"Captain’s Log, StarDate 2270.3…We are a weary ship. Intelligence reports continue reaching Enterprise of Romulans amassing forces beyond the Neutral Zone. A brief yet thorough upgrade of Enterprise has been put to the test in the last several months: the Klingons, restrained by the Organian Treaty from overt hostilities, have supported an immense Romulan military buildup. Violent forays into the Federation, launched from the Neutral Zone and undoubtedly Romulan ships fitted with improved cloaking devices, have led StarFleet Command to bolster a stern presence. Enterprise has been at the center of every engagement. Those few suspected Romulan ships that haven’t evaded destruction, in turn self-destructed to avoid identification. It is only a matter of time before the Romulans decide that StarFleet may be weakened enough by the constant incursions to unleash their juggernaut. “We are a weary ship…but Enterprise stands ready.”
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"Chief Engineer’s Log…To counter the loss of half the Constituion cruisers in StarFleet service since the beginning of our five-year mission in 2266, Enterprise was put through a rapid upgrade, adding phaser and photon torpedo emplacements, and a radical armoring of the hull utilizing neutronium foils ‘skinned’ from the hull of the Doomsday Machine, a procedure crafted by Commander Spock and successfully rendered by StarFleet’s Corp of Engineers. A new warp-engine - developed from data collected by Enterprise during several alien encounters which upgraded the ship’s propulsion system - now capably delivers Warp 11.
"There’s an old Vulcan proverb: “Does it have a Hemi?” The old girl does, in spades…
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Original resin and vacform model built from lathed/carved wooden vacform plugs, with handbuilt internal armature. Some detail-parts created from Evergreen sheet/strip plastic. Modified dorsal pylon includes extended saucer connection, and scratchbuilt photon torpedo bay, two forward, one aft, modified from ERTL Reliant kit parts. Phaser turrets are 3mm glass beads. Rear bridge extension with airlock hatch scratchbuilt from sheet plastic.
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Model spraybombed with Duplicolor Pewter and Light Blue metallics, with Krylon clears for finish. Lettering is from the Polar Lights Enterprise kit and Greywolf decal sheets. The pennants were cut from Goldberg trimsheet. The windows, sensor domes, and clear nacelle domes were painted with acrylics mixed with glow-medium. Gridlines drawn in with ink pens. Still have some cleanup work ahead with the painted detail; this was as far as the model was completed on Oct. 13 for a local contest, and putting it aside for awhile since some other projects need to be finalized.
