A Retrospective on Building the USS Enterprise D from Eaglemoss and Fanhome
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- On Saturday the 8th of May 2021 the first 6 stages of the Enterprise D build arrived from Eaglemoss.
Three years and three months later, the final issue arrived from Fanhome.
Here’s a look back on the build …
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I was just happy to help a friend.
Ever indebted Sir
That is a fantastic model build of the Enterprise D that you have completed and modified. I'm right at the beginning with issue 1 from FanHome. I, too, am a perfectionist for detail and can see that I have a long road in front of me. Yet, I know I'll get there eventually. What a great job you have done with the ship and base. As I said before, it looks fantastic, and your work on it has paid off. Thank you for the video, and congratulations on completing a wonderful build....
Thank you David, really appreciate that. The very best of luck with yours. Remember, when screwing in to metal, lightly dip the screws in some oil.
@@dansmodeluniverse Absolutely 👍
It looks beautiful
Thank you Gordon. Though truth be told, it was nightmare.
What a journey! Flabbergasting.
It really was
Couldn’t agree more Dan. It seems in this “partworks universe” anything goes. I’ve built a few, and the best was the Millennium Falcon. It fitted together, it was well engineered and a pleasure to build. These models are wildly expensive and so disappointing when you realise nobody actually built this, and nobody engineered this and you have no funding to deliver all issues, and are dependent on initial subscribers to fund the next issues from 30 onward, and then the next batch and the next batch. It’s very obvious mistakes, where “well orange will do” as it’s cheap and the manufacturer has orange in stock that’s so annoying. I have to say I gave up on this build 5 issues in, and glad I did as other partworks I did see through to the end getting delivery of a wire, or a bit of cardboard for my £10.99 or as you did nothing for weeks and weeks. The design of this was horrific, from the mistakes, the too heavy front, the appalling stand, the rats nest of wires, and all were as obvious as the nose on your face. How they have the cheek and how advertising standards allow them to say engineered, or museum quality and at the huge cost is beyond me
The T-800 from Agora, for me, was a delight to build. The Lotus Esprit from them is also a joy, so far (although Pack 5 is delayed). Regarding the Enterprise though, the mistakes were/are unforgiveable. Lighted flush vent!?! And only one of them was lit!?!?!?
That “stand” was a disgrace, they should have be flogged 😊
The final insult, was the decals, they even got those wrong.
Because I went to issue 20, I decided to see it to the end, but I totally understand why you called it a day at issue 5.
You did a fantastic job proving that you can put perfume on a pig. I can't get over the lousy wiring and the horrendous seams on the saucer parts.
"perfume on a pig", I like that :)
@@dansmodeluniverse LOL whoever "engineered" this thing could have done more with less, it seems way overcomplicated. I enjoyed watching your build. It convinced me not to invest the money into it. I'll stick with the 1/1400 AMT variety.
This build has been plagued with issues from the start. That said it sure does look pretty awesome when finished. I'm waiting for all the issues to ship before I finish my build. Eaglemoss killed my spirits when they went under and Fanhome came in and saved the day but I'm still not doing anything until I have all the issues in hand. Definitely wayyyyyyyy overengineered.
You know its gone ridiculous when you have to cable manage the cable management! Good luck with yours.
For the price you have to pay for it, the ship should of been 100% accurate. Sorry you had to endure all that, but with your hard work, she's a total beauty!
I wouldn't mind small inaccuracies, but this was plagued by massive errors. Did any of the designers even look at the opening credits for TNG!?
I'm a complete novice when it comes to more advanced model builds, but I've spent years now studying how to do things as I slowly work my skills up to standards. And I can tell you I was appalled at the way they were lighting it and the MASSIVE light gaps between the panels and around the windows and the lifeboats. The way the lifeboats didn't sit flush on assembly was a HUGE red flag that lighting issues were about to happen.
Yes the escape pods are dreadful. But I lightblocked the lightblock for them :)
Came out great Dan, I was in the same boat and am about to finish my modded Enterprise D in a very similar way to yours, pro-tip try to keep the word for Eaglemess out of things as youtube may strike your videos.
Really? thanks for that. well I'll probably never say it again so...
@dansmodeluniverse yeah world of Wayne warned me about it.
Dam dude 😮 you put alot of work in😮i never had that patients 😮😂 and remember design expert's 😂x is the unknown quantity and spurt is a drip under pressure 😂😂😂
The patience ran thin on many occasion! :)
With all the effort and genius modifications, you should take your model out on the road and show it off. You did an impressive job! I'd have to agree wholeheartedly, for anyone new considering the build, DON'T! I'm still to this day, stuck with a half built saucer that I'd considered many times starting back up to finish but seeing yours and RT Ralphs pains of building, mine will sit in a box gathering dust. The cost alone compared to all the build issues doesn't seem worth it to me.
How far did you get, is the top saucer complete? if so, consider the Veridian III crash site!
@@dansmodeluniverse Sorry, didn't even get that far. I'd have loved to finish this, and maybe I will considering I stopped at a good point to take out all the wiring and replace the lighting with something more efficient.
Eaglemoss never said it was test built. They repeatedly admitted that it was never done. They openly told visitors to the destination Star Trek event in London that they themselves had NEVER seen a completed model, the one they had was a prototype built by an EU manufacturer not the chinese company that they had contracted to develop the subscription supply and that they had only ever themselves received shipments 1-18 by that point.. there are videos of these statements about…
They did originally Sam, I'm quite certain. They may have backtracked (didn't know that about the London event), but initially I'm sure they did
@@dansmodeluniverse the one they had for the media shots had the single piece front upper saucer,they did on the Facebook group tell repeated people that was a prototype from a different manufacturer ,but DST was where they really opened the floodgates, i think (now we know the whole story of EM) by that point, the individual staff had given up as well
A great retrospective, Dan. And a searing condemnation of the hubris and inattentiveness which so obviously underpinned Eaglemoss’s originating the project. I’m not a fan of “the fat one”, and though I could afford to do it, I don’t want to spend that sort of money. Add to those strikes the errors you’ve highlighted, and the (amazing) mods you did - sometimes through necessity (to fix those errors, other times through sheer nerdiness (😉)… and those’re a LOT of strikes! What I can’t answer right now is: were FanHome to to another Trek partwork, and it was a ship I DO like… would I risk it? 🤷♂️
So far, the Batmobile is excellent and everything fits the way its supposed to. Although it is only 20 stages in, there are no red flags, where as by that stage with the Enterprise... well...
So, if Fanhome were to announce say the 1701 or the refit I would definitely go for it.
I have really never have done lighting before is there something out there that is non soldering for lighting
There is Stephen, the problem is trying to fit a premade kit into something that it wasn’t designed for. You need to be careful of that.
@@dansmodeluniverse do you have and recommendations
@@MegaSavonarola What I did was use LED strips and solder them myself. Neon strips would be another option and if I was to redo the saucer, that's what I would use.
With hinsight I probably wouldn't of started it, but I'm half way through and the price has gone up £10 to £60+ a month, so I', stuck continuing it. This cost is just too much for so little parts each month. The led lights i don't mind, but their placement is terrible often crushed against the next plate.
Yes same with the others I'm doing. One stage of the Lotus was literally the back cushion of a seat :) I had to laugh! While I do think the Enterprise wasn't worth it (sadly), the cars on the other hand, I believe will be.
@@dansmodeluniverse I admit would like to do the Countach after this. But a seat back for £60 a month is take the mickey 😊
I was $600 into the build when they stopped shipping kits, they sent a pair of shuttles and charged me $60. They then stopped shipping kits for 6 months even after contacting them and asking for the 2 kits a month. Their response was another pair of shuttles that I was charged another $60. I cancelled my subscription and now have an expensive piece of uselessness.
I forgot mention this was the Eaglemoss build not the Fanhome.
I got the first shuttle set, then I emailed them saying I didn't want anymore.
I've asked Fanhome, for future releases to give a "basic" option; no magazines, no 'free gifts' etc. Just the build. (the instructions can be PDFs on their site). I hope they do.
I quit building this disaster at stage 50. $720 thrown away on the worst model kit I've ever had the displeasure of building. The constant delays in getting the parts, the overengineered lighting, poorly fitting parts and horrible light leaks everywhere did me in. I'll just wait for Tomy to release the D which I'm sure they will in the future that will be diecast metal, same size and fully painted and built at half the cost. This experience with these Partwork kits has soured me on them forever. Building a kit monthly instead of being able to build the entire kit is the stupidest method I've ever seen. Never again!
The worst bit for me was when Eaglemoss openly lied about the stand. It was published repeatedly that it was coming with issue 12. Then all of a sudden it was issue 14/16 and then we got that thing drop shipped from Amazon with “camera tripod” still attached to the label packing inside. It was clear then that this was never going to be finished by EM. That was the utter shocking careless attitude. Mine literally came from amazon in a box labelled chinese and a white sticker saying “camera tripod” and the the day after received the cardboard slip packing for the base from EM. Before the slip arrived I had contacted Amazon asking why I had been sent a tripod, no mention of EM or their plans. They just went online and shipped all their customers the crappest they could find to shut them up for another week
I'll never forget when I took it out of the box, I had it on the floor and just stared at it, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
When I signed up for the build on their site, the premium offer included the premium stand, which I wanted to go with but it wouldn’t let me choose that option, so I had to go with the standard offer.
I contacted them but they said the premium offer was unavailable due to a problem with their site. Foreshadowing!
But yeah, when I saw what they sent, and the wrap around piece of cardboard…
@@dansmodeluniverse yep, and those in the US who signed up for that premium didnt get anything extra… just more money out.. Fanhome at least appears to have secured the premium base design globally …. But that said absolutely anything would be better than that tripod junk. I think that was when customers worldwide realised this project was done.., that fortnight and withdrawals was EMs overall final blow. I personally know 20 people who all dropped out at that point in just my local town
Did ANYONE ever get the "premium" display that had the mirror base with LED lighting around it? Eaglemoss advertised it as an extra add-on which in turn, added a couple more bucks to my monthly subscription price. I paid for it as part of my now defunct subscription, but have yet to see anyone (including myself) with that base, only the cheap pyramid stand that I too would never have trusted to hold the ship
@@jmorv8866 the tripod, from what I've seen, doesn't hold it, it dips forward. As far as I know, the premium base was never released? I could be corrected , but I don't believe it was. Fanhome may be doing it now however.
Well I bet your gllad that's all over ! 😊
yes :) It was a trial!