It looks real good in the box to me Bish. Although they did mold it in some oddball medium green color and the painting instructions are for various similar green shades. Unlike the grays seen in the movies. The surface detail in the kit is really nice, and the new decals are a big leap over the dry transfers that the original kit had when released back with the movie. Fortunately there is plenty of good reference online and I do own the original Star Trek movies DVD box set released before the JJ Abrams reboots…
Thanks, funny choice of colour they give you. I’ve got all the movies on disc, though not a box set, and as you say, plenty of references out there.
Well, coincidentally, I just bought a 1:32 Cylon Raider from Moebius as part of my Battlestar Galactica collection. I had this in the queue to do next after I finished off a 1:72 Su-15. If there is enough buzz for a GB for Sci-Fi, I could hold this big beast off till then. I’ll keep an eye on this to see where it goes.
Yeah, I bought the same kit back in the late '80s and it was molded in green back then too. I painted mine a dark metallic shade since that’s how they looked to me back when the only reference I had was a VHS tape. Grey is probably closer.
The TV ship was interesting, seems they were greenish but I always thought they were a sky blue. Baby blue didn’t seem like much of a ‘warrior’s colour’ to me though!
My dad has built probably a dozen “classic” Klingon ships over the years, and he has always painted them various shades of grey.
I have a couple of the new Polar Lights kits in my stash and I’m intending on painting them a battleship grey too.
I’ve got several unbuilt kits, should be able to find something fun for a GB if it happens
Sounds like this concept is gaining some mass…
For a D7 cruiser I would probably go with a blue gray color. But the movie K’T’Ingas are more neutral in tone. In TMP, they were darker like a gunship gray or ocean gray, but in Undiscovered Country they were more of a neutral gray or similar mid range shade. I painted my original issue kit with a dark gray primer rattle can and picked out the deflector plates in a medium gray and USN intermediate blue.
and inertia. “good God, what have i done?” the sand worms in DUNE weren’t this big. thanks for all the responses.
it looks like there are a number of interested folks. the HOLLYWOOD GB ends on 04jul which reminds me i have to paint a pair of SSNs. chile con 3 region 10 regionals are 11-13JUL and i am going.
for all you sci-fi folks are there any significant july dates in sci fi past the 13th? if not i’ll pick a date to start. i would like this to be sciency sci-fi as opposed to anime or fantasy but some figures would probably fit in the nebulous gray area. and yes i know there are some really cool BANDAI tanks and “carriers” out there.
so i am thinking STAR TREK, STAR WARS (i want to do a land attack dinosaur looking thingy), TERMINATOR, TV and MOVIES, proposed space vehicles (PILGRIM OBSERVER). dinosaurs from JURASSIC PARK would be a stretch but GODZILLA and the ALIEN MOTHER should fit. and XMEN figures.
all suggestions welcome.
How about July 4, as in the Independence Day movie? 
I have a BSG Viper I’ve been meaning to attend to.
Sounds fun! I’m in. I don’t have a stash to pull from but I’ll just go out and find something interesting.
There is such a wide amount to choose from! Between Pegasus and Round 2 With all the stuff under their umbrella, the selection in injection plastic has never been better. Throw in Revell & Fine Molds Star Wars kits and the selection really gets pretty wide.
I agree Stik, it’ll be hard for me to narrow it down to something I have in the stash.
not me. i have only 3; T-2 HUNTER. BABYLON 5 station, jules verne NAUTILUS. and the T-2 tank is preordered… i have more PLA tracks and firetrucks. guess sci fi isn’t a significant interest. BUT it’s enough of one
I have tons of Sci-Fi stuff! So count me in Wayne. Not sure what kit yet, but put me down!
Eagle90
I have the Herb Deeks resin Flash Gordon kit, would that fit in with the build?
Be nice to have a build with so few pieces.
May I suggest an end date – May 4th
Phil
I don’t know if I’m allowed to post a link, but I just happened to see that Woot is having a sale on Star Trek models right now. In case anyone wants to build a 3-foot Enterprise for this thing. Sale ends tomorrow.
So is this going to happen? I have lots of kits to chose from:
1/1000 Enterprise TOS
1/1000 resin Deadelus resin
Starship of David from Hist of the World Pt 1
1/700 Atragon
Star Wars land speeder
Battlestar Galactica new
Resin Space 1999 Hawk ???