http://www2.stevenshobby.com:5641/si/productlist2.asp?supplierid=5493
Is it for real?
That’d be nice!
Rather have a D, though!
^ That ugly hunk’a junk? [:D]
34" long with a 16" wide saucer
Now is that going to be impressive or what!
Who’s going to do a diorama with the Tamiya
1/350th USS Enterprise CVN-65 Aircraft Carrier?
James [:)]
Better than a C!
I want them all. However in that size they’ll not be hung over my bed[^].
Dave of Polar Lights has just confirmed it.
Later part of 2004
James [:)]
Cool!
Anybody wanna buy my li’l Bandai refit Enterprise?
Jus’ kiddin’! I love that little guy!
Where am I going to find room to put an almost 3-foot model? That saucer alone will be 16-inches! [:0] I think the tough part about designing the model is making it rigid enough. The neck of the ship and the warp pylons are going to be very wobbly unless there is serious reinforcement in that model. And reinforcing those areas will make the ship very top heavy. Hmmm, wood dowls or brass tubing could work.
I’m going to need an air gun to paint that big model!
May have to consider suspending it from the ceiling.
Maybe 10 lb test monofilament fishing line.
The bugger part is locating the center of gravity.
James [:)]
Most of my Trek models’ cnters of gravity were at the rear of the saucer.
All Right!
Now, how about a interior details for the shuttle bay, cargo hold, arboretum, officer’s lounge, and rec deck?
Don’t forget “waste extraction”.
James [:)]
At 1:350th size I finally might be able to figure out where the photon torpedoes shot out from. I normally ‘roll’ a model over a pencil to figure out where the center of gravity is but in the case of a 1:350 E I might have to use a PVC pipe.
Roosterfish,
http://employees.csbsju.edu/rsorensen/modelcitizen/trekships/constitution/st1-e-icd.jpg
The torpedo launchers are under the red covers (which aren’t in any of the movies)
It must be the LDS from the 1960s effecting me or the shock of having a new model challenge; I was thinking of the photon torpedoes launchers on the original Enterprise. Where did they put them?
Well… “canonically” they’re mounted on the forward section of Deck Three in the upper “bulge”. Non-canonically, I once saw a fan illustration that showed a double torpedo turret mounted between the forward phasers, just above the lower sensor dome.
I just read this message from Thomas Sasser, who’s working on the tooling:
The base on this kit was part of the initial design process and not a last second addition. The intended base is very unique and fitting to this model and was conceived by Mr. Shane Johnson. If all goes as planned, even the base will have decals! It is basicaly a cradle to hold the model up and not on a post. I also incorporated a feature into two of the cradle arms that will be cast in clear and will become very useful for anyone attempting to build a cutaway. Of course you’d have to come up with another base then…
The Ertl refit kit has weight sag issues due to the fact that the nacelle pylons are about half as thick as they should be, with thin flimsy tabs to hold things up at the structurally weakest point. The top of the neck on that kit is also not contoured correctly to mate with the saucer to hold it up straight. I’ve spent the past 6 months drafting tooling plans, going over hundreds of images, specs supplied by Mr. Gary Kerrrrrrrr! and speaking with VFX artists and getting their input. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with the overall shapes, contours, proportions, or assembly of this kit.
This kind of reminds me of an email I received from a guy before the release of the 11" 1701 kit after he saw the pictures of the mock up. He wanted to know how Polar intended to keep the center span between the nacelle pylons from bowing up and the pylons from spreading out under the weight of the nacelles! C’mon! It’s a plastic toy, not a 900,000 metric ton vessel!
According to Admiral Kirk, Roosterfish, I think you mean “LDS” (at Berkely, maybe?)[:D]
And don’t forget opening airlocks, extendable landing pads, and cargo bay doors on the lower half of the primary hull! [:D]
Thanks for the info guys. And don’t forget the linear accelerator just ahead of the Impulse engines!