The easy model was offset by the impossible task of putting on the giant three-piece “bird belly” decal. The AMT model is an easy to build model with just a few large pieces.
I thought I could give it a chance to get it some attention next to the other, more common and well-known, Star Trek models by attempting a nice build up of the model. Since the ship is not that well known and there are not that many of the Bird of Prey models out there it has been a neglected model. Now it is a rare model and commands a price of $60 to $100 at Ebay. AMT, in my opinion, was shortsighted by not re-issuing the model for the Star Trek twenty-fifth anniversary. Because the model was issued so many years after the Star Trek TV show was canceled and the BOP was only used in a few scenes the model of the ship was not very well known. The AMT model making company issued this model in 1975 long after the Star Trek TV show series ended in 1969. It has an overall shape that seems to change with each different view. The shape of the ship gives a simple, no nonsense, serious and strong look to it. Over the years I have come to appreciate and admire its design. It had fins and wings that weren’t necessary for a ship flying though space.
#ROMULAN BIRD OF PREY MOVIE#
My first impression was it looked like a space ship from the old Flash Gordon movie serials. When I first saw the ship in the mid-60s I thought it was a stupid design. In the show the Enterprise’s speed and maneuverability was offset by the BOP’s ability to cloak itself in a shield of invisibility and the extremely powerful weapon capable of awesome destruction. It was a regal, deadly fighting ship of comparable power to the Enterprise. This 1975 AMT model represents the Romulan Bird of Prey (BOP) space ship on the well-written Star Trek episode, The Balance Of Terror.