I filled in around the hull part I had had to cut out to effect repair of the DC Power jack mounting point with putty.
The first putty was water based PPP mixed with black watercolor pushed into the seams to eliminate a few light leaks from inside the model.
After this dried I filled the seams with AVES Apoxy sculpt To smoothness.
Next morning I brushed the whole area with more hull color, about 3 coats did the trick.
It didn't have to be perfect since the entire thing is covered by an aztec decal but it still looks pretty good I think.
A much improved stronger mounting point now:
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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Repair Complete by Steve J, on Flickr
After removing the Tamiya tape and cleaning up any primer flakes I placed the PE grills on top and lit 'em up! Love the even glow I got using the diffuser materials:
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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Upper Nacelle Blue Panels Unmasked by Steve J, on Flickr
I removed the tiny piece of Tamiya tape masking the quantum torpedo port located just under the front of the Captain's yacht. There was some dried liquid mask as well. After that I touched up around the opening using a fine tipped brush and some of the thinned lower hull color:
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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Quantum Torpedo Cleanup by Steve J, on Flickr
The quantum torpedo port lit up with its blue LED:
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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Quantum Torpedo Port Lit After Unmasking by Steve J, on Flickr
Tailoring the detail painting to match the decal sheet:
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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Decal Sheet Comparison by Steve J, on Flickr
Masked and painted around recessed window ports and photorp launcher. The captain's yacht was painted with metallic black and a mix of light grey enamel and black decal film trimmed to fit the yacht's warp pylons:
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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- More Masking by Steve J, on Flickr
Still finishing up detail painting on the Cousteau captain's yacht. Removed masking after painting the forward secondary hull dual photon torpedo launcher and the window recesses:
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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Unmasking by Steve J, on Flickr
New Decals for the front of the nacelle and RCS thrusters. Courtesy of meatloafr over on All Scale Trek. Meatloafr printed the decals in two sizes and provided plenty of spares. He also printed several iterations of a Nemesis base decal:
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USS Enterprise E - Nemesis-WIP- Meatloafr Decals by Steve J, on Flickr
