It doesn't look too much like a Robotix part, although a cockpit and other pieces from a Robotix set were used to build the
kitbashed tug in DS9.
Those Robotix parts were also used for the rear of the U.S.S. Hutzel. I always wondered what those parts were (as I'm building a replica of the ship and couldn't add those parts), but now I know. Now I just need to track them down on eBay...
So, what are we still missing...?
Every Miarecki kitbash used is supposedly now accounted for, save for the second Nebula. We have decent pics of the Excelsior study models, the old McQuarrie model and the two big Jein ships, too. The record on how the Miarecki ships looked like after being battle-damaged is not yet complete, but photos of a damaged Chekov might simply not exist, or then only the Buran and the Melbourne were damaged at all.
So... Unused Miarecki 'bashes? Mystery ships?
Timo Saloniemi
Here's the "definitive" list:
1. U.S.S. Melbourne: two identical models were built, one damaged for BoBW, one used as a display model in TNG's "Future Imperfect," "The Wounded," and in Sisko's office in DS9. Clear pictures now exist for both models.
2. U.S.S. Ahwahnee: a photo of this model was available for years from a trading card shoot, so it wasn't much of a mystery what it looked like. Clearer pics now exist for it.
3. U.S.S Kyushu: model was featured prominently in the Star Trek Encyclopedia and photos from the Art Department and blurays of the post-damaged version. Clearer pics now exist for it.
4. U.S.S. Buran: for years it was mistakenly believed that this model used TMP Constitution parts because of artwork in an old comic book depicting the "U.S.S Challenger" this way. Clearer pics now exist which completely refutes this.
5. U.S.S. Chekov: a complete mystery until Mike Okuda found a small pic of the model and a slideshow slide side-view exposing the secondary hull. Clearer pics now exist for it.
6. U.S.S. Tolstoy: name dubbed over U.S.S. Chekov in post-production. No model was ever built for it.
7. U.S.S. Firebrand: one-nacelled ship built by Greg Jein's crew; not a kitbash of model kit parts but instead used the in-house studio model molds. (one of only two Jein-built ships) Only one clear pic exists of it.
8. U.S.S. Princeton: three-nacelled ship built by Greg Jein's crew; not a kitbash of model kit parts but instead used the in-house studio model molds. (one of only two Jein-built ships) Only a few pics exist of it.
9. Saucer and secondary hull of the destroyed TMP Enterprise from STIII used as background wreckage.
10. Stand-alone Galaxy-class-style destroyed nacelle; appears in two shots, first near the camera under the TMP Enterprise saucer, later in the far background of another shot. Probably made by Jein.
11. Mars Defense Perimeter drone ship: made from several different submarine model kits.
12. some random pieces of wreckage not affiliated with any ships; probably made by Jein.
13. A "mystery" ship, so far unclassified; appears in three shots, first of which is directly above the Kyushu in this pic:
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/o...bothworldsii/08-thebestofbothworldsii-3-r.jpg
To my knowledge, the Excelsior study models and the McQuarrie models were not used in BoBW, but some were used in "Unification" but were not given battle damage like the Miarecki and Jein ships were.
