# It finally arrived! (my star trek enterprise model) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594 "2026-03-19T21:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/41 "2026-03-21T15:53:25Z")
While you’re at the gym, don’t piss off Charlie; he’ll make your face go away. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/42 "2026-03-21T16:28:02Z")
He was the scariest person on TOS. That and the salt-sucking monster “woman.” ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/43 "2026-03-21T16:31:08Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Dude, I have no idea where you live but man oh man I’d love to see your NCC-1701! DM me if you plan to be in Chicago. You can see the model and I’ll buy you dinner and drinks (if you want). Invitation is open to all Dopers (within some reason…I can’t buy everyone dinner). ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/44 "2026-03-21T17:23:21Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > The shipping box says: > > GW - 25.3 lbs > NW - 15.3 lbs > > Guessing gross weight with all the packaging. Does that mean the net weight (I assume is NW) is the model itself? The box and packing were substantial. Not a small model and a goofy shape with lots of pieces easy to break off so it had a lot of protection. The net weight is what is left of your wallet. That’s some model. I’d be afraid to have it sitting out in the open where it can get knocked off a table. But that’s really how it needs to be displayed. I had a Saturn V model as a kid. Certainly not the 1969 piece version. It was great the way it broke down into individual pieces right down to the lunar lander. It was huge. I made the mistake of trying to paint it and made a mess of it. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/45 "2026-03-21T17:49:00Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > That and the salt-sucking monster “woman.” Nancy! Somewhere I have a 3D TOS Enterprise ring from a long-ago con. The sort of clunky yet desirable thing one cannot actually wear yet must have. Pretty sure I have an Enterprise belt buckle as well. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/46 "2026-03-21T18:49:45Z")
Jump to @2:10 in the video if you want the BIG reveal and not the two minutes of teasing before that. And that is why I bought this model. I have wanted that since I was 12 (I will turn 59 in two months so it has been a long wait). ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/47 "2026-03-21T19:21:01Z")
Sadly most women are not so keen on Star Trek. But there are plenty who are. Even if the “do not like” outnumber the “like” is not a real problem. If only 1% of women like Star Trek in the US that is still somewhere around 2 million women. Thankfully they are there and while I have no idea I am willing to bet it is a lot more than 1%. Then consider women who don’t need to like it but like that I like it. (Convincing myself this is not female kryptonite 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/48 "2026-03-22T01:02:26Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > DM me if you plan to be in Chicago. You can see the model and I’ll buy you dinner and drinks (if you want). That would be very nice, thank you. Driving Route 66, Chicago to Santa Monica, is on our bucket list so maybe one of these years… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/49 "2026-03-27T19:55:59Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > (Convincing myself this is not female kryptonite 🙂 ) Women have overlooked far worse, I assure you. Personally I love Trek. I didn’t discover science fiction until I was in my 20s, but man, once I encountered it, I was hooked. My husband and I watched all of Next Gen and DS9 on DVD in college. DS9 is probably my favorite Trek that I’ve seen (because of Jadzia Dax.) Followed by Lower Decks. But I’ll watch it all. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/50 "2026-04-01T16:18:31Z")
The two guys at the center and right in the video are the apotheosis of nerd-dom. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/51 "2026-05-03T18:15:54Z")
A bit of a bump… Adam Savage recently (two days ago as of this post) reviewed this model. He was smitten with it (it really is cool). Full link below, jump to around nine minutes if you want to skip the unboxing and assembly. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N-6_VuKJKEo/maxresdefault.jpg "Adam Savage Unboxes Star Trek's USS Enterprise Refit Model!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-6_VuKJKEo) ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-arrived-my-star-trek-enterprise-model/1028594/52 "2026-05-03T20:44:45Z")
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