Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription

[dantini]

And here's the Pathfinder class (USS Drexler).

It seems to have a darker hull color than the STO-based model, I didn't even notice that in PIC.

 

[Paul755]

Nice looking ship. I just wish so many of these weren’t XLs.

 

[dantini]

I've been trying to determine exactly which (or whose) CG models were used for the Eaglemoss models. Here's some things I noticed about the Galaxy and Nebula class ships:

Issue 1 / Special 20 / XL2 / Gold XL 1: Galaxy class. Most of the magazine renders show the DS9 CG model. The saucer separation pictures on the other hand are of the ENT CG model, and the shape of the actual die-cast models also seems to be based on this. Obviously the shuttlebays are the same size, so one half of the model may have been mirrored at some point. The placement of the escape pods on the underside of the saucer also isn't entirely accurate.

Issue 23 / XL 26: Nebula class. The VOY CG model (kitbash of DS9 CG Galaxy-class model parts) is used for the magazine renders, for the Nebula-specific parts of the die-cast models, and for the nacelles of the XL model. The saucer and nacelles of the regular die-cast model still seem to be based on the ENT Galaxy model, once again with inaccurate escape pods on the underside. The saucer of the XL model may also still be based on the ENT Galaxy model, but the escape pods were redone and are now accurate, except for a single missing one on the underside.

Issue 112: Nebula class (oval pod). A new CG model that's based on the VOY CG model is used for the magazine renders and for the Nebula-specific parts of the die-cast model. The saucer and nacelles of the die-cast model still seem to be based on the ENT Galaxy model with the inaccurate escape pods on the underside.

Issue 156: Proto-Nebula class. Renders and die-cast model use a new CG model that may be based on Ed Giddings' Galaxy class model (at least it looks more similar to it than to the DS9 Galaxy, ENT Galaxy, or VOY Nebula).

Bonus 0 / Bonus 17 / XL 20: Future Enterprise D. The magazine renders show a new CG model that's definitely based on Ed Giddings' Galaxy-class model. The die-cast models still seem to be based mostly on the ENT Galaxy model with inaccurate escape pods, except for the new attachment parts. Interestingly, these new parts differ significantly between the regular and XL model.

??? : Restored Enterprise D. Well, for PIC season 1 and season 3 they used modified versions of Ed Giddings' model, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Fanhome were to re-use the existing molds of the Eaglemoss XL Enterprise D.

 

[drt]

they also have updated sound fx

a little value add…

What’s nice is it appears they’re not using transparent plastic for the clip holding the phaser 1 to the pistol body, that kind of plastic is brittle and what broke on my original.

 

[dantini]

Does anyone know if the Eaglemoss ST 09 and ST Beyond Enterprises are based on the original CG models from the movies? I seem to remember reading that one was based on an unfinished (trailer?) model, or one had to be rebuilt from scratch, or something like that...

 

[dantini]

Fanhome ships 1-7 are now in stock in Germany, most of them for the first time.

 

[Michael]

Fanhome ships 1-7 are now in stock in Germany, most of them for the first time.

Thanks for the heads-up! Just ordered the Farragut. Getting the SS Eleos was also pretty tempting, but I’m not ready to shell out this much money right now.

 

[dantini]

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We’d like to provide a quick clarification regarding the upcoming Issue 13 of your Star Trek Starships collection.
You may notice that the box and accompanying magazine refer to the ship as the U.S.S. Edison, while the model itself carries the registry of the U.S.S. Harlan. This is not a mistake. The U.S.S. Harlan is the actual ship design seen on screen in Star Trek Picard at the battle of Sol. It belongs to the Edison class, which is why the box and magazine use that class name. Together with CBS, we chose to present the Harlan on the model itself to reflect what viewers saw in the show, while still honouring the ship class name in the supporting materials. This way, your model is both screen-accurate and faithful to the wider Star Trek universe.

This is not a mistake.

we chose

They could have just called it "Edison class" on the magazine cover. Also, the magazine for the Duderstadt class was changed as well - to show the USS Intrepid, which is not the name of its class.
It seems more likely to me that they recently decided that unless a particular ship is very well-known or was seen up close, it would be best to always release the ship whose name matches the class (USS Edison, USS Gagarin, USS Reliant, USS Ross, USS Sutherland, USS Alita), but the tooling had already been prepared for the originally planned USS Harlan model.

 

[Michael]

Got my Farragut from Fanhome this week and spent some time today having fun with it in front of a camera. The model is really nice with a good amount of detail for its size and I like that it seems like it’s in scale with the Eaglemoss Enterprise from Strange New Worlds. Of course I couldn’t resist recreating that shot of both ships together from the season three finale.

The booklet that came with it has noticeably poor printing quality and paper (almost looks like the printer ran out of ink), but the information in it is interesting as usual; especially the section about the designing of the model. (I’m glad they didn’t went with the version where the curved nacelle pylons continue on top of the saucer as some weird circular crossbar.) The section about the in-universe history of the Farragut is horribly out of date, though, considering this was likely written when only season one was out.

 

[137th Gebirg]

I really hope they put the books online in pdf format like Eaglemoss did. Can’t really afford the models anymore but I would love to read up on them.

 

[dantini]

I really hope they put the books online in pdf format like Eaglemoss did. Can’t really afford the models anymore but I would love to read up on them.

They're often readable in review videos... at least sort of.

I just received the Fanhome model of Riker's Titan. I can see quite a few differences between the first CG model by Ellery Connell (used for the small Eaglemoss model) and the more recent Tobias Richter/STO/Picard version (used by Fanhome). I don't know if one of them is more "correct", since the original ortho drawings themselves aren't entirely consistent and apparently both of the CG artists were in contact with the designer... but the new model definitely looks great!
All the windows seem to be dark though, both in the magazine pictures and on the die-cast model. I'm not sure if that was intentional.

 

[Markonian]

(I’m glad they didn’t went with the version where the curved nacelle pylons continue on top of the saucer as some weird circular crossbar.)

Beautiful model photography!
I think it's a sin that the rollbar wasn't kept. Hopefully we'll see it on the show, another show or game/comic in some fashion someday.