Oh yea, with fiber optics you can light anything and do it fairly cheap.

Ron

Quoting Jesse Wilkinson <soonerfanva@...>:

> Ron,
> It took me a while to catch up on this thread, but I hope you'll
> keep us updated on your progress. I'm just transitioning from wooden
> models to plastic, and have 6 ships on hand (that I served on),
> including Enterprise. I'm working in 700 scale, mainly because the
> ships are cheap and available, except Enterprise which I've only
> found in 720. Once my skills improve I may try a 350 scale fleet.
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> Particularly interested in how you develop the hangar and lighting.
> Even at 700 scale I think I can attempt some interior bay lighting.
> Good luck and keep us informed.
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> Jesse Wilkinson
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> --- On Fri, 1/30/09, badcompany@...
> <badcompany@...> wrote:
> From: badcompany@... <badcompany@...>
> Subject: Model ships ------- USS Enterprise
> To: "Model Ships" <Modelships@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 11:53 PM
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> purchased PE from White Ensign models and Tom's Model Works. I also
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> picked up cast anchors from Yankee Modelworks and aircraft sets from
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> both Tamiya and Trumpeter. On order (pick up Monday) is sheet plastic
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> I don't intend to drop everything and work on this project only, I
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> through huge projects on this order before (used to be heavy into
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> scale r/c ships) and that seems to work out best for me. So updates
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> Thanks for your time. I hope you will enjoy watching the project take
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> shape as much as I hope I enjoy building one of the worlds finish
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> carriers!!!! !!!!
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> Ron (FoMo)
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