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.