Comments on: Star Trek Model Kits: The Why’s And Why Not’s http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: DrTikhon http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-392 DrTikhon Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:03:29 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-392 Ok, so I walked into a Hobby Lobby back in April and suddenly fell in love with model kits. I found out about the akira class model from Memory Alpha and I got extremely excited. I have just now found this website and the news about the akira class is a bummmer. While it may be a disappointment that its not going to happen for awhile, but I'm just glad you're making any Star Trek models at all! Thank you for the models! Ok, so I walked into a Hobby Lobby back in April and suddenly fell in love with model kits.

I found out about the akira class model from Memory Alpha and I got extremely excited. I have just now found this website and the news about the akira class is a bummmer.

While it may be a disappointment that its not going to happen for awhile, but I’m just glad you’re making any Star Trek models at all! Thank you for the models!

]]> By: jockdeboer http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-171 jockdeboer Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:58:23 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-171 Very cool stuff. Rome was not built in a day guys! I for one like the honesty. Please do a large scale USS Kelvin. Very cool stuff. Rome was not built in a day guys! I for one like the honesty. Please do a large scale USS Kelvin.

]]> By: marc111 http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-169 marc111 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:10:15 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-169 I just saw your announcement that the 350 TOS E is pushed back to 2011. You guys are really missing the boat. Lots of us hve held off from garage kits and other alternatives because you said you would do this in 2010. I am really disapointed and will start looking elsewhere and go back to th garage kit guys as I suspect will alot of your customers. I just saw your announcement that the 350 TOS E is pushed back to 2011. You guys are really missing the boat. Lots of us hve held off from garage kits and other alternatives because you said you would do this in 2010. I am really disapointed and will start looking elsewhere and go back to th garage kit guys as I suspect will alot of your customers.

]]> By: JamieH http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-165 JamieH Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:03:02 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-165 Hey all you Akira fans. Doug Drexler made an awesome blog post about the ship. I'm sure you'll want to check it out. http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/alex-jaeger-week-the-akira-class/#more-12278 Hey all you Akira fans. Doug Drexler made an awesome blog post about the ship. I’m sure you’ll want to check it out.
http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/alex-jaeger-week-the-akira-class/#more-12278

]]> By: jamesironwolf http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-164 jamesironwolf Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:29:16 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-164 Oh back on the original subject. I am looking forward to a 1/1000 Akira to go with the other 1/1000 scale ships. Whenever it gets done. And while i am not a fan of 1/2500 scale. A new 3piece kit does sound nice. Oh back on the original subject.
I am looking forward to a 1/1000 Akira to go with the other 1/1000 scale ships. Whenever it gets done. And while i am not a fan of 1/2500 scale.
A new 3piece kit does sound nice.

]]> By: jamesironwolf http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-163 jamesironwolf Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:22:34 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-163 I was looking for a kit of the new movie Enterprise to be done too. i was expecting it to be 1/1000 scale and about the same size of the NCC-1701-A since it seem to use the same saucer and weapons design. I thought it was about like this picture i found. http://www.treksinscifi.com/trekdaily/?p=713 Seemed about right to me. But i heard it mentioned that the size opened your mind to a 1/2500 scale and i had to wonder if JJ made it worse than i thought. I keep running into talk like this chart. http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=254526&highlight=ncc-1701+movie+scale My god, really? Tell me JJ did not make her 700+ meters long. The NCC-1701 should not be bigger than the NCC-1701-D in my opinion. I do like the 1/1000 scale round 2 is doing. I was never a big fan of 1/2500 i feel it is to small for detail work like windows. Would love to see the movie enterprise kit about the same size as the enterprise A. (see 1st link) I did like the new movie. It was great overall. But i do not really care for them make such large changes to a ship i grew up watching. By the way i just got my 1/1000 tos NCC-1701 , great kit , love the options. Only thing i would have like different... windows on the kit instead of on the decals. And maybe a optional open shuttle bay. But i here this is being done on the 1/350 scale. My friend already ordered his 1/350 A. Personally i feel 1/350 scale is a bit big for my open model space. Don't worry i will make room for a 1/1000 scale NCC-1701-D & E :) Think i got a bit off topic. sorry to make this so long. I was looking for a kit of the new movie Enterprise to be done too.
i was expecting it to be 1/1000 scale and about the same size of the NCC-1701-A
since it seem to use the same saucer and weapons design. I thought it was about like this picture i found. http://www.treksinscifi.com/trekdaily/?p=713
Seemed about right to me. But i heard it mentioned that the size opened your mind to a 1/2500 scale and i had to wonder if JJ made it worse than i thought.
I keep running into talk like this chart.
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=254526&highlight=ncc-1701+movie+scale
My god, really? Tell me JJ did not make her 700+ meters long.
The NCC-1701 should not be bigger than the NCC-1701-D in my opinion.
I do like the 1/1000 scale round 2 is doing. I was never a big fan of 1/2500 i feel it is to small for detail work like windows. Would love to see the movie enterprise kit about the same size as the enterprise A. (see 1st link)
I did like the new movie. It was great overall. But i do not really care for them make such large changes to a ship i grew up watching.
By the way i just got my 1/1000 tos NCC-1701 , great kit , love the options.
Only thing i would have like different… windows on the kit instead of on the decals. And maybe a optional open shuttle bay. But i here this is being done on the 1/350 scale. My friend already ordered his 1/350 A. Personally i
feel 1/350 scale is a bit big for my open model space. Don’t worry i will make room for a 1/1000 scale NCC-1701-D & E :) Think i got a bit off topic. sorry to make this so long.

]]> By: Alpha-8 http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Alpha-8 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:56:37 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-158 You know, I don't think that too many of us here would mind if you guys "screwed up" the scale of the new Enterprise and and made it the same size of the 1/1000 Classic Enterprise. Actually, screwed up scales are kinda tradition with Trek kits...wink, wink... You know, I don’t think that too many of us here would mind if you guys “screwed up” the scale of the new Enterprise and and made it the same size of the 1/1000 Classic Enterprise. Actually, screwed up scales are kinda tradition with Trek kits…wink, wink…

]]> By: phicks http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-141 phicks Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:47:03 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-141 With regards to the Star Trek ships getting bigger over time, I think the designers were trying to parallel the same thing we have seen in the real world over the last 100 years in the development of aircraft and naval vessels. But the Kelvin and the Abramsprise have sure thrown a wrench into the gears. The Kelvin had a crew of 800? Huh? The Abramsprise is now twice the length of the TOS Enterprise? What the? I guess they needed more room to fit in the brewery in the engineering section. So many vats and pipes! With regards to the Star Trek ships getting bigger over time, I think the designers were trying to parallel the same thing we have seen in the real world over the last 100 years in the development of aircraft and naval vessels.

But the Kelvin and the Abramsprise have sure thrown a wrench into the gears. The Kelvin had a crew of 800? Huh? The Abramsprise is now twice the length of the TOS Enterprise? What the? I guess they needed more room to fit in the brewery in the engineering section. So many vats and pipes!

]]> By: JamieH http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-139 JamieH Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:59:53 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-139 It is our hope and intent to eventually do all of the different versions of the Enterprise in 1/1000 scale. The only drawback is that with each new version of the ship it gets bigger. Once you get up to the size of the D, E and new movie versions, they will approach the build size of our 1/350 ships. We just can't afford to do large kits like that very often so it will take a while before we get to them all. I'm not sure I follow the logic of the show producers/ship designers. Sure bigger is better but they (for the most part anyway) were Star Trek fans and were designing new versions of one of the most classic ships ever. Bigger may be better in some instances, but I don't know if I would have designed a ship to dwarf the classic that everyone loves. I'm not one to rant though. It is our hope and intent to eventually do all of the different versions of the Enterprise in 1/1000 scale. The only drawback is that with each new version of the ship it gets bigger. Once you get up to the size of the D, E and new movie versions, they will approach the build size of our 1/350 ships. We just can’t afford to do large kits like that very often so it will take a while before we get to them all.

I’m not sure I follow the logic of the show producers/ship designers. Sure bigger is better but they (for the most part anyway) were Star Trek fans and were designing new versions of one of the most classic ships ever. Bigger may be better in some instances, but I don’t know if I would have designed a ship to dwarf the classic that everyone loves. I’m not one to rant though.

]]> By: SmokingRobot http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-138 SmokingRobot Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:18:19 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-138 First, I love you guys (and gals). You are doing a bang-up job. This was a very interesting and informative article. I think your ideas on scales are spot on. I really wonder how good a TOS 1/350 will look with the lack of detail on that ship combined with the VERY large size. But maybe that's just me. (Also, I just do not have room for gigantor kits). The web is such a powerful tool for promoting your products and keeping in touch with your customers. I'm glad to see you're using it so well. My dream kit would be a new 1/1000 (or maybe 1/2500) 1701-D. Maybe some day. :) First, I love you guys (and gals). You are doing a bang-up job. This was a very interesting and informative article. I think your ideas on scales are spot on.

I really wonder how good a TOS 1/350 will look with the lack of detail on that ship combined with the VERY large size. But maybe that’s just me. (Also, I just do not have room for gigantor kits).

The web is such a powerful tool for promoting your products and keeping in touch with your customers. I’m glad to see you’re using it so well.

My dream kit would be a new 1/1000 (or maybe 1/2500) 1701-D. Maybe some day. :)

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