Bernd Schneider reviews Star Trek model kits:
The Enterprise-C is one of the very few starship model kits that can be recommended to beginners. It is also one of the best researched kits by AMT/Ertl. Provided the model is carefully painted, it may look very close to the actual studio model. The most annoying flaw, which unfortunately cannot be corrected, is the much too wide stern section and shuttlebay.
(Bernd’s probably living with a stunningly beautiful Austrian biophysicist who organised the 2004 Berlin Trek-Con and captains the University of Graz kickboxing team. A threatening comment from her will appear here within five minutes of him noticing the uptick in traffic to his site. If I’m lucky.)
UPDATE: casualsavant knows my dark secret.
Of course, you have to explain why you were looking at a website which looks at Star Trek model kits, PG.
Just to demonstrate my own geek Trekkie credentials, “Ex Astris Scientia” means “From the stars, knowledge.” It’s a rip-off of the US Navy motto, I believe … Jesus.
I don’t really understand why you don’t have a girlfriend, Damian. As one of your fellow-guests remarked last Sunday, ‘What’s not to date?’
That’s a lovely thing to say, Linda. Thank you. But it spoils a long (and boring) post I have been working on in which I say very nice things about you. It’s going to look like some horrible mutual back-slapping thing now.
Can’t you write it anyway?
Linda Grant Says:
I don’t really understand why you don’t have a girlfriend, Damian.
It’s because of his bunny outfit collection. (Whoops, sorry. Think I was supposed to keep that quiet) ;op
I once lived with a woman who seriously thought that Star Trek was the peak of mankind’s cultural attainment (she was from Los Angeles, if that’s any mitigation).
Given that I can’t watch more than a few seconds of the programme without breaking out in hives, she was rather wasted on me…
[…] Earlier on PooterGeek, Linda passed on a nice thing someone had said about me. Since I have been invited to take my camera along and shoot a singles night, this seems a good time to respond at excessive length. [Sorry, Linda, this isn’t that long post about how wonderful you are.] […]