Polar lights Refit Enterprise scale to the MR Enterprise

[Lynn TXP 0369]

I was looking at a Star Trek encyclopedia and it had the ships to scale with each other. Iit looks like the TOS Enterprise and the Refit are the same scale.

Is the Polar Lights refit Enterprise and the MR TOS Enterprise the same scale as they are both around 3'?

Lynn

 

[Boba Flint]

I think they are. Polar lights says thier enterprise is 1/350 and I thnk MR has said the samething about thiers.

 

[Jedi Dade]

Depending on whose reference you believe Yes they are the same scale...

Jedi Dade

 

[Darth Stone]

The NL Enterprise is just an inch or two longer, mostly in the engines. But they are the same scale.

I mocked up the kit the other day using some tape.

 

[JMChladek]

I seem to recall a discussion about this with Shaw's 2/3rds 3 footer build. Theoretically, the old 3 foot studio model built for TOS was pretty dang close to 1/350. Many of the high quality TOS E replicas have been done to the 3 foot size, but using 11 foot details. As such, they end up about 1/350 scale in the final summary. Its actually pretty cool in the final analysis.

 

[djbigdaddy816]

I like tos personally I was a kid then and I am still a fan !!

peace be with you!

 

[GeorgeC]

Don't know what the difference in scale length is,

But figure this ---

The TOS Enterprise is 947 feet long (according to most authorized sources).

They say 289 meters long for TOS; 305 meters for the Refit ship.

The Refit Enterprise is roughly 1000 feet long -- most of that difference is noticeable in the wider diameter of the Refit saucer. The Refit nacelles and engineering section are very close in length to the TOS Enterprise. There are sources that get it wrong and say the Refit nacelles are longer than the TOS Enterprise. There's hardly a difference from what I've seen on many sites. Even cross-sectionally, viewed from the front and rear, the two versions' nacelles are very close in diameter.

(Cross-sectionally front and rear, the Refit nacelles appear to be round. The flat grilles on the sides are what make those nacelles look more rectangular than the TOS version.)

Don't know how that difference in length works out in inches when you scale them down...