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POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 05:53
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
BTW, they got some left:
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Enterprise-NCC-1701-Diamond-Comics/dp/B0
00GPYWIA/ref=pd_sim_t_13
Thanks buddy. Payday tomorrow, and for a first time in a while I'll have quite a bit of extra cash to blow.
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70's TV FOREVER
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The word is given: warp speed.
The laughing Chrisisall
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My Goddess, this picture doesn't quite do the real thing justice; I just got it in the mail today, and it's BEEE-YOUTIFUL!!!
My only complaints are that it seems a tad dark on the hull gray, and that all the windows are painted dark gray (nearly black). BUT, seen in bright light (like sunlight), the hull colour is really okay. Howevever, I will make the appropriate windows white myself.
What a gorram bargain for $25 + shipping!!!
Oh, and it comes with dead batteries since it was produced in 2007 (3 AAA's needed).
Best toy I own.
The die-hard-Trekker Chrisisall
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Okay, upon close examination of each Enterprise in the 16" realm I have formed my final opinions (until my NEXT final opinions, that is):
WARNING: this might surprise some.
Original E is best. Period.
Refit E is 2nd best. Really.
Okay, hear me out. Due to the crude opticals at the time (though state-of-the-art for TV), the original Enterprise was half her best, and many Special FX peeps later saw the need to amp up the aerodynamics (as if that's important in a vacuum) & "cool it up." Beautiful as it is, as elegant as she is to look at, there was no need for such a radical refit IMO.
JJ E is equal to Refit E.
Yep, I said it.
Cool it up is what they did as well, yet retained the roughly cylindrical warp nacelles (ample as they became), and a deflector DISH that refit E saw fit to entirely recess into the secondary hull.
Moral?
Don't change stuff just to change it, subtle enhancement is more desirable.
Kinda like life, now that I think on it some....
The laughing Chrisisall
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I'm nearly finished painting the windows gloss white, the gray trim under the nacelles near the pylons & so on.
My boyhood dream is becoming a reality.
Pictures will ensue when finished.
As finely crafted as the Art Asylum Wrath Of Khan Enterprise is, this one beats it all to Hell IMO.
The perfecting Chrisisall
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Nearly done, but the little details I need to clean up wouldn't show anyway:
Ahhhhhhhh......
The laughing Chrisisall
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Okay, here's a very good Enterprise from a dedicated fan:
But, this is where model/toy moves into display piece. I could do this with an Art Asylum or AMT E myself, but then I couldn't do the flyby my eye thing I love so much.
Plus, y'know, expensive.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Rockin.
Man, what I wouldn't give for a Vertigo-1 (Descent/Descent II) of that quality.
Damn I miss playin that game - gotta get around to refitting my super Dos Box and control set.
-Frem
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Quote:Which? My elegant understated one, or the AMT Starfleet Christmas tree one?
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Rockin.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Quote:Wow man, the ship is as cool as the music there!!
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
The laughing Chrisisall
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