"Survey Class Vessel"
a.k.a. U.S.S. Grissom

SciFi Spaceship Miniatures
ST III and other appearances in ST:NG

Kit Parts, Dorsal | Ventral 

Stated scale: unstated

Actual scale: ~1/424*
Overall length: 11.18" / 28.4cm
Material(s): vac-form & sheet styrene
Number of parts: 17 vac-form
Stand included? no
Decals included? no
My Source: Rider's Hobby, Grand Rapids, MI
Cost (w/o s&h):

*based on length of 395' as given in artist's size comparison in Cinefantastique June 1987, pg.77.

 

2/22/2010 - It's another long-haul build, mostly involving improving the appearance of the vac-form parts. One long job was replacing the trailing edge of the main hull platform with the detail that belongs there. Another problem, the reactor deck piece, was solved by the "Survey Class Impulse Crystals" replacement parts from DLM.

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