All Scale Trek

I voted in "Other" because I am not scale dependable so the scale will depend on the "actual" ship size and the project involved. Currently I am working on a kind of small size fleet where the ships should look similar in size when put side by side. So I have for instances old Enterprises in 1:1000 together with 1:2500 D and E. Well, you got the picture!

I like stuff that can fit safely on a bookshelf these days! So, 1:1000 and 1:2500.

My favorite scales for the Enterprise-C, Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E are 1:2500
I also have a lot of 1:2500 connies and connie refits, but my favorite scale for Constitution and refit are 1:1000

I still love my 1:537 Enterprise-A. May it rest in peace...or pieces! Last month, while cleaning and reorganizing, it met a sad end, and fell from the very top of my bookshelf case while I was changing things around. That's the biggest drawback to that scale, just a little too big, and you end up either having to hang it or place it on the very top of something, where it will end up falling!

I will build another, which I have in a box that is packed away, but too busy right now. I may even try to fix the old one.

el gato wrote:It would be big...

Seriously, the mushroom spacedock is also subject to magical size syndrome

Don't forget the Klingon Bird of Prey!

Or the Defiant She's either a tiny escort, relative to other ships (images from EAS):





Or large enough to have its own shuttlebay:

Hi to all. If you don't count my Introduction post, this is my first official post, so here goes.

I am kinda in the same boat(spaceship?) as NCC1966, I also voted 'Other', the scale is not what I look for, but rather the actual size of the model. Space is often at a premium when you're a modeller and you always want to display your handiwork. So, I guess it comes down to how much display space and how many models you have/want.

I tend towards scales that work out at around 15 - 20 inches (35 -50cm). Any companion models, say, a shuttle to compliment the 1701-A should match in scale. If I am honest, 1:1 (or as close to) is my favourite. I would happily spend the rest of my days building a full size... any ship, but the E-D is my passion (Oops, did I say that out loud).

I do wish manufactures would place the actual size of the finished model on the box and not just the scale. I recently purchased a model of the Horten HO229 (German prototype flying wing jet fighter) and it came in 3 major scales:
1:72,1:48 and 1:32. The difference in scale is not that great but the difference in detailing generally is. Guesss which scale I chose.

Mot (Not waving, hailing a cab)

Living in a 1/1 Enterprise is my dream, as long is as comes with all that snazzy 23rd century or better medicine.

I just noticed - on this one


you can see the fiber optics have not been snipped flush on the space staion

Now you've done it. Modelers who will build the interior of the spacedock will leave their FO sticking out to make it screen accurate