1/32 AMT TOS Bridge build

Modeling Subjects Science Fiction
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So I wanted to build this as accurate as possible.

I researched the floor and airbrushed it to reflect the carpeting seen on the size set.

I fixed the turbo lift door.

The chairs are there temporarily …They are inaccurate to the Burkes chaired used in the series…

I corrected the helm as the kit was way off.

The model will feature a screen with a TOS star field, or some planet or something I will film. It’s kind of just set up for now.

The walls are “wild” and simple screwed in so I can add electronics and lighting…

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Looks like a stunner so far. [Y]

Will you have figures to populate your bridge? If memory serves, the three included with the old kit were a little weird in their dimensions. I seem recall the ‘Sulu’ one looking particularly strange…

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Yeah, looks fantastic!!! I have three of the original boxings I intend to combine into one whenever I get around to it.

I was also wondering if the figures you have in the video are the ones you’re using or just stand-ins. The figures in mine look horrible. I’ve heard the newer reissue has much better ones. A friend swapped his out for some figures from a ST chess set that is pretty close to 1/32nd.

I’ve grabbed some 1/32nd figures I thought I’d convert. But lately I’ve seen some nice generic fantasy/SF 3D printed figures I thought about ordering and trying to use. No way I’d get the figures to look like the actors so I figured I’d do another ship and just make them different Starfleet personnel.

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That bridge demands high quality figures! Anything less would be an insult to your awesome work!

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So you’re doing the Klingon bridge too?? [:P]

The more I think about it funny no one has made a garage kit of a Klingon bridge to go with the Enterprise one yet. Or the movie era Enterprise and/or the 1701D.

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Where do you see a Klingon bridge?

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If a Federation personnel ever saw a TOS Klingon bridge, we would have to kill him. [8o|]

But seriously, my Trek-Fu is weak; I don’t ever recall seeing one on the show. We did get to see the Romulan bridge though, in “Balance of Terror”.

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Sorry, I’m joking since you have the D-7 on your video. Guess it wasn’t a very good joke… [:$]

Yeah, we didn’t really see a Klingon bridge until The Motion Picture.

PS: Now that I think about it I think some of the interior of a Klingon D-7 was shown on the animated show from the '70s. Which is generally now considered non-canon.

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No worries…I just didn’t understand your observation. I thought perhaps you saw something I didn’t!!![:D]

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This is awesome. I didn’t get this kit the first time around, but got it during the reissue craze of the late 90s-early 2000s. The heads are very well done, but seem too big for the bodes.

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Its more canon that Enterprise, JJ travesty or Discovery junk. Nice bridge btw.