Several designers took a stab at the Klingon fighter during the production of Star Trek Into Darkness, taking it in many different directions from the oddball through to the more familiar. The 20 page magazine purely deals with the design of the D4 and that says a lot about the research in the process here. Let's make it clear that they aren't plain, just very simple in appearance. Talking of weapons, the inside of the wing-tip weapons is lacking in detail much the same as the rest of the wing and I would have expected better seeing as this is one of the specials and not a regular issue. There's also those two inconspicuous weapons pods standing proud on the D4's shoulders which emphasise the deadly nature of this true bird-of-prey that might be the closest interpretation of the namesake ever. Once again there's great detail of panel lines and raised fittings across the surface but on the underside it's smooth metal which was a bit of a surprise as I would have expected much more rough detail as with the top. The wings are the most impressive part of the product here.
The stand does fit onto the protrusions from that structure which meet the wings - a good move due to the weight in the central body.Ī few of the "add-ons" are a little loose (most notable on the underbelly) however there doesn't seem to be any room for snappage but just keep an eye on the twin antennae on the front as there won't be much give in them. The underside "ribbed" housing, the lower plating and the upper skin all encase a core metal structure that gives a solid backbone to the Klingon ship. There's a lot of detail attached to that central metal body aside from the spread wings. Given the scale it does mean that all the sections get the same exquisite level of detail. It's a pretty hefty piece ship - the first we've seen used wholly within a planet's atmosphere as part of the collection - with the central body in metal with the wings in plastic. In some ways the pics make it look a great deal grimier and more Klingon than the real thing from the box. There does seem a range of disparity between the model and the more greeny/brown picture on the cover of the magazine. Good thing to note that it's not symmetrical either giving a very individual feel to this craft. That green is replaced with a coat of metallic silver enhanced with brown markings across the upper hull which appear to have some form of symbolic pattern although even in the magazine it doesn't detail exactly why they are in the style used here.
0 kommentar(er)
