1:350 Star Trek Pre TOS era ship S.S. Columbia Finale

I got the painted styrene piece mounted to the base. Then I got to getting the decals applied. I designed the decals in Illustrator and Jack printed them for me on some decal paper. I also used some extra decals that had left over from various kits.

1:350 Star Trek Pre TOS era ship S.S. Columbia Pt 2

I am almost finished with this one! I just need the decal sheet from Jack and I'll be able to finish this up.

The paint job on the dome was a bit of tribulation, to say the least. the aztec pattern that I had originally planned wasn't working out at all. But I finally found my groove and got it to a place that I was happy with that still matched the rest of the ship.

 Once that was done I got to getting the lights installed in the domes. I painted the inside white and glued white styrene strips behind the windows. I put in the red and green Nav lights with 1mm fiber optics. Then I built an LED tower out of a cardboard tube by wrapping the LED tape around it in a spiral. It lights the whole inside of the ball evenly.

Once that was done I gloss coated the whole thing. This really brought the subtle aztec pattern out! I am really quite happy with the whole thing at this point.