I decided to paint this kit with extreme weathering. My thought is that this spaceship entered my planets with extreme conditions and with little resources to cleanup or fix things unless it was absolutely necessary. I painted the model with automotive paint so the paint would be hard. Then I scratched the paint and dry brushed dirt and crime around the edges. I decided to leave the clear windows in the front out. There was to many reflections from them and the clear window parts obstructed the details inside. This is a trick that they do on the studio models.

I work in private sales only and treat my model company building like art work...

This kit was built ten years ago for a now defunct Modeling website. The instructions were to take the stock kit and actualize it like the studio model and document it for their site. The photos were their property, but the model was mine. The kit out of the box wasn’t bad, but not accurate. I had to decide what was worth changing and what wasn’t. The basic shapes were off but not enough to change. Lifeboats were added and the forward window was enlarged as was the two side bridge windows. I spent hundreds of hours adding tiny slats to the phaser strips to correct them. After reviewing the color instructions of the model it became apparent they were way off...