Ultimately, on the final model, a very fine separation can be seen if you pay really close attention to the fin. (More on the stand later.) The fin left a very small gap at the back of the superstructure that I considered trying to putty, but ultimately left alone in the hopes that a coat of primer and paint would fill it in. The only locations where the engineering of the kit could possibly be improved are the fin on the upper body and the stand. A light sanding was all that was then required for a perfect mate. Putty’s liquid dissolved putty in the space. I actually could have gotten away with using Mr. That’s fine and good, but the wing assembly, in addition to having to match the curvature and angle of the main body, has to do so while incorporating a shallow concave dip at the mating point… and it’s a lengthy point, a good two inches! The joint was so perfect, it needed only the slightest amount of putty on the forward portion… less than a dab, in fact, from my Tamiya tube. The main body has a curvature on the horizontal plane, and is angled on the vertical plane. A great example is where the main body meets the wings which connect to the engine nacelles.
This is quite surprising, considering some of the complex curves that intersect on this model. Simply put, this is the finest engineered Star Trek model kit I have ever built. To say this kit is a good one is an understatement and a severe one at that.
The Romulan Bird-of-Prey, originally seen in “Balance of Terror” and “The Deadly Years”, and retroactively popped into “The Enterprise Incident” in the remastering of TOS, joins the original Enterprise, the Klingon Battlecruiser, and the refit Enterprise in wide release in June. Under the Polar Lights trade-dress, Round 2 Models has released a long anticipated addition to the 1:1000 scale Original Series line of Star Trek models.
TrekMovie has a look at the kit after the jump.
As summertime approaches, the folks at Round 2 Models have given Trek fans a potential summer project… the Original Series Romulan Bird-of-Prey makes its debut in June.
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