1/650 U.S.S. Excelsior. Spotlights #StarTrek #Scalemodel #modelmaking #checkoutmywebsitepls #scifi

1/650 Excelsior, details shot. Take a look at that specularity. www.cascadestarshipsmodelmaking.com #startrek #scalemodel #modelkit #modelmaking #scifi #excelsior #miniature #ILM

1/650 Excelsior COMPLETE Find the full image gallery here: www.cascadestarshipsmodelmaking.com/portfolio-co... More images will of course be posted here over time but I guess I gotta encourage those interactions somehow #StarTrek #Scalemodels #modelkit #replica #modelmaking #startrekmodels #scifi

The 1/650 Excelsior is complete! Please watch the premier of the showcase video for this project and don't forget to check out the image gallery on my website! youtu.be/DqsgNYu-jQk?... #Startrek #scalemodel #modelmaking #showcase #replica #scifi #scifiart

The 1/650 Excelsior sits powered on her MSD display base. Power testing before taking her to the studio for photography. #startrek #scalemodel #modelkit #modelmaking #scifi #scifiart #Excelsior

The 1/650 Excelsior on her display stand which has its cover removed for electronics work in the main computer. #StarTrek #Modelmaking #Modelkit #Scalemodel #replica #scifi

Cascade Starships accepts infinite diversity in infinite combinations Happy Pride

1/650 U.S.S. Excelsior rendezvous with the beautiful 1/350 U.S.S. Tempest by @admiralbuck.bsky.social These are NOT the same scale. Halve one or double the other #startrek #scalemodel #modelmaking #replica #scifiart #scifi

The U.S.S. Excelsior looks great with docking ports. Something she should've had from the beginning!

An extra week of work is worth the peace of mind 1/650 Excelsior #StarTrek #scalemodel #modelkit #modelmaking #scifi #scifiart #excelsior

Paintwork on the 1/650 Excelsior is officially done! Only thing that remains are decals. #StarTrek #starship #scalemodel #modelkit #modelmaking #studiomodel #replica #paint #ILM #Industriallightandmagic #Excelsior #thesearchforspock

Painting the "horseshoe" of the 1/650 scale Excelsior. Also note the gloss basecoat peeking through the layers of azteccing on the saucer. #scalemodel #replica #miniature #modelmaking #startrek #scifiart #paint

1/650 scale Excelsior, upper saucer aztec pattern. Recreated extremely faithfully to the original studio model using the same friskets and patterns as ILM did. #startrek #starship #scalemodel #modelkit #modelmaking #airbrush #scifi #ILM

Completed paintwork on the lower saucer of the 1/650 USS Excelsior. #startrek #starship #scalemodel #modelkit #paint #airbrush #scifi

1/650 Enterprise C from Helios Models and Lighting. Finally received the included support structure for it! This should make life a little easier. #startrek #scalemodels #studioscale #modelkit #scifi

Lower saucer Aztec and paint done on the 1/650 scale Excelsior #StarTrek #scalemodeling #modelkit #excelsior #paint #airbrush #scifi #scifiart

The groundwork for painting the 1/650 U.S.S. Excelsior lower saucer Aztec pattern. This will be generally buried under multiple layers of light silver and white. #Startrek #Starships #scalemodel #painting #airbrush #modelmaking #modelkit #scifi

Realized I had my DM settings set to where nobody could reach out. This SHOULD be fixed but please don't be afraid to let me know if it isn't!

Realized I had my DM settings set to where nobody could reach out. This SHOULD be fixed but please don't be afraid to let me know if it isn't!

Vader fires on some rebels 1/72 TIE Advanced #StarWars #TIEfighter #scalemodel #modelkit #modelmaking #scifi #scifiart

Bandai 1/72 scale TIE Advanced X1 completed This was a fun quick build, finished within a day. Paints are custom mixed. Weathered with light tan for dusting and dark grey panel liner. Radiators are gloss black. #starwars #bandai #modelkit #scalemodel #scifi #tiefighter

Dorsal shuttlebay command center fully painted. This marks the secondary hull of the 1/650 scale Excelsior project fully painted. #StarTrek #ScaleModel #ModelKit #scifi #modelmaking #excelsior #ineedtobemorecreativewiththese

Dorsal shuttlebay on the 1/650 scale Excelsior. Subtle pinstriping with red and grey shapes under layers of white azteccing. #StarTrek #Scifi #Scifiart #scalemodel #modelmaking #modelkit #excelsior

It's the 4th of something #StarWars #Scalemodels #modelkit #miniature #scifi #scifiart

1/650 Excelsior "strongbacks". Silver over light grey. #StarTrek #Starship #Excelsior #Modelkit #painting #airbrush #scalemodel #scifi #scifiart

1/650 Excelsior with the lights on #startrek #scalemodel #electronics #lights #modelkit #scifi #scifiart

1/650 U.S.S. Excelsior. Lower secondary hull painting complete. Everything is masked by hand except for Aztec panelling which uses machine cut vinyl friskets. #startrek #scalemodel #modelkit #modelmaking #paint #airbrush #scifi #scifiart

Belly panels and deflector housing on the 1/650 scale U.S.S. Excelsior. #StarTrek #Starship #Scalemodel #Paint #scifi #scifiart

1/650 Excelsior secondary hull azteccing. White areas are white over silver as usual. Blue areas are white and grey over blue. #StarTrek #Paint #Airbrush #ScaleModel #ModelKit #ModelMaking #SciFi #SciFiArt

1/650 Excelsior, paint on the nacelles and pylons is officially done. Onto the secondary hull! #StarTrek #Starship #ScaleModel #modelkit #modelmaking #SciFi #SciFiArt #Paint

One color can change an entire model. #scalemodel #startrek #scifi #scifiart #modelmaking #modelkit

1/650 Excelsior With the aztec panelling done, the nacelles and pylons can receive their detail paint. #StarTrek #Starships #ScaleModel #SciFi #scifiart

1/650 Excelsior More panelling! It's all panelling. Blue shapes are airbrushed over a light silver base coat before repeated layering of white patterns to blend it all together. #StarTrek #ScaleModel #ModelKit #SciFi #SciFiArt #PHM #ModelMaking

Some more 1/650 Excelsior panelling. The nacelles have hints of blue in them so that has been incorporated. #StarTrek #ScaleModel #ModelMaking #ModelKit #SciFi #SciFiArt

I realized two things yesterday. 1. For years, I didn't care at all about anything associated with rockets and going to space. 2. That's not right. I had just gotten sick to death of shitty billionaires and their performative expressions of wealth. I never stopped loving NASA and its mission.

My country and the world is being strong-armed by the most deplorable human alive. We have been taught that leaders who call for the genocide of any people are the enemy and need to be removed. There's no diplomacy effort, just a heartless post calling for the death of human beings. Awful.

1/650 scale Excelsior, the first patterns. This is a good place to get my feet wet in the methodology that will be used on the rest of the model. There's no symmetrical checkerboard, just even and abstract panelling. #startrek #scalemodel #scifi #modelmaking #scifiart

A small, but critical piece to the Excelsior. The deflector is finished, and receives the first color of the entire model. #startrek #starship #scalemodel #scifi #scifiart #paint #space

Under the hood. “No user serviceable parts inside" unless you’re @cascadestarships.bsky.social

Setting the Cameo 4 to work cutting about 10ft of vinyl to paint the 1/650 scale Excelsior. My friend Hagen Miller built this model before me and performed all of this research that I will be implementing into my build #startrek #scalemodel #modelmaking #scifi #scifiart #paint

74656 - 1/1000 scale

White base coat on the 1/650 Excelsior in preparation for paint work. #startrek #scalemodel #modelmaking #scifi #scifiart

Paint mixing chaos. This is what happens when your model has 4 shades of blue. 1/650 Excelsior #startrek #scalemodel #modelkit #scifi #scifiart

The saucer of the 1/650 scale Excelsior commission has officially been sealed up. What remains is paint work! #startrek #scale #modelmaking #scalemodel #scifi #scifiart

I sent Devyn a print of my Daedalus. His version is a little different than mine. I refined the proportions of the various parts to reflect a new pic I found of the original model and fixed some errors as well. I'm excited to see how this turns out!

1/350 scale Daedalus class model kit by @mark2000.bsky.social. This is the most accurate model to the original Greg Jein miniature available today. This kit is very well engineered and I look forward to building it soon. #startrek #scalemodel #modelkit #gregjein #miniature #scifi #3dprint

1/350 U.S.S. Grissom details #startrek #scalemodel #modelkit #polarlights #modelmaking #scifiart

1/650 Excelsior lighting test. Spotlights. Components are only installed on the lower saucer. Excuse light leaks at this stage. #Startrek #Starship #ScaleModel #ModelMaking #ModelKit #SciFi

Lower saucer epoxied to the secondary hull of the 1/650 Excelsior. 1/350 Grissom is visiting. #Startrek #starship #scalemodel #scifi #modelkit #modelmaking

1/650 scale lower registry spotlight. Topside will be mixed practical and "Ratheon" due to space constraints. #startrek #scalemodel #modelmaking #excelsior #scifi #scale #modelkit