Romulan Chowder Class Finale

 In the mish-mash of January besides the Slave 2, I also worked on a number of other models - partially. But I did manage the finish the Romulan ship.

 The ship got a coat of green paint, and then I attempted to indicate the nacelles running my adding white to the vents and then a flou blue.  I wouldn't exactly call it a success, but not a failure either. It looks OK. 

The failure came when I tried to apply the big eagle decal to the back of the ship. The decal was either too old or I don't know what happened for after soaking, the decal just wouldn't come off the paper. In trying to get it off I ruined the image. So my only alternative left, with Ugh Models out of business, was to free hand image. so that's my first real attempt at anything more than simple free handing. Thanks for looking.  

 

 

UGH! Romulan Chowder - class Cruiser

 Another kit from deep in the stash. This one is from Ugh Models which produced quality , not seen every day sci-fi vehicles from the Star Trek and other genres. Sadly they are no longer around. First signs of them were in 2013 and they seemed to be gone by 2118. If anyone has more specific info LMY

Anyway the kit is the 1000 scale Romulan Chowder - class Cruiser.  from the Star Fleet Museum site:

 

As UESN forces began their advance into Romulan territory in late 2158, the Romulans gradually abandoned any realistic hopes of resuming offensive action or achieving their war aim of conquering Vulcan. Instead, defense of Romulan space and Romulan worlds became paramount. For this reason, ship production began to shift from Cabbage-class cruisers to the purely defensive Chowder-class cruiser. Also known as "squids" or "Veronus" by UESN Intelligence, Chowder cruisers replaced the large hemispherical hull of Cabbage with a gently tapered cylindrical hull 30 m in diameter. A small wing atop the hull was tipped with two spindles that may have been auxiliary directional warp nacelles for increased maneuverability at warp speeds. A smaller version of the standard Romulan fusion power plant appeared to be used, but slightly slimmer warp nacelles were capable of propelling Chowder to a maximum observed speed of wf 3.2. Armament included a plasma cannon and six missile launchers.

 

 What drew my attention to it was the "Not A Saucer Shape, Not Seen Every Day" nature of the ship. The kit came in 5 parts, with a base and some decals.

 Clean up was quick and in no time to construction was complete. I added a wooden disc to beef up the base. 

 The base was painted black and I'm deciding what green to use. Images show if from a Deep Green to an almost gray Sage Green. But that's for next time. Thanks for looking. 

 

The Ceti Eel

Based on the creature seen in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. This was a quick little model I've been tinkering with for a while now and decided to finish it up and get if off the bench and onto the shelf.

I received the kit thru Gillman Prod.. It came in 4 parts - the body, two "leg claws", and the tip of the tail. It was cast in a cream color resin, and had only 4 or 5 tiny bubbles. On an intricate surface like this, that is excellent. 

After washing the parts, I primed them all in black.  Then I went about assembling the kit. The legs fit fairly well, and used some Vallejo Putty to fill the voids. Turning to the tail, I drilled both parts and pinned the tail to the body. There was a bit of a gap between the two parts and this too was fixed with V's putty.

Next I painted the entire top pf the model Vallejo's Cork brown. 

I then washed the segment spaces with Citadel's Nuln Oil. Once that was dry, I washed the rest of the plates with V's Agrax Earthshade.  Later on I hit the highest parts of the plates with V's Sand Yellow.  
Along the lines I added Citadels Sepia wash around the eye, and finally used V's Glossy Black for the eye slit.

Next up will be it's enclosure. Check back for that. Thanks for looking.