Kit: Polar Lights 1/1000 Klingon Bird of Prey.  Wings were based coated with Tamiya “German Green”, fuselage was Humbrol “Interior Green” Individual panels were painted various shaded of green with the under wing “feather” panels were painted Red-Brown. Entire kit was clearcoated with Alclad Aqua Clear, decals applied (used some from my K-Type Gaming Miniatures Decal set), then a wash of AK Dark Brown Wash for Green Vehicles was applied. I also added some Grey and Black Wash is spots to accent some of the details in some areas. Tamiya Semi-Gloss clear sprayed over this and then set out to paint the metallics and clear areas. Brush painted the wing weapons and engine areas with Tamiya new Lacquers. Coated the Engine panels with Clear Red and Clear Yellow from Gunze. I used Tamiya Weathering Powders to accent many of the panels and add depth to the metallics.

The kit itself was simple but ill fitting. It has 2 build options: Cruise or Attack. I picked the Cruise option. The scheme was something I just created. Every photo of the filming miniatures was different because of the changes made over the years and the lightning. Frustrating to replicate a specific ship used in a movie or Episode. So I just went for the “look” and tried out some new-to-me techniques.

-Mark