Qo'noS One - K'Tinga Class Studio Model - reference photos

Here you can see the reference photos in the final state of the Qo'noS One studio model. Originally shared with Kurt Kuhn in 2008, and shown on Modeler Magic back in January 2009, (Courtesy of Jim Creveling, through Mark Dickson).

Here you get to the COLOR CORRECTED PHOTOS.

Qo'noS One - K'Tinga Class Studio Model - reference photos - first paint

Bill George has posted the photos of the first painting of Qo’noS One with the K’Tinga class photos from Star Trek The Motion Picture. You can still see significant differences: so are not much etching parts mounted on the ship and the dome on the bottom before the impulse drive was later revised. Incidentally, the etched parts in front of the “radiator” come from the Tyrell building seen in Blade Runner.

Here you get to the COLOR CORRECTED PHOTOS.

Star Trek VI - Klingon QO'NOS ONE - Etch Part Review

To build the Qo'nos One correctly you need of course the matching etched parts. I bought them to convert my K'Tinga Class model kit into a Qo'nos One. They are incredibly fine and detailed.

Star Trek VI - Klingon QO'NOS ONE - Kit Review

I bought the resin upgrade kit parts to convert the plastic model kit K'Tinga Class (turquoise parts) into Chancellor Gorkon's flagship Qo'nos One (seen in Star Trek - The Undiscovered Country).

There are a lot of resin parts that are replaced in the existing kit. The details speak for themselves!

Furthermore, there are components that are added in the present kit:

And finally, the special design of the warp nacelles:

For all who are interested in the sizes of the spaceships, HERE is an interesting article. Following the arguments of this article, you get a Qo'nos One in 1/1000 with the conversion parts.