Hawkeye

I just received my WOK 1701 a couple days ago. The light bleed is pretty bad, but I think they had a child painting the black bits on the assembly line, anything black is just horrendously done. The front of the torpedo launcher, all the windows, the nacelle pylon leading edges, all of it. Oh yeah, and they forgot to paint the back section of the left nacelle white like the rest of it. Absolutely nothing like the quality shown on the Enterprise D.

I think one of the reasons theres so many more complaints about the DST 1701 is due to the plain nature of the original Enterprise. Theres so little detail to begin with that any small smudge, mark or spot can show up instantly, as opposed to a ship like the Enterprise D which has so much detail packed in that a mark, smudge, or misalligned window will be camoflaged and hard to see among everything else. Of course, that doesnt excuse issues like crooked nacelles though My HD 1401 is nice for the most part, everything is alligned properly and the paint apps are nicely done, however there is the odd glue spot and a red mark on the top of the saucer, though not nearly as large as the one you describe. My other DST/AA ships are fantastic.

Just a thought on the unpainted windows. I have an E on the way and I was planning on using an acrylic paint to fill in the windows. Since the windows are molded in, you can use a damp cloth to remove any excess paint and hopefully end up with a nice clean job.

I have a WOK 1701 on the way (along with the DST Ent-D and E) Not sure if its a re-issue though. I'll report when it arrives.