2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 9

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

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 8

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

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 7

The cockpit light boxes were a bit more difficult than the pod bay. They had to fit around some complicated shapes. This time I made some patterns out of index cards. I then trimmed the patterns until they fix nicely around the cockpit. I then used this as a pattern to cut out the shape … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 7

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 6

I have complete installing the pod bay doors. They required some filling and sanding as they are just slightly smaller than the opening in the command sphere. I cemented the doors in and made the frames flush with the bottom of the opening. The kept the gap at the top of the opening. I inserted … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 6

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 5

This update will show the completion of the pods, the painted pod platforms and some work on the rest of the command sphere. The pod platforms were painted flat black. I glued a pod base to the right hand pod platform to place the unlit pod. I also glued the pod base in place for … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 5