Fantastic Plastic's - The Vega Scout ship from the Leif Ericson, part 1

Part 1 of building the resin version - a much larger version of the scout ship from the AMT's Leif Ericson or later re-popped UFO.
This kit is Produced by Fantastic Plastic and can be purchased through their website, a little pricey, but my hobby gets the best of me sometimes...Guess I'll be eating peanut butter and jelly for a month...
I am modifying the kit slightly to add lights to the small cockpit and add running lights to the hull. I am also scrounging around my parts bin for some similar scall cockpit parts just to add more detail to the cockpit. I will not be using the kit provided base.
I always liked the shape of this little ship and was pleasantly surprised to see it made in a larger scale. Once I opened the box, its taken over my bench and has moved up a bit in my build que. I am still working on the car - which I'm resolving the paint work. and the spindrift. I now have both sides of the cockpit lit so a post should be forthcoming.
Here is a link to the Fantastic Plastic website.
fantastic-plas...

[@ShawnMcClureModeler]

That's really cool.

[@redshirtmodels5757]

SUPER COOL!!!! I ordered the NX-Refit from JT-GRAPHICS back in March and still haven't gotten it; anyone else having problems with getting kits from him recently?

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

Very interesting ship design. Has elements of the George Pal Martian war Machine, and as you say, the Klingon bird of prey. What TV show is it from?

[@lewilsons]

This design is from the AMT kit the Lief Ericsson. The mother ship had a small scout ship in the landing bay, fantastic plastic just made a larger version of it

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

I know the Lief Ericsson was the first Viking ship to reach America. But other than that, it's a mystery. Can't think of a film or TV show with a ship called that.?@@lewilsons

[@lewilsons]

There was no TV show that debuted this ship, it was a concept design by the same guy who designed the Star trek Enterprise and the Klingon battle cruiser.

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

@@lewilsons Ahh, those famous NCC1701 Jefferies tubes?

[@lewilsons]

@@mrwoodandmrtin Matt Jeffries was the designer of the ships