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Hi, Everyone! It is with sadness to announce that Donald "Don" Lee Matthys passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019, in Sanford Health Hospital, Fargo, ND.  He was 64. To many of us for decades, he was Don of Don's Light and Magic (DLM) who offered detail upgrade and accurization parts and kits for our favorite genre model kits, many of which were quite unique and impossible to get from anywhere or anyone else.  His love of fantasy and science fiction - especially for the Star Trek franchise - combined with his passion for graphic design and scale modeling saw him frequently sharing his knowledge across various platforms including hobby forums and web sites.  Many of the articles that he took the time to write up in great detail continue to be referenced even today and have proven to be invaluable aids to everyone who comes across them. More information on Don's passing can be found here: https://www.inforum.com/obituaries/obits/4774867-Donald-%E2%80%9CDon%E2...

Hi, Everyone! For those of you who have the AMT / Lesney / Matchbox / ERTL / Round 2 1:537 Enterprise refit / -A kit, one of the many inaccuracies is the size of the docking ports behind the bridge, on both sides of the dorsal (neck), and on both sides of the secondary hull. The port at the bridge area is too small while the other four are too big. If you want to accurize those ports, I wrote up what I did. Dorsal / Secondary Hull Docking Ports : The molded ports are about 7/32 inches in diameter, and a more correct scale size would be about 5/32 inches (roughly 4 mm). Drill out the larger port which should leave a hole about 7/32 inches in diameter. Cut a 1/4 inch piece of an Evergreen Scale Models 227 7/32" (5.5 mm) diameter styrene tube and insert it into the hole. Move the tube until one end is about flush with outer surface of the dorsal or secondary hull part. Glue the tube from the inner surface of the dorsal or secondary hull part and wait for the glue to completely...