Painting the propulsion caps is a bit tricky.
On the rim are three raised dots. I decided to mask these, leaving them along with the shoulder ring, a light gray.
This picture shows a marked Scotch tape mask "dot". The next picture shows how it was cut.
To mask the raised dots, I marked a strip of Scotch tape with a wide Sharpie. Wipe off the excess ink with a paper towel.
When punched, you will be left with a perfect circle. Lift it off the dot and hold it on your knife tip.
Place the dot onto the cap while still on your knife tip.
The sides were masked with brown masking tape. Normally I'd use Scotch tape for the mask, but the shoulders of the cap is tapered and Scotch tape doesn't flex. Both brown and blue masking tapes have a little "give".
The back caps were masked using marked Scotch tape.
That gray might be a little too dark.
The dome color suggestions are copper, bronze or bright orange. I went with Rusto copper.
Minor quibble -- the copper/orange color should not extend into the "ridge" -- basically the appearance should be as if the forward domes have a "collar" surrounding it (which has three small projections). The domed part on the rear endcap should be white.
ReplyDeleteThe copper color for the forward domes on the nacelles would reflect the original pilot ("The Cage" -- never aired, but parts were seen in the 2-part episode "The Menagerie") version (though this version would have spikes projecting from the ends). The original pilot version did not have the domes at the back of the nacelles.
The orange color would approximate the appearance as seen in the TV series (where the forward domes were replaced with translucent ones with "pulsating" light effect). Variations of the rear end of nacelles were seen in the TV series run -- early modification of miniature had "vents" painted on the back end (of the otherwise plain "swooping" rear end), as well as version with a rectangular flat plate centered on rear face. The "definitive" version (the one that most people are apt to remember) has the "domes"/"ball" on the rear.