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I got the bug to try a little wood working. This project exposes the shortcomings in my skills (and available tools) but I'm happy with the end result.

The ship is made primarily from pine. All pieces were cut with either a band or jig saw, rough shaped with a belt sander, then finished with a palm sander and fine-grade sand brick. This is meant as a wood sculpture - I'll be staining it but no plans to paint it or otherwise cover the wood grain.

The stand was a major hassle and took almost as long to make as the ship. This was the third version of the stand -the first two looked like a dog's lunch.

The lines on the saucer section are etched in with a razor.


The final version will have a small transparent dome under the saucer.



It is way more difficult to line up the saucer and nacelles than I thought it would be.



There is more detail on the nacelles than shows in the pictures.


The sensor dish on the front is tiny -not easy to craft from wood.


I'm pleased with the detail on the front of the body -lots of time with a dremel and sandpaper.


Thanks for looking.

-KCG

Not a big fan of Star Trek but this came out really well. I can tell You put a lot of work into it.

Wow, that is...

I mean, I've built a number of Ertl and Polar Lights model kits of the various incarnations of the Enterprise over the years, but nothing like this.

Damn impressive.

Jeez, that's seriously impressive. you have some amazing talent, KC

Thanks guys I appreciate he kind words

I'm a life-long Trekkie, and I must say that that is a very nice Constitution-class Enterprise; the warp nacelles are really top-notch!

About how big is it?

Very well done!

Demon, its about 17" front to back and 9" wide at the nacelles. On the stand its about 10" tall.

Amazing work. The detail is most impressive.

Love it! I am not surprised to see Star Trek fans on a Ghostbusters site! I love being a geek

Really nice job on that Enterprise. It came out really well.

that is amazing. this Star Trek fan is impressed. I like it a lot.

I don't have an enterprise finished at the moment, (no space or time), but I do have a defiant class and saber class done up. I'll try to get photos later. Defiant is 100% finished, but my little cousin thought it was a toy so some decals got messed up. Saber class is about 90% finished. Needs some more paint and decal work. In the pipe for star trek models I have a galaxy, Soverign,ambassador, intrepid, and about half of a nebula. Can't wait until ds9 is re-released later this year, although it isn't in the same scale as all my other trek models.

What's the update on this awesome TOS Enterprise?

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Thanks for the kind comments and request for status updates.

The sculpt project suffered a little bit of a lag, but is certainly not a dead project by any means.

I've been creating molds for each of the pieces as time permitted.




As of yesterday I created my first resin casting with full paint and clear coat.





I need to polish my technique for getting the paint to look like stained wood, but overall am pleased with the results.

-KCG

Beautiful craftmanship, the Enterprise looks great...

...and that's my second-least favourite configuration of the Enterprise (least is the Enterprise-J).

That is amazing seeing the original E in great detail! Great work my friend!

I'm going to take back some of the things I said about you. You....you've earned it.

As a long-time Trek fan, I gotta say, that is amazing

Love the details!!

Thanks everyone. I've been a bit of a Star Trek kick lately. My newest prop is from an original series episode:




Who will be the first to correctly identify the prop/episode?

Well, it looks like a Klingon dagger probably from day of the dove.

It's the Empire dagger from the episode Mirror Mirror.

Nice Alan -you nailed it right out of the gate.

Ez, I know the "Agonizer" from the Mirror Mirror episode was reused in Day of the Dove, but I don't think the dagger was.

-KCG

Nah, I just thought the dagger looked klingon.