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The ship that started it all: the Enterprise from The Original Series. While I don’t think that this one is quite as lovely as the Enterprise-A, the design is a classic and one of the best starship designs I’ve ever seen. I built this one from the 18" AMT/Ertl kit, with a few extra parts (some bought and some scratchbuilt) and replacement decals.
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The ship that made me a Trekker. This version was built from the original Ertl/AMT kit with the smooth hull and iridescent warp nacelle stickers. I drilled out the windows and stuffed it full of grain-of-wheat lights. Unfortunately, the model didn't survive my last move and these are the sole surviving photos.
This ship was seen in the movie Generations and was a rebuild of the Excelsior model. In the movie, the Enterprise B is struck by an energy bolt, damaging the secondary hull. In order to avoid damaging the Excelsior model, the designers added bulges in the area to be damaged. This model is a fairly stock version of the AMT/Ertl kit. I did, however, scratch-build a new “neck” that more closely resembles the original.
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The Enterprise C was only seen in the Next Generation episode Yesterday’s Enterprise. This version was built from the AMT/Ertl kit, which is (as far as I could determine) a little more accurate than most fans think. I did miss the one glaring error of commission, though: the “real” Enterprise C didn't have the phaser strip on the lower side of the secondary hull.
The Enterprise D was the largest version of the Enterprise and was featured in the 7 year run of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This version was built from the AMT/Ertl fiber optic kit, without the lights (I didn't want to drill out all those tiny windows). I did replace the stock decals with a great set that I got from Federation Models.
The latest incarnation of the Enterprise, built after the Enterprise D was destroyed on Veridian 3. I've always felt that crashing the Galaxy class Enterprise was an unnecessary plot twist and I didn't much care for the Enterprise E when I first saw it. Now that I've built the model, it's not so bad. I can definitely see the influence of Voyager's design.
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