Registry decal comparison. The shot of the miniature is a little off-axis, which might tend to distort the letterforms a bit. I tried to correct for it.
1/350 TOS E is happening.
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As I posted at another message board, there were two acrylic ports under the saucer when Ed Miarecki received the 11-footer in 1991, but he uncovered a third port when he was sanding the saucer. There are 3 ports in screen caps & publicity photos from the 60s, so the third port was apparently accidentally painted over during a previous restoration.
Ed also found another hidden porthole over the hangar bay area, but they must have had second thoughts about it because it was painted over before the Production version was ever filmed. One more thing: a 2nd Pilot porthole near the center of the sec hull has mistakenly been exposed on the current version of the 11-footer.
Gary
Thanks for the info Gary!
Can you post an example of a screenshot or publicity photo from the 60s that shows the three portholes? I was not able to find one.
K
Can you post an example of a screenshot or publicity photo from the 60s that shows the three portholes? I was not able to find one.
K
Welcome aboard Gary! You will find us a bunch of fun loving laid back recreational modelers who love to just slap stuff together without a care in the world, not like those rivet counting OCD builders on those other uber snooty "modeling" forums. :lol :behave
Clear shots of that area of the ship are scarcer than hens' teeth. Rather than search through my files all day, here's a cap of the 3-footer from "The Cage", which clearly shows the 3 portholes. You can also plainly see the "white" Pilot version impulse deck and blue "neck". I'll keep looking through my sources...
Gary
Great pic! And you're right, that's a pretty good indication that 3 was the intention.
By the way, I don't mean to be critical in my comments... the Round 2 is spectacular! With enough skill in building it will definitely be the definitive representation of the 1701 in this scale. Kudos to all involved!
k
I wish there was a virtual TOS E so you could wander the ship and look out the windows at all the interesting views someone might have seen. I know there have been some games where they have done a little of the interiors.
No! Must be all about me!!! :lol
division 6
Master Member
Thanks for the info and photo Gary.
Any additional details and photos would be greatly appreciated.
Any additional details and photos would be greatly appreciated.
Scale model. I'm sure the missing 3 footer has too many differences from the 11 footer for this model to represent the 3 footer properly.
Too bad we don't have it around anymore. I bet someobody has it and ain't talkin'.
If the 11-footer was built at exactly 4 times the size of the 3-footer, as Richard Datin & Matt Jefferies' brother have said, then the PL kit is about an inch short of being studio scale.
Gary
Just to side track, yup....
The NX-O1 350 will be re-released from Round 2 latter
part of 2013, so don't go to EBAY to get one...
:behave
JMChladek
Sr Member
Although, once word begins to get out, you might see a run of NX-01s populate eBay and that may result in a price that is lower than what R2 might reissue it for.
The official announcement for the NX was made a few weeks ago. The 1/1000 NX-01 is also coming back out, but with a newly tooled secondary hull section to represent the "refit" configuration of the ship that we likely would have seen if Enterprise made it to a fifth season (and it is as official as it can be since Doug Drexler did the renderings of it).
I've still got an old NX-01 left in my stash so I'll be building that. I won't be doing it as the standard version of the ship though since to me, the Mirror Universe markings (I've got JT graphics markings) are FAR more colorful with the scrambled eggs on the top of the saucer.
swhite228
Well-Known Member
An easy fix for the 3 holes in the wrong place has been posted at Hobby Talk.
HobbyTalk - View Single Post - 1/350 TOS Enterprise Building Tips and Tricks.
HobbyTalk - View Single Post - 1/350 TOS Enterprise Building Tips and Tricks.
Prologic9
Active Member
Are they going to fix the angle of the nacelles on the NX 350? That was a huge error on the original model, can't believe they'd put it out like that again.
yeah, that's what got me. I wasn't reacting to the scuffs, but perceived broken gaps along the edges!
AM I the only one who LOVES the box art??
Haven't nabbed a kit yet, but is the painting a Stuzan by chance??
Haven't nabbed a kit yet, but is the painting a Stuzan by chance??
