Completion of 1/350 USS Grissom/Pegasus

[@GPGPapercraftTX]

Only the Interstellar Modler could make this unholy union of a hospital plate warmer and a canoe look this good. I'd have paid you 500 for that Mando painting in a heartbeat. You are now officially and forever an actual card-carrying "Fine Artist". You've sold a painting for money. No small thing at all.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Tim. Lol never heard the Oberth described that way. Appreciate the compliments, thanks

[@TheShornak]

Hello Oggie, Hey happy 32 wedding anniversary. Kauai, what a wonderful place to celebrate that. Love your builds and your videos. Great work.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Hi Stephen, thanks so much. Great hearing from you and appreciate the nice words.

[@jingles009]

I've watched the Mask Design videos on using masks and painting the model kit. Absolutely wonderful videos. Worth the watch.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Will check it out thanks

[@wraith20072007]

Congratulations to you and your wife on your Anniversary Oggie and may you and your wife have many more years ahead together. The ship in my opinion came out great looking, I hope I can do mine as good as yours. Thanks for posting and sharing it's greatly appreciated.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks so much for both the well wishes and the kind compliments. Send pics of your completed model. Would love to see it.

[@wraith20072007]

@@InterstellarModeler You're quite welcome Oggie.

[@DoughnutsInspace]

Great lookig Ship Oggie, wouldn't worry about the mistakes to be honest as we all make em and they don't detract from the build.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks so much

[@jingles009]

OMG!!!!Finally!!!! Bout frakin" time dude. Worth the wait.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Lol….sorry it took so long. Thanks for the compliment

[@williamd1732]

Still turned out great Oggie. Thank you for sharing this and the tips for building it.

[@InterstellarModeler]

You're welcome, thanks so much for the kind words.

[@nutherefurlong]

Sort of having a revival in my head of this ship design, found your channel. Best look I've had at the ship's general layout thanks to your footage, and the assembly challenges you face made for interesting viewing. I sometimes wonder if the lower half and the pylons were removed if it'd still seem like a viable ship :) Thanks!

[@InterstellarModeler]

@@nutherefurlong thanks for watching and for your kind comments. Others have suggested that modification as well. I think it would make for an interesting design. Thanks again

[@PlasticImaginationWorkshop]

Very nice Oggie, turned out great and looks fabulous. I get the disappointment you feel, (been there, done that), especially about things like the light blocking but you have nothing to be disappointing about, great work. Thanks for all of the helpful tips as well, those decals looked to me like they would be a challenge as well. Thanks for sharing, great job as usual, have an awesome week. -David

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks David. Really appreciate the kind comments. Have a good one and always great to hear from you

[@HobbyLinkInternational]

You did a beautiful job on the build Oggie! Between Boyd, Lou, and yourself we have plenty of reference to build and paint this kit. And, thank you very much for letting everyone know about the boards. Always exciting to see them in use :)

[@InterstellarModeler]

You bet Kenny. Thanks for your kind compliments too.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

Excellent work. Thanks to you and the others, I know what foibles to look out for if I ever get this kit. If you hadn't pointed out your 'problem' with the pylons, I wouldn't have noticed

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Andrew. Really appreciate the comment and kind words. It’s a great kit and you’ll have fun with it for sure 👍

[@TrekWorks]

Super nice build Oggie. You are doing a great job with the info in your videos.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Boyd.

[@lawrencelaranang9607]

Awesome build! Mistakes are only noted when pointed out, honestly I didn’t even notice the light leaks. I taught it was part of the reflection on the nacelles. I was contemplating on buying this model, but watching your build videos made me purchase it. Thank you for sharing your experience, Oggie.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Lawrence. Really appreciate your support and kind words. Hopefully by pointing the mistakes out it can give a heads up about what to watch for. Thanks so much.

[@petermerz2704]

Nice build. The decals on the 1/1000 are the same, too wide. Thanks for sharing Oggie! Happy days and model on! 😎🇨🇦

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Peter

[@outsider238]

That turned out absolutely fantastic! It's actually not one of my favorite ships but looking at how yours turned out, it makes me appreciate it more than I ever did. I also appreciate that you are candid about your mistakes. I seem to always do something wrong on my builds and I'm glad to see more experienced modelers like yourself can have mistakes as well. Great job on this as usual!!

[@InterstellarModeler]

Appreciate the compliments, thanks so much

[@jasonparis5635]

make sure it's not inbeded in a big astoried and explodium

[@Tim-57]

Hey Oggie 😀 Well done! All of your hard work really paid off. Happy belated Anniversary to the both of you. Take care

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thank you Tim

[@Tim-57]

@@InterstellarModeler You are welcome 🙂

[@williamporter7596]

The best build I've seen so far of the Grissom, thanks for showing us the completion. It looks great.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thank you for such a nice compliment William. I appreciate it. Great to hear from you

[@joesmodelspacedock]

I saw your art work in person at Comic-Con, looked fantastic.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thank you

[@andrewcoulthard-clark]

Been keeping an eye out to see how it turned out

[@InterstellarModeler]

thanks Andrew

[@TheModelerChronicles]

It turned out great! I'm excited to build one. Thanks for all your suggestions and tips! They will help!

[@InterstellarModeler]

You’re welcome, thank you

[@davewar9098]

I think you did a great job. To be able to critique yourself does help others who are going to build this model. The running lights are difficult. The green, to me, appear too bright. Not sure if there are other options to reduce the glare. I look forward to your next video. Have a great weekend!

[@InterstellarModeler]

Hi Dave....thanks for the comments. Yeah the green does seem to outshine the red. Perhaps a different resistor could solve the issue but they came prewired. Thanks for your comment and appreciate the kind compliment as well. Have a good one

[@SpencerWolfe]

Awesome work! I love the way it turned out!

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Spencer

[@JimPaulJr]

The registry decals that you talk about for the Grissom are correct and screen accurate. If you check out still shots from Star Trek 3 they are exactly the same as what's in the kit.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Yes that’s right. I was just pointing out how they’re oriented top vs bottom (which is also correct). I had thought the case would be the same with the Pegasus. I can email u a pic of what i was eluding to.

[@travisweeks7819]

Well she turned out awesome

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thank you very much Travis

[@danbonham2386]

Looks fantastic, thanks for sharing

[@InterstellarModeler]

You’re welcome and thank u for the compliment

[@AntaresScaleworks]

Can you share with us the base that you have? Is it a simple plastic box with an open bottom?? It's absolutely beautiful and lightyears better than the plain dome ones included. The use of the ship's dedication plaque is a beautiful touch. Also I had a question about the decals that I couldn't find addressed elsewhere. It looks like the inboard and outboard nacelle have different decals. The inboard ones have the TNG-style delta shield with the oval-shaped backing. The outboard ones have the TOS-era round backing. Was that something that was included in the instructions, or a design choice? Thank you for a beautiful build!

[@InterstellarModeler]

Hi thanks so much for the kind comments. The stand was made using an old optical lab tray. I actually work in optical but u can find the exact same tray if u go to ebay and search optical lab tray. You can buy bunches of them, i saw a single one on sale for $3. As for the decals, you are correct. Unfortunately the decals instructions on the box are useless. The silver arrows go on the outside, white on the inside. I’ve added a link to the reference pictures of Pegasus. That’s your best bet to help. Thanks

[@jeanmalo7173]

Given your skills at model building, it would have been cool to see you build the Pegasus stuck in the rock-face as on the episode...said rock-face would have become your model support...just a thought...thanks for sharing and stay safe!

[@InterstellarModeler]

Hi Jean I cannot begin to tell u how many have asked about that lol. I did give it some thought but the display would be too large for me to put anywhere. Perhaps it’s a possibility at some point with smaller model. Thanks for watching

[@michaelsearnest]

Looks really great! I'm not sure the port and starboard running lights are supposed to blink. Only the top/bottom center and aft running lights blink. All Starships in Star Trek are based on US Navy regulations according to Gene Roddenberry.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Actually you are correct, the ones on the Grissom did not blink but the HLI board included the effect so i decided at the last minute to add it. The Pegasus was never seen traveling through space but I assume it would have been the same. Also it was brought to my attention that there should be no running lights facing aft on that section of the primary hull so that was an error. All that effort to get the fiber optics in those two pieces.....oh well. Thanks for the compliments though. I really doo appreciate it Michael.

[@michaelsearnest]

@@InterstellarModeler I really love your work. I strive to get somewhere near the super attention to detail. I have yet to submit my work to your site. I have a couple works I've been contemplating sending in.

[@JimPaulJr]

Nice work on the Grissom Orlando. I hate to do this to you but those clear plastic parts that go on the rear bulkhead only light up on the underside of the hull. There are no lights where you talk about scraping off the paint. You'll notice the lighted area is where the pin pushes through the bottom hull part. I just removed all my paint masks and am ready to start giving everything my light blending mist coats to tone everything down.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Lol....you're kidding. I did it that way based on the build I saw on Trekworks channel. Oh well.

[@JimPaulJr]

Don't take my comment wrong. Also I don't usually knit pick others work but his build is way off. Anyway despite all of your issues your build turned out great. That back opening on the pontoon was missing the cover on the studio model as you could see the wiring inside. The cone shaped one slides in and then snaps down. Thats the one they show on the Grissom in some of the movie stills that I downloaded. You mentioned using Tamiya sky grey for all of the grey areas. I used 2 parts sky grey and 1 part flat white and I still need to do the light mist coats to tone it down. I've been doing day to day progress videos on mine as well as sharing tips and issues that I come across as I build it. Everybody sees things in their own way so there really is no correct or incorrect way to build this. Especially since there really aren't any photos of the Grissom available. I don't recall what the Pegasus looked like on screen but if you pull up some movie stills of the Grissom you'll notice that the entire ship is Azteced just like the Enterprise Refit. Have a great week and keep up the great work on your paintings.

[@YdnarLah37]

Great looking model. Those pylons look like they could go either way. I couldn't tell you how many times I've done something like that. Can't wait to see the SNW phaser build. Will it have SFX?

[@InterstellarModeler]

Hi Randy.....thanks for the compliments and for the reassurance that I'm not the only one who makes mistakes like that LOL. Sometimes I just don't pay close enough attention. As for the phaser, no its going to be a static replica with the exception of the trigger which will have a spring in it. Thanks for watching.

[@maskdesign2478]

Hi Oggie thanks for the mention :)

[@InterstellarModeler]

Sure…glad u saw it. I was going to post on your page. I wasnt aware u had a mask until well into the build. Thanks

[@maskdesign2478]

@@InterstellarModeler always watch your video, very well done. thanks

[@maxmustermann2197]

I think it turned out great!

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Max

[@voodoonights1671]

Despite your own criticisms ( we are all our own worst critics) this is lovely.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks so much

[@randallnaylor6278]

I hope that you are going to be at fan fest this year really want to meet you

[@InterstellarModeler]

thanks....what is fan fest?

[@randallnaylor6278]

Wonder fest in kty in june

[@kleuner4622]

Die Star Trek Kinofilme hab ich mit den UHD Scheiben die vierte Generation gekauft. Erst VHS, da gab es mal so einen Kartonwürfel und dann die DVD Special Editions mit den schönen Hüllen. BluRay die Star Date Collection oder so ähnlich. Gäbe es mal eine 8K Version, wer weiss...CBS take my Money! 😂 Treffen der Generationen ist besser als ST V und Nemesis, finde ich. ST 6 und First Contact meine Lieblinge. Geht schon öfter, ja. Du machst unterhaltsame und Informative Videos weiter so!

[@InterstellarModeler]

I stopped after buying the blue rays but I hear the 4Ks are just amazing. Thanks for watching

[@kdryan21]

Yet we still can't get a 1/350 USS Reliant.

[@InterstellarModeler]

I know that's been kicked around but we can only wait to see

[@robertjensen1438]

Just a comment for the algorithm

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Robert

[@jeffreygreen8668]

Oh good grief. Pesky Oberth-class: I realise, naturally the the eponymous episode pre-dates the BSG reboot, but naming the Oberth the same as a Battlestar? And then, *then* the utterly gorgeous, completely cool Mercury-class turns up on the BSG reboot. And the Oberth looks even bloody worse. Which is very, very difficult. Rant aside, nice work with the model… 😎

[@InterstellarModeler]

Thanks Jeff. Lol....it's kinda funny how some people just hate the ship Lol. I can see why it isn't everyone's cup of tea though. I remember seeing it appear on screen and thinking how odd it looked. I never really had anything against it but wasnt crazy about it either. Over the years it's grown on me and the Pegasus is one of my favorite TNG episodes. Definitely a unique design. Thanks for watching.

[@oncinaust5178]

Great job but, now you need to fuse it into a rock.

[@InterstellarModeler]

Lol.....if I paid a dollar for everyone who's said since starting this project I think I'd be broke. Thanks for the compliment. Really appreciate it.

[@oncinaust5178]

@@InterstellarModeler I think you were to hard on yourself about the bleed though it’s not noticeable. And, the engineering’s section obscures it anyway

[@DeafDiver]

You put me to sleep! Why? there's no caption here! I'm deaf i depend on caption. Please turn them on I want know what you sayid. I have those ship I have not start build on it yet

[@InterstellarModeler]

Hi...thanks for your comment. I always assumed this was automatic and that the viewer would simply click on the cc button. I looked into adding the captions and followed the instructions for formally activating them on the Grissom build videos. It's a lot more involved than I had anticipated if one wants the punctuation and spelling to look right. It requires a complete edit of the entire dialog. I did go through the process of what was suggested for publishing the cc but didn't have the time to edit all of the dialog at the moment. Will eventually do so but you should be able to see them for sure now. One thing that confuses me though, is afterwards I went back to a few of my other videos and was able to click the cc button on the bottom right and the captions still appeared without me having to do anything else. Although the spelling and punctuation are terrible since no editing was done, they're still visible. Was this not possible with the Grissom videos? Appreciate any feedback you can give.

[@blainemartin1397]

1/350 RELIANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@InterstellarModeler]

Lol