Star Trek K-7 Space Station kit

Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Star Trek K-7 Space Station kit

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Monday, March 31, 2003 1:39 PM

Does anyone remember the old original series K-7 Space Station by AMT? It had three arms each with a clear cone and contained a tiny USS Enterprise space ship. It was the only one of the original series kits I owned as a kid. Anyone know of a reference site where I can accurize one? It was used in the episode "Trouble with Tribbles" and also highlighted in the Deep Space 9 episode "Trials and Tribulations."

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paulnchamp

Member since
January 2003
From: Warwick, RI

Posted by paulnchamp on Monday, March 31, 2003 2:21 PM

Wow, that brings back memories! I built that kit, too. (Very fragile!) You might try looking on www.starshipmodeler.com; they have a good reference section. I do know that they built a new filming miniature of K-7 when they shot "Trials and Tribbleations"; so you might be able to find some photos of that model. Good luck!
Paul

Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 31, 2003 2:34 PM

Try to get hold of a copy of 'Star Trek Mechanics' book 4. It's Japanese so might be hard to find. I got my copy from the company in the link below. It's full of photos of various Star Trek craft including K7.

http://www.sasugabooks.com/store/index.html

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 2:06 PM

I was thinking about replacing the kit arms with styrene tubing of the proper diameter to strengthen the kit. I do recall that the arms were weak. I've picked up a bunch of the Gamespace(?) mini Trek game kits/pieces since the AMT kit Enterprise only resembles the real thing. Those gaming kits are really nice, but are about twice the size of the kit Enterprise.

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RogueJ

Member since
March 2003
From: Right Behind You

Posted by RogueJ on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 6:15 PM

Rob,
The IDIC Page has several photos of Greg Jein's Model of K-7 used in DS9 "Trials and Tribble-ations". Plus, many more rare photos. Just scan down, you'll find them.

http://members.aol.com/idicpage/main.html

Rogue

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 10:26 PM

I'll second the suggestion of ST Mechanics 4, a must for any ST modeler. Great pictures and worth the price.

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rossjr

Member since
February 2003
From: Minneapolis, MN

Posted by rossjr on Friday, April 4, 2003 2:17 PM

Guess you missed this:

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?threadid=48648

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John P

Member since
February 2003
From: Joisey

Posted by John P on Saturday, April 5, 2003 4:24 PM

Yeah, but Ross, did ya notice that was a great big lie?

Though Paul Newitt promises an article on Hobbytalk about how the orignal K-7 was made, and how to make your own. Some day.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:38 AM

I scratch built that one when I was in like 4th or 5th grade and also built moon base alpha. Not that accurate, but I liked the idea of space stations.

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