Star Trek kits.....looking for opinions.
Hey fellas,
I am currently midway through an armor build, but that is not stopping me from looking ahead to the next project. And for the next I was thinking maybe building a Star Trek kit. I have always been a bit of a Trekkie (TNG my favorite of them if you are wondering ) and built/butchered a couple AMT Ertle kits when I was younger before really getting into serious modeling. So as far as I am concerned I would be coming to this genre from square one. I have been browsing the net for ideas, but I find it is no easier with this genre than armor or aircraft, more so with this one if in all honesty. So here I am, puting myself into the wisdom of my FSM friends!
So what I am looking for? Well, as I mentioned I am more of a "newer" Trek fan, though the movie era ships of TOS are not necessarily out of my consideration. I want something of respectable size but not gargantuan (I would say something along the lines, sizewise, of a 1/48 average sized aircraft). I am not really sure if I am ready for lighted since it is something I have NEVER done before, so I think to start I would be looking for non lighted. I was looking at some USS Defiant resin and plastic kits that seemed interesting, but appear impossible to find. What are my options for that? Or how about an Enterprise E? I also really dig the Klingon war craft, so would take suggestions there. At this point I will consider any and all opinions.
Also, is there a pretty good retailer for just Star Trek/Sci Fi kits in general? A place I can browse actual kits as opposed to something like eBay where you have to run a search for something generally specific to get what you want.
Thanks!
Brian