I loved to build models as a kid...still like it, though I have a lot less time to devote to it.

Anyways, AMT had re-released an old and all-time favorite kit:



This is the 18" USS Enterprise that hasn't been made since the early 80s. I have built several throughout my childhood; the first in 1974---my first glue-together kit! I had also converted one into the USS Constellation using a candle to create burn marks like it had in The Doomsday Machine. Being young and inexperienced, they usually didn't come out to good, but I loved them just the same.

This 40th Anniversay re-release is identical to the original kits-which unfortunately means all the inaccuracies of the original kits also remain. Fortunately, we live in a world of after-market accurizing parts and decals. Also, thanks to the Internet, I found some very accurate blueprints and a host of hobby forums full of tips to construct a veritable studio-accurate model.

This is going to be fun

Very cool.

I love the modern trend of re-releasing old model kits and toys in their original packaging.


I was never really into model making, though I did do a few snap-together models in the early 80s. I think I may have even been part of a model kit club for a while, something you signed up for and they sent you a kit monthly. If so, I only got two or three out of it. I recall doing a Space Shuttle Columbia, a Dukes of Hazzard "Dukes Digger", and maybe another. I also got a Dukes of Hazzard "General Lee" that I still have but never put together, as it was a glue kit and I was fearful of not having the skill to do it at the time.

Anyway, love the packaging on that Enterprise kit.

I built the Columbia as well, probably not too long after the first launch in 1981. It was the complete set with orbiter, fuel tank, solid rocket boosters, and launch gantry...huge kit!

RE: Enterprise Packaging
Evidently AMT felt many people would be attracted to the retro feel of the original box art, and went further to release the kit in a deluxe metal tin for about $10 more. It's has the same dimensions as the "regular box" and comes with the same art printed on the lid.

i was never good at building models. i tried and tried but...