Star Trek Klingon D7 - Full Build Fast Summary - Polar Lights 1:1000

This video is the long delayed full build summary for the Polar Lights 1:1000 scale TOS Klingon D7 Battlecruiser. It provides a quick overview of the key build highlights. The primary reference is the original screen-used studio model.
Links for the detailed series:
Part 1 - • Klingon D7 Battlecruis... Build and Prime
Part 2 - • Klingon D7 Battlecruis... Paint and Done
Paint List
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(all paints are Tamiya Acrylic except where otherwise noted)
Base Green - Light Blue XF-23 and Sky XF-21 (2:1)
Lightened Green ‘Base Green’ and Flat White XF-2 (1:1)
Base Grey - Light Grey XF-66 and Mission Models MMP-121 Purple Violet (5:1)
Chrome parts - Vallejo Aluminium 70.701
Nacelle pylon gold accents - Titan Gold X-31
Deflector dish housing walls - Light Grey XF-66
Deflector dish - Dark Copper XF-28
Cobra head bottom tip - Flat White XF-2
Chapters for your convenience:
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0:00 Intro
1:29 Grey paint selection discussion
2:30 Green paint selection
3:58 Chrome conversion approach
6:13 Metal entrapment modification
8:10 Decal challenge workaround
9:40 Stand modification
11:26 Weathering elements
13:12 Wrap up
14:19 Final build photo and video presentation

[@tjf7101]

Simple, elegant and beautiful. In some ways I prefer the classic D-7 to the K’Tinga.

[@trekkiejunk]

It took me a minute to figure out what you meant when you kept referring to "deckals." Then i realized you meant "decals." (pronounced DEE-kalz). LOL

[@silverbullet6833]

I had the cast version of this from dinky i believe, alongside the Enterprise, UFO Interceptor, Shadow mobile and Eagle with winch pod

[@kevinobrien4807]

Thank you for the video it was nice watching. I would like to build one of those myself.

[@ArcticModeler]

Thank you for taking the time to comment Kevin. When you get to it, I hope you enjoy the build and the end results! Take care.

[@kevinjohnson8220]

XF-21 Sky is a color that was used on the lowers of early war British warplanes to make them more inconspicuous in the sky, and it would appear the Klingons had the same idea there

[@ArcticModeler]

I did not know this. But it really explains the naming and the shade of colour that it is, although not as much about why Klingons would want to blend into Earth sky :) Thanks for commenting Kevin! Take care.

[@kevinjohnson8220]

@@ArcticModeler any oxygen nitrogen atmosphere with a certain amount of dust in the air will have a similar refractive range