Author Topic: Star Trek TNG ship miniatures? (Read 3899 times)

frontal assault · « **on:** 13 November 2011, 08:24:08 AM »

Having seen some of Doc Twilight's fantastic TOS miniatures, I've been tempted to get some for ages. However much as I like the original series (and it's got a lot to recommend it), I've always preferred the TNG era (possibly because it was on BBC2 when I was a kid) and so I was wondering if anyone knew of any manufacturers making models for these ships.

joroas · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 November 2011, 08:54:15 AM »

Micromachines did a range of plastics, and so do Furuta. They were scaled for the box, though.

Agis · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 November 2011, 10:50:37 AM »

Try the Starship Combat Forum.
There are to subsections that are a goldmine for all kind of starship models.
The Print On Demand Miniatures section:
http://star-ranger.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=42&sid=5ce922c060abc05d1707947c62aa4553
The Shapeways Store Listing has some interesting links to STNG ships. Not cheap but nice enough.

and the Orbital Shipyards:
http://star-ranger.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=26

revford · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 November 2011, 01:04:02 PM »

Studio Bergstrom do some Trek-ish ships, I've some of the small Bird of Prey Klingon craft and they are quite nice.

http://studiobergstrom.com

No Such Agency · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 November 2011, 11:59:46 AM »

Wow... some of those Shapeways threads are full of some UNsatisfied customers! Claims that models arrived mutilated or unusable due to low detail levels... that's not encouraging given the expense involved

And yet, others show pics of some marvelous little models posted by happy gamers.

Agis · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 November 2011, 12:36:50 PM »

Shapeway quality depends a lot on the material chosen.
"Strongl White flexible" is very strong (aha) but also very rough, needs heavy sanding that sometimes obscures the details - NOT recommended for ships, OK for bigger models.
Example: