hour over 2 weeks 5 drill bits all my pations to do the windows on mine

[@vidar7106]

I think you could have just drilled out all these windows and filled them in with Solaris when you discovered the light bubbles. This would have allowed you to light block the entire inner surfaces of the hull parts. You would have had to mask the windows inside and out. It would be the same if Ed decided to start casting in opaque materials. Solarez is fantastic stuff.

[@aztekdummy]

There ain't no "just" when it comes to drilling out these many windows. Any mook can drill a hole, but what people don't seem to understand is it's not the window...it's the space between the windows. Show me that you can drill out and file to shape a precise rectangle window that is .04" x .16" Then do another two (exactly the same size) that are evenly spaced .02" apart from each other to make a bank of three windows. Then duplicate that effort by roughly 100 times. Then tell me that "just" drilling out the windows is easier than putting down some lightblocking tape.

[@aztekdummy]

@richard martin I remember seeing a garage kit of the Chig fighters. do a google search and see if they are still available

[@vidar7106]

Lou, it is just that easy. It’s a PITA time-wise but well worth the effort and results, particularly if you couldn’t have replaced that bottom saucer. You don’t need to cut each window exactly to shape. That’s what your window masks are for. You would need to remove the window port material - a little larger even, if you like, then apply the Solarez. You would have to mask both the inner and outer surfaces of the windows. Then light block the entire inner surface of your hull parts. I’m going to have to do this when I pull my large Excelsior hull pieces in clear. I just don’t have to drill any windows. Solarez is so easy to use. It’s crystal clear, cures rock hard with a UV light in seconds, sands and polishes beautifully if you need to.

[@aztekdummy]

Your idea would have merit in a world where the hulls were cast in opaque material. Cutting out clear material just to replace it with different clear material is redundant and a waste of time. The hulls are light blocked just fine with tape and paint.

[@vidar7106]

Not when your clear hulls are leaking like a siv. You would have to consider your clear castings as a failure and treat them as opaque.

[@stephenknoll5063]

Really looking good Lou :)

[@perello23]

Thanks for sharing!!👏👏👏👍😉‼️

[@BHGKURAMA]

Honestly, I’d still enjoy a clear kit this big for the 1701-E as she is my favorite enterprise. Been looking at getting a slightly smaller kit, the 1/1000 kit I’d seen on eBay.

[@eclipsea23]

Is that kit still available ??

[@BHGKURAMA]

@@eclipsea23 monsterroom usually has them for sale on ebay. Like $450-ish and comes with six sheets of decals.

[@eclipsea23]

@@BHGKURAMA thanks I’ll have to check it out I’d love to get the 650 scale but I could only wish 😥

[@BHGKURAMA]

@@eclipsea23 don’t know how much that one is, but I feel you there. Want it, can’t afford it or have a place to display it properly.

[@lukealmighty8828]

To be fair your table could do with a good clear out haha

[@p.j.c.2.0]

Lou i think your Enterprise E would look Way Better if both the Phasers & Photon Torpedo's Fired well to me it would.

[@aztekdummy]

I can't get a clear path to the torpedo launcher

[@startrekker5888]

The show that never ends eh, where's lamb chop and Charlie horse then.

[@toboldlygosmodelworks1973]

Lou did you check and ask 'Computer end program' - just in case the Professor has got you trapped on Holodeck 2 😉

[@MrChief101]

You answered all my yelled suggestions already, so I have little comment on. I am guessing the new resin is a variant on the urethane family. Very irritating to use. But, the adhesion promoter sounds good. I was going to suggest a bottom coat of clear for the vinyl to stick to. Same idea as a the adhesion promoter on the inside. If you make a jig for the FO with a lever to do the bending, you can get 90-degrees out of smaller diameter sizes. A little heat gun action to warm things up and boi-ouying. Do round the corner of the jig-- tight right angles will cut down some transmission. Everything's looking very good.

[@MrModelnutz]

actually , I used epoxy ..... cabosil ( fused silica ) to thicken the epoxy....makes the surface harder

[@MrChief101]

@@MrModelnutz Thank you for the info-- it seems, though, that the silica adds a surface that does not accept tack. Interesting. And good to be able to praise your work. This is no small undertaking.

[@OldManTheseDays]

Amazing seeing this project develop. Mind blown, I’d never have the patience to do that.

[@charlesforbin6937]

Why not use a slightly heartier than standard thickness plastic and Vacuform the Saucer and add bracing internally where needed....

[@aztekdummy]

Are You High? Why don't I just carve a new saucer from a gold brick? There are so many problems with your suggestion, I don't know where to begin.

[@charlesforbin6937]

@@aztekdummy WOW Uncle Lou.....don't hold back...tell me what you Really think.....Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@VanWinger]

As a first time commenter, I just would like to add my two cents where you had a decision on what to do with the blank part of the stand above your nicely done LCARS switchboard. A type 8 shuttlecraft would look nice if there was one out there to scale.

[@andrewcroak3984]

Hey Lou, I would buy a clear or opaque kit!! She is a beautiful ship!!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

👍👍👍

[@spinaweasel]

I have very little experience with light blocking, but I think that if the aluminium tape is risky because of possible short circuits, wouldn´t black gaffer tape, as it isn´t conductive, be a viable alternative? Or would it just suck down too much of the light? Anyway, beautiful work Lou. I almost can´t imagine my Saturday evenings without your dulcit tones and dry wit. Although I´m looking forward to the finished ship, part of me hopes the story will never end... Cheers, S

[@aztekdummy]

My experience with gaffer tape is that it is very thick and heavy. The silver tape is super thin and will suck down into the tiny nooks and crannies. Plus the silver bounces the light around better

[@armada4602]

I think I figured out your intro. You reversed a clip of Picard talking?

[@orvinluyando-ru1lt]

Como puedo conseguir ese modelo de ese tamaño del enterprise e

[@jasonpope1147]

Looking good! I would say that, if Ed can fix the Hell of Tiny Bubbles in the clear, then that would be good enough. Trying to drill out all those windows is masochism. Also, what is the material on the top of your light table? Glass or acrylic?

[@aztekdummy]

frosted glass

[@spinaweasel]

The bottom of the saucer has a "Side to side warp"? Isn´t that a project that Section 31 was working on...?

[@aaronvandoorn1276]

I have a ? Do u make Aztec templates the 1350 Enterprise I want to.try to do something different instead of using the Poor lights Aztec decals thank you

[@aztekdummy]

Yes I do. You can find them at the culttvman website.

[@aaronvandoorn1276]

@@aztekdummy thank you sir

[@Brunol_and_the_Whippet]

Hey buddy, How much is this kit? where do I get it? thanks

[@aztekdummy]

give Ed Holt a shout for current price and availbility [e-mail]

[@Brunol_and_the_Whippet]

Thank you so much

[@aaronvandoorn1276]

What's the email address interested in purchasing this kit Thank you

[@aztekdummy]

Ed's email is [e-mail]

[@aaronvandoorn1276]

Thank you I got to fast am watching part 11 now I should have waited I was Scrolling through the Comment section for the email address

[@lyndonbrock8684]

I think I've missing a video part, what's happened to the bottom part Lou?

[@aztekdummy]

It was defective on arrival. It needed replacing

[@lyndonbrock8684]

Lou Dalmaso phew!...that's a relief, looking good so far Lou.

[@optimusconvoy4583]

@@aztekdummy Do you do decal commissions

[@aztekdummy]

@@optimusconvoy4583 no. I dont do decals at all

[@optimusconvoy4583]

@@aztekdummy Then do you know someone who you can refer me to