Movie Version Model 2006 Factory Sealed 1/350 Star Trek USS Enterprise NCC-1701

Description: Polar Lights Model dated 2006. It is unopened and still factory sealed. Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A. 1:350 Scale with over 150 pieces. This is the movie version Enterprise design. It includes stand. It includes masters for all sections of the ship of the Aztec pattern that's common to Star Fleet vessels of the Star Trek movies. Box measures 17"x17"x5" and weight is right under 6 lbs.The box appears in age appropriate condition. It looks as if stored with other items. A few small parts of the factory plastic has torn and has a wrinkled appearance on the back. One corner has small accordian smash and tthe length of one side of box has long crease. This does not seem to of affected the model itself.**This item is HEAVY so shipping will be a bit. We ship Priority so that there is insurance protection. This is an online review of the model by modelingmadness.comThe Polar Lights 1/350 NCC-1701/1701A Enterprise is the biggest science fiction model kit I have ever seen. When you open the box, you will find several bags of crisply molded parts and the Enterprise’s saucer. In fact, the saucer section’s diameter is as big as the box!! Did I say it is huge?The folks at Polar Lights should be commended for this kit. From what I’ve read on the internet, the kit fits together very well (unlike the most SF model kits.)Polar Lights has included a stand (it sure needs one) which is a representation of the “dry” dock as seen in first two Star Trek movies. If you don’t want to use the stand, one will probably be placing metal braces inside the model to strengthen the structure. As for accuracy, it passes the Looks Okay To Me test. I do not happen to have deck plans or photos of the actual movie model to compare to, but it does not seem to have the very obvious shape problems that plagued the Ertl version of this ship nor is it covered with the huge trenches that passed for panel lines. There are those who will find accuracy nits to pick at, but I am not one of them. I suspect that there won’t be very many anyway because from what I was told about this kit from my favorite model hobby store owner, the designer of this particular kit was a perfectionist Trekkie/Trekker who insisted on getting it right which explains why it took so long in coming and helped drive the folks at Polar Lights crazy. This kit has little touches that allow the ultra serious modeler who wants to go way above and beyond us mere mortal modelers to go WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND. First of all, there is the arboretum which can be seen through 12 large windows located at the very bottom of the secondary hull. There is enough room in the kit part to put grass, trees and maroon jacket wearing 1/350 photoetched crewmen in a minature diorama. If that isn’t enough to break out the tweezers and the X10 magnifying lens, they also have an optional to open the shuttle bay doors and have provided a detailed shuttle bay, complete with various shuttles for your amusement. Finally, the clear parts are all designed so that you can attach fibre optics to light the Enterprise up. This kit is definitely NOT for those trying to recover from AMS! The paint guide that comes with this kit are for Testors Model Master and Acryl paints. They were even thoughtful enough to provide masters for all sections of the ship of the infamous Aztec Pattern that was common to StarFleet vessels of the Star Trek movies. According to a SF master modeler I know, if you do it right then the actual painting of the Aztec pattern will take no longer than painting WW2 Luftwaffe mottled camo patterns on a 1/48 scale fighter (of course set up will take up much longer.) However, if you’re like me and prone to doing things the wrong slow way then it will take a decade or so. The decals sheet is like the rest of the kit, huge! It contains a multitude of stencils similar in quantity to a modern fighter. It contains stencils for both the NCC-1701 Refit version as well as the NCC-1701A (seen at the end of the 4th Star Trek movie and onwards.) Polar Lights Decals are a bit thick and glossy, but in my experience they go down well with all decal solutions including Solvaset.If you like big 1/350 kits and SF, then this is the kit for you. If you are a Star Trek fan who wants to build a reasonably accurate refit version of the Enterprise then this is definitely the kit for you. If you just like building big kits then this is the kit for you. If you a Star Trek hater, well, you’d probably be better off spending your money elsewhere.

Price: 195 USD

Location: Salyer, California

End Time: 2025-01-05T23:22:43.000Z

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