I hoped there would be more on the habitat module than we get here (one picture) and more on the overall internal design and changes than is presented in the magazine. The evolution from that point to Runabout is well covered and backed up again here one more time. Rick Sternbach's original designs, based on that shuttle from The Undiscovered Country aren't new and many fans will recognise them from, if nothing else, The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine made after the show's second season. Giving some key moments in their lifetime, the sledgehammer that was the arrival of the introduction of the USS Defiant in The Search reminds us how ineffective these three little vessels were for Deep Space Nine after the Dominion showed up. The first two pages of the magazine were a disappointment, reusing the cover picture for the main (new) CGI image that introduces the backstory to the craft within the Star Trek fictional universe. So one more great entry to the catalogue and I've even managed to review without a single mention of this being about the same size as the Rubicon from One Little Ship. Very minimal but hey, how often are you going to be wanting to turn this gem over? The underside doesn't appear to be that well coloured or marked however it's in keeping with the original design. It's nice to see that we don't just have to rely on Enterprise to produce a good ship - there were a fair few in other series but it's taking a while to get to them.Įven the decals on the Orinoco are centred from the pennants on the top of the warp sled section to the ship registry on the sides of the command pod. It's magnificently well made, has great lines and from every angle this is one of the models we'll be talking about for a long time. Now this review might seem (perhaps as usual) that I'm griping about this one. Shame the only real reason for it to be there is to distinguish which Runabout was which in the show when more than one was shown|! As it is, the sensor pod is very stable, secure and well-made. It's firmly afixed to the metal body section of the Runabout and perhaps having it as a removable would have been a nice little twist on the model formula. It's a nice attachment and I'm certain some fans will have two (one with and one that they've removed) for super-completion levels but it was used a lot less than it wasn't. On closer inspection the front sections of the under-wing impulse engines have also received clear red plastic sections - but not the rear. I would have liked a bit more detail (yes, noted already.) even around the warp core and I guess the lack of space and therefore rigidity of structure meant that the venting on the sides of the warp engines couldn't be detailed in blue transparent plastic although the bussard collectors do get that treatment. There is a distinctive mid-point joint line running around the centre of the ship making that the only major, visible seam since everything else (on mine at least) has a pretty good fit. On ships such as the USS Enterprise-D we received an aztec paint scheme and given the scale here, the Orinoco would have benefitted from this finish - and perhaps a little space dirt as well. Detail-wise the hull highlights some panelling but I find that it's lacking in some finer detail. The construction material split was a clever move with all the parts hanging off the central spine in plastic. The base to clear-plastic ship dock is very poor, wobbling all over the place while the Runabout itself is a tight fit - something also shared with the Hideki Class fighter in the following issue (33).
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