This version of the famous starship is the refit first seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
The model is lighted with a lighting kit made by Trekmodeler.
I am also using photo etch details made by Paragrafix.
Updated: 10/06/2024
This is where I usually start...with the shuttle/hangar bay. I first attach the photo-etch details to the walls.
Update 8/11/2024
A couple of these photos show two other builds I'm working on simultaneously...
Painting on the shuttle bay pieces and the arboretum proceeds...
Update 9/7/2024
Finished arboretum and officers lounge (three are pictured because two are for other models I'm building simultaneously).
Update 9/21/2024
Installed shuttle bay running lights.
Update 10/05/2024
Assembled shuttle bay. Preparing the lower secondary hull.
Update 10/06/2024
LIghting begun in lower secondary hull and shuttle bay and arboretum installed.