Manufacturer: AMT/Ertl & Aftermarket parts
Material: Injection-styreme/Resin
Scale: 1/850
Notes:
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 made famous by Captain James
T.
Kirk. Through first contacts with many species including the first
Federation,
battling enemies of the Federation including the Gorn, the Klingons,
and
the Romulans; meeting interesting people including Harry Mudd, the
Squire
of Gothos, and Methuselah; and solving diplomatic crisis’s including
tribbles,
and and the che contamination of Iotia by the USS Hoirizon; this ship
and
her crew gained a prominent part of Federation History.
This model shows the ship in a stage in between the
2nd
pilot and the Production version. Why? Well I liked a number of
features
of the pilot version over the production version but hated the spikes
on
the front of the warp engines. So voila! The base of the kit is the
standard
18" kit from AMT. The one we have all built at least once. This was my
second.
Mercifully I do not have any evidence of the first one I did when I was
a
kid. Aftermarket parts included the Lunar models 2nd pilot kit,
Accurate
Parts Flux Constrictors and from Thomas modes decals for the windows,
2nd
pilot set, and his navigational deflector dish. Beyond the
after
market pieces the following modifications were also done to the
kit....
All detail was sanded off the saucer section and the bottom dimples
were
filled in.. The bottom rings were drew on with a compass and pencil.
The
huge gap where the neck meets the saucer was filled with milliput.
Removed
the screens from the intercoolers. The base was scrapped. I the model I
attached
a hollow plastic tube that would accept a brass tube from the base I
built
from a wood plaque and the for mentioned brass rod.
When it came to painting I decided to go with
Camouflage
grey for the hull color. The only other interesting painting note is
the
bussard collectors. I used a coper base coat, clear read over that, and
a
clear coats on top of that.
