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	30-33 These photos show me adding panelling, mostly in plastic sheet which I had to individually heat-form around the wooden hull. At this stage I also cut in ALL the window recesses. Not a job I'd recommend....-unless you want to drive yourself NUTS!


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34-36 These show the engine nacelle being carved in one piece of jelutong. Luckily they are both the same so I only had to carve one. The recessed "scoops" were a bit of a problem though and I eventually carved all 4 scoop covers (the bits that glow red!) individually in 5mm Perspex and carved them to fit the recesses. And here again I found major differences between the models. The sections where the wings join to the engines seem to vary several considerably in the photos I have!


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	37-38 The Wings were carved out of 5mm "Perspex" ("Plexiglass") The final castings had to have three 1/8th inch bore brass tubes inlaid in them to carry the wiring for the the neon lights I planned to use to simulate the Warp engines!


	39-40 These photos show close-ups of the fine detailing and considerable amount of cladding along the top of the secondary hull. Blending the wings into the main body, bearing in mind they had to carry a considerable amount of wires, was also very difficult, and again showed that a bend seen in the lower wings in some photos appears not to be there in others!


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41-43 These photos show myself and my wife Jan holding the final model sections together just to check it all lines up properly!

44. The final sections of the "Enterprise" laid out ready to be moulded.


	Email Martin at: martin@martinbowersmodelworld.co.uk

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