Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription
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This is true, but for all the models I've accumulated over the years, only a small handful have arrived with something popped off, and none were so bad off that they couldn't be fixed with a couple of dabs of superglue in strategic locations.
The one possible exception being the Quqh, which had those tiny little pointy things on the bow get bent in the box. I'm almost too afraid to bend them back and make it worse.
The one possible exception being the Quqh, which had those tiny little pointy things on the bow get bent in the box. I'm almost too afraid to bend them back and make it worse.
Yeah, disconnected warp nacelles haven't been uncommon - i've only received three that were irreparably damaged: Defiant, for which the shipping and product boxes were 100%, so the damage had to have happened at the factory, and the Romulan Drone and whatever came with it (i think maybe the 1701-B?), which arrived totally crushed.
Maybe try the hot/cold water trick? Dip the bow in hot water to soften the plastic, then once in place reset with cold water - that's worked for me in the past in similar situations.
Ah, yes, of course! Totally forgot about that little trick. Thank you! 
the worker bee and ISS shenzhou arrived today.
not to be all hyperbolic, but i think the worker bee is one of the best models eaglemoss has produced. the detail, the paint application, the transparent plastic, it all works to create a model that is the closest translation i've seen of screen-used CG files to physical model:
and the ISS shenzhou is headed to eBay, thanks eaglemoss:
not to be all hyperbolic, but i think the worker bee is one of the best models eaglemoss has produced. the detail, the paint application, the transparent plastic, it all works to create a model that is the closest translation i've seen of screen-used CG files to physical model:
and the ISS shenzhou is headed to eBay, thanks eaglemoss:
Didn’t see this mentioned
Issue 152 Excelsior Prototype MK1
Issue 153 Devore Warship
Special Planet Killer
The Excelsior prototype might be the first concept model we’ve had in the main line ? I think all others have been specials of some sort.
Issue 152 Excelsior Prototype MK1
Issue 153 Devore Warship
Special Planet Killer
The Excelsior prototype might be the first concept model we’ve had in the main line ? I think all others have been specials of some sort.
That one is "special"... goddamn.
Yeah, that...doesn’t look great. Mind you, I disliked the Discovery throughout all of series one, but during series 2 it’s really grown on me. I don’t know if it’s different lighting and/or camera work, but she almost looks elegant, something I’d never have said before. Or maybe you can just get used to anything.
I love that particular Excelsior prototype!
Very glad EM have produced this: I like the look of starships from this era of Trek (including quirky unused concepts of this ilk) - and its oberth style nacelle end caps. For me, it’s something of a lost / lesser seen era of Trek design, which I would love to see more of through various media.
So very pleased they have done this proto!
Very glad EM have produced this: I like the look of starships from this era of Trek (including quirky unused concepts of this ilk) - and its oberth style nacelle end caps. For me, it’s something of a lost / lesser seen era of Trek design, which I would love to see more of through various media.
So very pleased they have done this proto!
The Exclesior prototype is seen at the Qualor II Surplus Depot from TNG Unification, so it is an onscreen canon ship, and therefore why it's included in the main line. Granetd it's some fuzzy background ship, but that didn't stop all the Wolf 359 ships, the Curry, Yeager class, etc
Do a google image search for Qualor 2 and you'll see it
Do a google image search for Qualor 2 and you'll see it
^^^ thanks for the heads up - great to hear it’s more than an unused proto!
Will investigate accordingly...
Will investigate accordingly...
Isn't it also in Spacedock in STIII? (Unless I'm thinking of another unused design.)
The Planet of the Titans study model is in spacedock (the one that looks a but like Discovery). I think there's concept art of the four-nacelled Excelsior in Spacedock too.
There have been 4 Excelsior study models that I’m aware of. I believe all have shown up on-screen as background ships.
http://shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/heavycruiser_excelsior_proto1.jpg
http://shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/heavycruiser_excelsior_proto2.jpg
http://shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/heavycruiser_excelsior_proto3.jpg
http://shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/heavycruiser_excelsior_proto4.jpg
http://shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/heavycruiser_excelsior_proto1.jpg
http://shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/heavycruiser_excelsior_proto2.jpg
http://shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/heavycruiser_excelsior_proto3.jpg
http://shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/heavycruiser_excelsior_proto4.jpg
Third one looks a bit like the Baton Rouge class from the old Spaceflight Chronology book.
I wasn't familiar with those study models. Would I not be the first to call #1 the Exwingcelsior?
I'm glad ILM/Nimoy/Whomever decides such things went with the design they did looking through those possibilities.
Yeah, some of the concepts can be a bit weird - the ones in the TNG Tech Manual are a case in point, especially the one with the nacelles at the front flanking a central module that pulls mission-specific modules behind it like a giant T shape.
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