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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] I've never heard anything about any Micromachines used for filming (the MM KBOP's wings are far to thick to go unnoticed and are notoriously bendy). A Micromachine would be obvious and far too small to accurately film. As is the Hallmark Ornament. This is the very best I could repaint a Micromachine KBOP: [IMG]http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL544/657989/1235443/77851452.jpg[/IMG] Obviously not good enough for anything onscreen. I think they made a few overhead passes of the filming model and composited them in to represent the birdies getting blown up by the station (and the lack of any debris seems to confirm this theory- no damaging to the studio model). The only toy I know was used in WOTW was three Playmates Vor'Cha cruisers (the mold of which is the same as the ERTL model kit) which were repainted and rigged to explode. I think some KBOP shots were early CGI- particularly the scene with the tiny, misscaled ones flanking the VorCha. The KBOP that does the "sumersault-of-doom" after getting it's engines shot up was probably CGI. As to whing position, the "attack confiuration" allows a greater overall arc of fire when combined with the forward torpedo launcher- sorta a triangle arc. The "wings up" position does not work so well for that, but they are better for atmospheric flight -I [i]guess[/i]- the KBOP's do just fine on their little Dominion base attack run with wings down. WOTW showed a KBOP at warp with wings down (chasing the Defiant), so we know it's not required for them to be up while at warp. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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