Mike Hungerford's notes on building Ron Caudillo's TOS Enterprise

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1 Ron Caudillo, designer of this model, has kindly given his approval for release of my redraw/repaint/rework of it. The colors chosen for the model are subdued approximations of the colors found on the original -foot shooting model before its recent appalling repaint by the Smithsonian. Mike Hungerford's notes on building Ron Caudillo's TOS Enterprise Step : I scored the length of each pylon in the four obvious places and folded it flat to glue so it didn't twist. Once the glue was set, I opened it up into a rectangular tube, THEN inserted a small dowel and ed the shorter sides. Step : I glued part into place before ing part. Make sure you score and fold the tabs of the side projections well; they're fragile! Step : I cut all the triangular tabs off part 4. I cut all the tabs off the "petals" of part 5. For the bottom tabs, I left a nice, wide strip instead so that I could the thing without tearing it. I curled the petals over a dowel first to shape them, then ed the part vertically to make it half-round. I punched out a small (/4 inch or smaller) disc of card and glued the underside of the tip of a middle petal to one side of it with the tip in the very center, then glued the remaining petals to the disk in the same way, keeping their edges tight to one another. I trimmed off the half of the disc that was left, then cut off the bottom strip and tabs completely. I edge glued part 5 to part 4, and then glued part 6 into place. Step 4: No changes. Step 5: Be patient when folding and gluing the side projections; they're fragile (did I say that already?)! I folded and glued them BEFORE installing the assembly from step. I edge glued the step assembly into place; it fits better without the triangular tabs. Get it BEHIND the edge of part! Step 6: I cut the tabs off the TOP side (look at the arrows) of part and edge glued it to the bottom of part. I glued part 's tabs to the side projections (look at the arrows), THEN folded down the triangular tabs on the BOTTOM side. Be patient with part ; use a slowsetting glue like Aleene's Tacky Glue so you can tweak the position while it's setting. I glued all the tabs at once and it worked quite well this way. Skip to step 5: Assembled and installed parts 80 and 8. Step 7: I removed the tabs from parts 5 and 7, and the bottom of part 0, to get a cleaner glue line. I didn't install the bridge subassembly to the top of the primary hull until later, after the primary hull was closed. Step 8: I printed a second set of parts sheets through 6, then used the extra sheets to make glue tab strips to replace the tabs on all the primary hull upper and lower rings and outer edge. This eliminates the "step" between parts and gives a much cleaner transition. Step 9: As with the bridge sub-assembly, I didn't install the lower sensor dome until later. I removed all the tabs on parts 7, 8, and 9 and just edge glued them together. Step 0: I glued part to part before gluing part 4 to part ; this helped me to prevent distortion. Skip to step : I cut off all the tabs on the support rings (parts 7, 8+9, and 40+4), applied a bead of glue to the inside of the hull for each of the rings' locations, and bedded the rings into the glue. In my previous attempt at this model, I found that all those tabs were preventing me from getting the halves of the primary hull to fit together neatly. Step : No changes apart from removing the tabs from parts 5 and 6. Step : I glued the front most four tabs of parts 5+6 to the underside of part 5, using the grid lines to align part 5 to the forward join of parts 5 and 6, and to the aft join as well. Once this "hinge" was set, I applied a bead of Aleene's Tacky Glue to the top edges of the three inner support rings, then closed the top of the hull onto them, again using the grid lines to make sure the top was on straight. I set the bottom of the hull into a jar lid just about the diameter of the second inner support ring, and set a paperweight on top of the hull to apply pressure until the glue was set. Lastly I worked around the edge of the hull, following Ron's instructions, gluing part 5 to the tabs of parts 5+6. It came out far better than my previous attempt! Back to step : I did the cutting necessary for the pylon at this point. Step 4: I removed the bottom tabs from part 4, and all the small tabs from part 4. Back to steps 7 and 9: I glued the bridge assembly and lower sensor dome in place. Step 5: I doubled part 46 to stiffen it. Step 6: No changes. Step 7: I didn't glue the upper secondary hull tabs to the dorsal pylon; I waited until the forward section of the secondary hull was mated so I could make adjustments (this area was a major headache which caused me to abandon my first attempt at this model). Step 8: Note that the instructions here refer to part 46 which is actually part 48. On part 49 I left the notch for the pylon uncut to make ing part 49 into a cylinder easier; I cut that area just after adding part in step 9. I doubled that part to stiffen it. I cut the tabs off of part

2 50, doubled part 5, and edge-glued it into part 50 before installing part 50 onto parts Part 55 I wrapped around the toothpick and glue into place there, allowing it to serve as a depth stop when installing the deflector into its little hole where you can't see it well. Step 9: No changes. I added to parts page 4 duplicates of the detail strips for each side of the secondary hull to help conceal the transition between the fore and aft sections and act as splices. Step 0: No changes. Step : I used the same method to shape part 66-P that I did for part 5 back in step. I formed part 64-P but didn't glue it to part 6-P yet. Instead I stacked P, which gave me better control over those parts, then glued that stack onto 6-P. I widened the three 67-P parts to make them easier to work with, and that made them pretty much self-aligning with the other conical parts in the stack. Punching or cutting out the centers of all the conical parts whose peaks won't be visible makes them much easier to form. Steps through 6: No changes.

3 Port Warp Nacelle Pylon -P UP Insert into PORT ENGINE Insert into STBD ENGINE Starboard Warp Nacelle Pylon -S UP Page of 8 :70 Scale Model design by Ron Caudillo (ronaldcaudillo@yahoo.com) Shuttle Bay Bulkhead 4 5 here 5 Shuttle Bay Doors Image dimensions (W x H): 7.5 x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM Fold up Fold down Warp Nacelle Pylon Positioner 7 Front Front 8 Front 6 0 Shuttle Bay Tower Rear PORT Insert into HULL PORT side Insert into HULL STBD side STBD 9 RED arrows point up Fantail Rear Fantail Bottom Roof of Shuttle Bay Secondary Hull- Rear Section T Secondary Hull Joining Tab 80 8 Running Light Secondary Hull

4 :70 Scale Model design by Ron Caudillo Primary Hull Top Bridge Sensor Dome 4 Primary Hull Top Inner Ring Joining Tab Bridge Top 6 T Glue Completed BRIDGE sub- Assembly Here 4 5 Bridge Upper Section Bridge Lower Section Turbo Lift 7 Image dimensions (W x H): 7.5 x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM 8 "B" Deck Primary Hull top inner ring Page of 8 Fold up Fold down 8T "B" Deck Joining Tab 0T "C" Deck Joining Tab 0 "C" Deck Outer support ring - part of 40 4 Outer support ring after assembly part of "B" Deck Top 9 7 here Primary Hull Top

5 Page of 8 :70 Scale Model design by Ron Caudillo (ronaldcaudillo@yahoo.com) Image dimensions (W x H): 7.5 x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM Fold up Fold down 9 Middle support ring after assembly part of 8 Middle support ring - part of 4 Primary Hull Lower Ring 4 Primary Hull Lower Ring 7 here Primary Hull Lower Center 7 Lower Sensor Dome Base Side Glue part 9 here 8 Lower Sensor Dome Base 9 Lower Sensor Dome Primary Hull Bottom

6 Page 4 of 8 :70 Scale Model design by Ron Caudillo (ronaldcaudillo@yahoo.com) Image dimensions (W x H): 7.5 x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM Fold up Fold down Do NOT fold down until instructed. Cut centerline after assembly Primary Hull Lower Ring Primary Hull Lower Ring Joinning Tab 0T Primary Hull Lower Ring 0 Roll and glue edge over this tab 4 4 Impulse Engine Fairing Impulse Engine Roll and glue edge over this tab Join edges Join edges Primary Hull Bottom

7 :70 Scale Model design by Ron Caudillo Valley fold Mountain fold 49 Deflector Dish Toothpick Template Secondary Hull Front Section & Joining Tab Primary Hull Top Outer Ring 5 here Overall Image dimensions (W x H): Page 5 of x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM 49T - 54 Deflector Amp Rings T - Secondary Hull front and rear sections joining tab 47 Secondary Hull Front Deflector Shroud Deflector Base Deflector Dish white center circles Filler Ring 5 Cut Out Primary and Secondary Hulls

8 :70 Scale Model design by Ron Caudillo Primary Hull Side Rings Joining Tabs 6T 5T Valley fold Mountain fold Page 6 of 8 Dorsal Pylon Inner Support 44 Overall Image dimensions (W x H): 7.5 x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM Inner Support Ring 7 45 Dorsal Pylon 6 Primary Hull Port Side Ring 5 Primary Hull Starboard Side Ring Dorsal Pylon Support Bulkhead 46 Dorsal Pylon & Primary Hull Edge

9 :70 Scale Model design by Ron Caudillo 58-P 78-P here 78-P here Port Warp Nacelle Port Nacelle Joining Tab 78-P here 78-P here 58T -P 65-P Page 7 of 8 Valley fold Mountain fold 66-P Propulsion Dome Warp Nacelle Forward Ring Heat Sinks Overall Image dimensions (W x H): 7.5 x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM 7-P Exhaust Vents s 75-P and 76-P here Front Fin A 64-P 78-P This end to front This end to rear 7-P 70-P Fin Spacer Rings B Middle Fins C 68-P 68-P 67-P 67-P 75-P Reactor Loop Spacer Ring Spacer Ring 76-P 7-P here s 7-P and 74-P here s 7-P and 74-P here 7-P here 6-P D 69-P Rear Fin PORT Front 67-P Port Warp Nacelle Pylon Positioner 60-P Cut "V" Notches 77-P Warp Nacelle Rear Up 6-P 6-P Warp Nacelle Forward Ring rear Front 59-P front 7-P Intercoolers 74-P Port Warp Nacelle

10 :70 Scale Model design by Ron Caudillo 58-P STBD Warp Nacelle 78-S here 78-S here STBD Nacelle Joining Tab 78-S here 78-S here 58T -S 65-S Page 8 of 8 Valley fold Mountain fold 66-S Propulsion Dome Warp Nacelle Forward Ring Heat Sinks Overall Image dimensions (W x H): 7.5 x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM 7-S Exhaust Vents 78-S s 75-S and 76-S here Front Fin A 64-S This end to front This end to rear 7-S 70-S Fin Spacer Rings B Middle Fins C 68-S 68-S 67-S 67-S 75-S Reactor Loop Spacer Ring Spacer Ring 76-S 7-S here s 7-S and 74-S here s 7-S and 74-S here 7-S here 60-S D 69-S Rear Fin STBD Front 6-S 67-S STBD Warp Nacelle Pylon Positioner 6-S Cut "V" Notches 77-S Warp Nacelle Rear Up 6-S Warp Nacelle Forward Ring front Front 59-S rear 7-S Intercoolers 74-S STBD Warp Nacelle

11 Print this page onto the back of page 5 of the USS Enterprise. Center the print output of both of these pages in order for them to align properly. Overall Image dimensions (W x H): 7.5 x 0 inches 9.05 x 5.40 CM