Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Model Kit of the Week: Star Trek: The Motion Picture/AMT Edition
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Great model kits from 1979 Star Trek:The Motion Picture. As a boy back then I got Enterprise, Klingon Cruiser and the Vulcan Shuttle.
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I love those model kits! I still remember visiting the hobby shop in Bloomfield N.J. where I lived, and looking longingly at that Enterprise with the rainbow decals/stickers on the warp engines. When my Dad bought it for me and built it, it was AMAZING. Such a beautiful model!
DeleteThere it is! My old Enterprise! :-D It lasted about ten years and three household moves before it finally fell apart. Sad. Here it is in better days. http://www.terriwilson.info/images/enterprise.jpg
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DeleteThat is AWESOME! Thank you so much for sharing that photograph of the U.S.S. Enterprise in model form. She's a beauty, all right, as Scotty would say...