This page is a little different from the others. For some reason, some people still think Tim's Defiant, which he sculpted for Spaceboy Productions, is just a casting off of the Hallmark ornament. The original Spaceboy Defiant was, indeed, a casting of a slightly modified ornament. The new one Tim did for him, however, was so heavily re-worked (and in most cases re-sculpted) that it resulted in an 80% new sculpt. Usually the people who perpetuate the misinformation don't even have one of our kits! In any case, here is a comparison of the Hallmark ornament versus the one Tim did. These are under construction pictures so the detail level will vary.

The main hull of Tim's started with a casting from Spaceboy's original. The shuttle was immediately cut out and discarded as it was totally inaccurate in shape. The surface details were stripped off and the hull cut into pieces to allow for the step down that appears in the Defiant's hull about half-way from the front. The panel lines were also filled in and completely re-scribed to be narrower, thinner and most importantly, accurate! The eight plasma cooling vents have not yet been removed, but will be. The new ones were made from a section of toy railroad car wheels.

This shows how much was cut off of and removed from the original hull. Note the re-positioning of and additions to the panel lines. Windows will later be added to the inner edge by drilling with a micro-sized drill bit..

Tim also added the slight bevel that runs around the front, bottom edge of the hull. Note the styrene pieces that replace the casting's detail. This picture shows it in the still early stages.

The rear of the hull was replaced with longer, more accurate back sections.

Tim's engine is slightly larger and fits more accurately to the contours of the hull. The details on the engine in this picture are masked off for painting. Additional details, such as the phasers, were sculpted from styrene and added later. The front of the engines were also resculpted to be more accurate.

The finished result!