Quoted from Captain_Kirk:I don't care for the "Swooshy" look of the Enterprise. It looks amateurish.
I also think the cabinet graphics are superior on the Premium because it's an iconic scene from the movie, with the massive Vengeance bearing down on the Enterprise. Sums up the major feature of the pin perfectly.
Of course, it's just my opinion, but a Premium with Aurich's custom translite is aesthetically the best.
I can also see some modders making the side armor for Premiums someday. The code is shared between the two, so no reason why something similar to Stern's can't be created.
I like the LE backglass, if I had bought an LE I wouldn't have been motivated to do my own. Plus mirroring always rules.
I just wanted the ship, and not headshots. Now I don't have a single actor on my Premium, and that's cool with me.
I do think though that the new JJ Enterprise is tough to do, there's a lot of angles it doesn't look that great from. It's really narrow and long and a little awkward. That's why I decided to do mine like you were looking up at it from the underside, like it was straining up against the storm of asteroids. Gives it a little more weight.