EMvTW Extra 22 - Cardassian Orbital Weapons Platform

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Rewrites: NONE YET

We stray from Eaglemoss' Standard Edition models to focus on another Bonus Edition release from them, the Cardassian Orbital Weapons Platform.

We first get to see this weapon in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode called "What You Leave Behind".

Vanguard Class Carrier Prototype

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I put a lot of work into my original Lexington Class kitbash, and I REALLY wanted to do a similar build with the Vanguard Class carrier.  This is that story...

Centaur Class Refit

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I love the art of kitbashing.  It has allowed me to populate my collection with all sorts of unique models.  However, given the choice of purchasing a pre-built and pre-painted model over building my own I will often opt for the lazy approach and make the purchase.  Had I known that Eaglemoss was going to produce the this ship, I never would have embarked down the path of building the model.

This is the story of that model build...

Shadow Empire Constitution Class

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It has been a bit since I shared one of my model builds.  With the rewrite of my Eaglemoss vs. The World review of the TOS Constitution Class (you can read that review at THIS LINK), this model came back into the light.

I figured that it was time to give it an article.

Romulan - Lunala Class Bird Of Prey (JJVerse) [Scratchbuild]

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After I got up close and personal during my review of the JJverse Klingon D4 Bird Of Prey, I began to wonder what the Romulans, more importantly, thier ships, would look like in this new universe.  You can read my review of the Klingon JJverse BOP at THIS LINK.  Eventually though, I shelved the thought and went on with my merry model making, until I came across a toy from a McDonald's Happy Meal.  And from that tou was born this model of what I imagine the Romulan Bird Of Prey would look like.

The though process behind this look was that in the TOS universe and era, the Klingons and Romulans were known to share technology.  That being said, it was feasable to me that the Romulan BOP might have a closer resemblance to the Klingon BOP.

Ravenclaw Class

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What do you get when you mash up a 23 century Romulan ship with a 23rd century Klingon ship?

I saw a very similar design in a model builder's FaceBook group, and HAD to try my hand at it.

U-34 Cricket Class Prototype

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The U-34 Cricket Prototype was an experimental precursor to the 23rd Century Romulan Bird Of Prey.

Only two of these style of ships were known to be built.  One of them was re-purposed and converted into a tramp cargo ship.  The second ship was presumed lost but was later discovered in a boneyard and was salvaged and rebuilt to original specifications.

Chimera Class

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What happens when you are an avid kitbasher and see a picture of a weird ship that people are making fun of?  Well, if you are me, you accept the challenge and try to build your own.

What you see above is not only the picture that inspired me to build, but also a similar angled shot of my finished project.

Kitbashing Old Printer Cartridges

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I actually made an attempt at kitbashing back in the 80's when I was just a kid.  I owned a dot matrix printer that used ribbon cartridges.  Apparently, I got the bright idea to make starships out of a pair of them.

The end result was two interesting designs that had a tiny bit of Millennium Falcon feel to them with thier rotating radar dishes.  The white model was built for my Space Battleship Yamato collection, while the grey model had been built for my Star Trek universe.  The initial models were never painted and in some cases, they received some major overhauls in the last 4 years.

EMvTW 118: USS Firebrand NCC-68723 (Freedom class)

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Eaglemoss is continuing with thier line-up of resurrecting some of the more unique kitbashed ships that were built for the sole purpose of dying in the Battle of Wolf 359.  We see this fleet of ship very briefly in the Star Trek: The Next Generation's episode titled, "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II".

The USS Firebrand (NCC-68723) is definitely a unique ship.

EMvTW 116: USS Curry NCC-42254 (Curry Class or Curry Type)

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We've had a little break while waiting on the next batch of models to come out from Eaglemoss.  somehow, I missed two of them so now I have a total of four to write up.   First up is the USS Curry (NCC-42254), a Curry class ship that served Starfleet during the Dominion War.  She took heavy damaged but survived in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode titled, "A Time to Stand"

My collection of this ship consists of the new Eaglemoss model and my own rendition of the ship, which I call a Curry Class Refit.  I built that model out of a 1:2500 scale AMT Round 2 Enterprise B model.

Euderion Class Refit

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As a kitbash model builder, I draw my inspiration from all over the place.  Sometime though, imitation is just to darned irresistible.  That was the case when I was searching the web for kitbash ideas and stumbled across some very cool DeviantArt.

The creator had put a lot of love and attention into his artwork and I reached out and got permission to build his ship in physical format.

Wayfarer Class & Wayfarer Class Refit

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I built these two models around the same time that I built my Vagabond starships.  Both that design and this design were the brainchild of a very talented model builder named PT Riley.  When I saw those two designs, I wanted to have a go at building them in 1:2500 scale.  PT only built his models in TOS style, and I wanted to re-imagine his designs as they would have looked like if Starfleet had kept them around until the TMP era.

This is the story of my build of the Wayfarer and Wayfarer Refit models...

Project Time Trap

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Sometimes, when I am searching for ideas to kitbash, I have to look no further than actual TV episodes or movies of star Trek.  In the case of this next model, it was an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series and an episode called "The Time Trap"

This is the story of that random idea and rather quick build...

C-8 Class Dreadnought

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As a kitbasher, I sometime get my ideas from other builds that I see.  Other times, I might see a drawing, diagram or a picture in a book and decide to try to replicate that in plastic.  This next model that I'm going to talk about is of that latter category.

And here is this model's story...

VoDleH Class (AKA Emperor Class)

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As a kitbasher, I sometime get my ideas from other builds that I see.  In the case of this model, I thought about building this model after building a 1:2500 scale Praetorius class that served in Starfleet.  This is the Klingon counterpart to that build.

And here is this model's story...

NX-TypeD Class

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While I was trying to do some research on my TMP era Dakota class carrier, I accidentally happened upon series of pictures by a talented modeler who was tinkering around with kitbashing NX Class ships into new designs.

I will now share what I can about this build.

NX-TypeS Class

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While I was trying to do some research on my TMP era Dakota class carrier, I accidentally happened upon series of pictures by a talented modeler who was tinkering around with kitbashing NX Class ships into new designs.

One of his designs was an Akira like type of kitbash.

I will now share what I can about this build.

Praetorius Class

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Most of my earliest kitbashes were inspired by other builders' work.  I would search the web for kitbash ideas and when I would find something I like, I would then try to replicate it in 1:2500 scale.

I stumbled across the work of Phil Giunta of Plastic Galaxy Models, who is another well known kitbasher.  I found his build of the Praetorius Class which in essence is a high speed torpedo boat.  You can see more information about his build at THIS LINK.

Starstalker Class

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When I was first honing my kitbash skills, I searched the internet far and wide for ideas.  When I happened upon pictures of this ship that was built by Jay Dennis, I was in awe.  I had never contemplated using a Miranda class hull as the primary saucer section for a starship.  The concept was brilliant, and I loved every angle of the design.  and so, I set out to attempt to build my own in 1:2500 scale.

This is my model's story...