This morning I cut out my test print (and paint) of the upper half of one of a workbee I started last night.
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Vangelis Inspires
Just working on testing out some printed up acetates and clear laser print labels with some new Model Masters acrylic paints I picked up today from The Hobby Smith, while enjoying the great new album Rosetta by Vangelis.
Thinner Acetates
After a couple of evenings experimenting with printed acetates, cutting, folding them, etc. yielded some promising results and some problematic issues in the approach.
First, with the new magnifying head visor which finally arrived, I can now easily have both hands free to cut, and hold acetate while having high-powered magnification. This has been a true relief in trying to work with pieces at this small scale.
More Website Tweaking
Did some more customization and format tweaking for the website this evening. I think I have it close enough to be a useable space now. Where at least it won’t offend me visually, but still be useable in the near-term without investing too much more time right away. The things I want to fix and alter now are more long-term “down the road” stuff.
LEDs and Building Workbees
One of the reasons why I anticipate the building of the kit for my Enterprise project taking quite a long time, is that a lot of researching and exploration on some of the intricate detail and lighting of the model has to be worked out. How those minor details, even about parts of the overall final display which are some of the “secondary” detailing, have a large impact on how the model is built, painted and assembled.
Start of the Enterprise Project
This is a project that started almost nine years ago when I purchased a model kit of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise from the Star Trek film series. Ever since the original movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (ST:TMP) came out in December 1979, I was enthralled with the big screen presentation of the beloved starship Enterprise from the television series, in a new, sleek “refitted” design.
Still Working on the Site Format
Well, evening two after setting up this site yesterday. I spent most of the evening working on finding a design theme and format that works for what I want. I’m getting there as I slowly start to become familiar with how WordPress handles things.
Tiger Tiger Video Project
Made a page about a past project from almost five years ago. A music video I made for “Tiger Tiger” which is one of my favorite tracks by Duran Duran. This is also one of the first posts I made here on my new website, so I am still familiarizing myself with the way WordPress defaults as far as the site structure.
Anyway, enjoy.
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