MR TOS Enterprise - new pics

[BrianM]

DHL ROCKS.

Called them to see if I might pick up my ship before the Monday scheduled delivery.

And to my surprise the girl said, "Oh I'll just have the driver turn around and deliver it now" WHAT. :eek


#23 arrived at my door moments ago.

It feels like Xmas. Ship is great. Pics soon.

BrianM

 

[Racer_X]

Congrats. I'm glad it turned out well for you in the end.

 

[micdavis]

It will be interesting to see what TIME will do to these ships. The Unobtanium ones looked good at first too. Although the design and materials are different on these, it will still be the final benchmark on their quality. Hate to be so pessimistic but MR has just choked too many times to me.

 

[JLinNY]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DarkKnight @ Feb 9 2007, 04:47 AM) [snapback]1415100[/snapback]</div>

well the arrow shows the area of missing paint ist pretty small rest of ship looks pretty good am reluctant to send her back and maybe get one that s worse, maybe a little paint will solve the problem although I think they might have caught this with stricter QC, I dunno what do you guys think
[/b]

I would keep it, that's not that bad and won't be easily seen.

 

[Commander Max]

Got it today, even though MR shipped it to the wrong address.
Luckily I kept a close eye on the DHL site.
I went and got it.
Brought it home, unpacked it.
Powered it up and everything works.
The only flaws I could find were minor.

It's a keeper.
#24

Brian you were right in front of me.

 

[rad1701]

Looks like we are on a roll with the LE's. Woot.

 

[Lynn TXP 0369]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(micdavis @ Feb 9 2007, 07:14 PM) [snapback]1415688[/snapback]</div>

It will be interesting to see what TIME will do to these ships. The Unobtanium ones looked good at first too. Although the design and materials are different on these, it will still be the final benchmark on their quality. Hate to be so pessimistic but MR has just choked too many times to me.
[/b]

So far my AT-AT and Snow speeder are doing fine. Maybe they are made out of different materials, but still fine so far. This should be fine too.

Lynn

 

[BrianM]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(micdavis @ Feb 9 2007, 04:14 PM) [snapback]1415688[/snapback]</div>

It will be interesting to see what TIME will do to these ships. The Unobtanium ones looked good at first too. Although the design and materials are different on these, it will still be the final benchmark on their quality. Hate to be so pessimistic but MR has just choked too many times to me.
[/b]

The same thing occurred to me. Most hard unreinforced plastic deforms with age.

Since I'm going to get a plex case for it I might think about a couple of well hidden supports for those engines.

BrianM

 

[temponaut]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rad1701 @ Feb 10 2007, 11:59 AM) [snapback]1415753[/snapback]</div>

Looks like we are on a roll with the LE's. Woot.[/b]

Yeah. #0033 received in Tokyo yesterday. After fearing the worst, I must say I'm delighted with mine. Of all the issues raised so far in this thread, my model suffers only from a noticeable gap between the impulse engine assembly and the saucer. Strange thing is, they married the pieces cleanly on the underside. The big gap exists only on the top.

Otherwise, she's in great shape: not too heavy on the grids (well, a bit heavier on the underside, but the top looks fine), markings all properly balanced and symmetrical, no significant chipping or bleeding of paint, and all of the electronics work.

She's a keeper. :thumbsup

(With regard to the electronics, though, I have a question: there's a block of lights on each side of the secondary hull, ending roughly beneath the nacelle pylons and extending a couple of inches forward, that does not light at all on my model. I've not seen these lights lit up in any of the pictures I've seen so far, either. I assume that they aren't meant to illuminate... but I figure it's worth asking. Do these light up on anyone's model?)

 

[Refit1701]

Those windows on the E were not lit. The crew must be sleeping there.

 

[Commander Max]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(temponaut @ Feb 9 2007, 08:30 PM) [snapback]1415770[/snapback]</div>

She's a keeper. :thumbsup

(With regard to the electronics, though, I have a question: there's a block of lights on each side of the secondary hull, ending roughly beneath the nacelle pylons and extending a couple of inches forward, that does not light at all on my model. I've not seen these lights lit up in any of the pictures I've seen so far, either. I assume that they aren't meant to illuminate... but I figure it's worth asking. Do these light up on anyone's model?)
[/b]

I was wondering the same thing till I went through the literature. That's how it's supposed to be(I hope).

Mr Scott must be playing with the power again.

I'll bet thats where the Ensigns quarters are.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Yep. They are dark on the 11 footer too.

Though on remastered episodes they have lit a few of them up.

 

[temponaut]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Refit1701 @ Feb 10 2007, 01:04 PM) [snapback]1415787[/snapback]</div>

Those windows on the E were not lit. The crew must be sleeping there.[/b]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Atemylunch @ Feb 10 2007, 02:25 PM) [snapback]1415803[/snapback]</div>

I was wondering the same thing till I went through the literature. That's how it's supposed to be(I hope).[/b]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CessnaDriver @ Feb 10 2007, 02:45 PM) [snapback]1415810[/snapback]</div>

Yep. They are dark on the 11 footer too.[/b]

Thanks for confirming this, guys.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Atemylunch @ Feb 10 2007, 02:25 PM) [snapback]1415803[/snapback]</div>

I'll bet thats where the Ensigns quarters are. [/b]

:lol

I hope at least they get artificial gravity.

 

[Commander Max]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(temponaut @ Feb 9 2007, 11:55 PM) [snapback]1415835[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Refit1701 @ Feb 10 2007, 01:04 PM) [snapback]1415787[/snapback]

Those windows on the E were not lit. The crew must be sleeping there.[/b]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Atemylunch @ Feb 10 2007, 02:25 PM) [snapback]1415803[/snapback]</div>

I was wondering the same thing till I went through the literature. That's how it's supposed to be(I hope).[/b]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CessnaDriver @ Feb 10 2007, 02:45 PM) [snapback]1415810[/snapback]</div>

Yep. They are dark on the 11 footer too.[/b]

Thanks for confirming this, guys.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Atemylunch @ Feb 10 2007, 02:25 PM) [snapback]1415803[/snapback]</div>

I'll bet thats where the Ensigns quarters are. [/b]

:lol

I hope at least they get artificial gravity.
[/b][/quote]
Their Ensigns, velcro and bubble wrap will do just fine.
Just don't ask about the head, especially those on latrine duty. :lol

 

[Lynn TXP 0369]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BrianM @ Feb 9 2007, 10:29 PM) [snapback]1415769[/snapback]</div>

The same thing occurred to me. Most hard unreinforced plastic deforms with age.

Since I'm going to get a plex case for it I might think about a couple of well hidden supports for those engines.

BrianM
[/b]

Don't know if you know it or not but the MR is supposed to have the internal metal skeleton to keep it from doing what the Unobtanium did. So you should not need any kind of supporting.
This was mentioned really early on and was a big concern in the beggining develpment stages and was one of the big things of this model.

Lynn

 

[BrianM]

Here are some beauty shots of #23. I have to say I was ready to hate this model with all the problems I had in getting it, but it's just so cool. For looks I have to give it a 10 out of 10.

I was lucky and there are no paint chips on the primary hull. The docking bay has a slight light leek and I'm finding many of the "problems" identified by others are just not visible to the naked eye, at least not my eyes and my model. It looks to me like there may be a slight problem with the laser cutting cleanly through the paint but I still love this ship. And there may be a bit of masking problems on the impulse engines.

The motors are a bit loud for me but I don't like gear motors. Hopefully they will be quite in a plex case.

All in all this is still a better model than I could have built and I've built a few.

If you see a flaw, keep it to yourself. Ignorance is bliss.

Oh, and MR was nice enough to leave the "probe" off the bottom of the dish. It's user installed, or in my case user left off.

BrianM



<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lynn TXP 0369 @ Feb 10 2007, 03:41 AM) [snapback]1415868[/snapback]</div>

Don't know if you know it or not but the MR is supposed to have the internal metal skeleton to keep it from doing what the Unobtanium did. So you should not need any kind of supporting.
This was mentioned really early on and was a big concern in the beggining develpment stages and was one of the big things of this model.

Lynn
[/b]

Yes, I read that. but have not seen any pictures of how that goes together. metal struts put in a plastic hole could still lead to problems. Of course we owners are now life-testing the ships.

Yes, I'm paranoid, but these have been an unlucky design in the past.

BrianM

 

[temponaut]

She looks great, Brian. Congratulations. :thumbsup

And, say, that Maria in the first photograph looks pretty sweet, too. :eek

 

[DarkKnight]

well I'm still looking for flaws and havent found any except for the minor scratch, and Ive decided to follow everyones advice and touch it up and keep my E, she is just sooo beautiful ... so any ideas about FS number color code that matches?

 

[rhboyd]

oh good lord.... SO pretty... I have no idea when mine will come in... I'm getting it through my local comic store, who is an MR dealer... AND I'm in Canada... so who knows?.?.?

oh the anticipation....
-r.

 

[pyxl]

I've asked this on another board and I'll ask it here too..
Several are now reporting they have good quality ships (which is great).
Can one of you with a good ship take some close ups of the bottom
of the nacelle struts where it meets the hull? And maybe a shot of
the big green running light above the shuttle bay? Those are two
key areas that seem to be problems on many we've seen and I've
yet to see any without issues.

It would be nice to see some closeups of some without issues.

Thanks