Star Trek TOS Master Replicas Signature Edition SE Studio Scale Enterprise 1:350

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Star Trek TOS Master Replicas (MR) Studio Scale USS Enterprise 1:350
Signature Edition (SE) #166 of 500
I have displayed this beloved studio replica inside a clear acrylic case. Please see my photos of the actual item alongside the 1:350 scale SS Botany Bay from Fantastic Plastic (a build which I had commissioned from a talented model builder and which I am selling separately).
By the way, the paint application and smooth surface finish on the
Master Replicas models is superb. No model maker can match the smoothness of the finished surface with an airbrush, no matter how skilled the artist or how high quality the airbrush is.
My photos of this model alongside the SS Botany Bay utilize a blue-screen-painted wooden “studio stage” with the model display base positioned underneath (see photo). I also painted a “blue-screen” background along with brass rod sleeves to slide over the models’ stand rods of both models. The classic scene is of course from TOS episode, “Space Seed.”
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hese blue-screen additions are not included.
The model has been handled with white cotton gloves only my me, with much TLC, and is in like-new condition! It had been displayed, as noted before, inside a custom acrylic case in a smoke-free, climate controlled room. All electronics and fan blades are in excellent, working order. They have been seldom turned on and only for short periods of time.
Please note that the inside of the port nacelle dome does show some lubricant/oil residue which it always has had and which is not uncommon with these models (see photo), but it does not affect the function of the turning fan blades and lights and cannot be seen when the electronics are running.
The model is complete, with all accessories, paper work, and signed plaque with the signatures of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. It has been carefully re-packed in all of its original factory packaging and will ship double-boxed and fully insured.
Also of interest may be my listing of a signed Fujicolor 8x10 by Ricardo Montalban and William Shatner facing off in a famous scene from “Space Seed,” with Certificate of Authenticity.
Please contact me with any questions. This listing is for the Enterprise only. The Botany Bay is sold separately.
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About this model from
The Collective: Review of Master Replicas Studio Scale Enterprise
at Trekmovie.com:
"Signature Edition" (500 pc); with autographs of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.
The Master Replicas Enterprise is a beautiful, impressive display piece that reproduces all the details of the original series shooting miniature, from the internal lighting, blinking navigation beacons (including one at the recently-revealed location of the ion pod), and an amazingly subtle and authentic reproduction of the engine dome lighting effect that would really allow this collectible to be shot as a working filming miniature and look almost indistinguishable from the original model used in the show. The effect involves layers of lighting and filters from the familiar radiant orange/burnt orange and yellow “fan” effect to the winking of subtle green lights deep within the dome, all timed to reproduce the scale and speed of the original effect.
The subtle weathering done on the 11-foot miniature is painstakingly reproduced on this Master Replicas ship, including some brown streaking on the forward top part of the primary hull that was rarely visible on the series due to the camera angles and limitations of film and compositing at the time. MR also includes another detail not visible on TV screens of the era: a tiny translucent “phaser cannon” at the very bottom of the glowing white “sensor dome” at the bottom of the primary hull. This is visible in some behind-the-scenes shots of the filming miniature but it is obscured by the dome light effect and bluescreen compositing and may have even fallen off or been removed at some point from the filming miniature—MR provides this as a removable feature and gives you three of these tiny clear pieces since it is inevitable you will lose at least one.
In addition to the internal lighting, the inside of the model is provided with an extensive metal brace support system that is quite strong, meaning that the nacelles of this Enterprise will always stay straight and true. The ship comes with an extremely stable metal display stand that plugs into the bottom of the engineering hull with something like a large headphone jack, making it easily removable and pivotable on the base.