Revell 04882 U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 INTO Darkness 1:500 Scale Unbuilt/Unpainted Plastic Model Kit

The quality of Revell of Germany's model kits rivals the actual shooting models for detail AND the fit and finish are simply exquisite! EVERY window etc looks like it was laser cut and is absolutely flawless.'Happy modeling' with Revell of Germany kits is pretty much a guarantee...THOUGH THEY ARE NOT for 10 and over.These kits are REALLY meant FOR experienced modelers and they are a challenge even for us, and some of us have been building these since the 70s when we were children.Like Revell of Germany's "U.S.S. Voyager from the television series; "Star Trek, Voyager" this kit is simple (hardly simple) elegance and utter perfection as far as styrene models are concerned AND a boon to ANY experienced modeler who wants a showpiece AND a challenge!Look for the lighting kit from Evans Model Lighting for spinning Bussards, LED tower, and FULL navs and strobes. (DO NOT forget to get the Paragrafix photoetching kit for this either. THIS kit deserves EVERY 'extra!')Happy modeling.

Finally, this kit has become more available in the states. Still a bit pricey but with the approx 12" diameter saucer section, she lends herselfwell to internal lighting. There are some custom lighting kits on the market I will have to check out. Overall quality is very good. This version has "Into Darkness" marked on the box. I don't know if its any different than the first version of this kit which came out in possibly 2011? Anyway I love this kit and would recommend.Thanks

Looking forward to building this. Lights, Aztec markings and color schemes can all be found online to make this an inexpensive replica compared to eFX and their $1200 version. I was happy to get this for around $50 compared to hobbysites that wanted $120+ as this model was only released in the EU area, never north america. Compared to years in the past, Revelle finally made a model correct to specs of the movie version almost equally Fine Molds model making/

Over the past year I've been assembling Enterprise models from AMT, Polar Lights, and Revell. Sadly, this version of the Enterprise was not available in the States by the typical manufacturers, so we had to import it. With limited experience with Revell models, I wasn't sure if it would suffer from the same problems found in the AMT kits such as: thin plastic, poor fittings, low levels of detail. Revell exceeded AMT, but came short of Polar Lights. PL models usually fit togther very well, and most seams are well hidden without the use of putty. This Revell model does a good job, though. The saucer isn't split up into several parts, rather two discs, the bridge and the impulse engines. You don't have to worry about the rim being divided into multiple panels, like on other models.With Enterprise models, the biggest concern comes down to the nacelles and their supporting arms. The older AMT models always got these wrong. I'd always have to load the nacelles with putty and take hours out of the build time to make sure they were balanced properly. This Revell kit does it right. The secondary hull comes with half of the arms molded on, you just have to attached the top half. Then the nacelles lock into place via slotted openings. This adds more surface area to place cement and gives little wiggle room, allowing the nacelles to sit properly.The Nacelles assemblies themselves were the only real issue I found with the construction aspect of the kit. They're split vertically down the middle, making the seam line very visible without a large amount of putty and sanding. You will have to spend a bit of time reshaping the back half of the nacelles so the "lights" or bumps don't look uneven. The bassard collectors lack a lot of details under the clear sections. Oddly, Revell wants you to put a large circular decale behind the clear plastic of the collector, but the instructions tell you that the decal has to lay part on the plastic, and the rest has to dangle over the edge. In this case, I'd say just spend the thirty/forty bucks and get the metal parts to create the turbines rather than using the decal. Moebius got this right with their U.S.S. Franklin kit by making the turbines three separate layered pieces.Speaking of decals, this was the only true negative. A few bad parts of a model can be fixed with a little time, but decals aren't as easily repaired. Maybe it is because the kit is about six years old, but a majority of the decals refused to set. The large text decals stayed in place, but many of the stripes, circles, dots, and squares would either fall off on their own a day after being set, or would lift with the slightest touch. It got to the point where I started painting on the grey squares, but some of the others are harder to replicate with the level of detail needed. As I've not built a kit from this company before, I don't know if this flaw is due to age, quality, or something else.Overall, the kit is worth $50-$60. Invest in some micro-set if you plan on using the included decals.

I bought this model cause the price was right and had a gift card. I was extremely impressed with the parts. Nicely molded and the really clear assembly instructions were amazing. It's a model I look forward to enjoying completing.

I have built many Star Trek enterprise models and this one is the worst! The plastic is VERY cheap and flimsy, the pieces do not fit together well at all and forget pre-fitting as the guides are so weak they just break off or they are so stout they won’t seat properly and then won’t come apart without breaking the cheap plastic. The decals are mislabeled and do not fit the model as the instructions indicate that they are supposed to wrap around complex corners so they just rip apart. The artistic design for this version of the Enterprise is great and I had high hopes for this model but it is a joke. I paid nearly $60 for this kit. DO NOT PAY MORE THAN $20 for this junk and even then you’ll be disappointed. Maybe Polar Lights will issue a real one.

Lots of windows. This is a great model for the experienced modeler, and for those who do lighting. I believe however that the nacelles look awkward, as in the attachment points with the nacelle pylons is way to far forward for any structural integrity at all, but the designer of this ship did not have that in mind. Anyway, the details of this model are spectacular, especially with putting on the optional Aztec patterns on the hull (sold separately).

I wasn't sure if this was a model kit or display (prebuilt) model. If you are looking for a kit this is an excellent, fairly large size model. I haven't built it yet but it looks to be in the 24" size range when complete.When is the model of the Vengeance coming?