Either I'm
getting used to putting these Mongoose
Publications gaming miniatures together, or,
this was one really good mini. My Federation
New Heavy Cruiser (NCA) went together in
record time (for me) without any hiccups to
slow the process. Having never put together
a NCA mini before, I admit it is becoming a
favorite gaming starship too.
In
keeping with the rest of my growing
Federation Fleet, I mounted this mini on a
Gamescience Stand. USS Kinshasa, NCC-1661
wears custom markings created by Tenneshington Decals. So far,
the decal set for the NCA is my favorite
from Tenneshington Decals. There are a lot
of markings, and some excruciatingly tiny
ones like the Photon Torpedos and the
Shuttlecraft Landing Lights, and the NCA
Identification Stripe on the top of the mini
called for some patience and deft use of
Super Sol to get it to conform to the raised
detail over which it's placed. Challenging
and fun, as they really dress up the gaming
miniature handsomely.
The
white metal minis still have the surface
artifacts left over from the creation of the
casting masters, and some minor mold seams
to remove, but they are a marked degree
above what was offered previously. A bit of
careful cleanup and a pass with a wire brush
in a battery-powered Dremel Tool polishes
them up nicely for painting and finishing -
like in the photo above of my primed NCA
posed with a polished Battlecruiser
miniature. Interestingly, I noted that there
was a weight difference between my NCA and
NCL gaming miniatures, and I don't know if
this was a shift in casting medium during
production. My NCL USS
Repulse is much lighter than my
NCA USS Kinshasa. I'll have to purchase some
more in the future to see if this holds
true. It ultimately didn't affect anything
in the way of finishing the miniatures,
aside from their heft on the flight stand.
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