Took a break from drilling out windows on the E to see if I could cast the phaser strips for the nacelle pylons using Silly Putty and Envirotex jewelry resin.

I found two phaser strips on the aft end of the upper saucer that were the right length for making copies of.  Breaking off a small chunk of Silly Putty I pressed it down over the strip on the model and carefully peeled it away. It made a perfect negative in the putty. I made a total of eight molds even though I would only need two strips for each pylon; I figured I could then pick the best four to use in case some didn't turn out as well:

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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Casting Phaser Strips by Steve J, on Flickr

The resin dried overnight and I was able to peel it off the Silly Putty with no problems.

I'd never tried this casting method before and am quite pleased with the results. 

Some flash to clean up first then I'll prime them:

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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Nacelle Pylon Phaser Strip with Flash by Steve J, on Flickr

Each nacelle pylon has one phaser strip top and bottom along the trailing edge. Only the Nemesis E version has them on the pylons. This saved me a lot of time having to make them from scratch using styrene plastic. It would have been challenging to make them all exactly alike going that route so I'm extremely happy with how well the Envirotex casting method worked:

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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Resin Cast Phaser Strip Test Fit by Steve J, on Flickr

Now back to drilling out windows. I'm about 3/4 of the way done of the upper saucer.