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I recently received several copies of the latest/greatest 1/2500 scale kits from Millenia Models International in The Sacred Scale. John Fleming had asked over at Starship Modelers Star Trek Forum if anyone was interested in helping him out with doing some buildups for WonderFest. The deal was that whoever volunteered would get two of each kit and had to do buildups of one each to loan to Tracy of Federation Models for his display table at WonderFest '07. I'm not the only one who volunteered to help John out and we get to keep both sets of kits, but won't say who the other person is just in case he wishes to keep a low profile.
All of these kits are cast in resin and none of the copies I've received so far have decals. I know that they're in-works and hope to receive them well in advance of WonderFest. The castings are all uniformly well-done, tho all of them I've perused thus far have a few small issues in different areas. It's mostly been surface voids, but nothing calling for any rebuilding of the parts. Just minor rebuild up of surface in one or two spots per part. About half of these are conversions while the rest are complete kits.
Anyhow, the kits involved are:
Ambassador-class Variants. These are all designed to use the 1/2500 scale E-C kit from the 2nd Three-Enterprise Set. I really like them all, but have an issue with all three of the Orion-class ships - none of them show an impulse engine. Otherwise, all nicely executed! I guess I'll have to see what I can scratchbuild in the way of impulse engines. Anyhow, the models:
The Cyclone-class thru-deck cruiser. Another from RogueWolf. This one uses what appears to be an E-E hull that's likely from the Furuta Candy Toy, scratchbuilt pylons and modified ERTL E-B nacelles. Nice little kit that I place in the Late Movie/Lost Era timeframe. This is a 3-piece kit.
Sovereign-class dreadnought. Pretty simple and straightforward. It requires an ERTL 1/2500 scale E-E kit that you simply glue a pylon and third nacelle. A 2-piece kit.
And I saved what I consider to be the best for last! The 1/2500 scale Deep Space Station K-7 (TOS' "The Trouble With Tribbles") - 15-piece kit that accurately portrays the station as she should be instead of like the inaccurate version we got from AMT back in the Late 1960's. John chose to give his version two open shuttlebays, which looks good. The only thing missing from this kit - besides decals - is the mast w/ball for the top of the model. I've already built up one of my two copies and primered it to highly any problem areas that I might have missed in my initial puttying and sanding.
And that's it. Pics to follow, eventually. I'm on Weekend Duty right now and have no clue when I'll be getting back home. I've been cleaning and assembling these, tho, and have already finished up an Alternate Pylons Ambassador, K-7, Reflex, Thoth and Orion Type I.
All of these kits are cast in resin and none of the copies I've received so far have decals. I know that they're in-works and hope to receive them well in advance of WonderFest. The castings are all uniformly well-done, tho all of them I've perused thus far have a few small issues in different areas. It's mostly been surface voids, but nothing calling for any rebuilding of the parts. Just minor rebuild up of surface in one or two spots per part. About half of these are conversions while the rest are complete kits.
Anyhow, the kits involved are:
Ambassador-class Variants. These are all designed to use the 1/2500 scale E-C kit from the 2nd Three-Enterprise Set. I really like them all, but have an issue with all three of the Orion-class ships - none of them show an impulse engine. Otherwise, all nicely executed! I guess I'll have to see what I can scratchbuild in the way of impulse engines. Anyhow, the models:
- Alternate Ambassador-class pylons - upswept to be more like on the Refit so that the nacelles set a bit higher and just slightly apart. I really like the way the Ambassador looks with these pylons. One piece "drop" part - no cutting of the original kit or any parts required.
Orion-class Type I - a Nebula-type ship with what I'm assuming is meant to be more of a sensor pod like the Phoenix than a full weapons pod like the Sutherland. I really like these Nebula-type variants. This particular kit is a 5-piece kit.
Orion-class Type II - same as above, but with a smooth "back". No pod or attachment point. This is a 4-piece kit.
Orion-class, Type VI - same as the Type I, but with a third nacelle instead of pod. This is a 5-piece kit.
Thoth-class destroyer/scout - single nacelle that's half-again as long as a standard Ambassador-class nacelle. This is a 2-piece kit.
The Cyclone-class thru-deck cruiser. Another from RogueWolf. This one uses what appears to be an E-E hull that's likely from the Furuta Candy Toy, scratchbuilt pylons and modified ERTL E-B nacelles. Nice little kit that I place in the Late Movie/Lost Era timeframe. This is a 3-piece kit.
Sovereign-class dreadnought. Pretty simple and straightforward. It requires an ERTL 1/2500 scale E-E kit that you simply glue a pylon and third nacelle. A 2-piece kit.
And I saved what I consider to be the best for last! The 1/2500 scale Deep Space Station K-7 (TOS' "The Trouble With Tribbles") - 15-piece kit that accurately portrays the station as she should be instead of like the inaccurate version we got from AMT back in the Late 1960's. John chose to give his version two open shuttlebays, which looks good. The only thing missing from this kit - besides decals - is the mast w/ball for the top of the model. I've already built up one of my two copies and primered it to highly any problem areas that I might have missed in my initial puttying and sanding.
And that's it. Pics to follow, eventually. I'm on Weekend Duty right now and have no clue when I'll be getting back home. I've been cleaning and assembling these, tho, and have already finished up an Alternate Pylons Ambassador, K-7, Reflex, Thoth and Orion Type I.
