Joining the Fleet

 Flypast of three Enterprise Class Heavy Cruisers

 The 54th Heavy Cruiser Squadron reports for duty at Starbase 254 on the border of the Upper Leaf Swirl Spiral.

 19th Light Cruiser Squadron make the rendezvous at the Starbase

 Miranda Class Light cruiser about to dock for crew R&R.

 Science ship about to come in to dock. Ready for refit and re-paint.

The Ships are simply re-paints of Micro Machines plastics. I needen't have re-painted them, but I found the original schemes to be a bit garish and a bit too various for a really cohesive-looking force. The paint jobs are done from a black undercoat, progressively lighter through shades of gray up to pure white with coloured details. I have some decals on order that I am looking forward to using to fine-detail the look of the miniatures and to further unify the look of the fleet. The ships have been given a good coat of spray varnish to protect them as I continue applying paint to various details.

They are currently based on the original Micro Machines plastic bases, but I am going to mount them on AMD hex bases. I am thinking of having the light cruisers on higher mounts than the heavies, just for the look of it.

The science ship will be the next paint job, followed by a pair of Exelsiors. When the destroyers arrive, I'll proceed with them.