U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701D Star Trek AMT – build review

Feature Article with Dean Large

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A note from Geoff C…
So pleased to be able to bring you our first U.S.S. Enterprise build in SMN and a great entry project it is too, take a look at the superb result Dean has achieved below…

Nice, isn’t it? Over to you Dean to hear your story…

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Mark, a good friend of mine, is really into his science fiction and was been good enough to lend me a lot of DVD box sets a couple of years ago. When I asked him which was his favourite Enterprise from Star Trek, he replied that it was the D from the Next Generation series, so I built this for him as a thank you.

Here’s the kit (above) – I got it from Modelzone in Portsmouth before they closed down, and it’d been waiting for a reason to be built ever since.

There aren’t many parts, but then again it was intended as a snap together kit.

The decal sheet however, is another matter. Each of these three sheets is about A4 size, and I reckon they cover about 95% of the finished article.

Hardly needs the instructions: except for the decals – without the map, I’d be lost!

Read on…