Quantum Mechanix USS Enterprise...no bloody A, B, C, or D

[TrekMD]

Quantum Mechanix, the company that makes some really nice and sophisticated models has made a model of the Enterprise from the current movies. Well, they've decided to recreate the original USS Enterprise from TOS with great attention to detail. They displayed the model at the San Diego Comic Con this year and here is a video where they talk about the ship, how it was made, etc. I'm posting the video and I'm posting some images I grabbed from the video...

[TrekMD]

The shuttle is to scale and that was done for that "wow" factor.

[Moongrim]

I likey very much.

[Lonewolf]

It looks beautiful, but it's not something I'd purchase. Personally, I prefer my TOS Enterprise with non-glowing nacelles and un-Azteced.

I know a lot of folks liked the remastered versions, but it just doesn't look the way it did to me when I was a kid. I guess I'm stuck with the original 1960's vintage version, because that looks "right".

Make the nacelles glow all you want, and put Aztec all over it. Just don't call it the Enterprise.

[OrokaSempai]

Well I like it. I see exactly the 'if they didnt have to cheep out on the filming model' angle.

I see people say 'its not what I seen on TV as a kid'. I remember white and not alot of detail. Not what the filming model looks like... but what it looked like on TV.

They have added detail without hurting the look and feel of the original. It now looks like something I could see having anything in common with the refit connie other than vague shape. Imagine they kept the old TOS design and increased the detail level for the movies... this is what you would have got. TOS with TMP detailing.

[Greyryder]

I like the glowing warp grills. Not a fan of azteking on any ship, least of all the original 'Prise.

I see they put in the Trials and Tribblations skylight at the front of the saucer. With all the research I've heard these guys claim they did, you'd think they'd know that was caused by a missing plug on the original 11 foot filming model, when the production crew was doing their research for the DS9 filming model.

[el gato]

Nice, but I'd never buy anything from QMX. They're too expensive and their ability to deliver is sketchy

[NCC1966]

It is too much for my taste. I'll always feel bugged whenever I look at an "enhanced" TOS prise. It simply doesn't look right. The good old beloved Enterprise is cool as she is. She doesn't need any extra bell or whistle. Just leave her alone.