Very nice work. If I may offer a tip, a less difficult way of making the red Bussard tips would have been to carve them from solid blocks of transparent Lucite. If there's no shop in your area, it can be found online. Just work them to shape and sand them to the right frosted finish. You could drill a recess for your LED into the backs of the pieces and there you go!
I thought that the days of true scratch builds were over with the invent of 3d printers. Especially from someone your age. When I was young, scratch build was the only option. So Bravo and CONGRATS! It looks awesome! Hey, I like your TNG hoody as well
I am noticing a profound wisdom and unselfishness by Mr. O'Brien. He is very passionate about his craft and work and he is willing to share that love with others. He is sharing with others. That is rare. His writing also illustrates his wisdom. It is refreshing to see this! He will influence many and isn't that the point of it?! Well done. I salute you!
Hi, my name is Luís , i'm a big fan of all Star Trek series (not a fanatic) but a fan never the less. Doing a model of any aircraft is very hard , we can't forget that all the people that make this models are profffecionals in what they do. This runabout looks perfect congrats.
Nice job! I made a scratch built interior in my Rio Grande Runabout model. I used sheets of polystyrene to create the cockpit , seats, transporter the back room with the ceiling, cabin bunks, table chairs and the sofa along the rear windows, used colored Christmas lights for everything ran them off a DC model train transformer! Took me several weeks and came out quite lovely! This was back in the 90s when DS9 first came out and the only info on the back section was from the TNG episode Timescape! Need to take pictures to post after I Re-glue the warp engines section back together after one of my cats decided to use it as a spring board one day, lol!
Ha - nice one! Sounds like fun. To be fair, I think to this day we only saw the rear compartment in the TNG episode. All other sources were books etc. Weird that they never used it in DS9 itself!
Looks like I’m quite late for properly commenting, but here it is. Really excellent work, mon ami. You have tremendous patience and a marvelous work ethic. Thank you for documenting the whole process and sharing it. Très bien fait!
As a person who has created some scratch builds for wargame weekends, I am in complete envy of your 'finishing' skills! It's one thing making stuff that looks okay from a distance, but to stand up to close up inspection, takes some skills. :)
Very, very nice. I wonder if those polymorph lights will deform over time though. I think if I were to build it myself, I'd make a little vacuum former out of a cigar box, shop vac, and toaster oven. Might be easier / last longer. I like you work, and I very much enjoyed how you walked through your process. Cheers!
It's a very beautyful model that you've made.I like it.Very professional. And thanks for some tips you gave us how to make a studio model like that. Live long and prosper
Wow, Music by Marcos Kleine. really kills it. Excellent playing skills! Love that guitar part. So tasty. Is there a link to his channel? And here is another great video exposing all the hard work done for the heart and our reward for finding this. There will come a time where you channel will be pointed out by a big channel and then the rest is history as you shoot to the top.
I'm about to start a Runabout build with the AMT kit so I'm doing a lot of watching other people's build videos. I'm amazed that you built this basically from nothing. Do you have some details on the paints you used? It's such a shame that you didn't add the table with a little bowl of fruit. I'm (currently) planning to make a (slightly less pink) version of the back compartment seen in the TNG episode. I'm curious why you put in some panel lines on the warp nacelles, but not on the rest of the ship? I think if you'd used a knife or a fine ballpoint pen to score the balsa to give it the impression that it's made from separate things it could add a lot of realism.
Hi Shannon, thanks for watching! No idea about the paint I used I'm afraid. It wasn't anything special though. As with the transporter in the aft of the cockpit, I didn't add the table to the aft compartment because it simply obscured the view. The windows are tiny and you only get a very limited field of view through them. A small table even at the right scale just dominates what you could see and it seemed like a shame, so I decided to leave it out. Maybe the crew had moved it so they could do some calisthenics training or something! The nacelles have very prominent panel lines on them on the "real" runabouts, but the fuselage less so. Maybe it would have been a nice touch to score them subtly as you suggest. I would have feared scoring against the grain of the wood though, and I would have had to because there would have to be horizontal and vertical lines needed, so at least half of them would be against the grain. Anyway, thanks again for watching, and good luck with your build! :-)
as other commentors down here, i'd like to congratulate you for that awesome work. i have to try this for myself. i just love the runabout. another question, which also was asked by other dudes here. Where is that theme variation at the beginning from. i just searched all the youtube ds9 guitar vids, but none of them sounds alike. pls answer that question! I am currently building a phaserrifle from first contact, i will post a video when it is finished.
+thanatan86 I wish I could remember where I got the music from! I found it years ago and never kept track of where I got it. All I remember was that they were done by a fan who was going to have them played at a convention. There was also TMP, Voyager and the Inner Light in the same style. If I ever find it again I will post a credit. Glad you liked the model, you should definitely go for one too. I am currently (very slowly) making a scratch built NX-01. I'll post a vid here whenever it eventually gets done and will look forward to seeing your phaser rifle.
@@FPSD Im sure it must have been a lot. By the way I really like the arrangement for the DS9 theme. Did you do that yourself ? It's inspired me to try some arrangement of my own to the trek music. I watched DS9 thru I think 4 times, I dont remember exactly but im sure there were some good themes there. Wow thats good excuse for another watch thru.
@@FPSD cheers. Do you remember the series enterprise I love the ship when the captain went into the future when they were fighting over the expanse what a beautiful ship that was I can’t think what it was called
Can't remember - sorry. It wasn't a Star Trek one, just a random one I saw that looked like it was. It was actually dark blue on the shoulders I think. I don't I have it anymore as far as I know...
Thanks! Alas I think the amount of man-hours required would make the finished model way too expensive for anyone to buy. I appreciate the sentiment though! :-)
Hello "FPSD", First, please, don't take this the wrong way, but your presentation was a little boring and tended to ramble on. My apologies, but I am a videographer. Your model is interesting and I see that you put a good deal of thought and effort into building it. If you don't mind, I would like to offer at least one or two small suggestions for plastic windows if you ever decide to build another spaceship model. I too am in the process of building a spaceship, only mine will be unique and totally from scratch. I have no plans other than a rough sketch to work from, but have a strong and clear idea of how I will make it. I've done this a few times before and so have a good idea for how to proceed. My suggestion for you if you need good windowing material for your models is this. "Clear Plastic Bottles, and clear plastic packaging from products that you buy. The plastic bottles and the plastic packaging is uniform thickness and easy to cut. It can also be very easily molded to any desired shape and you wouldn't have the issues of making bad cuts as you obviously did with your "CD Cases." The CD cases seem like a good idea, but as you learned, are difficult to cut and a challenge to work with and reshape. Plastic package covers and clear plastic bottles can be cut to any desired shape. If you need it to hold a specific shape, you can tape it to a contoured surface and then heat it slowly with a hairdryer set to medium heat. You will see it begin to shrink. When it does, remove the heat immediately and cool it with a wet towel or cloth. It will set right away and will maintain its shape immediately. When ready to glue the windows in place, sand the edge first so that the glue has something to grab onto. Plastic packaging and plastic bottles respond to plastic glues and adhesives very, very well and allows for strong permanent bonds. You seemed concerned with light-bleed through the balsa-wood. Whether using plastic, cardboard or wood, it is always a good idea to spray paint and seal your area with a gray, white or black primer before doing your actual paint. Seal the area for detail painting with at least 3 thin coats of primer, allowing for drying between each coat. There are lots of spray paint available that can assist with this step. Once the primer coat is completely dry, then you can add your details. Good quality masking tape is always a very important step to consider when detail painting. There are also "Mask Medium" products to seal the areas you don't want paint to bleed through. The Masking Medium is readily and easily removed without damage to the protected areas or the painted detail areas. Thank you for sharing your video. Good luck on your future builds. My apologies for my comments early on, I think you you have the potential of making better videos of your model builds. Had I not, I would never have made the comment at all. Again, thanks for sharing.
JW Hey, thanks for the tips! I originally intended to use the sort of plastic you mention, but decided against it for two reasons. Firstly, all the packaging type plastics I had to hand exhibited an odd property - namely that the further an object was away from the plastic, the more "blurry" they appeared when viewed through the plastic. If a cardboard packaging label is IN CONTACT with the plastic, the plastic behaves as one would expect. However, move the cardboard one then two or three centimeters back from the plastic and it goes increasingly out of focus. This was no good for me, as all the interior would have been distorted optically by the windows. Play around with a bit and see if you can replicate what I mean. I was on the prowl for suitable window plastics for months during the build, and all the packaging type stuff I tried did the same thing to one degree or another, although maybe I was just very unlucky with the plastics I encountered. The second reason was heat. I intended to (and still do) keep the model fully switched on each evening for many hours, and as the LEDs are packed into some areas very tightly, I was worried that in time, moderate heat would build up and maybe cause the plastic to deform slightly - maybe even enough to make them pop out of the frames, in a way similar that you describe with the deliberate heating with a hair dryer. As such, I opted to take the trickier and more time consuming route of cutting out the more brittle type plastic. I probably did go into all this on the video, but then trimmed it out of the final edit to try and keep the rambling down (maybe not trimmed enough though, eh!) I will definitely keep your tips in mind for any future builds though! Thanks for taking the time to pass them on, and good luck with your own build!
Thanks for watching David! I appreciate your comments, and am glad to hear that the video held your interest for the duration! I guess everyone has a different take on these things, eh...!
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Very nice work. If I may offer a tip, a less difficult way of making the red Bussard tips would have been to carve them from solid blocks of transparent Lucite. If there's no shop in your area, it can be found online. Just work them to shape and sand them to the right frosted finish. You could drill a recess for your LED into the backs of the pieces and there you go!
I thought that the days of true scratch builds were over with the invent of 3d printers. Especially from someone your age. When I was young, scratch build was the only option. So Bravo and CONGRATS! It looks awesome! Hey, I like your TNG hoody as well
I am noticing a profound wisdom and unselfishness by Mr. O'Brien. He is very passionate about his craft and work and he is willing to share that love with others. He is sharing with others. That is rare. His writing also illustrates his wisdom. It is refreshing to see this! He will influence many and isn't that the point of it?!
Well done. I salute you!
Thank you so much! :-)
@@FPSD You are a born teacher!
Not only is the model stunning but the description on your build process was fantastically detailed.
Congratulations on your model.
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Hi, my name is Luís , i'm a big fan of all Star Trek series (not a fanatic) but a fan never the less. Doing a model of any aircraft is very hard , we can't forget that all the people that make this models are profffecionals in what they do. This runabout looks perfect congrats.
Nice job! I made a scratch built interior in my Rio Grande Runabout model. I used sheets of polystyrene to create the cockpit , seats, transporter the back room with the ceiling, cabin bunks, table chairs and the sofa along the rear windows, used colored Christmas lights for everything ran them off a DC model train transformer! Took me several weeks and came out quite lovely! This was back in the 90s when DS9 first came out and the only info on the back section was from the TNG episode Timescape! Need to take pictures to post after I Re-glue the warp engines section back together after one of my cats decided to use it as a spring board one day, lol!
Ha - nice one! Sounds like fun. To be fair, I think to this day we only saw the rear compartment in the TNG episode. All other sources were books etc. Weird that they never used it in DS9 itself!
Looks like I’m quite late for properly commenting, but here it is.
Really excellent work, mon ami. You have tremendous patience and a marvelous work ethic. Thank you for documenting the whole process and sharing it. Très bien fait!
Thank you, that's very kind. I'm glad you enjoyed the video :-)
As a person who has created some scratch builds for wargame weekends, I am in complete envy of your 'finishing' skills! It's one thing making stuff that looks okay from a distance, but to stand up to close up inspection, takes some skills. :)
Absolutely amazing man. Detail and dedication is unreal.
I love the creativity and sollutions you came up with for this build! Lovely end result!
You're a freaking PRO. omg I bow down. WOW. gorgeous gorgeous work, simply gorgeous. great job.
Fantastic work, mate. I've always loved the runabout, and yours looks amazing. I love the attention to detail on the interiors.
A beautiful piece of work, sir. I especially like the interior work.
Very, very nice. I wonder if those polymorph lights will deform over time though. I think if I were to build it myself, I'd make a little vacuum former out of a cigar box, shop vac, and toaster oven. Might be easier / last longer. I like you work, and I very much enjoyed how you walked through your process. Cheers!
Really nice. Great show piece, museum quality!
Nice build, admire the way you sourced everyday materials where you could. Thanks for posting your build and explaining the steps along the way.
Thanks :-) One day I'll finish my NX-01 and make a video about that too...
Brilliant. Amazing dedication and fantastic video even for non model maker. Superb, well done.
Awesome job! The detail is amazing. Hope to see more.
Wow! Just great all the way around...thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! :-)
You are an amazing craftsman Gary! I am a big fan of all your work!
Thanks buddy! I really appreciate that :-)
It's a very beautyful model that you've made.I like it.Very professional.
And thanks for some tips you gave us how to make a studio model like that.
Live long and prosper
Lovely model and well explained - Haven't seen a scratch build done this well since the heady days of Airfix Magazine in the 1970s
Thank you Mike :-)
Just fabulous work. Really impressive!
Fantastic work!
Very nice work, I enjoyed hearing about your assembling process, I found it engaging and informative. The a Runabout looks Amazing! 😀
Excellent work mate!
brilliant work well thought out well executed , impressive I must say
Amazing work
Thank you! It's been years and it's still in one piece... 🙂
A labor of love. You did a wonderful job.
great work, thanks for the building details
Nice work man, its like a HD version of the ship.
Looks amazing dude, I love runabouts!
I absolutely love the electric DS9 theme music! The model is cool, but what surprised me was the moment it took to realize you aren't Matt Smith! 0.O
The transporter arrives on tuesday 😉. Awesome inspirational.
Ha ha! Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :-)
What a scholar and a baller, this stuff is awesome!
Wow, Music by Marcos Kleine. really kills it. Excellent playing skills! Love that guitar part. So tasty. Is there a link to his channel?
And here is another great video exposing all the hard work done for the heart and our reward for finding this. There will come a time where you channel will be pointed out by a big channel and then the rest is history as you shoot to the top.
After reading a bunch of comments including FPSDs I found this link to the full tune. ruclips.net/video/vaDFNr0DNIw/видео.html by Mr. Kleine
Amazing work! Very impressive! ✨👏🏽✨
Thanks! :-)
Great seeing other's scratch builds. Come see our TOS at Steve Neill's Garage.
it looked quite nice as a wooden figure as well..
Now that is very impressive make me one and I am not a DS9 fan very very nice.😁
Thanks buddy :-)
Amazing work.can only admire the work you have put into this model.did you keep it or sell it !
superb model!
I want your hoodie! Where?
Scratch built maybe?
@@S0u11ess dang...9 years ago...that is a record for me.
@@KrisPuccilol ya... I'm still hoping @FPSD will solve this mystery
I'm about to start a Runabout build with the AMT kit so I'm doing a lot of watching other people's build videos. I'm amazed that you built this basically from nothing.
Do you have some details on the paints you used?
It's such a shame that you didn't add the table with a little bowl of fruit. I'm (currently) planning to make a (slightly less pink) version of the back compartment seen in the TNG episode.
I'm curious why you put in some panel lines on the warp nacelles, but not on the rest of the ship? I think if you'd used a knife or a fine ballpoint pen to score the balsa to give it the impression that it's made from separate things it could add a lot of realism.
Hi Shannon, thanks for watching!
No idea about the paint I used I'm afraid. It wasn't anything special though.
As with the transporter in the aft of the cockpit, I didn't add the table to the aft compartment because it simply obscured the view. The windows are tiny and you only get a very limited field of view through them. A small table even at the right scale just dominates what you could see and it seemed like a shame, so I decided to leave it out. Maybe the crew had moved it so they could do some calisthenics training or something!
The nacelles have very prominent panel lines on them on the "real" runabouts, but the fuselage less so. Maybe it would have been a nice touch to score them subtly as you suggest. I would have feared scoring against the grain of the wood though, and I would have had to because there would have to be horizontal and vertical lines needed, so at least half of them would be against the grain.
Anyway, thanks again for watching, and good luck with your build! :-)
as other commentors down here, i'd like to congratulate you for that awesome work. i have to try this for myself. i just love the runabout.
another question, which also was asked by other dudes here. Where is that theme variation at the beginning from. i just searched all the youtube ds9 guitar vids, but none of them sounds alike. pls answer that question!
I am currently building a phaserrifle from first contact, i will post a video when it is finished.
+thanatan86 I wish I could remember where I got the music from! I found it years ago and never kept track of where I got it. All I remember was that they were done by a fan who was going to have them played at a convention. There was also TMP, Voyager and the Inner Light in the same style. If I ever find it again I will post a credit.
Glad you liked the model, you should definitely go for one too. I am currently (very slowly) making a scratch built NX-01. I'll post a vid here whenever it eventually gets done and will look forward to seeing your phaser rifle.
+thanatan86 Update! The music is by Marcos Kleine. Google him and you should be able to find his Trek covers somewhere.
+FPSD dude, thank you so much. I'll try to find it.
Great job on the model! Also, who made that version of the DS9 theme? It's quite good.
Music by Marcos Kleine
Where is the music from in the beginning of the video?
Music by Marcos Kleine
Fantastic build and video. I wonder how many hours this took to build.
Thanks! Good question. I have no idea, but it was a lot!
@@FPSD Im sure it must have been a lot. By the way I really like the arrangement for the DS9 theme. Did you do that yourself ? It's inspired me to try some arrangement of my own to the trek music. I watched DS9 thru I think 4 times, I dont remember exactly but im sure there were some good themes there. Wow thats good excuse for another watch thru.
@@CC_Timbral Music by Marcos Kleine
YOU ARE an absolute genius! When I can one day afford it, I'm hiring you to build me a number of models. What talent and skill. I am very envious!
I was wondering if you still had all the archive information on the runabout? Would you be at liberty to share them?
Ever think about building the ships from star trek online It be real cool think about it !
Did you make that sweatshirt too?
I wonder if this gut is a star trek fan?
Does it fly
Is it the Gio grand class
The Rio Grande class, yes :-)
To be clear, it's the same type of runabout as the Rio Grande, but the class is "Danube class"! :-)
@@FPSD cheers
@@FPSD cheers. Do you remember the series enterprise I love the ship when the captain went into the future when they were fighting over the expanse what a beautiful ship that was I can’t think what it was called
@@wayne90079 I can only think that it was maybe the Enterprise NCC-1701-J?
Where did you get your hoodie?
Can't remember - sorry. It wasn't a Star Trek one, just a random one I saw that looked like it was. It was actually dark blue on the shoulders I think. I don't I have it anymore as far as I know...
FPSD No worries. Thanks for the reply. Amazing job on the Runabout 👍
Thanks skyserf. Stay tuned to this channel because we have a TNG era fan film in the works now too :-)
FPSD Just subscribed 👍
FPSD And hit the alert bell 😬
🙂👍🏽📽
Nice job, but it seems to me you really handy capped yourself with your choice of materials.
You kinda sound and look like Matt Smith...or should I say...DOCTOR?
Don't know if you will see this but i would pay for one of these you should think about doing stuff like this for money
Thanks! Alas I think the amount of man-hours required would make the finished model way too expensive for anyone to buy. I appreciate the sentiment though! :-)
Be my daddy! 😍
Hello "FPSD",
First, please, don't take this the wrong way, but your presentation was a little boring and tended to ramble on. My apologies, but I am a videographer.
Your model is interesting and I see that you put a good deal of thought and effort into building it. If you don't mind, I would like to offer at least one or two small suggestions for plastic windows if you ever decide to build another spaceship model. I too am in the process of building a spaceship, only mine will be unique and totally from scratch. I have no plans other than a rough sketch to work from, but have a strong and clear idea of how I will make it. I've done this a few times before and so have a good idea for how to proceed.
My suggestion for you if you need good windowing material for your models is this. "Clear Plastic Bottles, and clear plastic packaging from products that you buy. The plastic bottles and the plastic packaging is uniform thickness and easy to cut. It can also be very easily molded to any desired shape and you wouldn't have the issues of making bad cuts as you obviously did with your "CD Cases." The CD cases seem like a good idea, but as you learned, are difficult to cut and a challenge to work with and reshape. Plastic package covers and clear plastic bottles can be cut to any desired shape. If you need it to hold a specific shape, you can tape it to a contoured surface and then heat it slowly with a hairdryer set to medium heat. You will see it begin to shrink. When it does, remove the heat immediately and cool it with a wet towel or cloth. It will set right away and will maintain its shape immediately. When ready to glue the windows in place, sand the edge first so that the glue has something to grab onto. Plastic packaging and plastic bottles respond to plastic glues and adhesives very, very well and allows for strong permanent bonds.
You seemed concerned with light-bleed through the balsa-wood. Whether using plastic, cardboard or wood, it is always a good idea to spray paint and seal your area with a gray, white or black primer before doing your actual paint. Seal the area for detail painting with at least 3 thin coats of primer, allowing for drying between each coat. There are lots of spray paint available that can assist with this step. Once the primer coat is completely dry, then you can add your details. Good quality masking tape is always a very important step to consider when detail painting. There are also "Mask Medium" products to seal the areas you don't want paint to bleed through. The Masking Medium is readily and easily removed without damage to the protected areas or the painted detail areas. Thank you for sharing your video. Good luck on your future builds. My apologies for my comments early on, I think you you have the potential of making better videos of your model builds. Had I not, I would never have made the comment at all. Again, thanks for sharing.
JW
Hey, thanks for the tips!
I originally intended to use the sort of plastic you mention, but decided against it for two reasons. Firstly, all the packaging type plastics I had to hand exhibited an odd property - namely that the further an object was away from the plastic, the more "blurry" they appeared when viewed through the plastic.
If a cardboard packaging label is IN CONTACT with the plastic, the plastic behaves as one would expect. However, move the cardboard one then two or three centimeters back from the plastic and it goes increasingly out of focus.
This was no good for me, as all the interior would have been distorted optically by the windows. Play around with a bit and see if you can replicate what I mean. I was on the prowl for suitable window plastics for months during the build, and all the packaging type stuff I tried did the same thing to one degree or another, although maybe I was just very unlucky with the plastics I encountered.
The second reason was heat. I intended to (and still do) keep the model fully switched on each evening for many hours, and as the LEDs are packed into some areas very tightly, I was worried that in time, moderate heat would build up and maybe cause the plastic to deform slightly - maybe even enough to make them pop out of the frames, in a way similar that you describe with the deliberate heating with a hair dryer.
As such, I opted to take the trickier and more time consuming route of cutting out the more brittle type plastic. I probably did go into all this on the video, but then trimmed it out of the final edit to try and keep the rambling down (maybe not trimmed enough though, eh!)
I will definitely keep your tips in mind for any future builds though!
Thanks for taking the time to pass them on, and good luck with your own build!
Thanks for watching David! I appreciate your comments, and am glad to hear that the video held your interest for the duration! I guess everyone has a different take on these things, eh...!