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Started by assaf
Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:29
Klingon Bird of Prey
Author: assaf
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:29
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:29
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I have been trying to find a decent model of the Klingon Bird of Prey. The only one available is in the AMT/ERTL kit and it is trash. While reading some the posts on the Enterprise someone mentioned a scratch built Bird of Prey. Could someone tell me which magazine and issue. I am also looking for a decent Excelsior and Reliant. Could someone please help Thanks in advance-Shane Forth
Re: Klingon Bird of Prey
Author: Scott Streeter
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:41
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:41
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>>>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:29:33 GMT, assaf@acad2.alaska.edu said: assaf> I have been trying to find a decent model of the Klingon Bird assaf> of Prey. The only one available is in the AMT/ERTL kit and it assaf> is trash. While reading some the posts on the Enterprise assaf> someone mentioned a scratch built Bird of Prey. Could someone assaf> tell me which magazine and issue. I am also looking for a assaf> decent Excelsior and Reliant. Could someone please help There were 2 seperate articles in Fine Scale Modeller on how to scratch build a BoP. Now Star Tech in Texas has one, but it's about $75. They have a Reliant for about $85 and an Excelsior for over $100 I think. E-mail me if yu want the address. I don't have it right now... -- Scott Streeter Visit the Star Wars Archive at ss@wpi.wpi.edu wpi.wpi.edu 130.215.24.1
Re: Klingon Bird of Prey
Author: Mark Schumann
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:38
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:38
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In article <SS.93Jan26084156@wpi.WPI.EDU> ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) writes: >There were 2 seperate articles in Fine Scale Modeller on how to >scratch build a BoP. Now Star Tech in Texas has one, but it's about >$75. They have a Reliant for about $85 and an Excelsior for over $100 >I think. E-mail me if yu want the address. I don't have it right >now... > IMHO, the commerically available BOP resin kit bites. The proportions are wrong, and the detailing is non-existant. Fortunately, I got to examine one of these kits at a con before I bought one. As for the $100+ Excelsior kit, well, it bites. A friend of mine bought one, and assembled it, and we immediately realized the following: The modeller based all his detailing and proportions on the one 3/4 view of the Excel from STIII. Therefore, if you only look at it from a 3/4 view, it looks fine. But if you look at it from any other angle, errors appear. Such as: The phaser banks on the top and bottom of the primary hull dont line up, like they're supposed to. Like: the primary hull and connecting dorsal dont line up properly in the back. Like: The warp engines are about a foot too short. And more. Unfortunately, the best proportioned and best detailed models of the BOP and Excel out there are the lead minitures FASA produced. The BOP is excellent in proportion and detail, while the Excel is ok in detail but the correct proportions. If you want larger models than these, pick up the back issues of FSM and scratchbuild them. IMHO. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Mark Schumann - "Out here on the perimeter - - spiff@netcom.com - there are no stars - - Conqueror of the Cosmos and the - Out here we is stoned - - - Endpoint of History - immaculate." - - - -J. Morrison - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Klingon Bird of Prey
Author: Scott Streeter
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:24
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:24
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>>>>> On 26 Jan 93 08:41:56, ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) said: >>>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:29:33 GMT, assaf@acad2.alaska.edu said: assaf> I have been trying to find a decent model of the Klingon Bird assaf> of Prey. The only one available is in the AMT/ERTL kit and it assaf> is trash. While reading some the posts on the Enterprise assaf> someone mentioned a scratch built Bird of Prey. Could someone assaf> tell me which magazine and issue. I am also looking for a assaf> decent Excelsior and Reliant. Could someone please help ss> There were 2 seperate articles in Fine Scale Modeller on how to ss> scratch build a BoP. Now Star Tech in Texas has one, but it's ss> about $75. They have a Reliant for about $85 and an Excelsior for ss> over $100 I think. E-mail me if yu want the address. I don't have ss> it right now... Ok. The address is: Star Tech P.O. Box 456 Dunlop, TN 37327 Be warned these kits are vaccu-form kits, and really aren't worth the price if you ask me (I have the Reliant kit. My all time favorite Trek ship). I was wrong about Star Tech being in Texas. Sorry. Also the issues of FSM which show how to build a BoP are March 1989. It describes how to build a 1/200 scale version. The December 1990 issue shows how to build a 1/535 scale version which is in scale to ERTL's Enterprise kit (kit #6675DO). Good Luck..... -- Scott Streeter Visit the Star Wars Archive at ss@wpi.wpi.edu wpi.wpi.edu 130.215.24.1
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