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AMT8766

AMT8766
AMT8766
AMT8766
USS RELIANT NCC-1864 (FROM STAR TREK II WRATH OF KHAN) SNAP KIT  1/650 SCALE
Our PriceUS$39.99
Retail PriceUS$44.99
Code 87012
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In the Star Trek universe, USS Reliant was a Miranda-class starship that was developed prior to the timeframe of the first movies that starred the Star Trek original class. The key feature for this are the warp engine nacelles that are of the same generation as the refit USS Enterprise. The USS Reliant's one and only appearance was in Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, but other members of the Miranda class have appeared in Star Trek: Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek IV: Voyage Home, and Star Trek: First Contact. Some of these Miranda-class, like the Reliant, have the 'roll bar' above the rear of the main hull, while others do not. Some have outrigger pods off the rear main hull, while others have distinctive modifications to various subsystems such as the impulse engines.

ERTL first released the USS Reliant kit in 1995 and was produced in the same scale as their USS Enterprise. You'll see the scale for these kits range between 1/537 and 1/650, but they refer to the same tooling. This kit is molded in white styrene and presented in five parts trees plus the upper and lower main hull halves, plus one tree of clear parts and one small tree of clear red parts.

The kit is a very simple build though the only options for display are to either hang up the model or let it sit on the warp nacelles. Because of the starship's layout, the completed model will sit on its nose on the shelf because of the forward center of gravity. The instructions advise to add 15 grams of ballast at the rear of each engine nacelle to allow it to sit level on the shelf.