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Revell 1/350 Enterprise

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  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Fort Myers, FL
Revell 1/350 Enterprise
Posted by modelhead on Monday, December 3, 2007 6:09 AM
  I saw this sitting on a shelf at the lhs Fri. and was thinking of buying it. This would be my second ship model and I wanted to know if anybody had thoughts on this kit good or bad. They want $99.95 for it, is that too much for this kit? Thanks, Tom.
  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Monday, December 3, 2007 6:51 AM

It is actually 1:400 scale, not 1:350.

It is the Enterprise as she appeared as-launched, with the beehive island.  Not as she appears now.

It is a kit which was originally sold by Aurora in 1965.  Monogram got the molds when Aurora folded.  Revell got access to the molds when they and Monogram merged.  

Bert Kinzey, in his Detail & Scale book, called the [then] Aurora, a distant second best 1:400 scale model kit of the Enterprise.  There were only two, the better was by Otaki (now sold under the ARII label).  

Revell has not spent a lot of time, money, or effort to bring the kit up to modern standards.  You are looking at a kit with mid-60s state of the art. 

Revell re-released the kit in a box as big as the Tamiya Enterprise, costing almost as much as the Tamiya Enterprise, so it must be as good as the Tamiya Enterprise, right?

There are no dedicated aftermarket detail sets for the 1:400 kit.  If you choose to go that route you will have to cobble together individual detail sets.

Squadron lists the same exact kit in their December sales circular at 53.96 USD.   IMO that is closer to the true value of what is in the box, as long as you know its pedigree.

  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Fort Myers, FL
Posted by modelhead on Monday, December 3, 2007 7:15 AM
   Thanks for the reply, looking at the pics on the side of the box it looked plain, not much detail. I could here parts sliding around in the box and the box looked like it had been around awhile. I will let this one sit and keep on the lookout for something better, tom
  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Monday, December 3, 2007 10:18 AM
The biggest drawback to 1/400, in my opinion, is that there are virtually no aftermarket products to dress this monster up with - you have to either settle for what's in the box (and the fact that it's Revell should at least be a yellow flag of caution), or be a scratchbuilder of very high ability with a lot of time on your hands. 
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