Moebius 1:350 USS Franklin from Star Trek Announced

Hunk a Junk · Jun 7, 2017

DanielB said:
Entertainment Earth has a preorder page up for the U.S.S. Franklin. Seems to show some new box art? Some kind of art anyway.

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MM975&gclid=CJbaj8TcqtQCFUI2gQodVO8BIQ

Ew. Don't really like the box or the way they're depicted the ship. The Franklin looks almost like a TOS Romulan BOP. If that is the final box art, it doesn't make me excited to get the model. At all.

Richard Baker · Jun 7, 2017

I think it is interesting that the site describes it as both a snap kit and a glue kit...

For me the box art makes it look more like the NX-01, but then again I already know what the subject is so the box art does not really factor into it much for me.

DanielB · Jun 7, 2017

I doubt that is final box art. It's probably just a place holder for pre-order sites.

Pedro · Jun 8, 2017

I'm pretty stoked, always cool to see new Trek models, though the trailer for Discovery was...blah. Probably Moebius only got the license for Discovery, since various other companies hold licenses to other Trek shows. Anyhoo, I'll be this will be a great model. I'll most likely buy it and dream of building it one day, only to be buried with it and my 47 other Feddie ships!

Richard Baker · Jun 9, 2017

As far as I know =- no company has the license for Star Trek Discovery. Moebius has the license for the JJ Reboot film series only.

Pedro · Jun 9, 2017

Good lord, former Trek ship expert shows is age and loss of Trek-passion by completely botching my comment. Shiporama is no more and I'm fired!

For some reason I was thinking this was the new ship. I blame the designers for lackluster rehashes. Yeah, that's it!

publiusr · Jun 10, 2017

Looks like a horseshoe a bit. Stallion-strong

Zombie_61 · Jun 10, 2017

Richard Baker said:
I think it is interesting that the site describes it as both a snap kit and a glue kit...

Snap kit + glue = glue kit. No mystery there.

DanielB · Aug 1, 2017

New video of the Franklin prototype.

DanielB · Dec 26, 2017

Someone got an early release of the kit. Looks awesome!

DanielB · Jan 18, 2018

New Promo Image of the Franklin kit. I look forward to building this one! It will be my first Trek kit!

TazMan2000 · Jan 18, 2018

Is it me or is the ships name engraved deeply into the hull. It looks ridiculous. The rest looks great though.

TazMan2000

DanielB · Jan 18, 2018

TazMan2000 said:
Is it me or is the ships name engraved deeply into the hull. It looks ridiculous. The rest looks great though.

TazMan2000

Yes, it is engraved into the hull, but it's also like that in the film itself, so it's accurate.

TazMan2000 · Jan 18, 2018

DanielB said:
Yes, it is engraved into the hull, but it's also like that in the film itself, so it's accurate.

Perhaps slightly according to this shot, but it's definitely not a trench.

TazMan2000

Richard Baker · Jan 19, 2018

It is a very small ship so the panel lines would naturally seem larger in relation to it.

DanielB · Feb 9, 2018

Monsters in Motion states this kit will be released on Feb. 28. There are also some new images as well as prototype, but not final, box art. Still cool.