Check out this new line of products from an aquaintance of mine. It has some good reviews and once I get back into building I intend to order a set or paints and powders and give them a try. They also have equipment and other supplies. If you get a chance to try them let me know what you think.
Decided that I wanted a change from the Green theme to a new one. After playing with a few themes over the past few days I settled on this one, shades of Grey.
April 11th my Daughter was born. Early April my Son started ball season. January at work I got a new Boss and we have the busiest year that I can remember.
All of this has added up to me not even setting foot in the hobby room for over two months, and even before that not very much. After having no where to work for almost 3 years I finished my hobby room last August and between then and January I was able to finish up a few projects I had been working on. Since then I've had a LAV and Rebel Snow Speeder on the bench but not much work.
Life takes about all the energy I have right now, and any "free time" is spent crashed on the couch watching the boob tube. Baseball season is coming to an end (playoffs this week) so maybe that will free up a few hours a week. Work is not going die down... oh well....
It's been two weeks since I built anything. Works been very busy and have just had no energy. The management of my Crohns has been so so and then a couple really late nights have really blown my energy levels. I wish I were more consistent in my building... it seems like boom or bust. I will build 4 or 5 kids in rapid succession and then nothing for a while....
Here is another idea for an explorer/scout idea. It has a single engine over a standard constitution class saucer. The neck between the primary and secondary hull is used as a larger pylon. The rear section of the primary hull with the shuttle bay is turned upside down and mounted under the saucer.
Probably the biggest change so far to the overall look. I shortened the height of bridge decks, removed the notch out of the front of the saucer. I made the secondary hull portion smaller over all. It is both narrower in diameter and shorter. It will have a smaller diameter defector dish so it won't protrude into the saucer. The warp engines have been shortened and brought in closer to the hull.
Here is my second cut at the light cruiser design. I really wanted two impulse engines and the merged Primary and Secondary hulls. I got rid of the "Miranda" style rear hull and went with a cropped rear hull with two impulse engine outlets. The warp engines stayed in the same spot. I really think this is a much better design.
Here is an idea I had today for a kitbash of Polar Lights Enterprise. I thought I would try and make a "Light Cruise" with the Primary and Secondary hulls merged and the warp engines below the saucer. To fit the defector dish in I decided to remove a chunk of the saucer. I may sling a pod for the torpedoes under the hull. Or possibly on either side of the rear hull above the saucer.