Hi, welcome to my build log. This is the first model ship I've built and will most likely be my last. This is something that I've always wanted to do and now I seem to have the patience and attention to detail in my life dialed in a bit, so I thought it time. I chose the USS Enterprise for several reasons, it's size big enough for the detail yet small enough for my one-bedroom apt., it's importance in history being part of the initial Navy fleet and protecting not only the continental United States locally but abroad, and its mystery it seems that from a construction perspective, there is not much to reference specifically about the ship. Some drawings and renderings but no actual plans. I think the later allows for that bit of artistic license and the ability to make some adjustments in detail and finish.
I'm calling this my coffee table build because that's where I'll be building my project. So, for those of you contemplating building something like this and don't have the impressive shop or work area, follow along, I'm sure that somewhere along the way there may be some interesting methods of necessity that arise due to the environment. First of which, my workplace. In order to protect my coffee table, I clamped down some Masonite (finished side up). I chose Masonite because it has both a soft side to protect my table and a hard side to work on and maybe provide for suction cup mounting of tools. We'll see about that when the time comes. So welcome to my work area. My ship was delivered yesterday so I'll get started in a few days after picking up a few necessities, like glue
Stay Tuned!!!
I'm calling this my coffee table build because that's where I'll be building my project. So, for those of you contemplating building something like this and don't have the impressive shop or work area, follow along, I'm sure that somewhere along the way there may be some interesting methods of necessity that arise due to the environment. First of which, my workplace. In order to protect my coffee table, I clamped down some Masonite (finished side up). I chose Masonite because it has both a soft side to protect my table and a hard side to work on and maybe provide for suction cup mounting of tools. We'll see about that when the time comes. So welcome to my work area. My ship was delivered yesterday so I'll get started in a few days after picking up a few necessities, like glue
Stay Tuned!!!