The Klingon Empire approves of your craftmanship.

Back in the 90’s when the first DS9 Rio Grand Runabout model came out. I decided I would build it with as complete an interior with lights that I could build. I had never done anything like it before nor ever saw anything like it at the time, like I said it was 1993 so no LED strips. I ended up using red, blue, yellow and white mini Christmas lights and thin wire from Radio Shack for the interior and warp nacelles and powered them with a 12volt transformer from a train power pack. I spent hours drawing from watching VHS recordings from the show and luckily the STNG episode Timescape the only time the rear compartment was ever shown (which was nuts, I never understood why they didn’t use it on DS9?) Scratch built the entire cockpit seats, consoles, transporter pad and the rear with the big table and chairs, the one console Data sat at , a long sofa and end tables along the long back windows and four crew bunks with little plastic curtains. Lighted squares in the roof panels and hand painted everything using colored markers and pencils to make the consoles. In the end it came out amazing considering my limitations. Took it to a model show in Utica ny where I was stationed in the USAF at the time and got lots of compliments and a couple of “you Air Force guys are nuts” declarations. I guess we all are a little, and proud of it!

There are model builders, and model crafters, model artists, this is next level, love it!

Hell yeah, love the images on the viewscreen. Whole level of emersion

Just had my nerdgasm for the day. SO COOL! Love the screen! Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful job! It really brings Star Trek TOS to life.

That LCD view screen is a very nice touch sir!

Awesome build. My head is spinning from looking at all those wires.

I also built this model, this video brought back a ton of memories, but wow! You are taking it to the next level and beyond! Carpet! Carpet for god sakes!

Absolutely breathtaking craftsmanship

nice job! I love the scratch built container. I also think the carpet is a nice touch.

Really well done! Love it!

Incredible you took me back to my childhood 🖖🏼

Damn! Just incredible! What an impressive amount of craftsmanship and innovation to create this masterpiece! The attention to detail is staggering. Wonder how many notice that you even got Lt Uhura’s lovely leg color with that memorable sheen ! Only wish you could adjust your camera to pick up the lighted screens without washing out. Maybe if you turn down the gain or contrast in another short video? If you are using a cellphone maybe an actual digital camera or webcam? Loved your display box idea, makes it look like a sound stage inside its own little universe, very cool!

Fabulous work, the working screen really made me smile. I'm sure you've thought of a lot of funny things they could be watching on that thing during those quiet weeks-long voyages at high-warp. (Bob Ross? Battlestar Galactica? The Federation View? Klingon Women's MMA Cage Fighting?) Lol --Great work!

amazing model build! looks great... but I did have to mute the music to get through this. at least for the first few tunes.

Wow! I really enjoyed watching you build this dream project! I've visited the official Star Trek Set Tour in Ticonderoga, NY. And what you've created from the basic 1:32 scale kit is amazing! Looks like their full size recreated set (which if my memory is correct, does not have a working view screen). Congratulations!

I built the bridge model over 40 years ago but the lights and sounds take it to a whole other level.

Cool build bro it looks amazing very cool how the whole diarama light's up with the sound and the pictures of some of the episodes on the screen and the figures well done 👍

Nice touch adding with lights and sound.

And yet...Playmates and Diamond Select have failed to create such a nostalgic and iconic playset!

Just outstanding great vision and job

Absolutely wonderful.

Excellent work! :)

I believe it would have been about 1969 that I purchased a similar kit (I think AMT but could be wrong). The kit was considerably smaller, but if memory serves, the parts were simply smaller variants of what you had to work with. I stand in awe of your final results...granted mine had no lighting, but every detail in yours was given meticulous attention, something 14 year old me would have had little patience for. Of course 14 year old me would have been blown away by a tiny flat panel display, fibre optics, and LED light strips, all of which would have felt decidedly 23rd century appropriate. Live long and prosper.

Great work! Excellent detail work. One thing I'd change are the eyes on the crew figures, they look a little creepy.

This is the coolest thing ever.

Love the finished version. I have an unassembled one of these kits. I haven't decided what to do with it yet. I don't expect to be building it to the level of detail as shown in this video.

That's fantastic and all the crew to just need scotty

Great job. It looks fantastic.

Oh that's just amazing work there !!!!

Wow!! your skills created something beyond the model, you transported me!

Awsome work

Nice work!!!🎉

Very impressive.

Nice work!

Woah - incredible job!!! I built this exact kit when I was 13 and mine came out looking EXACTLY like yours… …except the total opposite. 😂

Nicely done! My model of this has got nothing on this one! I hope you're taking this to conventions, and other related events. Thanks. :)

Thanks for building...

The only improvement I could possibly suggest would be for the doors to open and be able to see the inside of the turbolift.

Wow very nice

Awesome!

Fascinatimg build!

Great work. I'll be trying out your fibre to LED method. Been looking for a better way for some time.

That was suspenseful music.

Great craftsmanship. I'd love to see someone attempt this model, but modded up for The Animated Series version of it (2nd turbolift just left of the viewscreen), and or done as the Exeter or Defiant's bridges.

Looks amazing wondering some of the parts you used to make this. I have my own bridge and would like to try some of what was done here. Have ordered some screen and LEDs but want to see other ideas to try.

Wow!!! That is absolutely amazing! I just bought a new bridge model (this one) after building 2 or 3 as a kid, I thought I just might be able to do a better job this time so I watched your video for hints. This is waaaay above my electrical wiring abilities, I am completely blown away. Now that I have placed you at modeling godhood, I have 2 questions/critiques from how it appears on screen in this video: 1) the lights (awesome as they are) *appear* to be very bright, maybe a bit too bright? 2) the video screen (great idea) seems awfully blue, and perhaps the images need to be cropped with a larger black border/ smaller images to fit the screen size better. There's no way I could have ever done this good but perhaps those two things can be "fixed" if they are even this way in real life, or the input may be useful on your next project. I promise I mean absolutely no offense whatsoever and hope not is taken wrong. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

What an amazing job. Too bad the model manufacturer messed up the size scale.

WOW! I want one.

Just needs a dome now😊

i bow to u!!

Everything but the figures eyeballs is money!!!

No Scotty sat at his engineering console? Apart from that, great build.

Outfreakinstanding

Way cool

One more question - what Arduino board are you using for the LED chaser lights?

You need to look up some tutorials on how to paint eyes... that was nightmare level there.

This looks great! I built one when i was a kid, it didn't have all the side panels though. I was wondering if you're going to add the lights above the turbolift doors?

I like the starfield effect for the view screen but too bad the stars move so quickly. I also like how it makes a 360 degree bridge now. When I built this in the mid to late 70's I think 3 of the pie shapes were not included. And oddly enough what was included was the side of the bridge you didn't see most of the time. The engineering part next to the turbo lift wasn't included.

Amazing! Is this for sale? How much?

wow

Where did you find the carpet material? It looks great!

AWESOME BUILD. Live Long and Prosper.

They still sell these? I put one of these together in 1977.

What fabric did you use for the flooring?

Now all he needs to do is make operating turbo lift doors

Would you build on commission? I'd like to buy a finished working example

Could you share the link to the Bildschrim MP5 Video source? Not coming up in google search :-( Inspired by your build, just got the model kit yesterday.

Wait, this ISN’T “Robot Chicken”? 🤨

誰か足りない、と思ったらチャーリー・スコットがいない！

so, I was looking for a video clip to see the right placement of spock's sensor device, this video clip has it on the side and this other clip has it behind the decals which one is correct as the tv series had it? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bKeJZ7ucr8-ydIE.html , I did not light up my model kit, and I am still working on my, got some of the decals on it so far.

well other than the crew's eyes lookin' like they on a 5 year meth trek this thing is awesome.

But Where’s Scotty ? 😢

Can u build me one for real !!!!!

When you die will you plz leave this to me in your will?

Instant mute after about 15 seconds of that aggressive noise

COOL!

Brilliant build, but get those eyes sorted Out!!