![]() ![]() ![]() Normally aīird of Prey can only fire its weapons when it's not cloaked, but in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country the Klingons built a special Bird of Prey that can fire its weapons while cloaked. Light armaments, Birds of Prey are shown to be effective craft both theĪre destroyed in part due to the activity of a Bird of Prey. To allow the captain to personally target weapons. The interior of the Bird of Prey is similar to that of Douglas Trumbull's submarine-like designs for the K't'inga-class some Birds of Prey are even shown with periscopes Two models may be variants of the same ship. ![]() Source has however claimed two different sizes, and the ship generallyĪppears to be around 160-190m in relation to other vessels, meaning the Which measures 320 meters and possesses a crew of 300+. Length of 160 meters, the B'rel-class is far smaller than the K'Vort-class, Non-canonical sources claim that with a crew of only 12 and a Likewise, both classes areĮquipped with cloaking devices and are capable of impulse and warp The wings and a forward torpedo launcher. The B'rel-class is a scout vessel, used for espionage, skirmishes and raids, while the K'Vort-class is a light cruiser.īoth classes are armed with disruptor cannons mounted on the tips of The original model sold for US$307,200, while an enlarged wing, used for close-up shots in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, was sold for US$8,400.Īlthough several variants are seen throughout the franchise, design notes state that the Bird of Prey has two main classes: the B'rel-class and the K'Vort-class.īoth classes used the same studio model, with unofficial sourcesĬlaiming they differ in sizes in proportion to other starships depending Models for the Bird of Prey were sold in the 2006 Christie's auction Rectified until the creation of a CGI model for the vessel. Usually fixed in either flight mode or attack mode. Wings broke, in later Star Trek series' episodes the wings are However, as the studio model's mechanism for moving the Maintaining just above horizontal in flight mode and raising high when The wings of the Bird of Prey are able to move, lowering to attack, Is the first Klingon vessel depicted with a cloaking device all classesĬhronologically later in the series would also use a cloaking device. Romulan bird feather patterns on its wings were kept. Maintained its cloaking device as a plot point in the film and the Vessel although this idea was later dropped, the Bird of Prey In early drafts of the script, the Bird of Prey was to be a Romulan Industrial Light & Magic designed and built the Bird of Prey for Star Trek III, assisted by the film's director, Leonard Nimoy. Introduced in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the Bird of Prey has featured in five of the films and frequently appears in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. The Bird of Prey is one of the most common Klingon ships seen in the Star Trek franchise. After all, after landing would you want to be forced to run down a 45º slop just to get off the ship? I decided to have this model's fuselage sitting level with the ground as opposed to the usual with the nose pointing skyward. Here are some images of AMT/ Round 2 Models 1/350 scale Klingon Bird of prey from Star Trek. ![]()
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