Build the Polar Lights USS Enterprise Refit 1:350 Scale - Part 2

Continuing my 2023 mission to build the Polar Lights Star Trek USS Enterprise Refit in 1:350 scale.
00:00 - Introduction
00:51 - Stage 3 - Finishing the Bridge
08:02 - Stage 4 - The Beacon Light
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[@WorldofWayneUK]

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[@petermerz2704]

Nice to see you do a real model. I understand your primary income source is from the parts work projects. This is a nice distraction! I’m interested in your Arduino programming. Thanks for sharing Wayne! 😎🇨🇦

[@jameshebert5430]

👍👍 and "One to beam up!"

[@nigelvickers6496]

Thank you so much Wayne for all the information concerning the lighting and electronics, I’m still thinking about doing this model admittedly with right arm shaking condition it will take me about three years if not lot longer to build, but once again thank you so much for top quality info. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@rickgregory9616]

You did a fantastic job on the bridge! You really made the programing and configuration of the Arduinos look really easy! Well done!

[@PitstainHobbies]

Bridge came out splendid, and you single-handedly just relieved most of the fear and intimidation people have for setting up an arduino, including myself.

[@pauldieken4285]

Just ordered the supplies for my very first attempt at scratch building parts...quite frankly the prospect of doing it scares the crap of of me

[@F22ERaptor]

Have to admit, this is the build that I have the most interest in. It's much more intensive as you have to paint, decal, glue and light the model from scratch. It's looking really great! Look forward to the next session on this!

[@TheModelGamer]

10:43 not sure if you know it or not, but the reason for the different intervals is pretty easy. All the footage in WoK of the Enterprise leaving spacedock was recycled from TMP. So they obviously changed it for all other shots in WoK. Funny how easily they could get away with reusing footage back in the day between movies.

[@markbelsom3174]

The refit looks spectacular when built with all the lights and aztec, but it's a lot of work and time.

[@milanondrak5564]

Looks great so far. I have Mr Scotts Guide to the Enterprise here so I have a ton of geeky information on this ship. I'm loving that bridge model though.

[@bobbova8708]

Excellent job on the bridge interior,looks spot on to the film.I also like the higher level of detail present on the exterior bridge section which looks much more accurate to the filming model,we'll done Wayne!!

[@ohmydinosare]

nice to see this coming along, that bridge is so tiny I love it! wasn't expecting the little figures in there, but they definitely help make it feel occupied

[@tonydicker8961]

I looked in to Arduino before and it messed with my brain a little, you have explained it quite well and I might consider lighting a model with these one day.

[@WorldofWayneUK]

I will ensure I take it in stages to make it easy to do

[@DronemanJoeRc]

Looks awesome, hope mine comes out as good as yours

[@artboymoy]

That... is... INSANE! Great job, Wayne!

[@michaelboldys3330]

My sphincter just snapped shut when you mentioned aurdino...

[@sprueVerse]

I have a feeling programming would put me in an early grave! 😂bravo! Looking good!

[@swpowell1226]

Nice !!! Can't wait to see it finished.

[@williamd1732]

Awesome! Keep em' coming my friend. Loving these videos!

[@derrellreynolds6226]

Wonderful work sirrrrrrrrrr. 👏

[@Aminuts2009]

I remember the original Klingon D-7 came with a light set. Little bulbs and a couple of AA batteries. You would lift the shuttle bay on top of the aft section off to change them. I want to say it was an AMT kit but its been close to 50 years ago and i don't remember all the details. Maybe something a bit less complicated to get back into it for me.

[@tintobrass532]

Nice work fella; liked and subscribed

[@Vondoodle]

Crazy tiny - good job

[@stevebennett1563]

Did the Klingon with polar lights lighting kit was great but the tenacontrols kit for the enterprise to complicated I threw it in the garage decided not light it

[@mikedowd6015]

The difference in the bridgetop navigational strobe frequency could be summed up as the difference between normal operation (slower) and close-quarters maneuvering (faster).

[@lestatdelc]

More so that TWOK recycled some footage shot for TMP. 😉

[@UKGtrotter2k]

Looking good Wayne, you might want to get hold of some Tamiya 1/350 sailors for creating depth in the shuttle bay and arboretum.

[@WorldofWayneUK]

I have 400 crew that I got from www.partworkupgrades.com

[@RossAWaddell]

Also, the scene from ST:TWOK with the Enterprise leaving drydock is actually the same as in ST:TMP - they reused the footage.

[@jameshatchett9911]

I hope you enjoy when you build the eiffel tower

[@kurtcriscione316]

Hi Wayne, just started watching your videos, love what you do. Had a question... at the beginning of this video behind your right shoulder, beneath the Titanic is that the pod space craft from Explorers? Looks fantastic, I would love to know where you got it from? Thanks for thee videos.

[@WorldofWayneUK]

It’s a 3D print designed by Jeffrey Fink. The files are available from www.partworkupgrades.com

[@kurtcriscione316]

@World of Wayne thanks. I'm in the US and it was the middle of the night when i messaged, took me a bit to remember the name name of the ship, The Thunder Road.

[@richardslezak1274]

You have an amazing about of patience and a very steady hand to paint that bridge. It looks wonderful. Out of curiosity, are you tracking your time on the build? How long did it take to prep, paint, and build the bridge interior? That would be very interesting to see your time investment in the actual build also.

[@WorldofWayneUK]

It took about 4 hours build time so not much but it was spread over a couple of days as I really wanted each paint layer to dry. Decals took an hour by themselves .

[@barrywatson2261]

Is looking good

[@dsr0116]

Nice observation about the interval with the bridge strobe: I had always assumed it was the fast interval. Must have been that way for Motion Picture, and changed in WoK (since Enterprise leaving space dock was recycled TMP film). There might be people out there who have made up context of a real starship having discrepancies in that (like they do the color of the deflector dish in different modes or violet vs blue warp grills). I'm currently building the Klingon BoP to display next to the Refit (and Tomy TOS die cast when it comes). Nice to see vids of folks and their builds of Enterprise: am gathering parts and will start assembling after BoP (though figuring out lighting the spacedock base). Will track your progress!

[@lestatdelc]

You are correct. All the Enterprise in drydock, and leaving drydock shots (such as the close-up of rat impulse engines) in TWOK are re-used footage from TMP. ILM who did the FX for TWOK not only made modifications to the lighting, some blink in TWOK that didn't in TMP, but also ruined the original pearlescent paint job the flaming miniature had in TMP. This is because ILM could not pull good bluescreen travelling mattes film plates off it with the pearlescent paint the way Trumbull at EEG did in TMP (he used a unique white backlight technique to get the travelling mattes instead.

[@dsr0116]

@@lestatdelc I've heard from ILM team that when they received the model, the paint job had already been ruined in some spots (and would happen again when it was received by VFX studios for other movies as well: it would always go through a paint restoration each movie). The reflections from pearlescent paint was also an issue with TMP optical compositing. Closely look at scenes in dry dock: you'll see at times there are edges that don't have a clear border, or faces that aren't masked and get a star-field/ image of Earth on them. One thing I have noticed with the new 4K Directors Cut is that when they were digitally enhancing/restoring, they fixed those original compositing issues as well. In interviews, Trumbull indicated he'd sometimes use white background compositing: the technique is to first make the model a black object and the background white. Camera operators for VFX always had talcum powder on hand to cut down reflections if they were too shiny. As someone who has been involved with 3D animation, I thought techniques ILM started using in TWOK era were pretty ground breaking. Blue screen had been used to separate a background that the film negative wouldn't pick up from the model. But they also had a computerized camera that would film the model in different passes. Like passes that are done with 3D VFX, they would have a "beauty pass", interior lights, exterior lights, etc (so that there could be adjustments in editing). When ILM received the Enterprise model for ST6, it had a whole side of it spray painted. They were going to have to repaint the whole model anyway. It was then that they also decided to make it totally matte finish (they said it was also to make filming easier to not have as many passes).

[@lestatdelc]

@@dsr0116 - Motion control passes had been in use prior to TWOK, going back to the Dykstraflex system that was developed for the original Star Wars. Trumbull was not a fan of so-called bluescreen, because of the degredation to the image caused by processing all the elements that need to be optically composited afterward, such as grain and hard edges. EEG had a motion control rig they had custom built for Close Encounters, Apogee, who was also doing FX work on TMP had their next generation version of the Dykstraflex for shooting the Klingon cruisers, V'ger the Epsilon 9 elements) which they used to shoot the Enterprise miniature against a screen covered in a new highly reflective material called Scotchlite, developed by 3M. A white light was directed at it which would put the model in silouhette. A matte pass was shot, so that it could be used to leave a clear space on unexposed film, inwhich the Enterprise would fit when they wound it back in the camera in order to film another pass. Then a "beauty" pass of the ship well lit, and a "lights only" pass etc, would be shot on the same film. While it was not perfect, as you noted regarding a couple of points where there were matte "holes" it did eliminate the blue light spill that would have occurred had they used actual blue screen to produce the traveling mattes. That said, I don't buy ILM's claim the paint was damaged when they got the model for filming TWOK. I am almost certain they simply wanted to use their bluescreen process as opposed to the hi-con approach the Trumbulll used on TMP (and would use again for Blade Runner) and so repainted portions of the model to knock back the pearlescent paint job Paul Oslen had laid down for TMP.

[@dsr0116]

@@lestatdelc I said motion control cameras were in use by TWOK era (ILM was created by Lucas during Star Wars, and by the 80s was a large VFX studio for may other movies). No matter if you use a blue-screen that the camera film doesn't record or you have black and white traveling mattes, they still require forms of optical compositing: and film degradation. Trumbull's main criticism of the blue-screen process was that he didn't see why some companies were using so many passes (where he'd often try to get miniatures in the same shot). Trumbull's productions often mitigated degradation by filming VFX on 70mm. ILM would film on VistaVision: a large 35mm format. Trumbull noted there was some learning curve with him and Dykstra (since Dykstra's systems had been VistaVision). I take ILM for their word: if you hear about any production or remastering of Star Trek material, you always hear about how the models/props/film stock wasn't taken care of well (and apart from TWOK to Search for Spock, the Enterprise model changing do to issues in storage or traveling exhibits). I thought I also read that during TMP, they had asked to tone down the reflectiveness of the model as it got closer to filming (as it would also have problems for matte lines with hi-con). Certainly Paul Olsen's work was best seen in person, and our current digital productions could help do it justice.

[@dsr0116]

@@samwalker8893 Yeah, I remember ILM also said they had to rewire the Enterprise for TWOK because the whole armature was broken and had shorts when they received it. With ST6 they had to paint the whole model because it had been at a Planet Hollywood, and one whole side was spray painted a solid color😬 It would be neat if the Smithsonian were to acquire the model, and since it's no longer filming, have an original pearlescent paint scheme. Though maybe there are fans who prefer the blue A backs😀

[@timwhalan6417]

👏🍺👍🏻

[@viswanathanpather6849]

Very interesting. Love what you doing with auduino. Any chance you planning on putting sounds in ? Or maybe a startup sequence?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

Yep. I will work On that as we go through. I want it to be a static model that cycles the main lights and then has a button to take it to impulse / warp and another to fire phaser and torpedos

[@eduardoarias2972]

Hello Wayne, As always an excellent job. I am very excited about this build. Building this kit is one of the things I want to do this year and I will definitely follow you so I don't make too many mistakes. I have seen you use UV resin on the Enterprise-D but not with the bottles you are using now. I can't find them in your shop. Where can I buy them?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

Ohh I will make sure I add the now

[@eduardoarias2972]

@@WorldofWayneUK Thank you very much for your reply. You are great. Are you still using the Vida Rosa resin?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

@@eduardoarias2972 yep

[@kapitanrex1]

Magnificient, does this resin smell? And can i use simillar programming of becon light for my eaglemoss do-over?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

No. Odourless

[@mikeking2539]

Does the beacon light on the back prat of the brigde flash at a faster rate when it is leaving the Space Dock. Simply becaue it is still within the confinds of the space dock, if you get my meanig?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

I would have thought it was constant where ever it is. Like an aeroplane

[@FoxMcCloud12000]

Wait, did you edit this video to last 17:01 on purpose or was it just a coincidence?? Greetings from Argentina!🖖🏼

[@WorldofWayneUK]

Very much a. Conincidence

[@BlueHToys]

1701 running time 😂 you do that on purpose?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

Wow . An amazing coincidence lol

[@RossAWaddell]

What is the UV tape you use to cover the beacon hole? Is it designed to not stick to UV resin?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

Yep

[@RossAWaddell]

@@WorldofWayneUK is there one you recommend?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

@@RossAWaddell amzn.to/3iRfKI3

[@thunderrobots1980s]

you should replace the roof with a clear part

[@WorldofWayneUK]

I was just ganna leave it detachable as I am not sure how I am displaying it atm

[@jbaldwin1970]

Pedantry alert: The bridge should actually be at an angle so the turbolift shaft is oriented to the neck of the enterprise. The main viewer screen isn’t facing the front However, I doubt anyone actually does that!

[@aztekdummy]

no sir, not on this bridge. You are thinking of the TV series bridge. This bridge has two turbo lifts on either side of the back of the bridge and you can see the detail on the outer hull where they top out

[@jbaldwin1970]

@@aztekdummy you out nerded me. How very dare you 🤣

[@msrushing989]

I did it in my tos 1:350.

[@eddywells5689]

Are you painting the bridge rails red or orange ??

[@WorldofWayneUK]

Neither. They are really deep mahogany, almost black

[@markquinn1104]

To go to Wayne's shed where no man's gone before

[@WorldofWayneUK]

😂

[@julianmhall]

Hi Wayne.. I think they messed up the scale of the figures by at least 50% too small. 2mm at 1:350 is 700mm (70cm) or 27.56 inches tall... TINY. I'm a short**** at 4'8 and even I am twice that height at 142cm (4' 8"). 6' should be 5.2mm at 1@350 scale. Either the scale is wrong and it's 1:700 or the figures are wrong.

[@WorldofWayneUK]

I match the figures with the chairs in the officers lounge and they seem pretty to scale to me

[@julianmhall]

@@WorldofWayneUK yes they look right, so maybe the model is 1:700 not 1:350 as they say? How big would it be full size if the scale is 1:700?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

@@julianmhall lol no Idea. As someone said earlier, the ship never existed so everything is a guess I guess lol

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Was it deliberate that this video is 17:01 long?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

Pure coincidence lol

[@kostasfrantz9982]

What happened to the last 2 episodes of iron man ??

[@WorldofWayneUK]

i haven’t done them yet. Saying that I’m filming the penultimate one today

[@kjpphotography4764]

I am a little confused, why are you doing a detailed bridge when you won't be able to see it?

[@WorldofWayneUK]

The roof Removes so you can look in when you want to

[@kjpphotography4764]

@@WorldofWayneUK Thanks for the info.

[@johngrendowicz7188]

How can you make a model at 350 scale when it does not exist or will ever

[@WorldofWayneUK]

Lol. Thank you I have been asking that very question for ages and keep getting blasted down for even mentioning it lol

[@UKGtrotter2k]

Cause it gets scaled from the aircraft carrier.

[@johngrendowicz7188]

@@UKGtrotter2k it’s not the Uss enterprise carrier it’s the starship enterprise from the tv film Startreck read it again

[@garymcknight3978]

I could use your spare bridge if you want to sell it

[@WorldofWayneUK]

I do t know.if I still have it. I will check

[@garymcknight3978]

@WorldofWayneUK hi any joy I realy messed mine up am not putting the crew bridge in it so the original one would suit cheers

[@aztekdummy]

Wayne, do you know your video was 17:00 minutes long? What... you couldn't add a second to make it 17:01? Seriously, do you do anything special to keep that clear bottle of resin away from UV light? I would think a brown or black bottle would work better.

[@WorldofWayneUK]

I was thinking that . I keep It in a dark drawer and no sunlight gets in here. I may have to try and get black bottles or wrap it in tape

[@WorldofWayneUK]

On my KZbin page it says 17:01 lol