Scale: 1/1000

Parts: 20 Resin (?)

Instructions: 15 Sheets(?), Highly Detailed

Decals: 1 Sheet Waterslide

Molding Quality: 7+ - No bubbles or cracks, a few small sandable seams, some small parts will need extensive modification to fit larger parts.

Detail: 9 - There's not much detail necessary on TOS ships, but what needs to be there is there...

Accuracy: 8 - Accurate, with so little information given about these ships. PNT has added some detail to help his conversions match the PL TOS kit.

MSRP: $74.99 USD, available from PNT Models.

Overall Rating: 8+ - some sanding required, and you'll have to modify some smaller parts.

For a first impression, I am pleased with the appearance of the kit. Besides the odd colors, the parts seem to be accurate in detail and in scale, and the parts fit nicely together.

The Scout/Destroyer conversion parts are few, and don't look to have any defects whatsoever. There are no bubbles, no streaks, and very little flash. The pylon connecting the main hull to the engine has a good connection at it's base with the engine, but it makes the engine sit at about 5 Degrees off of straight. This should be easy enough to repair. The Tug class is similar, if not better. No obvious defects and the container may sit straight as compared to the ship.

The Dreadnaught is a little different. The engineering hull is almost flawless in its shape, but the fitting for the rear deflector does not fit evenly to the back of the engineering hull. The pylons connecting the hull to the engines make a nice fit. The only major problem will be making the deflector housing fit at the rear of the engineering hull.

The detail matches up pretty well with the drawings in the Franz Joseph Tech Manual. It appears that PNT made an attempt to add some details to the Dreadnaught Saucer to more closely match the PL Enterprise kit. (i.e. the landing arms underneath the saucer aren't there on FJD drawings.)

The instructions are awesome. They are full of detail and look as if they came straight out of the pages of the Franz Joseph Tech Manual. PNT used the same font in the same size, and even went through the hastle of making drawings of each of the three kits that fit nicely with the other drawings in the tech manual. I'll be keeping the instructions just for the fun of it!

There are different figures in the instructions manual for the paint schemes, weathering schemes, and the decalling. The instructions are so concise, that it's even easy to tell which decals (Conversion decals or PL decals) go where. I'm impressed with the time and effort it looks like were put into the production of these conversion kits.

There are decals included with the kit. The decals seem to have a slight "ink-halo" around them where it looks as if the ink ran a little when the sealant coatings were put on them. I imagine that once the decals are placed on the models, that the "halo" will not be all that noticeable. Especially with some weathering done. There are five names and registries available for each of the smaller two kits/conversions (Scout/Destroyer and the Tug), and four names and registries available for the Dreadnaught. There are also some accurizing decals available on the decal sheet that will only help enhance the quality of the final products.

Conclusions

Overall, I'm impressed with the kits. The price and wait were well worth it. I can't wait to add my build-up's and pics of my final product here. I just hope that I can do these conversions their due justice.