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scotpens · November 27 2012, 05:43 AM

I built my first Enterprise model kit when I was 13. It was the original 1967 release with the godawful stirrup-and-retainer attachment for the nacelle struts. There was no way in hell to build that thing according to the instructions and not have the nacelles droop. I ended up tying a piece of thread between the engines to get them to line up more or less straight.

The mid-1970s re-tooling solved that problem -- but introduced even more inaccuracies than the original had!

November 27 2012, 05:43 AM	#11
scotpens Rear Admiral Location: Los Angeles, CA	Re: Love, hate and the AMT Enterprise model I built my first Enterprise model kit when I was 13. It was the original 1967 release with the godawful stirrup-and-retainer attachment for the nacelle struts. There was no way in hell to build that thing according to the instructions and not have the nacelles droop. I ended up tying a piece of thread between the engines to get them to line up more or less straight. The mid-1970s re-tooling solved that problem -- but introduced even more inaccuracies than the original had! __________________ “All the universe or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?”