"Enterprise" Era Early Klingon Kits from the Delta Quadrant

And in case you're wondering how the Bird of Prey looked like during "Enterprise" era ..here's a niftly buildup of that ship. You can see similiar designs on her with a more predecessor look. Really gives the ship a very modest look, but don't let the looks fool you. She's just as deadly.

BTW, another version of this little ship is going to be available at the coming Wonderfest in US. Make sure you're there to be among the first few to grab her.

Look for The Delta Quadrant or HERE

Watch out for his other Goodies there as well. More about her HERE

Part 4 Klingon Bird of Prey Reference

Part 4 of the Studio Model References for the Klingon Bird of Prey for your new AMT kit. These images were taken from Modelermagic.com and are in no particular order

Part 3 Klingon Bird of Prey Reference

Part 3 of the Studio Model References for the Klingon Bird of Prey for your new AMT kit. These images were taken from Modelermagic.com and are in no particular order.

Part 2 Klingon Bird of Prey Reference

Part 2 of the Studio Model References for the Klingon Bird of Prey for your new AMT kit. These images were taken from Modelermagic.com and are in no particular order.

Part 1 Klingon Bird of Prey Reference

This few post will serve as reference to AMT's 1/350 scale Kilingon Bird of Prey (or more commonly referred to as the Klingon BOP in short). We were introduced to her in "Star Trek III The Search for Spock" and I remembered falling in love with her design the first time I saw her on screen.

AMT/ERTL came up with the BOP kit soon after but I didn't get her until she was repackaged under the "Generations" issue. By then I already knew the kit only came with two potential pose modes, Cruising and Attack Mode. It was only recently when AMT reissued her, she came with a detailed landing gear, the underbelly ramp and a third pose, which is the Landing Mode.
Below are the box covers done throughout the years for the Klingon BOP kit:

The Klingon BOP is a versatile craft, capable of both space and athmospheric flight. It can also land on land while cloaked. She usually has a crew compliment of 12, and serves as a scout, hence she is classified as a Scout Class Vessel.

Received AMT Round 2's Klingon Bird of Prey 1/350 scale - Comparison Between the Old and the New

My AMT Round 2's Klingon Bird of Prey is here, and at 1/350 scale, she's on par with Polar Lights 1/350 scale USS Enterprise. Makes a nice companion or diorama, your pick. I got her mainly because there had been some upgrades done to this kit, as compared to her earlier issue under AMT Star Trek Generations' banner. Seeing the preliminary images at Round 2's blog got me interested in this one.

The box package is quite sturdy and one thing I like about this new packaging is that she now doesn't take up a lot of space in my stash room. The images on both sides do make for some nice reference.

First thing I did was to pull out my old kit from my stash to see what was different with the new one. First of all - the box size. I already like.

The old kit had all her parts kept in one sealed plastic bag, a shabby instruction sheet and decals. I took out the clear parts to give the decals some scale.

The old kit with all its' 44 parts laid out, including its display stand at the far right top corner. Old kit was molded in white and you can only pose her in two modes - Cruising mode and Attack Mode

The New kit separated its parts into four plastic bags,with most of its parts kept in two bags while the display base and metal rod in the other. The fourth bag contained the clear parts as well as the metal landing gears. The decals was also sealed in her own plastic bag. Instruction sheet looks better than her earlier release.

New kit has more parts as she now comes with three possible poses, Cruising mode, Attack mode and Landing Mode. The pieces are molded in green, making things easier for those who don't wish the hassle of painting her.

A big improvement over the old release as the kit now looks more professionally presented. Decals come with a protective wax paper to protect her.

The spruce tree for the main hull remains the same with the old kit, along with the paneling details. No changes made here

Side view of the main hull to show the similar details. Only thing different are those words printed on the new kit's main body, which will probably be hidden once the upper piece are placed there.

The lower fuselage reveals a neat hole cut off at the mid centre of the body section for the new kit. That area is to house the landing gears

No changes done for the wings

Closer look at the details on the wings between the old and new kit

Parts to position the wings in different modes reveals this kit to be a static model. This means you can't change the position of the wings once the kit is completely build. You will need to decide what position you want your Klingon Bird of Prey displayed and keep the rest of the parts as spare. The old kit  come with only two modes, Attack mode (top left) and Cruising mode (Bottom left) while the new kit shares these 2 modes like its predecessor, it also has the Landing mode.

Here are the parts for the landing gear and exit ramp. The landing mode rib section parts are also included in this spruce tree.

Display space pieces along with the metal landing gear parts

Over here, you can see the new display base (top mid section) with its parts as compared against the old issue's display base which only has 2 pieces.

There are no changes done to the clear parts. To see this Klingon Bird of Prey assembled, please refer to my earlier highlight on Jaws6266 review HERE.

In conclusion, this version is of course definitely better as she now comes with more details and better decals. The metal landing gears was a nice touch, designed to hold the weight of the kit so she won't look lopsided during display. I highly recommend this kit, and if you're a Klingon Warrior, you definitely need to get a few of these.

Qap'La!!

Some Updates on the AMT Klingon Bird of Prey 1/350 scale Kit

Thanks to Jaws62666 over at Hobbytalk forum, we now have some images of the reissued kit with the landing gears. He do have some advise and some caution:

"If you are building this in landing position , the instructions are wrong. Part 48 gets the 2 pieces that should be on part 49, and vice versa. Also on part 5 , the pieces 3,4,9 and 10 are reversed as well. I wish I would have thought of it sooner , but if you have small neo magnets , you can put them in the wings and each radiator making the different flight modes interchangeable"

You can follow up on more information over at the forum