Technoboots
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Mine is the same with the blotching on the port nacelle. The Starboard Bussard also seems to spin slower than the other, though that could just be due to not having been run for a while. Mine is LE 703.
Licensing isn't the issue. It's money, and could a company get a decent return on such a product. The market for these products is very very very small. Which means there are not a lot of paying customers for this stuff.One wonders if there will ever be another company that would dare to wrestle with the STAR TREK licensing issues in order to try another authentic TOS model of the MR caliber. Not likely in our lifetime i would guess.
Licensing isn't the issue. It's money, and could a company get a decent return on such a product. The market for these products is very very very small. Which means there are not a lot of paying customers for this stuff.
We were joking it's the curse of the Enterprise. This wasn't the first time a product like that was offered. I know of several failed garage kit attempts at a 350 E. Then there was the Unobtanium E.
Hopefully PL will put out their 350 kit, but that is still up in the air(last I heard). Which I think they will make money on(since a lot of us are going to buy more than one).
Yes and no, MR wasn't in the business to make products, but to sell products. They were like Nike(they don't make shoes, just sell them). They initiate the creation of products, import the product, and get the product to the customer. Now the customers are both wholesale and retail(They offer product to the general public and stores who sell to the public).But didn't MR sell out on these, and fairly quickly? Granted many were returned... but still.
Mine is the same with the blotching on the port nacelle. The Starboard Bussard also seems to spin slower than the other, though that could just be due to not having been run for a while. Mine is LE 703.
Darn it! I checked mine again after this thread resurfaced and it has the blotching, LE #300. It really isn't that noticeable but I wonder what if will mean long term.
I wonder if there is anyone out there who does NOT have blotching on at least one nacelle dome.... :unsure
My left nacelle dome-blotching has really gotten worse over the past year or so. It now looks like my E is winking: one nacelle is frosted-white and the other is almost entirely frost-free dark and "oily." :confused
Ok, I'm cutting the b**ch open!!!!
Ok, I'm cutting the b**ch open!!!!
C'mon, anyone in here can do a better job of putting that darn thing together as compared to a mass production crew in China... or wherever it's made. CUT IT OPEN!
Well, let's be honest, the China crew did extremely well--at least on most models--or they wouldn't fetch such a high premium of $2k-$3k these days. With all its flaws it's still the definitive 1/350 TOS Ent to date. And look ma, no decals!
Actually, on mine they used a decal in one spot (and not put on exactly straight) as they must have not gotten the marking printed fully.
I could justify cutting one open after the 350 kit comes out...
replacement domes would be easy to come by then