Another refit...oh for crying out loud.

[Raytheon]

Howdo folks and any folkettes about the place.
Now a few things have been resolved it's time to get stuck back into this beastie.

Page 1 of this WIP.
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom.html

Page 10, latest update.
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom10.html (http://www.models.com/wipplentcom10.html)

And to get some details out of the way...
It's a client build.
The paintwork on the exterior was going to be delt with by yours truly but will now be handled by someone else.

That's the lot for now...enjoy!
:D

[Raist3001]

Well done my friend :)

Fantastic correction to the PSA!!

[droplite]

Liked what you did on page 10!

My skills are slowly moving to that ability!

[Sean C]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: you do really nice work and your web pages are really entertaining!

"Nicely done sah!"

[Thomas E. Johnson]

Go Raytheon GO GO GO!!!!!!!:D:D:D

[Jedi Dade]

Oh My Goodness... I feel so inferior right now...

Jedi Dade

[Gunnie]

I don't follow many builds out there (especially refits) but I have to say your's is one I bookmarked. It is way cool and inspirational.

[Gunnie]

PREJUDICE! FOUL!
Damn military builders and your bias!:p:p

Heh heh - not enough rivets on that damn starship - get to steppin' it up!

Damnit! :p

[Base Star Commander]

That's pretty frikkin' neat! Good job!

[Raytheon]

I thank ya people!

Oh My Goodness... I feel so inferior right now...

Jedi Dade

A feeling which will swiftly pass i assure you, don't go feeling what you are not JD. Especially in this outfit mate or some large, ugly and gorilla like individual will just have to correct you.

Like me!
:D

Heh heh - not enough rivets on that damn starship - get to steppin' it up!

Damnit! :p

SIRYESSIRETCYADDAYADDAANDSOON!

What bloody next?
Federation Starship U.S.S Boilerplate?
NCC-1701-R ivet
;)

Go easy all.

[Raytheon]

Another day, another update...

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom11.html

Bridge section airlock lighting.

Go easy all!

[rider]

Glad to see this posted on here. Gotta be one of the most impressive builds I've ever seen. Cannot wait to see the rest. Keep em comin now hear :D

[Griffworks]

Ha! You say it like it's a bad thing! I love seein' yer work, Ian. Always a pleasure.

[Raist3001]

Very impressive Ian. It's a great pleasure to view your work in progress.

[Refit1701]

Amazing work! The thread title is a bit threatening, considering I haven't started mine yet!

[Raytheon]

Well Refit1701...waddaya waiting for mate? :D

Thanks all!
Just a wee update for you. Nothing earth shattering though so don't get ya hopes up.
;)

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom12.html

Go easy all!

[JohnLogan]

Hey there Ian. Nice build. Like you have on your build. I was wondering, the area that you leave the metal tape off on the inside of the sauser, when backlit seems to have a somewhat hard edge. And a spotlight's edge, the firther from the light source, seems to feather out. Do you think that airbrushing the edge of this area with black or silver paint a person could control the feathering of the light that shows thru ? I'm about to start my Polar Lights Kit and would like to get your opinion. Thanks a bunch.
- John :confused:

[Raytheon]

Indeed the airbrush thing with silver paint works, did the same on my Enterprise E for the saucer spotlights.
Top of this page...
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipsrent7.html

Seemed to work out so i'll be a doing the same with this one.

Go Easy

[JohnLogan]

Thanks for the come-back on that. That looks real good. LOL I thought I viewed all of your sight. Must of missed it.
Thanks again for the help.
-John

[Raytheon]

Nay prob John, ya welcome.

Right then, amoungst all the rest of the silliness i've been fiddling with, Dug out some pics and enough to get this thing updated :

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom13.html
Page 13, Top saucer lighting.

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom13.html
Page 14, Bottom saucer lighting.

For info purposes, going all out to get this sorted, then the A-Wing then the rest of the nonsense.

Whata life!
:D
Go easy all!

[JohnLogan]

Very nicely done....as always!
-John

[vaderman1701]

Ian,

I am always amazed at the creative ways you come up with new improvements on your build-ups. Great job!

Scott

[fokkerpilot]

Good show there Ian! Caliber work as always :D

[mackjsm]

NICE!!!! Hurry and lets see the finished model!

[NemVia]

Howdo folks and any folkettes about the place.
Now a few things have been resolved it's time to get stuck back into this beastie.

And to get some details out of the way...
It's a client build.
The paintwork on the exterior was going to be delt with by yours truly but will now be handled by someone else.

That's the lot for now...enjoy!
:D

:cool:She's lookin' mighty fine! Can't wait to see her finished!
~NemVia~

[dbhs]

The care and planning that goes into your lighting work is fantastic. Your website is both a great resource of information and an inspiration.

-Doug

[Raytheon]

I thank you all, much appreciated.
Well running behind with the updates i'm afraid, I should have posted this about a week ago on me site but up to me neck in things here.

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom15.html

Page 15 Saucer RCS thrusters and window lights.

Go easy all!

[JohnLogan]

Looking amazing Ian! :thumbsup: :cool:

[Raytheon]

Howdo all! :wave:

Right then, after some pics going AWOL and only a few coming back to haunt me, managed to get some update pages posted.

Much faffin' about with building detail parts from kit parts to attach to kit parts for a better detailed model....work that one out! ;)

Anyway enough waffle crap, here we go!

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom16.html
Page 16, lightbox assist and start of correcting detail parts.

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom17.html
more of the detail parts doo-dad.

Go easy all
:icon_thumright: :D

[DaGooseman]

Damn !!!!! Nice work !!!

[Raytheon]

Ta muchly fellas!

Sweet merciful crap!
Those flux chillers look really sharp!
(what's worse, that you took the time to cast them, one xacto spaced peice at a time, or that fact that I know what their techincal name is?);)

Well i'd say pick one or both, works either way my primate pal ;)

Oh, update:
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom18.html
Page 18, more nacelle nonsense and a deflector housing doodad.

Enjoy and go easy!
:D

[Kuhn Global]

NICE! :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

Ian... I have a request... please take and send me the hi res photos of this when it is finished.... I already know it will be SWEET! :D

[Raytheon]

Kurt,
Like to help ya boss but the only pics I can give you will be of the unpainted model as the paintwork and final finishing is going to be done by someone else.

Still the ace airbrusher who will be handling the mind mangling task is a decent bloke and may help you out there methinks, i'll ask when it's get's handed over :)

[The Cat]

Good God, Gertie!

Shittabiggun - I think I'm going to go home and throw rocks at my refit after seeing yours!


:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

[Raytheon]

Good God, Gertie!
Never been called that before, still Gertie is nicer than words used to describe me in the past so okedoke.

Shittabiggun
And I coulda lived without that information and what you do in the privacy of your own home is your business but thanks for sharing...kinda :D
- I think I'm going to go home and throw rocks at my refit after seeing yours!


:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

And there goes the reveal of my uber-super-duper-mega-secret battle damage replication techinique.

Dammit!

;)

[Kuhn Global]

Kurt,
Like to help ya boss but the only pics I can give you will be of the unpainted model as the paintwork and final finishing is going to be done by someone else.

Still the ace airbrusher who will be handling the mind mangling task is a decent bloke and may help you out there methinks, i'll ask when it's get's handed over :)

AHHH... I get it....

I still compliment your work my friend. The light boxes, the new parts.... duuuuuuuude..... niiiiiiice! :D

[Raytheon]

And dragging this thread up from the back of beyond...;)
It's pretty much a done deal but like that thing you always put in a safe place and forget where that place is, the stick of pics turned up so here's a couple of update pages.

More to follow, about one page left to plaster up and it's all over from my perspective. All that's really left is to give it a damn good wash and hand it over in person to the airbrush wizard to do his thing once he's finished a book he be a writing.
I'll be yakkin' to him about that as time goes on but that's another story.

Anyways, here we be...
Page 19, Nacelle Lighting Nonsense:
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom19.html

Page 20, Lighting Tests:
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom20.html

I hate leaving build logs unfinished so just call me Captain Necropost.
Well, in this instance anyways. Any other time, 'Bastard' will do nicely :D
Go easy all!

[Neb]

Captain Necropost. :p:D

Top notch work as always Ian---if ya ever decide to publish a monthy magazine, I'll be your first lifetime subscriber! :notworthy::)

[DarthDuck]

Fucking amazing and beautiful even without paint yet!

A tour-de-force of solving the complex lighting demands of this model and exactly why mine remains in the box!!!!

A build as brilliant as it's lights!:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

[Elkybaby]

Looks great, the time you are taking to position the marker lights is sweet and the switch board is cool, i love its layout and choice of words:D

[The Cat]

I keep hearing

Tuh- Duh- Duh- DUH- DUH!

Tuh- Duh- Duh- DUH- DUH!

"This is Starfleet Operations. Enterprise is cleared for departure."

[Raytheon]

I thank ya kindly all!
And what build thingy would not be complete with the now standard Raytheon style You-Tube-placed-to-save-space-and-bandwidth-on-my-server-CrapCam tm vid?
:D

hD74RFYU-c0

Enjoy!

Fucking amazing and beautiful even without paint yet!
Why thank ya me duck billed buddy, good thing the painting is an S.E.P. as i'd probably make a mess of it after all this. Love the design of this lass even now but getting a real deep seated hatred for the kit. Seriously. But thems the breaks ;)


A tour-de-force of solving the complex lighting demands of this model and exactly why mine remains in the box!!!!

*snippage*
What?!? A kit you have remains in the box even after all the lighting nonsense you have pulled off with style? I sense a great disturbance in the force over that comment.

Or was it the meatloaf I had for dinner?...

No matter,save the excuses Don, get the box and crack on with it fella! You just damn well know you want to :D

I keep hearing

Tuh- Duh- Duh- DUH- DUH!

Tuh- Duh- Duh- DUH- DUH!

"This is Starfleet Operations. Enterprise is cleared for departure."
Had the music going in the hellhole my feline friend so got ya covered there guffaw.

[Raytheon]

Another Sudnay, another update etc ;)
Page 21, Deflector dish lighting stuff.
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom21.html

Enjoy!
:D

[LastBattlestar]

That lighting is just stunning mate. You've captured the look perfectly, always liked the floods shining up on the pylons.:) Deeply cool.

Great to see that shuttle bay interior again. I think that is just uber-cool, especially the little shuttle in flight heading out the door. In fact, seeing that interior in progress a while back made me decide to build a detailed bay inside my Galactica bays, insted of the traditional matte painting. Can't beat the real deal!

Mike

[clactonite]

Stunning work, the lighting is spot on and another great buildup in progress. Look forward to seeing how it turns out and thanks for sharing your techniques,

Clactonite

[Peagis]

Amazin work Ian!!

[Raytheon]

I thank ya all!
:)

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd again draging this thread back up to the top..kicking and screaming like the poster, it be the final deal.

This bad motor sccoter is as done as is going to get from me and today marks the hand over to the brave soul who is going to paint it.

Can't say i'm sorry to see it go. Still love the design of the refit and always will but after six times of doing the Refit Rumba with this kit, enough is absofuckin'loutely enough.
If I never have to do another one that will be just fine with yours truly I can well assure you!
So without futher waffle:
Page 22, Final details and official Raytheon Crap-o-camtm vid :D

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom22.html

Go easy all!

[777]

Haha!!! Beautiful mate!! Just beautiful. Top work :hail:. I hope another cones your way soon ;) :D

[LastBattlestar]

Yeah, it looks just great Ian! I think this was one of the first examples of your work I'd seen and I was amazed at how well the hangar interior turned out, Really inspired by it in fact and it led to my (in progress) creation of the landing bay interior in my Galactica. I just love detailed hangar interiors.:)

Mike

[clancampbell]

As usual, amazing inspired work! It's given me the kick-up-the-jacksey i needed to crack on with mine!
Oh, and thanks for the battery boxes as well!:notworthy:

Rich

[Thomas E. Johnson]

I thank ya all!
:)

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd again draging this thread back up to the top..kicking and screaming like the poster, it be the final deal.

This bad motor sccoter is as done as is going to get from me and today marks the hand over to the brave soul who is going to paint it.

Can't say i'm sorry to see it go. Still love the design of the refit and always will but after six times of doing the Refit Rumba with this kit, enough is absofuckin'loutely enough.
If I never have to do another one that will be just fine with yours truly I can well assure you!
So without futher waffle:
Page 22, Final details and official Raytheon Crap-o-camtm vid :D

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipplentcom22.html

Go easy all!

Only 6??????? I've done 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

[nickn]

Only 6??????? I've done 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Maybe you should have stopped at a nice round number....like 12 or 13 :eek:

[Raytheon]

Thankies fellas!
Haha!!! Beautiful mate!! Just beautiful. Top work :hail:. I hope another cones your way soon ;) :D
Thanks for the first bit Trip...not so much for the second ;)

Yeah, it looks just great Ian! I think this was one of the first examples of your work I'd seen and I was amazed at how well the hangar interior turned out, Really inspired by it in fact and it led to my (in progress) creation of the landing bay interior in my Galactica. I just love detailed hangar interiors.:)

Mike
Oh hell yeah, gotta have those interiors mate for bloody certain! :D

As usual, amazing inspired work! It's given me the kick-up-the-jacksey i needed to crack on with mine!
Oh, and thanks for the battery boxes as well!:notworthy:

Rich
Nay prob Rich and you're most welcome mate.

Only 6??????? I've done 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D
Thom, thou art a better man than I methinks :icon_thumright:
Another round of the spotlighting effect/multiple parts rework debarcle would finish me for fuckin' sure :D

Not certain if the airbrush wielding wizard will post pics when done, we shall see me hearties!
Go easy all!
;)

[modelnutz]

Ian, I said it before, I'll say it again....

When I grow up, I want to be Ian Lawrence :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

[Hectors House]

Being the brave soul who is painting this beauty, I just like to say that Ian's updates don't do her justice.
What a build 'What a guy'.
She now resides in my loft awaiting final paint. When I'm ready to go I'll post up some updates in a new thread. But it won't be until 2012 I'm afraid.

RESPECT!