#Romulan bird of prey series#

According to background lore, the original script for the episode ' Balance of Terror' called for the Romulans to have a ship that was a copy of the USS Enterprise, which the Romulans had built using Federation technology that they obtained through espionage. The most distinctive feature, however, was a red and white bird in flight painted onto the bottom of the hull. Ships of this class were built as a saucer-shaped primary hull with two nacelles attached by forward-angled pylons. The Bird of Prey was a variety of Romulan warship in use during the 2260s (not to be confused with the Klingon platform also known as the Bird of Prey). This is perhaps why one sees Klingon D7's in the later Star Trek episode 'The Enterprise incident'.

#Romulan bird of prey series#

I am led to understand that the original Romulan Bird of Prey was destroyed in a fire during the series production. They have corrected the bussard collectors and added a plasma launcher which was not available in the original kit from the 70's making it more accurate to the original. The one big inaccuracy I have noticed about this kit is that the front leading edge of the main body section should have an inward angle similar to that of the saucer section on the Enterprise. Here are some images of AMT's 1/537 scale Romulan Bird of Prey from the Star Trek TOS episode 'Balance of Terror'.