U.S.S. Defiant 1:420 Model Kit by AMT/Ertl

ABOUT THE DESIGN

ABOUT THE KIT

Introduced in "DS9"'s first Season Three episode, "The Search," the Defiant was an experimental "overpowered" gunboat originally built to meet the Borg threat. Briefly mothballed in the Sol system, it was subsequently brought to Deep Space Nine to help challenge in Gamma Quadrant's Dominion. Fast, agile and armed to the teeth, the Defiant was also the one and only Federation starship equipped with a Romulan-style "cloaking device," making it invisible to enemy sensors.

In reality, the Defiant was brought to DS9 to give the cast an excuse to get off that damned space station; after two seasons, the producers realized that the principal setting was too confining and that, to be "Star Trek," the characters needed the occasional opportunity to "go where no man -- er -- no one -- has gone before."

This was a typical AMT/Ertl "Star Trek" kit; large, acceptably accurate and an easy build. The biggest disappointment was its lack of clear parts, especially around the engines.

Manufactured in large numbers, the Defiant kit is still readily available on the collectors market.

This model was built from an original issue.

U.S.S. Defiant Box Art

Original Box Art

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	SCALE: 1/420
	INITIAL RELEASE: 1996
	MEDIUM: Polystyrene
	RARITY: (2)

U.S.S. Defiant from

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (Syndicated 1993-99)