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Here´s an interesting item: star trek spaceship model Is this really a starship model from star trek? Even though it does include a romulan nacelle I can´t remember seeing this.
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It could be something from the Qualor II junkyard in "Unification" (TNG). Or from that other junkyard scene in VGR. It may not have been indentifiable onscreen, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was never used in an episode.
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Wherever it came from, somebody's already bid over $100 on it for some reason. I reckon if you spent long enough looking through the various junkyard shots you'd find this, but when some of the most knowledgeable starship geeks on the net don't recognise it, it's really not worth the $60 for shipping, never mind the actual bid on top.
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That's got to be one of the crappiest kitbashes I've ever seen. Looks like something from Starcrash. Long lengths of hose are never a good sign.
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Does the missus share that opinion?
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No, I don't think so... are you guys 100% sure it isn't the DS9 opening credits ship?
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No, I agree, it´s not the opening credits ship, if nothing else the ds9 ship has two glowing engines, this model has three.
But I do think it´s a bit detailed for some junkyard scene, but then on the other hand, the romulan nacelle seals it in my book - It´s a star trek model ship. Also, the company selling the item has handled star trek props auction for a while now and authenticates the model.
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Well, couldn't it be a model made by another company, for another tv franchise, utilizing parts from tons of space ship models ( including the Warbird). Because of that nacelle, someone thinks it is a Star trek model, even by accident. When they were gathering up all the stuff they were going to sell for these auctions, this could have accidentally been thrown in there.
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It could easily be something slapped together and then rejected for it's sheer crappiness.
OTOH, it's not unheard of for Paramount to re-use some prop from an obscure movie. The Promillian Battleship started life as the spaceship from Night of the Creeps. (Best. Zombie. Movie. Ever.) Then it got lit in green and became Kurn's (freaking giagantic) ship on DS9.
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