Here is a scratchbuilt fighter from the Star Trek Museum website, designed by
Maseo Okazaki. It is sculpted from 10lb. density RENfoam, with brass guns,
exhaust nozzle, landing gear and sheet plastic landing gear doors. The
foam is very dense and is great for shaping and forming. Photo 3 shows the
materials used on the Puffin just before painting. I sealed the foam with primer
and used Tamiya acrylics for everything.
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coated the entire model with medium gray and masked that off for panel lines
with 1/32" pinstriping tape. I then sprayed everything black. The black was
then masked to spray on the white. I used press on stencil letters and colored
decal sheets to finish off the markings. The base is MDF board with cardboard
glued on for the concrete tarmac.
Dan
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