Yes, if the proposed tooling changes go through, there will be major improvements in accuracy to the kit in the most important areas. The warp engines (the black areas on the insides) have been improved to be more accurate and the shuttlecar docking points on both the underside of the car and the mating top of the sled will also be made more accurate to the original studio miniature as well as be more functional with a magnetic system included to attach the car to the sled and make it properly removable yet solidly attached.

Also, I designed a complete set of panelling decals which will also be included, similar to what was done for the 1/350th Big “A”. See the prototypes I built at Wonderfest, hinted at in the above photo. The kit is now quite faithful to the original miniature, albeit about 1/3rd the size. If I could upload a picture to this blog (can you do that?), I’d prove it! I’m sure that the guys at Round 2 will post the pictures on the site soon to show off the improvements.

Make sure you go to Wonderfest and visit the Round 2 booth to see the model(s) in person!