Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription

Dammit, now that's all I can see!

I honestly have to wonder if that was intentional, knowing that the details of the original model would never been seen up-close in the final film, or if it was just a placement accident of the shape primitives.

 

well the magazine says they were going for the forlorn parrot look. jk

 

It also appears that their customer service rep "Helen" there is only responding to positive reviews now and ignoring the negative ones.

 

I received an email this morning that I'm scheduled to be billed for the Swarm ship around 8/26. If it's correct my specials might be back on track.

It's the standard special email with one exception. At the very bottom, where I almost missed it is a line that says you are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Spock's Jellyfish special. That's the 1st one that didn't ship correctly.

Now I'm wondering if my conversation with the Eaglemoss rep at STLV fixed it or it's just coincidence.

 

Did you ever get the Franklin? I'm still waiting for that one. Didn't get any email, either. I'm probably on their black list now.

 

I bought it from another vendor.

 

Damn. I guess I'm going to have to do that too. Oh, well... Thank you for confirming that.

 

yeah just standard model paint, but i also have used pencil, charcoal, and marker.
marker came in handy with the swarm ship to add the blue engine details which weren't even sculpted on the model as it was:


i've made minor changes to a ton of my ships, but the most significant ones (other than the swarm ship and franklin above) were the jellyfish:

which i added a lot of highlights and weathering to. i also painted some of the scales lighter shades of green, but they don't really show up in the photo.

also the kelvin:


which i added more damage and weathering to, used bondo to bridge the gap between the saucer and the dorsal connecting neck portion and 3D printed a new deflector dish and bussard collector for. that was tricky because i had to model those components in rhino and hope the little details wouldn't be lost once it was all printed.

let's see your yeager. err that sounds wrong.

 

Does anyone know when the K7 special will be in UK shops?
I ask because the release date on the website says 28th August which is a Monday, whereas the models are always released in shops on Thursdays. And I remember with the Franklin and Swarm Ship they were available in shops the same day as a regular issue, and a bit before their release dates on the website.
#105 the Smugglers Ship is out in shops tomorrow so I'm wondering if K7 will be out too perhaps? If I get chance I'll have a look in WHSmith tomorrow

 

So, just signed up for the XL subscription series because it's considerably cheaper than buying them individually from the main site and wanted to start it with the 1701-E, as I already have the D. Then, promptly after placing the order, they sent me an email saying that they were going to be sending me the D in a couple weeks. Called them up to try to skip the D and move it to the E...and they couldn't do it. Too soon, they said. So now, I need to wait until I get closer to the shipping date and cancel the D before they ship the order. They said that they will "push this issue up to corporate", a familiar refrain which I am sure will never happen.

For anyone who wants to sign up for the XL subs, wait until the E-E becomes available if you already have the E-D. Just not worth the hassle otherwise.

I think I'll add this to my previous review on TrustPilot.

 

Thanks for the info as I was considering doing the same thing. I guess I'll wait until we're on the NX-01 since I got the E at STLV.

 

^^^ Yep, wise move now that we know what happens. Really wish Eaglemoss would get their shit together.

 

Got my Defiant, Norway, Steamrunner and Nebula ships delivered yesterday afternoon, ordered off of the Eaglemoss website and got the 30% off. Massively disappointed that the magazines at the bottom of the box had the covers creased. Each issue, was like the person who dropped the magazines in wasn't paying attention so each cover was bent back. Two have the corners bent as well. Poor packaging job.

 

I've never seen the specials in Smiths - but the Manchester got significantly downsized recently. Forbidden Planet always have the specials but the normal releases get snapped up very quickly. I'd love K7, it looks fantastic.

 

I bought the NX-Refit, brand new off eBay for about $20 Canadian (before shipping), my first ship so far. I love it.

 

You think that's bad? If they ever get around to making the Miradorn ship (AKA the mercenary ship from "Gambit"), try looking at it from straight up (anyone who has the Micro Machine version knows about this).

Once you see a rotisserie chicken, you can never unsee it.