Polar lights 1/350 Star Trek USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701 refit model kit Professionally built & lighted.

STAR TREK USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701 refit Polar Lights 1/350 model kit Professionally built and lighted.
This is my latest commission build for a client, A stunning display model replica of the most famous star ship ever! the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701 refit as seen in The motion picture and Wrath of khan before the battle damage.
This has taken immense time and work to produce with aftermarket options added to make it more accurate to what we see in the films, I used an extensive masking set to do all the detailed Aztecs in the 5 colour scheme and also physical parts like the impulse engine and warp nacelle magnatomic grills, a brass photo etch set was also used for more detail that is missing from the kit, a lighting kit is fitted inside the model and controls the power up from off to impulse mode and to full warp mode, Aztecs were done using iridescence pigment powders mixed into a clear medium then airbrushed on.
Here are the links to the parts i used:
www.trekmodele...
tenacontrols.com/product/11000-scale-refit-lighting-kit/
hdamodelworx.co...
www.amazon.co....
www.scalemates...
www.scalemates...
I would like to say a big thank you to the following people who helped me tremendously during the build.
Gary Chomiak from Mask Design
Ralph from Tenacontrols
Kurt Kuhn at modelermagic
Jerry Hedgecock at HDA modelworx
Scott Fettner my very patient and understanding client (Thank you)

[@les4767]

You are the only KZbin modeler who painted the hanger deck floor the correct color to match what it was in the film. Respect, my friend. Peace.

[@DAMONEWRIGHT]

Most beautiful and most recognizable ship in all of Starfleet history good job

[@ptaylor5014]

Many thanks, and agree this is the most recognizable ship in all of Starfleet history 👍

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

When I first saw Star Trek The Motion Picture I instantly fell in love with the new look of the Enterprise and it saddened me seeing her be destroyed in Star Trek 3:The Search for Spock and I loved it when they brought her back at the the end of Star Trek 4:The Voyage Home right upto her last voyage and what should be considered her final battle in Star Trek 6:The Undiscovered Country.

[@ptaylor5014]

Absolutely agree with you, this version of the ENTERPRISE is the best ever! just prey they never mess with her beauty in some new version down the line.

[@nelsonc6173]

Sorry I'm late the party but this build is just remarkable!!! Beautiful insane work!!! A true piece of art! Your handling of details are remarkable!! I wish you were still doing commission builds because I would hire you in heartbeat!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@ptaylor5014]

Thanks, maybe some day if or when i get my enthusiasm back i will build again.

[@nelsonc6173]

@@ptaylor5014 If you do I will be there to hire you!! : )

[@modellisto]

what a nice built! Congrats! 😎

[@ptaylor5014]

Thank you

[@atamigaputer]

very well done, congrats

[@ptaylor5014]

Thank you 👍

[@JamesChristopher69]

Looks Screen used!! Amazing work!!

[@ptaylor5014]

Thank you James 👍👍

[@vinceburgess9012]

This is one of the best builds I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship. The attention to detail is amazing and the scoring is perfect!

[@ptaylor5014]

Thanks 👍

[@aaronvandoorn4629]

I hope mine turns out this good amazing work

[@ptaylor5014]

Thanks, Don't worry about other peoples models, just enjoy your build and love it for what it is, we all make mistakes even myself when doing models like this one lol.

[@aaronvandoorn4629]

@@ptaylor5014 thank you

[@alasdairgardiner2313]

I have finally begun to build my 1/350 Polar Lights Refit Enterprise/Enterprise-A. However, I am building it as my own Starship from Star Trek Online, the U.S.S. Jupiter NCC-1734. The Flagship of my Main Character, Fleet Admiral Jonathan James Cartwright. However, I am not advanced enough to light the model. But I am doing the best I can do.

[@ptaylor5014]

That sounds great 👍, with any model building it's the journey we have building them and the finished results, we all start somewhere and that means making mistakes too, just enjoy your build and don't try to mark it against other builds you see.

[@TamifluOne]

really nice workmanship

[@johnbockelie3899]

If it were life size ' it could fly!!! Very beautiful.

[@shadowhenge7118]

Gorgeous

[@sparky11976]

Super impressed!!!! Love it…so jealous

[@VuNguyen-hu2tk]

Well done

[@vinceburgess9012]

Let me know if you ever get started again. That is a bucket list item for me. I have some kits but I am afraid I suffer from all thumbs syndrome!😅

[@mrphildc]

You should be proud! Super sweet!

[@michaelmayhill5464]

Simply. Stunning. Wow.

[@vinceburgess9012]

Thanks for your reply.

[@Lumibear.]

Lovely!

[@stevecaldon2468]

Awesome build. Did you fix the light leak you pointed out? One of the best builds I have ever seen!

[@scottfetner206]

The light leak where the nacelles meet the pylons was in consideration of not permanently installing the nacelles before shipping. All that "leverage" in case of box damage would put too much strain on the most fragile part of the model (i.e. where the pylons meet the secondary hull). It is now sealed. ;)

[@leonardopachecoperez9572]

Toda una hermosura de nave ,caray felicitaciones y asta el tema ,si aceptan sugerencias ,yo en lo personal agregaría al cierre del vídeo ,justo ay un vídeo de la nave donde va volando y activa sus propulsores para alcanzar la super velocidad ..Whaarp.eso estaría genial

[@vinceburgess9012]

Incredible!!!!

[@williamd1732]

Great work on this! And the camera got WAY better, new? Brilliant!

[@anselford3753]

Nicely done!

[@ptaylor5014]

Thanks

[@colhero]

Nicely done sir!!

[@jean-erictateia3273]

Nice and really GREAT Work,my friend.I'm trying to look after this kit to do the same (i hope approaching your level,it will be the first time i will realize a hard work like this).Like you and so many fans around the world ,i'm a very great fan of STAR TREK's Universe.

[@ptaylor5014]

Thank you JEAN, I am sure your build will look fantastic and you will be very proud when it is complete and on display, just take your time and do lots of research.

[@jean-erictateia3273]

Never mind.It's a great pleasure to congratulate someone with talent,patient and above all,a real passion for SPACE,STAR TREK and (i hope surely) the Futur of human being,far from Home,our planet.

[@klauskleber2290]

Much better Work

[@ptaylor5014]

Thanks

[@jagreb]

Wow! Looks as good as in movie! How much did you charge, you don't mind me asking?

[@ptaylor5014]

Thanks, I think I sold it for around £2,500 pounds.

[@mem1701movies]

Where was the light source for the NCC-1701 on the inner nacelles?

[@paullilley1162]

Fantastic, I'm going to complete mine soon as the lighting is complete, can you tell me what overall white colour you used ?, many thanks

[@jasongamble8421]

Hello Paul, love the work. What would be the procedure and availability for a commission build for one of these?

[@ptaylor5014]

Hi Jason, thank you for appreciating my work, unfortunately I am not taking on anymore commission builds, but never say never and who knows maybe when the time is right I might do some more, if I did decide to do more I will let you know.

[@jasongamble8421]

@@ptaylor5014 Thanks Paul. Can appreciate it must be incredibly time consuming. Yes please do let me know if you change your mind in the future.

[@lyndonbrock8684]

How did you find fitting the neck to the secondary hull? Those pegs are very tight!!

[@Hsibaja]

I just got this kit what color do you used ..... your look beautiful

[@ptaylor5014]

The base colour was white primer paint from an auto store, the Aztecs where "PearlEX" shimmering iridescent pigment powders mixed into a clear varnish, then airbrushed onto the model, to achieve this i used a professional paint masking set from "Maskdesign"

[@Hsibaja]

@@ptaylor5014 Thanks for your help

[@MrCougar214]

Nice build. Only thing wrong you did was have the impulse engines turn blue. The impulse engines turn off when the warp nacelles come on.

[@scottfetner206]

Actually he did nothing wrong, as it was built to MY specifications. ;) I wanted the impulse engines lit blue at the same time the inboard warp nacelles lit as purple, as the ship looked in the the famous "Cibachrome" publicity shots by Virgil Mirano. pbs.twimg.com/media/DKNP1yHU8AMsV1Z?format=jpg

[@MrCougar214]

@@scottfetner206 I remember the purple nacelles but not the blue impulse engines. I guess they did it as sort of a "stand-by mode" thing?

[@scottfetner206]

@@MrCougar214 Not sure about any "in universe" explanation; my guess is they wanted EVERYTHING lit to show off the model for those publicity shots which later were used for a great deal of promotional material (magazines, posters, etc etc) that made a big impact on me as a teen. And by everything lit, they even lit both photon tubes (which is why I wanted them both to come on together). So Paul built me the ship as it has looked in my head for 40 years. ;)

[@MrCougar214]

@@scottfetner206 nice. I'm building this one myself but I am gonna stick to cannon as much as possible. I bought two tenacontrols deflector boards. It allows the impulse crystals to turn from yellow to blue with the deflector and turns the warp nacelles on in warp mode(As I'm sure you already know all this). I bought two because I noticed in the movie that when the deflector and impulse crystals are yellow the warp nacelles were that purple color. So I will connect the second board to the nacelles with some purple light strips and run the yellow deflector side back to the first boards yellow deflector. I think it will look pretty damn sweet when I'm finished.

[@scottfetner206]

@@MrCougar214 Well, I'm not sure the inner nacelles ever looked purple in any of the movies, but they certainly were lit purple in still shots of the model I've seen. I've heard one explanation that they were always purple, but the color was adjusted to blue (when in warp mode) using filters or other post-production techniques. When unit, the "chillers" on the model apparently did have a purple cast to them "in person", but not sure that ever came across onscreen (watch from 2:12-2:28 sec mark especially here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqGop2umh6yeg6c). I thought for years they were lit purple in at least TMP, but memory is a funny thing, even when it comes to a movie we've all seen a bajillion times. "Correct" or not, I like the purple (when lit).;)

[@shabbirsobhani4178]

Hi. Can you tell me where to purchase the aztec design sticker templates? Im going to start mine once I've got all the bits and pieces. Many thanks

[@KuldipGillDigitalMarketer]

How did you do the spotlights on the saucer section?

[@thomasberger764]

Can I commission you to build one like this?

[@whattowatchrightnow]

where do I order one? Can you enable the lights in the arboretum?

[@armenianeric]

Can I commision you to build this?

[@ptaylor5014]

Hi Eric at present i am busy building for other clients which will take me to approx. August time for availability, to build another Enterprise like in my video will cost £2,900 pound sterling + postage/shipping on top.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Movie model material !!!!!. 😊 reminds me of 12/7/1979 !!!!!! Premiere date of Star Trek. TMP , that's when I saw it first.( I was.19 then, ..im 60 now.) Bizarre I was born in 1960.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Remember, Kirk only wanted rank reduction for Decker, and him self to be temporary. So, if the V'ger mission had gone differently, Decker would have still been Captain, and Kirk would have gone back to being Admiral. Willard Decker was the son of Commodore Matt Decker from " The Doomsday machine" episode. Admiral Kirk gave him command of the Enterprise in 2271.

[@vinceburgess9012]

Do you build any to sell?

[@ptaylor5014]

I used to but haven't since 2020

[@davidpatterson2178]

what can.t hear you!