I just built this kit. The saucer broke on me 3 times in multiple pieces, the left side nacelle snapped on me at the rear in 2 places after I mounted it. The body itself came apart and split down the side. I went through hell putting this together. But I didn’t give up. I think it has to do with the clear plastic being brittle. Because I have a kit that is in the gray plastic from 1995 that I am making the “future all good things” enterprise and it’s not breaking at all. I bought a set of the Aztec decals and it came out great. Just finished it on Wednesday. Wish I could send a pic on here of all the breaks I encountered and how I fixed them the best I could and a pic of the final product.
Yeah, the clear styrene is much more brittle than the usual opaque styrene. The upper saucer part for this build has a small crack at the back from applying pressure while sanding the raised details away. Drilling holes can be risky too, you have to start small and work up to the final drill size to avoid splitting
I love technology... from the clear parts to the vinyl aztec templates to the computer running lights and sound... Can't wait to see it all come together!
@@MotionPictureMiniatures Thanks mate. I really appreciate all your in depth research. I've been doing the same on my current project. Thought i had gone bonkers lol. Not got to the D yet, but i will be. You've given me several tips so far mate. Cheers :)
Fantastic work, ill purchase your vinyls thanks for offering them to the public. I went on drilling out all windows on the opaque kit and it took forever and removeing the raised details that need to be painted. Keep on the fantastic work. Still got the Nebula class from DLM, the Defiant clear parts and the photo etch phaser strips , so bad he passed away. BTw are you the often wrong soong that made this fantastic enterprise d a few years ago?
Yep, I used to post in a few online forums as Often Wrong Soong. One of my Enterprise D builds was on the Starship Modeler forum years ago, before everything migrated to Facebook groups
I've got this kit in the stash. When I get to it - I'm likely to try and pick up some/all of your parts. Do you ship to the states? Thanks and looking forward to watching this build!
I have watched all 5 of your videosI can see where your going & enjoyed them I wish there were more of them , I must though with so much material sanded off was their any structural integrity issues at all ?.
Thanks, I'll get back to it one day! The kit parts are quite thick, sanding all the features away only removes a fraction of the overall thickness so causes no strength issues
I found your page after seeing Captain's Drydock's review of your parts. Looking forward to watching all of these videos and getting some more inspiration to finish my clear Enterprise D and All Good Things future Enterprise as well. Would love to get those parts as well but I am not on Facebook do you have an e-mail account or Instagram account that I can get in contact with you through?
Hi Jason, thanks for your interest. The parts can be found on eBay, just search "1/1400 AMT Enterprise D" and they should come up. My eBay username is OftenwrongSoong1980 👍😎
Awesome! I was hoping you might have an eBay store. Definitely expect an order. Been watching your other videos...wow excellent work! I'm definitely going to be keen to learn some lessons from you build. Thanks!
Are you referring to the grilles? They're the trickiest parts to get to fit, the nacelle body parts need some careful trimming where the grilles flare out. I'm thinking about re-tooling the parts to further improve accuracy and make them easier to work with
Well, this in the aggregate looks intriguing!
I just built this kit. The saucer broke on me 3 times in multiple pieces, the left side nacelle snapped on me at the rear in 2 places after I mounted it. The body itself came apart and split down the side. I went through hell putting this together. But I didn’t give up. I think it has to do with the clear plastic being brittle. Because I have a kit that is in the gray plastic from 1995 that I am making the “future all good things” enterprise and it’s not breaking at all. I bought a set of the Aztec decals and it came out great. Just finished it on Wednesday. Wish I could send a pic on here of all the breaks I encountered and how I fixed them the best I could and a pic of the final product.
Yeah, the clear styrene is much more brittle than the usual opaque styrene. The upper saucer part for this build has a small crack at the back from applying pressure while sanding the raised details away. Drilling holes can be risky too, you have to start small and work up to the final drill size to avoid splitting
I love technology... from the clear parts to the vinyl aztec templates to the computer running lights and sound... Can't wait to see it all come together!
Thanks 👍 The project is on hold for the time being, but I'll be back to it in the near future 🤞😎
Cripes I wish this kit could still be got... great series.
Thanks, hopefully I'll get back to it and finish the project soon
Nice to see you here. Looking forward to my build using your parts. can't wait for your Aztec masks cheers. :)
Great stuff, I hope you enjoy the parts. Thanks, and good luck with your project 👍
@@MotionPictureMiniatures Thanks mate. I really appreciate all your in depth research. I've been doing the same on my current project. Thought i had gone bonkers lol. Not got to the D yet, but i will be. You've given me several tips so far mate. Cheers :)
@@ModelDiver Good to hear, I'm glad there's some stuff in the videos that are proving useful. Thanks for watching
Fantastic work, ill purchase your vinyls thanks for offering them to the public. I went on drilling out all windows on the opaque kit and it took forever and removeing the raised details that need to be painted. Keep on the fantastic work. Still got the Nebula class from DLM, the Defiant clear parts and the photo etch phaser strips , so bad he passed away. BTw are you the often wrong soong that made this fantastic enterprise d a few years ago?
Yep, I used to post in a few online forums as Often Wrong Soong. One of my Enterprise D builds was on the Starship Modeler forum years ago, before everything migrated to Facebook groups
I've got this kit in the stash. When I get to it - I'm likely to try and pick up some/all of your parts. Do you ship to the states? Thanks and looking forward to watching this build!
I've sent a lot of sets over to the states, I'd be happy to send you some too when you're ready. Thanks for watching 👍😎
I have watched all 5 of your videosI can see where your going & enjoyed them I wish there were more of them , I must though with so much material sanded off was their any structural integrity issues at all ?.
Thanks, I'll get back to it one day! The kit parts are quite thick, sanding all the features away only removes a fraction of the overall thickness so causes no strength issues
Good luck with your channel!
Thanks mate, much appreciated 👍😎
I found your page after seeing Captain's Drydock's review of your parts. Looking forward to watching all of these videos and getting some more inspiration to finish my clear Enterprise D and All Good Things future Enterprise as well. Would love to get those parts as well but I am not on Facebook do you have an e-mail account or Instagram account that I can get in contact with you through?
Hi Jason, thanks for your interest. The parts can be found on eBay, just search "1/1400 AMT Enterprise D" and they should come up. My eBay username is OftenwrongSoong1980 👍😎
Awesome! I was hoping you might have an eBay store. Definitely expect an order. Been watching your other videos...wow excellent work! I'm definitely going to be keen to learn some lessons from you build.
Thanks!
@@jasonotoole1822 great stuff, thanks Jason. Part 6 is uploading right now....👍
Purchased this set, the only issue I had was the warp engine inserts, they just did not fit, I worked on them for two days and just gave up. :(
Are you referring to the grilles? They're the trickiest parts to get to fit, the nacelle body parts need some careful trimming where the grilles flare out. I'm thinking about re-tooling the parts to further improve accuracy and make them easier to work with