Millennum Falcon Reference #2 - Interior - Star Wars ANH

Wish List - HMS Endeavor

This strange little ship is the HMS Endeavor from the Micronauts comic of the late 70's, early 80's. The shape is very distinctive and would make an interesting addition to ancollection. I don't know if anyone has ever tried to scratch build this but I have found a 3D computer model on the web somewhere.

Millennum Falcon Reference #1 - Exterior - Star Wars ANH

The Fastest hunk of junk in the Galaxy - Part 1

There is little argument about the importance of the Millennium Falcon in the world of fictional space ships. Its a design classic and arguably the best movie ship of all time.

Master Replicas released a beautiful studio scale piece, but its only for those with a lot of spare cash to throw around, not to mention the space to exhibit such a fine model.
Fine Molds have produced what many believe to be the definitive Falcon model kit, much more accurate than the ERTL kit which currently sits unmade in my loft, awaiting my attention. (One day I'll sort it out, thin out those walls and paint it good!)
The Falcons in my collection include the Micro Machine version, the Tomy version, the Titanium version and, most recently, the De Agostini version. Lets start with Tomy.

Tomy Millennium Falcon

Released in about 2003 this was available in the UK via imports from Japan (I think). Its about 3 inches long and the level of detail on this little gem is great. There is some warping of the soft plastic but its worth it for the detail and finish.
The gun turrets and landing legs are supplied separately and need to be attached to the main body. Do NOT try this on a train! In my excitement I did this with the first version I bought a few years ago and lost one of the five landing legs! This version now lives in my car, pictures in a another post soon.
The turrets and legs have not been weathered in the same way as the main body so can look a bit too clean when put in place, nothing a serious modeller couldn't fix.
All in all its a lovely piece, they retail for about £5, if you can find one.

Watchmen Owl Ship

This replica is a bit rich for my blood at nearly £200, I'm hoping they bring out something for under a tenner.

HMS Camden Lock

This little beauty is a scratch built model created by the very talented Velbor. The ship is the HMS Camden Lock from Hyperdrive, the BBC 2 sitcom that I worked on. The ship design is a joint effort by writer Andy Riley, modeller Andrew Glazebrook and myself. Velbor created this from very little reference, guessing at sizes and proportions. He's got it almost spot on. The detail is great and its a very nice addition to my collection that means a lot to me. He's now got some proper reference and dimensions so he's planning on making one about two thirds of this size.
In Velbors own words: H.M.S. Camden lock , made from a leftover pillar from a gothic building kit, Various bits of tubes from broken toys, Plasticard and Milliput. Scale about 1/3000th . Diecast titanium shown for scale comparison.

Corgi Enterprise D

Celebrating 40 Years of Star Trek, Corgi released this die-cast replica of the USS Enterprise D from Star Trek, The Next Generation complete with a special Starfleet emblem stand.
Its a nice piece, my main complaint is that the surface work is too heavy. It looks pretty good in pictures but seems very dark to the eye when compared to the ship we're used to seeing on the TV.
The model is made from a combination of die cast metal and plastic. The saucer section is kept in balance by being made of the lighter plastic, the metal is kept for the engineering section.
The nacelles look quite nice in when the light catches them and passes through the coloured plastic.

• Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 27.9 x 12.7 cm.
• Boxed-product Weight: 481 g

See my earlier post on all things related to the Enterprise D here