This ship appeared in the 2009 Star Trek movie and is only visible for a short while. It appears in the dock sequence and the scenes leading up to the point when the Federation ships leave to attempt the rescue at Vulcan.

The design of this kit has three warp nacelles, two on the upper side of the primary hull and one slung below the primary hull. A photon torpedo launcher is mounted on a flying bridge between the upper two nacelles.

The kit is crisply cast in light gray resin, and is of the quality normally seen on Gizmotron kits. The only apparent problem is with the lower nacelle. There is a sizable resin bubble in the key section at the forward end of the nacelle, meaning that careful drilling and cleaning will be needed during construction to make sure the nacelle forward end will fit properly. This isn’t a big issue, and will take about 10 minutes to clean up.

Markings are included for the USS Hornet, NCC-1972.

The completed kit looks to be about 3.5 inches wide and 6 inches long.

Review by: Rich “Lonewolf” Dula

Entry created: May 24, 2010