It’s been a few months since we heard anything about Polar Lights’ forthcoming Star Trek III: The Search for Spock model kit, but this week the company revealed the best look yet at this nearly-completed two-ship set.

Featuring the Oberth-class USS Grissom, and ship that destroyed it over the Genesis Planet — Kruge’s Bird of Prey — this 1:1000 snap-together model kit pairing was originally due out this past May but was delayed due to tooling issues in manufacturing.

The Grissom is based on CAD work by Angelo Bastianelli, while the Bird of Prey is based upon the existing larger model (sold under the AMT branding) and comes with two sets of wing baffles to build in either cruising or attack modes. Each ship measures about 4.25″ when built.

Here’s more detail from Polar Lights:

These are two fan-favorite ships and the Grissom is getting produced as a kit for the first time ever thanks to the numerous requests we’ve heard over the years. These two kits make a fine addition to our line or 1:1000 scale snap kits.

Here is a look at the packaging which features box lid artwork by Star Trek Production Artist, John Eaves. The box utilizes the updated Star Trek style guide and as has become our habit, we show a full color decoration guide on the sides of the box bottom. Both models come with stands and the Bird-of-Prey can be assembled with its wings up in cruising position or down in attack position.

After some delays in the tooling and test fit phase the kit is in production now, and product should arrive around the end of August.

The set also comes with decals to allow the Oberth-class ship to represent many of that design’s incarnations from throughout the Star Trek franchise, including the Pegasus (from “The Pegasus”), the Vico (from “Hero Worship”), and the Cochrane (which made several appearances on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine).

More images of the Star Trek III model kit can be found at the latest CollectorModel.com news update, and the set is available for preorder through many only hobby shops now with an MSRP of $31.95.

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