Comments on: Star Trek Model Kits: To “B” or not to “B”…

By: darthsideous

darthsideous — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:55:34 +0000

“a larger version of the U.S.S.Excelsior/1701-B” Yes i totally agree. the original 1000 scale excelsior and enterprise B are ridiculously small. I would gladdly pay for a 1/537 scale Excelsior or Enterprise B to match the old AMT kit or a 1/350 scale in either. Given the HUGE success of the 1/350 scale Enterprise Refit I have no idea why you’d waste time reissuing the smaller kits especially if theirs issues with the tooling.

By: fortress

fortress — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:59:09 +0000

Personaly I would love to see a larger version of the U.S.S.Excelsior/1701-B. I was very impressed with the
1/350 Scale 1701-A & NX-01, they pulled that kit off very well
and since there is intrest in given the public more of
this subject why not give them a allot more. The same
point I would argue with subjects such as;

The U.S.S. Reliant
The U.S.S. Voyager
Klingon bird of prey

Bigger that’s the ticket.

By: nova

nova — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:50:08 +0000

I built the clear Yamaguchi Pro shop model, and while it had its flaws, it turned out to be a very nice kit. If Round2 was considering releasing further kits in clear (THANKYOUTHANKYOU for the E-D in clear, BTW!!!) I’d suggest further capital ships. The E-E you have available would make a good candidate for clear plastic, as would a repop of the Enterprise C. I know I would purchase at least 2 of each of those, even though I already have one clear E-C on display. I’d say those two models would be my top votes for clear plastic consideration.

I hate to disagree about the Klingon Bird of Prey, but I don’t see much point in releasing this as a clear kit. There aren’t many points of illumination on this model, and most of what IS lightable (the engines housing) is already cast in clear. Everything else can easily be done with the opaque plastic as it is.

By: flamingakira

flamingakira — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:07:57 +0000

Have to admit I’ve never lighted a kit before, and I’ve never had to paint a clear-cast one. Not sure how that will affect painting and decals. The BoP in clear sounds like a fantastic idea, though, and I know I will be picking up the Ent-D in clear.

By: DrTikhon

DrTikhon — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:56:10 +0000

Personally, I’d only buy a clear kit if it was the only version available or if it was available first.

Although a cloaked BoP is atleast 3 kinds of awesome.

By: edge10

edge10 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:10:17 +0000

I would love to see the BIG Enterprise C kit in clear.

The only other one I can think of would possibly be Excelsior.

By: JamieH

JamieH — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:35:40 +0000

Of all the ships, I hadn’t thought about the KBoP in clear. I do think the instruction sheet is cute showing how to build a cloaked ship though.

Anyone else want to see the KBoP or any other ships in clear? We’ll be using the response to the clear D as an indicator of whether clear kits are worth pursuing as either full production runs or just limited runs.

By: jamesironwolf

jamesironwolf — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:24:43 +0000

Already have two 1/1000 A’s on preorder with a local shop.
Thanks for the info as always , love that you try to keep us informed.
A clear D nice , will have to get one of those.

Know what i would love to see done clear?
The Klingon Bird of Prey.
Have the mold for that around?
Would love to have a bird of prey in clear and unpainted as if it were cloaked.

By: ModelMan

ModelMan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:15:16 +0000

Thanks for the reply, Jamie! No hard sell at all! I wanna support you guys as much as I can. So if one more sale helps, I’ll do it. Anything I can do to laud your efforts I will do. I wasn’t gonna buy the vulcan shuttle, but I got that simply to help my local shop (they were sent too many) and to ultimately help you guys too.

I certainly understand on the C&D’s. I was literally all set to order the GK that week that the c&d hit. I was devastated. I gotta have a 350 Reliant before I die. I’ve considered scratch building, but the effort would be huge and wasted if you guys are gonna do one anyway.

A pet project?!? Joy! A 350 Excelsior? :D

By: mrnobudy

mrnobudy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:31:57 +0000

glad to hear the Clear Ent-D is moving forward, but that for me, begs another question. Why not do the Opaque version as well. Wouldn’t it cost less, both to produce and for us consumers. I admit, I am not a ‘lighter’ so the Clear kit has no added value to me. I may pick one up, but would be more likely to pick up a case of the opaque castings.
And you can count me in on helping with the 1000th scale Refit. I got mine on preorder already as well.