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The company hired me to build and photograph some of their kits for publicity purposes, packaging art and promotional material for their upcoming and current new releases. I have been working with Round 2 also to suggest and develop further improvemets to add value to re-releases of older kits. Round 2 is dedicated to producing quality products for Sci-Fi modeling fans as well as modelers in other fields, and will be re-releaseing a lot of older, "forgotten" kits with the hobby enthusiast and nostalgia buff in mind! Please support Round 2 by clearing the retail store shelves of their fabulous kits! The first model shown here is their beautiful kit of the Enterprise "A" from Star Trek, The Motion Picture.  This is quite simply the flagship of all modern licensed Sci-Fi model kits. In my opinion, no commercial kit comes close to the value offered by this fabulous model in size, ease of assembly and versatility, and all for a very reasonable price. The impressive 35 inch long model which is suitable for lighting, due to be re-released in early 2009, will have a new added breakthrough feature! I have designed a complete set of "aztec" panel decals for the kit which will cover virtually the entire model! All the detail painting covering the panelled areas of the ship will be included, even the "blue" areas over the engineering section, the neck, the engines and multicoloured areas on the front part of the secondary hull... ALL will be included! This will mean that the novice modeler, or the hobbyist who does not have the ability or patience to mask and paint the panelling themselves will be able to simulate this important detailing using the included decals with a lot less work. I designed the decals using templates made directly from the kit so that they fit perfectly. As of this writing, I understand that the model will be molded in a more opaque plastic than the previous release, so you will be able to build a fabulous replica without having to spray it overall white, eliminating the need for hobbyists who don't have the resources or skill to spray such a large model. Just paint the smaller detailed areas, apply the decals and you're done! Finally! You can build a fabulous and complete model of the "Big E" with it's complex paint job with a fraction of the work! All the windows, running lights and all the rest of the parts that should be, are molded in crystal clear as well! Another improvement of the kit initiated by Small Art Works will be the inclusion of an improved single point display stand mount instead of the awkward and flimsy tri-point display that was used in the first release. The stand will be using a single metal post that plugs into the bottom of the secondary hull. For the model shown in the pictures on this page and in forthcoming Round 2 promotional; materials, I sprayed the entire model with pearl white automotive paint before doing the detail painting and the decal work. This replicates the metallic sheen seen on the original studio model. Please note that the photo above is a composite done by shining small spotlights made from LED lamps onto the hull to create pools of light. The only digital additions (retouches) made to the composite photo were the lighting of the small windows and tiny running lights, as the model was built unlit. as shown in the unretouched photos below.  Next are Round 2's re-releases of the Polar Lights snap together kits of the Old Series Enterprise (the most accurate licensed plastic kit of the ship ever made to date) and it's counterpart, the Klingon D-7 Cruiser. Despite their diminutive size, these models are actually very well detailed . The Enterprise kit includes the option to build it as the first pilot version, second pilot version or the production version. Production version is shown below. Also comes with a fabulous and comprehensive decal set!  This Speed Racer kit is available in two versions, a snap together kit for the novice with press on decals, and a glue-together kit with more detail and features (steerable front wheels, detailed engine compartment, more detailed wheels and snap-on accessoreies) with waterslide decals. The glue-together version of the kit is shown below..  More pictures are to follow as many more projects still being worked on are completed! |