Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription
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I assumed they'd be provided with either the Nemesis/Lower Decks CG model (great), or the STO/Picard one, or the Eaglemoss/Prodigy one (meh). But I don't think this is based on any of those. The nacelle/strut joints on the underside of the nacelles resemble the inaccurate Bandai and AMT/ERTL versions (there's a picture here). I wonder what the top side will look like...
Good catch! Hopefully that’s merely an early render and it will be improved.
Btw I couldn’t get your link to work but assume it’s this pic.
Btw I couldn’t get your link to work but assume it’s this pic.
Note that I only have the twenty year old TOS Enterprise, so hard to say how any comparison will hold for Corgi's newest offerings, particularly since no one actually has their new ones in hand.
It's essentially the same size as the midsized offerings from Eaglemoss and Fanhome, making it an even comparison.
As @Tomalak mentioned, the Corgi is almost entirely diecast, which works well for the simple lines of the TOS Enterprise, but 1) there are some noticeable seams where the diecast parts meet up, which I know bothers some people, and 2) while not really an issue for the TOS ship, diecast can't really hold fine details at this size, which is why the panel lines on the new refit are comically out-of-scale.
The paint job is nice and evenly applied, but it's simple (definitely won't be the case with their refit) with no weathering. The Corgi's mold only has a few windows on the teardrop and bottom of the saucer actually molded (and not particularly accurately), so there aren't issues with the paint lining up. All of the windows on the secondary hull are painted.
I'd say that the diecast construction and simple paint means that there were few crooked/broken subassemblies or misaligned paint decos, so they were probably more consistently manufactured compared to Eaglemoss/Fanhome. That being said, I think Eaglemoss/Fanhome are attempting something more complex, with more intricate decos and finer details, so I can forgive some of their noticeable quality issues with that in mind.
After writing all that, I'd classify the Corgi as a higher-end toy and the Eaglemoss/Fanhome as a low-end model.
Yeah, even though I'm not super familiar with the 1701-E from that angle, the pylons and their connection seem off, plus the nacelles seem a bit too wide.
Are there any paint issues?
Die-cast to plastic seam issues?
Pylon/Nacelle alignment issues?
The only issue of modding the ship like this is the pair of obvious slits on the aft ventral hull.
Was those slits originally there?
Or did you make those slits for the mod?
The slits where the nacelle pylons plug in are already in place.
The Farragut has arrived with the magazine holder. No mug - the letter says the success of the collection outstripped the stock. I don’t mind, got enough mugs already.
EDIT: The Doctor Who Dalek Saucer has arrived! Who and his trusty Dalek companions travel the universe in this heavy, cityscape-looking ship. Even though UFOs/flying saucers are a staple of pop culture, it is really hard to find a good-looking model of such a vessel. With the right proportions and not looking cartoonish. Captain Who has a good one from the dorsal side. The underside looks interesting in its own right but not classic UFO.
The stand is…unique. I like the gold and felt.
EDIT: The Doctor Who Dalek Saucer has arrived! Who and his trusty Dalek companions travel the universe in this heavy, cityscape-looking ship. Even though UFOs/flying saucers are a staple of pop culture, it is really hard to find a good-looking model of such a vessel. With the right proportions and not looking cartoonish. Captain Who has a good one from the dorsal side. The underside looks interesting in its own right but not classic UFO.
The stand is…unique. I like the gold and felt.
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Um... Aren't the nacelle pylons suppsed to curve inwards? Or have you been modifying your models again?
It looks like it's an isometric view, where perspective is eliminated and parallel lines in reality are also parallel in the image. That's fine for top/side/front views in blueprints, but it looks weird when it's an arbitrary angle where you'd expect to see foreshortening and perspective distortion. The first images of the CAD model of the Hallmark Discovery ornament were the same way (check out images 4 and 7 in the slideshow).
Ironically, showing an angle like that with no perspective makes it much harder to judge the shape of the model.
I love modifying my models.Um... Aren't the nacelle pylons suppsed to curve inwards? Or have you been modifying your models again?
Unlike the “Echelon-class” Stargazer where the pylons will hold right when plugged back in, the pylons are loose on the Farragut. So, I’ll have to decide between restoring the ship or gluing the pylons back into original configuration, or getting a second model. I have not decided yet.
Speaking of modifying, I received decals for old Eaglemoss models today. The Wells Class is the easiest of all ships to decalize because you don’t need to remove old labels and just need to apply 4 min, 6 max. I already have a USS Relativity-G and a USS Janeway (from STO). Say hello to the NCC-74656-G!
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Received my USS Farragut and binder. I also did not receive a mug in this shipment, nor a letter or notice explaining why it was missing. I ended up emailing customer support because the invoice included in the shipment indicated the mug should be there, and I didn't want to leave anything to chance down the line. Customer service got back to me within the day, explained it was an issue with the gift and it would be sent in a future shipment.
Back to this shipment - I am digging the Farragut, but unlike the Titan or Stargzer, it is not one I was looking forward to. Still, I like the look of the ship and it fits in well among the DISCO ships released by Eaglemoss. It does look like a bridge between the styles of the DISCO classes like the Edison, Hoover, and Walker classes and Pike's Constitution class.
The included binder is a bit different from the old Eaglemoss/Herocollector binders. The final product also looks different from the promotional materials they sent us. It is not a book-style binder that uses plastic tabs on the spine to hold the magazines in place, but instead appears to be a box of sorts you construct to file the magazines in. I have not constructed it yet, but will take a picture when I do. The magazine itself has a lot of information on the Farragut/ Bellepheron class, and includes a few pages of alternate designed that include rollbars and are very Miranda-esque.
So now the big question probably on everyone's minds - is the deflector crooked?
On my Farragut model, the deflector dish looks lined up for the most part. I can appreciate a small angling of the deflector that I suspect is a result of the small plastic rod that connects the dish to the model. I could probably fix it with a little bit of heat and patience, but I also think I can break it pretty easily and end up having to super glue something.
In the end, I can live with it and I don't think it is as bad as some of those early prototype images we saw. Looking forward to issue #4 in February.
Back to this shipment - I am digging the Farragut, but unlike the Titan or Stargzer, it is not one I was looking forward to. Still, I like the look of the ship and it fits in well among the DISCO ships released by Eaglemoss. It does look like a bridge between the styles of the DISCO classes like the Edison, Hoover, and Walker classes and Pike's Constitution class.
The included binder is a bit different from the old Eaglemoss/Herocollector binders. The final product also looks different from the promotional materials they sent us. It is not a book-style binder that uses plastic tabs on the spine to hold the magazines in place, but instead appears to be a box of sorts you construct to file the magazines in. I have not constructed it yet, but will take a picture when I do. The magazine itself has a lot of information on the Farragut/ Bellepheron class, and includes a few pages of alternate designed that include rollbars and are very Miranda-esque.
So now the big question probably on everyone's minds - is the deflector crooked?
On my Farragut model, the deflector dish looks lined up for the most part. I can appreciate a small angling of the deflector that I suspect is a result of the small plastic rod that connects the dish to the model. I could probably fix it with a little bit of heat and patience, but I also think I can break it pretty easily and end up having to super glue something.
In the end, I can live with it and I don't think it is as bad as some of those early prototype images we saw. Looking forward to issue #4 in February.
I just got the Farragut today. It had been mailed on the 14th. I didn't receive a binder, or a mug even though the packing slip says I was supposed to. I'll probably be contacting Fanhome about it I should include a picture as well to prove it to them.
Last month, the Stargazer came with the lower left nacelle not attached. I contacted them, and it took 2 weeks for them to get back to me to say it's not broken, and to just glue it with some superglue. I'm starting to regret signing up for this subscription.
Last month, the Stargazer came with the lower left nacelle not attached. I contacted them, and it took 2 weeks for them to get back to me to say it's not broken, and to just glue it with some superglue. I'm starting to regret signing up for this subscription.
yeah, it was mentioned somewhere that they weren't going to be sending entirely new ships for things like detached nacelles since they're so easily reparied with a little glue.
Eaglemoss had a pretty liberal replacement policy, I'm sure that when they took over production they noted places where Eaglemoss lost money and decided to not do those things.
I didn't get a binder either, I don't think anyone got the mug. I feel that it's a little odd they had them on the shipping invoice, I have the feeling if you don't contact them you'll never receive the item because they have it in their system as sent.
fanhome accidentally sent my stargazer to the wrong address, i contacted them when i spotted the error on my account and they responded within a day. they told me to wait a month to see if it would arrive, but i politely asked them to waive that waiting period and they again responded quickly and obligingly — the ship arrived about 3 weeks later.
so, chalk this one up to a good experience with their CS. (funnily stargazer was re-shipped a day before they shipped the farragut out and the farragut took an extra week+ to arrive, so no bonus points for shipping times).
i’d also just add that i think these models are *slightly* better quality than late stage EM. there are minor things i’d change in all 3 releases so far (titan’s impulse deck, the angle the stargazer sits on its stand, the flat gray paint job of the farragut when SNW’s ships appear metallic on screen), but the paint apps seem more detailed IMO and they’re more generous with the transparent plastic bits than EM was there at the end.
Not necessarily re: Invoice. The physical invoice that came with my package showed the mug. However, the invoice that I can download directly off of Fanhome does NOT list the mug in this shipment. This led me to believe their system may be up-to-date and reflective of the actual status of sent items, and they simply sent me an outdated invoice with my shipment.
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