Well construction is done on the Discovery XD-1.  I made my goal of finishing it before Christmas (if you don't count the stand).  I'm still working on how I want to display it.  I don't know if I'll use the stands that are included in the in kit or if I'll try to find something … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Complete

Progress has finally made it to the color coat stage.  After hand brushing the darker gray colors and then masking them I painted everything in my base color using Vallejo Model Color White Gray.  To my eye it makes the perfect base color.  It is almost white with just a hint of gray.  I sprayed … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 9

I didn't get as much done this week as I wanted.  The holidays tend to do that.  But there was progress. I assembled the 10 spine parts.  These each consisted of 5 pieces.  There were no locator pins since there needed to be room to run the metal tube through them. They did have an … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 8