Finally painted my STTNG Borg ship

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#1 10 years ago

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Meph

Meph's Mods

Marcellus, NY

12y 63,900 795 2

So I finally got around to painting my Borg ship. It was starting to yellow and there were a couple spots with minor melting. I sprayed the ship with a base gray and then brushed black with a foam brush. I am not a painter by any means but I think it turned out pretty good. I added the green acrylic windows from Pinbits and some CT Super Bright Green leds. I think it came together nicely.

While I was at it I also added the stainless steel extended lane guides. <ducks>

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#2 10 years ago

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Meph

Meph's Mods

Marcellus, NY

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More pics

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#3 10 years ago

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tamoore

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Looks really nice!

#4 10 years ago

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Meph

Meph's Mods

Marcellus, NY

12y 63,900 795 2

One more

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#5 10 years ago

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ChrisHibler

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Looks pretty cool. Thanks for the pics!
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#6 10 years ago

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JohnDelNJ

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Very nice!

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#7 10 years ago

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Zitt

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Austin, TX

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looks good.
I wanna get an extra one day and pimp it out - while leaving my original intact.
Might as well wish for rain in TX.

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#8 10 years ago

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Shoot_Again

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Vancouver, WA

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Looks really good. Nice finishing touch.

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#9 10 years ago

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stretch2

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Good work.

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#10 10 years ago

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eabundy

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Great post, looks great

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#11 10 years ago

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paulohotline

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Winnipeg, MB

11y 44,150 598 4

Nice work, my BORG needs a face lift too. I hate looking at so much I put stickers on it to cover all the scratches it came with. Is there a step by step process you can share on how you restored and painted your BORG ship shell?

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#12 10 years ago

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Meph

Meph's Mods

Marcellus, NY

12y 63,900 795 2

There really wasn't much to it at all. As you can see in the pics above, I got myself a can of Gray and sprayed it for the base. Then I just bought a $1 bottle of Black acrylic from AC Moore (any craft store will have it). I originally tried thinning the black paint with water to do a wash but it didn't seem to work for me.

What I ended up doing was using a foam brush and literally brushing the black straight out of the bottle. I would let the black sit for a couple minutes and then wipe it with a rag to remove the top stuff and hopefully leave black in the grooves. Really it was all trial and error. In the end I used that foam brush to brush the black around the whole ship as it was drying. There was no science to it at all. If an area started to dry and I didn't like it, a couple drops of water brushed on was enough to reactivate the paint and try again.

Honestly, its just acrylic paint. The worst case scenario is that you don't like it and try again. Based on that pic you posted it looks like you have a bit of melting going on there. I am going to guess that no matter what you do it will be an improvement to it. Good luck.

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#13 10 years ago

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Ballsofsteel

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Riverton, WY

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looks pretty good!

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#14 10 years ago

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dannunz

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Charlton, MA

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What are you using for led's under your borg ship?

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#15 10 years ago

JIM

Captive_Ball

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Looks great!

#16 10 years ago

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Meph

Meph's Mods

Marcellus, NY

12y 63,900 795 2

Quoted from dannunz:
What are you using for led's under your borg ship?

6 Cointaker Super Bright Greens

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#17 10 years ago

NM

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Usa

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Nice job on the brush work--not as easy as it seems!

Ask me how I know.

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#18 10 years ago

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rockinganker

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Well done, a big improvement.

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#19 10 years ago

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kvan99

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if I may interject on your DIY thread...I painted my Borg ship also but I sprayed it with black first then went over it with a dry brush dipped in silver paint. It came out nice. P1020956.JPG

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#20 10 years ago

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E_N_3

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Dix Hills, NY

11y 61,300 968 14

Anybody have a spare Borg ship they would like to sell?
I would LOVE to give this a try!
--Ed LI NY

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#21 10 years ago

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Meph

Meph's Mods

Marcellus, NY

12y 63,900 795 2

Quoted from kvan99:
if I may interject on your DIY thread...I painted my Borg ship also but I sprayed it with black first then went over it with a dry brush dipped in silver paint. It came out nice.

Looks nice, great job.

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#22 10 years ago

JSG

Thor-NL

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Breda

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Quoted from paulohotline:
Nice work, my BORG needs a face lift too. I hate looking at so much I put stickers on it to cover all the scratches it came with. Is there a step by step process you can share on how you restored and painted your BORG ship shell?

Yep, in this thread you can read the process.
Convinced me to take the step......
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pimp-my-sttng

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#23 10 years ago

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paulohotline

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Winnipeg, MB

11y 44,150 598 4

Hey now, big shout out to Slapshot in our pinball group here in Winnipeg for agreeing to tackle the paintjob on my Borg Ship and shuttle. The Borg ship looks amazing, all the melted spots he painted to look like it had been shot out! He also hand painted the Borg logo and clear coated the entire thing so it has a metallic shine. The shuttle looks brand new with a shiny new paintjob as well. Very skilled work dude!

My Borg Ship before paintjob:
http://i78.servimg.com/u/f78/17/79/34/56/sttng_18.jpg

Borg Ship after paintjob:
http://i78.servimg.com/u/f78/17/79/34/56/borg_s10.jpg
http://i78.servimg.com/u/f78/17/79/34/56/borg_s11.jpg
http://i78.servimg.com/u/f78/17/79/34/56/borg_s12.jpg