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 - Where no man has gone beforeThe NCC 1701 refit is a work of art. A must for all fans of TREK. The new paint job is superb, catching all of the painted fuselage details as well as the surface luster of the movie Enterprise. The internal lighting is wonderful-In perfect scale to the original '01 as well as the '01-A and '01-E from this manufacturer. An excellent alternative to the incredibly expensive and impossible to find Bandai kits. Rating:  - Pretty AccurateFirst, let me say that this model has a pretty high level of detail. The Hull even has the slightly elevated mosaic pattern and there is only a single screw (on the bottom of the secondary hull, or engineering) which allows you to alternate between the piece which is used to insert the stand base and another it you'd like to fly it around without a hole in the bottom :P It comes already painted and decaled (thoroughly), out of the box, and the paint job looks very well done and accurate. You notice many things looking at this model that you never saw on-screen. I do have a couple gripes about this, however, that I have never seen in a review. If held up to the light, or of there is light coming from behind it of almost any significant brightness, most of the saucer section, except for the center which houses the speaker etc, becomes semi-transparent. In other words, you can see the light 'bleeding' through from behind, while the engineering section does not have this problem. Also, without it being lighted, the deflector dish appears as almost entirely black. That was the biggest disappointment - when the lighting isn't activated, she has a black deflector dish. Other than that, wonderful model! 4/5. Rating: - KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!I've bought all of the replicas coming out, and I have to say that this one hands-down, has to be the most beautiful of them all. First off, it's sturdy, I mean, real sturdy. Second is the sound effect and the lights knocked me out. You press the bridge and Kirk's voice screams, "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN! KHAAAAAAAAN!" With the whirring sound effect from the movie in the background. While it's doing that, the deflector dish, warp nacelles, and navigational array light up. Really nice. I'll admit, I'm no good at models. The last one I tried looks like an enterprise covered in spiderwebs of glue. So, if you are like me, and are no good at models, and always wished for a light-up Enterprise that comes with a super nice display stand, then this one is for you.
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