USS Cygnus 1/700 - The Black Hole

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The last two pieces were the Probe ship that was used to enter the Black Hole and the Palomino that docked with the Cygnus at the start of the movie.  Again these were provided by the amazing Marc Noonan and 3D printed at Shapeways.  The detail on these is so small and delicate that it was hard to get ones that printed successfully.  In fact Shapeways warns that they are too thin to print and you have to select "Print it Anyway". I broke these several times just handling them for painting.  But, I think it was worth it in the end as they fit really nicely with the Cygnus.


There was one very unfortunate development.  For some completely unexplainable reason the blue LEDs in the engines stopped working.  We spend hours trying to figure it out, got them back working for a bit and then lost them again.  I wish I could at least have gotten a few "Beauty shots" with them but it was not in the cards.  Maybe we will revisit some other time.  Definitely disappointing but not the end of the world.

I will get some better shots of the fully finished model later for a final presentation.  This was definitely the most complex model I have ever attempted.  I really enjoyed this project as an opportunity to spend some time with my son.  As he is in college now those opportunities are getter rarer so this was a gift in many ways.  I hope you enjoyed the build journal as much as I did putting it together.  Cheers!