Whilst the addition of these pieces are minor and not even noticable at most angles I really appreciate the extra effort. Now this is more like it! This is how to add value to a what could be a rather basic design and has often been neglected in the collection on many occasion. These are tiny transparent blue little warp exhausts at the end of the winged nacelles, three shaped pieces of red transparent plastic for the impulse engines and at the front of the nacelles tiny black inserts for the nacelle intakes.
I nearly relegated this to the simplistic level of quality seen on other two piece models but on closer inspection realised there are seven tiny little pieces used to add a spark of colour. This is a very simple model and at first glance appears to be made of only two pieces – the upper metal half of the hull and the lower plastic underside that also includes the stubby wings. It is a small craft and vaguely fighter-jet shaped in appearance. This is a very loose and ill-defined category of mine and arguably not all of these ships entirely fit it but I feel the Training Craft captures the essence of this grouping. In this sub-category we can include the Maquis Raider, Jem’Hadar Fighter, Federation Attack Fighter, Bajoran Raider, Aeroshuttle, Federation Mission Scout Ship, Bajoran Assault Vessel, the Aeon, and now the Training Craft. So this is different to shuttlecraft and runabouts but are one or two person ships, generally winged and aerodynamically built for maneuverability. Here’s another I had forgotten about – fighter ships.
I opened my previous article with the concept of sub-categories in the collection.
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