That's cool. But what the heck is up with those registries it provides? NCX-165? Huh?
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
*imagining the reaction if the producers actually named one of the NX-class vessels Akira* wow that would be something...
[ February 06, 2002, 11:24: Message edited by: CaptainMike ]
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I'm thinking the "C" and the "1" are typos. At least the "C". It'd just be NX-65, though one wonders why they would go up that high...
Posted by Wes (Member # 212) on :
wow... i havent done a model in a long time... mabye its a good place to start?
Also.. anyone know where I can pick up an Akira-Class model?
-Wes
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Minor $poiler$ present, you have been forwarned
Large assumption on their part if they think the Shenandoah from a recent episode is an NX class...unless that's what TPTB also think.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Federation Models, Wes. There's 2 sizes outthere, the 1/1400 by Starcrafts which is fucking spectacular & the 1/2500 by Spaceboy. I think FM only carries the Starcrafts one, though. You can check Starship Modeler for the other.
Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
quote:Large assumption on their part if they think the Shenandoah from a recent episode is an NX class...unless that's what TPTB also think
Mayweather said that "three more NX-class ships are on the drawing boards". I wouldn't expect any of them to get a captain so early.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Yah...I didn't think the Shenandoah was an NX... I assumed it was an older class of ship. Man, some of those models by Warp Models are killer!!
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Warp kits suck ass. Shitty brittle resin that shatters if you blink at it wrong.
Posted by EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
i broke my warp nebula when i dropped it 6 inches onto my bed. . damn GRP.
--jacob
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
Anybody know where "Aniara" comes from? I know it's a sci-fi poem by Harry Martinson, but did he have a source for the name? Old Greek plays, or something?
Agreed that whatever the Shenandoah is, it's NOT a NX-class starship.
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by targetemployee (Member # 217) on :
Based on on-line research,
1953 Poetry by the sci-fi writer Harry Martinson.
1958 A opera of that name, based on the previously mentioned play, is conducted in England.
1978 A ship of that name, the M/S Aniara , is launched. She is a car carrier.
[ February 07, 2002, 05:01: Message edited by: targetemployee ]
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Ok...well, the models look cool in the pics they have up anyway Too bad they aren't better quality.
Posted by Proteus (Member # 212) on :
so theres no ertl plastic akiras out there?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
No...I think ERTLs last individual Trek Model was the Defiant. They put out a couple of sets after that that, but I'm pretty sure the Deffie was the last indiviudal. Monogram did the Voyager models.
*drools at the thought of ERTL kits of all the FC ships and the Raven...*
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
*sigh* You guys have no idea how lucky you are. I would have LOVED to be able to do a Star Trek model kit 20 years ago. . .
Posted by Woodside Kid (Member # 699) on :
I'd much prefer if they picked another company to do Trek models; I never saw a starship kit from ERTL that didn't have serious design errors in it. Why do you think there are so many people out there making parts to correct the flaws?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
True. All I really ever cared about was that they were close enough to use for some descent photo reference. I named all mine differently than the ship they were supposed to be anyway, so I attribute any errors in the models to variations among ships of that class Posted by Joe Brown (Member # 793) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: I'm thinking the "C" and the "1" are typos. At least the "C". It'd just be NX-65, though one wonders why they would go up that high...
Hi, all!
I wrote that review, and checked it after it was posted on-line. Sorry, no typos! The registries and ship names are what was on the decal sheet that came with that example model. Why the odd numbers, and the mis-spellings? Ask Tom Sasser, the owner of Thomas Models, since he put all that together!
I'd apoligize about the photo quality, except that I'm a lousy photographer. I get it in focus, and hope my flash doesn't wash out the details. And, I was a bit rushed to get that shot & up on-line.
Is this a good resin kit? Dang straight! But, if you've never built a resin kit before, it will present some challenges -- that's merely a cautionary warning. The kit is made from a 'standard' resin, not the horrible GRP that Warp of England uses.
I have finished the model, and there is a complete construction write-up already sent off to Starship Modeler; it's waiting in the "To be posted soon" pile of articles that John Lester has over there.
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Too bad they aren't better quality.