I got the Norway class the other day, meaning I'm now only one Saber away from having all of the "First Contact four". It's not quite as exciting as the Akira and it's a little flat, but I'm always happy to get another ship.
Unfortunately, like the Steamrunner, they took a front-heavy ship and made the mistake of having it connect to the stand at the very back. It's not quite as prone to falling over as the Steamrunner (which does so constantly), but that gap between the nacelle struts would've been a perfect spot for it to clip on (or on the outsides of the struts).
Also, anyone else find it interesting that is one of the few ships whose magazine lacks any article on designing the ship? Even the Hideki, which they apparently couldn't find anything on, had a whole article on them trying (and failing) to get ahold of anyone who could recall anything about making it.
Perhaps the design's unfortunate history (the CG pattern being corrupted and having to be rebuilt from scratch) was something they wished to downplay, lest they draw the ire of purists who are looking for flaws.
The 22nd Century Klingon Bird of Prey is faultless, and is one of the few non-Fed ships I really like; it's just like the Enterprise NX-01 in that it is a nod to the designs later on in the timeline, while being it's own thing as well. But I broke my personal rule of no non-Fed or non-Human ships, so I'm still on the wall about it - I have OCD, so things just *have* to be a certain way (I was somewhat over-enthusiastic when I placed my order during the sale). I suppose I'm not entirely breaking my rule...the augments stole it, so it counts as a Human-controlled ship, just like the original Klingon Bird of Prey (which I do not yet have).
Yeah, the detail on the 22nd century BoP is amazing. The Romulan drone is a really nicely detailed ship too, with all the tiny antennas. I really like the Andorian ship too.
I think my favorite of the non-Fed/human ships that I have would have to be the Jem'Hadar battle cruiser. I really like that one (it was actually the first one I got from the set), but I'm partial to anything connected to the Dominion War.
I just received my first Eaglemoss ships, Equinox and Voyager. They both look fantastic, but Equinox's nacelles are a bit droopy. Is this common for that model or other long pylon starships like the Enterprise refit / E or Centaur etc?
I have an Equinox too and I don't recall the nacelles looking droopy. I actually have a Furuta model to compare it to. The only one I have that looks a bit skewed is the Stargazer.
I don't have a Voyager (in fact, it's now the only hero ship from any of the series that I don't have, as I just got the NX-01 and 1701-D last week, to complement the non-refit 1701 and Defiant I already had) and frankly, that one's not much of a priority for me. I've seen pictures of it and I'm not terribly impressed. The font for the registry number is all wrong and there's some rather large seam lines along the sides. Actually, I think Johnny Lightning did a better job with that one (and theirs had pivoting nacelles).
