Shuttle Run: Lower Decks Yosemite

The go-to shuttle for Lower Decks, the Yosemite is yet ANOTHER of the lost models Eaglemoss teased but never released.

Now in the hands - and warehouses - of Master Replicas this is only the fourth craft to be boxed and shipped (four as both the Titan and Cerritos received mid and XL editions).

A classic boxy design, there are immediate echoes of the Galileo from The Original Series which are much more evident when you get to see this one up close. There's also the callback to the TNG shuttle windows with the drop edge around the name, that lovely drop forward window but sadly no blast shield!

There is tragically one huge, almost gut-wrenching error on this one. Possibly the biggest mistake in Eaglemoss history and you have to wonder if this is one of the reasons it never made it to the website. The registry is wrong. Apparently - and I can’t confirm this - there are two versions. One with the 75567 number and this one with 77567. However, if we move past a decal which can be corrected, this is still a pretty fine model from Lower Decks.

The Yosemite is superbly detailed aside from this with prominent yet simple panelling across its hull. Minus point though since the panel lines are decals and when you’re up close it’s very evident that not all of them fully line up with the recesses in the bodywork. 

It’s also in a plain white colour, avoiding the standard live action aztecing which potentially adds to that visual blockiness. The windows are indeed blacked out to avoid having to detail the interior and Eaglemoss have finished it off with a simple yellow stripe and bold, blocked colour again for the impulse engines and bay door to the rear. 

For the engines the bussard collectors and end tips are coloured plastic although there are translucent elements for the warp grilles and a further stripe of yellow to finish off. Simplicity works perfectly here with the Yosemite coming out as a real winner thanks to the minimalistic animated realisation. Ok, the registry is annoying but I have to let it go given the circumstances of its release however the fact that these models have been found and made available more than counters it.

Stand positioning is very stable with the Yosemite sitting on a flat clear plastic "holder" plugged into the standard black base. As one of the few main line shuttles it is massively off scale from every other ship yet it's just one of those that deserves to be out on a shelf thanks to its rare nature.

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