Great looking ship and, as always, the lighting just takes it to another level. The Delta Flyer has always seemed a bit strange to me. When the is canopy on and you can't really see the interior one could almost think it was a smaller one or two person shuttle. Take the canopy off so you can see the interior and its true scale suddenly becomes much larger. As to your new Planet of the Apes piece, very cool but one thought occurred to me when you showed that it was only a half head: YOU CUT OUT ITS BRAIN! YOU BLOODY BABOON!
Looking great Lou. Once again an outstanding job on lighting the kit!! I like your idea for the base to display it on including the little offset area. It's gonna look good when you finish. Nice ape mask too!!
Hi Lou, fun watching your builds,,,,,,,,,,,I had a suggestion,,,,,,don't know if you tried, or if it will work good,,,,,but, to eliminate light bleed,,what about using aluminum tape to block ?
Another great build Lou. Always like tagging along on your builds. Can you tell me where you got those little sanding blocks? I need to find some of those. Thanks
I had a guy asking about painting preferences on an RC Plane. I told him that model building techniques are easily used now days because many RC Planes are made of foam that can be sealed with primer and painted with any acrylic or emanal paints. You can add LED lighting, you can add panel lines, rivets, then you can weather the plane with washes, stains and pretty much anything you can do with a static model.
Hi Lou love your vids. As a relative noob to the hobby (especially the electronic side) can you tell me if there is a particular reason you use coloured LEDs when you have coloured clear parts? Surely if you had just used regular white LEDs that light spill wouldn't have been an issue? I'm sure there's an obvious reason but I'm just too thick to see it!
Sure. I find the color of the light is richer when the LEDs are also colored. Light blocking is a small price to pay. It also helps if the clear part is not tinted or painted uniformly
@@aztekdummy Thanks for the reply. I have to be honest and say that I'm a fan of uncoloured clear parts, especially on Trek kits. I like to have ships look "disabled" (like that TNG ep where the Enterprise is lurking in a ship graveyard for some reason I forget) when the lights aren't switched on, not like a less bright version of the same thing! All the best!
Great video and ithe model looks amazing with all the lighting you have added. Id be tempted not to glue the window down thought as the cockpit detail looks too good to be hidden away.🤔👍
You would be better off using eather the led light roping or use a piece of clear sprue as a light pipe on those side lights. You can heat and bend pieces of clear sprue to fit into the place where those 3 bulbs go. I myself would channel the area out. I know you can get fiber optics with side emitting capabilities. Those are my suggestions. I have used those methods before and am about to do it again on a RC Tug boat.
If it doesn't show, they'll never know 🤫😉. As you're doing a shuttle bay diorama for the base, maybe you could hide the switch in a piece of equipment/machinery.
Still not one of my favorite Trek ships but you're making it look almost worthwhile. ;>) Didn't you make another diorama with the lighting switch hidden in a pile of cargo containers? If so, reuse the idea. If not forget I said anything...
That ape mask looks great! -- I'm wondering, though: Your red clear parts look terrible. I'm trusting you'll clean them up or that clear will make look them better. Brush-on gloss coat, probably...
New subscriber. I like putting your videos while I work. Are you retired or a full-time modeler? I’ve been listening and watching all the videos on the flyer.
@@aztekdummy Sweet, I’ll have to dig through your archive. When I’m not doing graphic design, I’m a part-time 1/6 scale figure kitbasher and knife reviewer. But I enjoy watching modelers channels. I could never have the will power and determination to tackle the projects you guys do. So much painting, tiny detailing and the lighting effects. 😬 Thank goodness for RUclips and modelers is smooth speaking voices I get to enjoy what I will never attempt. 👍🏻
Oh... Gorilla Glue... oh ho, hah... But Hokey Smoke, Lou-- after you misaligned the interior and crushed that defenseless model to fit-- you didn't level out that front canopy nose base piece? A minute of putty would have saved me from snappin' on you like this. What about the light leak? What about the step in the decal, visible for all time? Ouch. I say start gluing that giant canopy down. Gird loins for light blocking and smile. Yes you can see plenty through the window. And unless you have microscope slide glass for the windows, I say leave off the resin stuff. Sure the rest of the ship looks great. Love the Borgian scratch-art to the rear-- very nice. I don't think the build lines are that bad-- the faceting is okay too. Maybe another coat of primer would have helped, who can say? Also, an inspired base-- say, what brand of soap do you use... ? I got the Covid jab-- all is just fine (Moderna).
@@aztekdummy I'm sorry, I lashed out from shock is all. You could'a angled the light to hide that spot better... but you kept putting that canopy on and pointing it right at the camera... that giant gap just shouted, look at me!
FORGIVE ENGLISHE I AM RUSSIA. WHEN I AM YOUNG PORK, I WEAR STAR TREK UNIFORM TO SCHOOLS ONE DAY. TEACHER CALLE ME A ‘WARP-DRIVE WEIRDO’ AND LAUGH AT ME. LAST YEAR TEACHER DIE OF THE CANCER, I AM STILL ALIVE. I HAVE A VERY LARGE HAPPY ABOUT THIS
Hey Lou looking Back on your Galileo Shuttlecraft Build i just Uploaded a Video of my Galileo Model the Video is Called P.J.C. 2.0's 1/32 Scale GALILEO 7 Shuttlecraft from STAR TREK ..... Feel Free to look it up and tell me what you think .
Ok, so what was the point? Any person reading your original post would think that somehow I had wasted an hour of your time to so I responded with a similarly snarky reply .
"You can sand anything, this is America!" might be my favourite "this is America" line ever.
Lou your comments are worth the admission alone.😂
@@AntonyBrotherton Got that right!
I love the design of the Delta Flyer, this looks like a great kit and you did an excellent build up.
You have a good view, sir, I like the interior the way it looks.
Great looking ship and, as always, the lighting just takes it to another level. The Delta Flyer has always seemed a bit strange to me. When the is canopy on and you can't really see the interior one could almost think it was a smaller one or two person shuttle. Take the canopy off so you can see the interior and its true scale suddenly becomes much larger. As to your new Planet of the Apes piece, very cool but one thought occurred to me when you showed that it was only a half head: YOU CUT OUT ITS BRAIN! YOU BLOODY BABOON!
Man that’s looking great!🖖🏻
I want to see Lou build and light up that large 1:670 U.S.S. Voyager kit.
Looking great Lou. Once again an outstanding job on lighting the kit!! I like your idea for the base to display it on including the little offset area. It's gonna look good when you finish. Nice ape mask too!!
Great that you are building another diorama...love to see your creativity! Awesome work!
Now that was a bunch of Monkey business! Great kit and lighting , love the look of the Delta Flyer!
Hi Lou, fun watching your builds,,,,,,,,,,,I had a suggestion,,,,,,don't know if you tried, or if it will work good,,,,,but, to eliminate light bleed,,what about using aluminum tape to block ?
Another great build Lou. Always like tagging along on your builds.
Can you tell me where you got those little sanding blocks? I need to find some of those. Thanks
O'Rielly's auto parts. in the paint finishing section
Looking great! Can't wait to see the finished build.
Cornelius Lives! Nice. Love the model work.
Hey, Lou! I didn’t know you were making vids! Just subscribed and looking forward to seeing more from the master. 👍🏻
Oh, btw, you know me better as Tom Zeller. 😉
This was a pretty cool build Lou... I love the way it came together!
Looking great, Lou .
looks amassing great job
I had a guy asking about painting preferences on an RC Plane. I told him that model building techniques are easily used now days because many RC Planes are made of foam that can be sealed with primer and painted with any acrylic or emanal paints. You can add LED lighting, you can add panel lines, rivets, then you can weather the plane with washes, stains and pretty much anything you can do with a static model.
Hi Lou love your vids. As a relative noob to the hobby (especially the electronic side) can you tell me if there is a particular reason you use coloured LEDs when you have coloured clear parts? Surely if you had just used regular white LEDs that light spill wouldn't have been an issue?
I'm sure there's an obvious reason but I'm just too thick to see it!
Sure. I find the color of the light is richer when the LEDs are also colored. Light blocking is a small price to pay. It also helps if the clear part is not tinted or painted uniformly
@@aztekdummy Thanks for the reply. I have to be honest and say that I'm a fan of uncoloured clear parts, especially on Trek kits. I like to have ships look "disabled" (like that TNG ep where the Enterprise is lurking in a ship graveyard for some reason I forget) when the lights aren't switched on, not like a less bright version of the same thing!
All the best!
Thank you very much sir do really good work
Great video and ithe model looks amazing with all the lighting you have added. Id be tempted not to glue the window down thought as the cockpit detail looks too good to be hidden away.🤔👍
You would be better off using eather the led light roping or use a piece of clear sprue as a light pipe on those side lights. You can heat and bend pieces of clear sprue to fit into the place where those 3 bulbs go. I myself would channel the area out. I know you can get fiber optics with side emitting capabilities. Those are my suggestions. I have used those methods before and am about to do it again on a RC Tug boat.
Locking grate so far!
I MUST BUY A AZTEK KIT, SEE HOW IT GO'S TOGETHER!
If it doesn't show, they'll never know 🤫😉.
As you're doing a shuttle bay diorama for the base, maybe you could hide the switch in a piece of equipment/machinery.
I envision a slide switch with an arm going up into a fuel cart or something.
To turn on the power, you push the fuel cart a bit forward.
FIRST.....Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa beatcha! Great vid Uncle Lou.....
I looked it up and the Lavatory for the Delta Flyer is between the rear bay and the front flight deck.
So it's in that small corridor? Huh.
@@Azzameen99AZ You really only need a toilet and sink anyways and I don't think sonic showers take that much room anyways.
@@michaelbenjmitchell1 I don't think the Delta Flyer has sonic showers, judging by that one episode where they come "home" from a week-long trip.
Still not one of my favorite Trek ships but you're making it look almost worthwhile. ;>)
Didn't you make another diorama with the lighting switch hidden in a pile of cargo containers? If so, reuse the idea. If not forget I said anything...
That ape mask looks great! -- I'm wondering, though: Your red clear parts look terrible. I'm trusting you'll clean them up or that clear will make look them better. Brush-on gloss coat, probably...
yeah, i know. the sanding really scuffed them up. I'm hoping a coat of clear nail polish will restore them
New subscriber. I like putting your videos while I work. Are you retired or a full-time modeler? I’ve been listening and watching all the videos on the flyer.
both, pretty much
@@aztekdummy Sweet, I’ll have to dig through your archive. When I’m not doing graphic design, I’m a part-time 1/6 scale figure kitbasher and knife reviewer. But I enjoy watching modelers channels.
I could never have the will power and determination to tackle the projects you guys do. So much painting, tiny detailing and the lighting effects. 😬 Thank goodness for RUclips and modelers is smooth speaking voices I get to enjoy what I will never attempt. 👍🏻
Where did you get this kit?
its right there on the box in the opening
Oh... Gorilla Glue... oh ho, hah...
But Hokey Smoke, Lou-- after you misaligned the interior and crushed that defenseless model to fit-- you didn't level out that front canopy nose base piece? A minute of putty would have saved me from snappin' on you like this. What about the light leak? What about the step in the decal, visible for all time? Ouch.
I say start gluing that giant canopy down. Gird loins for light blocking and smile. Yes you can see plenty through the window. And unless you have microscope slide glass for the windows, I say leave off the resin stuff.
Sure the rest of the ship looks great. Love the Borgian scratch-art to the rear-- very nice. I don't think the build lines are that bad-- the faceting is okay too. Maybe another coat of primer would have helped, who can say? Also, an inspired base-- say, what brand of soap do you use... ?
I got the Covid jab-- all is just fine (Moderna).
you barbs...they wound...i'll be taking myself out to the woodshed later.
@@aztekdummy I'm sorry, I lashed out from shock is all. You could'a angled the light to hide that spot better... but you kept putting that canopy on and pointing it right at the camera... that giant gap just shouted, look at me!
It's being addressed. It was a rookie move
making fusalege seams go away are a nightmare for me
Oooooh I think you have,,,,,nevermind 😜
FORGIVE ENGLISHE I AM RUSSIA. WHEN I AM YOUNG PORK, I WEAR STAR TREK UNIFORM TO SCHOOLS ONE DAY. TEACHER CALLE ME A ‘WARP-DRIVE WEIRDO’ AND LAUGH AT ME.
LAST YEAR TEACHER DIE OF THE CANCER, I AM STILL ALIVE. I HAVE A VERY LARGE HAPPY ABOUT THIS
I don't think I'll read a better comment than this for the rest of the year!
@@seppingtondestamina9398 THANK YOU MY FRIEND, HAVE GREAT DAY!
👍👍👍
Hey Lou looking Back on your Galileo Shuttlecraft Build i just Uploaded a Video of my Galileo Model the Video is Called P.J.C. 2.0's 1/32 Scale GALILEO 7 Shuttlecraft from STAR TREK ..... Feel Free to look it up and tell me what you think .
52 min to install led’s zzzzzzzzzz
well I'm glad you can go back to your important cancer research now
@@aztekdummy That was a great comeback Lou but unfortunately you missed the point...oh well.
Ok, so what was the point? Any person reading your original post would think that somehow I had wasted an hour of your time to so I responded with a similarly snarky reply .
@@aztekdummy You didn’t waste my time, I skipped to the end.
It's all good. I get folks asking me to show more of how I light stuff, so it's a balance.