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The
USS Bellerophon is the successor to the Nebula Class starship of
the same name that was destroyed by the Borg at Wolf 359. The
Intrepid Class Bellerophon was noted as the vessel that carried
a Federation diplomatic party to Romulus during the Dominion
War. Admiral William Ross was the senior officer on board during
the mission to the Romulan Star Empire.
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This
kit was built stock. The only minor corrections made were to the
docking airlocks and some re-scribed panels, such as the landing
strut hatches and external cargo hatches.
The overall hull color is Model Master French Light Blue Gray.
Some misting with a darker variation of this color provided
minor weathering details on some of the paneling.
The darker hull panel color is Dark Ghost Gray.
The six small windows on Deck 11 aft are not on the kit and were
made with decals.
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The
phaser banks were painted Dark Tan. Escape pod hatches and the
aft shuttlebay wall were painted Sand.
There were four missing escape pod hatches on the model on Deck
4, just forward of the aft torpedo launcher. I made the hatches
by carefully masking around two existing hatches on the model,
prying up the masking tape, and placing the mask in the proper
spot on the model. I then filled the mask shape in with putty.
When dry, I peeled the masking tape up which revealed the
putty-made hatches. Some minor sanding, and they were
indistinguishable from the molded hatches.
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The
pylons on the model can be moved from cruise mode to warp. A
mechanism built into the kit allows the pylons to lock in place.
The warp grille was painted Mat Sky Blue. The Bussard Collectors
were painted Red.
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The
RCS thrusters and main deflector dish were painted Gloss Orange.
Details on both structures were painted Zinc Chromate Yellow.
The thrust ports on the RCS were painted Flat Brown.
The deflector housing is Mat Sky Blue with radial ribs painted
Gloss Orange.
The only kit decals on the model are the transporter emitters.
All other decal markings were drawn by me in Adobe Illustrator.
I have nearly the entire decal sheet recreated for the hundreds
of markings that are all over the model.
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The
windows were either painted Gloss White or Gloss Black to denote
rooms with the lights on or off.
The small sensor pallets were painted Light Gray, while the
sensor clusters and strips were painted Medium Gray with
individual highlights of Blue, Red, Light Gray, and Copper.
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This
is a detail shot of the model, showing many of the handmade
decals. All of the escape pod hatches featured the correct hatch
number according to the CGI version of Voyager. There are a few
decals I haven't created for the ship yet, mostly the tiny ones
or some of the red stripe outline ones (such as the landing
strut hatches). A decal that was designed, but not printed with
this set was the red phaser warning marks. The only such
markings were placed on either side of the RCS thriusters.
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This
is the Bellerophon from the first picture above, retouched in
Photoshop, and placed against a background created from
Difference Clouds, Lens Flares, and various other Photoshop
techniques.
The image depicts the Bellerophon departing Romulan territory
from the Federation conference on Romulus in 2375.
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Photos
and artwork by Stephen L.
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