Well, I got a neat surprise when I got up this morning. I was just getting out of bed when there was a knock on the door. I thought it was my caretaker asking for my lease renewal, but, to my surprise, the mailman had left me a package. I wasn't expecting this because the online tracker (which admittedly hadn't been updated in over a day) showed it in another city, but the four shpis I ordered from the Eaglemoss site finally arrived!
The Sternbach concept Voyager is an interesting ship. Like most of the longer, thinner ships in the series, the dimensions of the box necessitated a fairly small scale. I do think the final design they went with looks better as a "hero" ship that we'd be looking at each week. The bullet shaped primary hull, with a more pointed nose as actually more similar to the Prometheus and the Dauntless, which would come later. I don't know if the angular primary hull really fits that well with the boxy components on the top of the secondary hull. Also the nacelles almost look like they're upside down, with their flat tops and under-slung Bussard collectors. I know they always wanted part of the ship to articulate, but I wonder what they could've done with this ship.
I know study models generally weren't suitable for actual filming, but this would've made a nice background ship during the 6th and 7th season of DS9.
The Pasteur, the earliest in the series of the four models I got, well... they definitely didn't skimp on windows or escape pods on this one. The section with the nacelle struts looks a bit raised and, at first, I though they hadn't put it in place all the way, but the paint shows that it is. I like the duck egg blue color scheme it has. The only flaw Is a couple of strange markings on the right side of the secondary hull that almost look like a botched print of some letters (although there aren't supposed to be any letters around there). It's not a huge deal, so I won't be complaining to anyone (except you, I suppose.
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The Cheyenne class, along with the New Orleans I already have, are pretty much the only Wolf 359 models I actually like. It's nice seeing a TNG-era design with nacelles that look different than the ones on the Galaxy, Nebula, and New Orleans. (And yes, I know those were markers). Not much to say, other than it's a fun design and I'm happy to have it.
The one I was really hoping for was the Jem'Hadar battleship. The battle cruiser was actually the very first model I ever bought, so it's nice to come full circle. I was really blown away by the level of detailing on this one. I'm amazed they were able to do this much for a model in this price point (and I wonder if this had anything to do with why it came so late in the series' run). The only downside is the stand really isn't secure at all, so I'll have to be careful when moving it. Other than that, it's a terrific model that I'm really happy with.
Not sure what I'll get next, though I'm hoping for the Bonaventure and the Enterprise-F (the regular one, not the STO one) eventually.
