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[Michael]

issue 16 the Protostar

I must be out of the loop, because I totally missed that they had announced the Protostar. Finally! The angle they’ve chose for this shot looks a little odd, but googling it I found some other images of the model from TrekCore and it looks perfect there. Where did you get this image, by the way? Did they send that out as a newsletter or something like that? And is there any mention of when it might be released?

Spoiler: Protostar photos

EDIT: Looking back I found out that they actually already announced that they would do the Protostar way back in October of 2024. I must have forgotten. This is the first time I’ve seen images of it, though.

 

[Saul]

Stunning ship.

 

[137th Gebirg]

I wonder if they’ll make a slipstream drive active version (or whatever that enhanced propulsion system is called). I guess it all depends on how the standard version sells.

 

[dantini]

Where did you get this image, by the way? Did they send that out as a newsletter or something like that?

I just changed the numbers in the URL. These pictures will probably be visible on the Fanhome website soon.

 

[Michael]

I just changed the numbers in the URL. These pictures will probably be visible on the Fanhome website soon.

Ah, I see. Pretty clever!

 

[Markonian]

The Obena class is pretty interesting looking - Nicer that the Excelsior II, IMO, but those (Sovereign) engine nacelles seem a little stubby and out of proportion for the rest of the ship. i guess I'm used to the longer Excelsior nacelles on that spaceframe.

I just loaded into STO to play around with it, forgetting that the Obena can't mix'n'match parts with the Sovereign. On my ship, I added pieces of the Excelsior II class to make the Obena more slightly more graceful.


XL and regular Eaglemoss-made USS Prometheus compared with a 3D print.
I hope Fanhome’s XL redux series is so successful that they add new ships, like Aventine, Negh’Var, Dauntless-A.

 

[dantini]

I added some impulse engines to my Odyssey class model:

 

[saddestmoon]

Hmmm… USS Credence looks great!

 

[drt]

The Master Replicas starship library models that were moved to Q3 still aren't in stock. In fact, when was the last time MR shipped any new pre-order item? I'm getting worried...

Yeah, there’s always fear that companies using preorders for potentially funding day-to-day activities are one bad financial decision away from going belly up, a previous iteration of MR did this.