Got a chance to sort through some more photos and post observations:
Pic 1-
Sorry for the reflection in the glass, but this pic shows the Bussards lit up.
It also offers a great inboard view of the port engine flux chiller. Note the position of the intercooler at the fore part of the chiiler.
It also displays the three dimensional aspect of the radiators behind the bussard domes.
It also illustrates the darker gray of the impulse matrix that connects to the engine housing at the aft of the primary hull, and the shape and size of the rectangular sensor pad at the aft quarter of the primary hull [lit up].
Pic 2 displays the bow, showing the lettering.
It also displays the rectangular sensor pad inset [and lit up] in the fore quarter of the hull and the circular lit sensor pad center to the bow.
Note also how subtle the deflector grid is, as compared with kits currently available.
Pic 3 is the fore portion of the secondary hull, on the starboard side.
Note several details often not reflected on kits:
The shade difference on the interconnecting dorsal, forward section.
The copper color of the navigational deflector assembly.
The hull numbers (705 then 102 at the front).
The grill effect, like a heat sink, of the navigational deflector housing brace. In life, you can see through these ridges that stretch just in front of the pennant.
Also, another modeling detail, are the two horizontal ridges above and below the finned assembly, which are pronounced on the studio model.
A last observation is how very subtle any hull lines are.
Pic 4 illustrated the port side of the primary hull, which reveals other modeling details:
Another view of the inset, rectangular sensor pad, lit up, in the fore quarter of the dish.
The subtle weathering affect down the edge of the dish,
The lit port, red navigational beacon, then the unlit red running lit at the very edge, beside the navigational light.
A good close up of the lettering.
The small window in the center of the edge of the primary hull dish (unlit).
Pic 5: shows a close up of the starboard side of the primary hull, illustrating:
The lit green navigational light and the unlit green running light near it.
The lit white running light underside of the primary hull, just below the green navigational beacon.
The circular port hole just below the green running light.
How subtle the hull segmentation is along the rim of the hull,
The darker shade of the turbo shaft housing behind the bridge module.
How flush the sensor rectangles are along to top of the primary hull,
The lit red LED that projects out from the side of the bridge module.
How smooth the top of the primary hull appears in some images, suggesting the segmentation of deflector plating is barely present to the eye, even at this close proximity.
Pic 1-
Sorry for the reflection in the glass, but this pic shows the Bussards lit up.
It also offers a great inboard view of the port engine flux chiller. Note the position of the intercooler at the fore part of the chiiler.
It also displays the three dimensional aspect of the radiators behind the bussard domes.
It also illustrates the darker gray of the impulse matrix that connects to the engine housing at the aft of the primary hull, and the shape and size of the rectangular sensor pad at the aft quarter of the primary hull [lit up].
Pic 2 displays the bow, showing the lettering.
It also displays the rectangular sensor pad inset [and lit up] in the fore quarter of the hull and the circular lit sensor pad center to the bow.
Note also how subtle the deflector grid is, as compared with kits currently available.
Pic 3 is the fore portion of the secondary hull, on the starboard side.
Note several details often not reflected on kits:
The shade difference on the interconnecting dorsal, forward section.
The copper color of the navigational deflector assembly.
The hull numbers (705 then 102 at the front).
The grill effect, like a heat sink, of the navigational deflector housing brace. In life, you can see through these ridges that stretch just in front of the pennant.
Also, another modeling detail, are the two horizontal ridges above and below the finned assembly, which are pronounced on the studio model.
A last observation is how very subtle any hull lines are.
Pic 4 illustrated the port side of the primary hull, which reveals other modeling details:
Another view of the inset, rectangular sensor pad, lit up, in the fore quarter of the dish.
The subtle weathering affect down the edge of the dish,
The lit port, red navigational beacon, then the unlit red running lit at the very edge, beside the navigational light.
A good close up of the lettering.
The small window in the center of the edge of the primary hull dish (unlit).
Pic 5: shows a close up of the starboard side of the primary hull, illustrating:
The lit green navigational light and the unlit green running light near it.
The lit white running light underside of the primary hull, just below the green navigational beacon.
The circular port hole just below the green running light.
How subtle the hull segmentation is along the rim of the hull,
The darker shade of the turbo shaft housing behind the bridge module.
How flush the sensor rectangles are along to top of the primary hull,
The lit red LED that projects out from the side of the bridge module.
How smooth the top of the primary hull appears in some images, suggesting the segmentation of deflector plating is barely present to the eye, even at this close proximity.