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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dukhat: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Andru: [qb] These two pictures from the same Facebook thread are pretty amazing too: [URL=https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1572/23721357253_90584c059a_o.jpg]Miarecki's original Buran (Challenger)[/URL] [URL=https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1682/23719983504_f40e66f3fa_o.jpg]Miarecki's original Melbourne (Nebula)[/URL] As well this comment from Mr Okuda, I wasn't aware that the models weren't built on purpose for BoBW: "Rick and I were always trying to talk our producers into doing more starship models, instead of always recycling the Excelsior, Grissom, and Reliant miniatures. I commissioned Ed Miarecki to make a number of study models to show how Enterprise-D components could be used to create other Federation ships. One of those models eventually turned into the Nebula-class ship. And several of them found their way into the Wolf 359 graveyard." [/qb][/QUOTE]Well, that's a ton of info that we never had before! Aside from finally putting to rest the size of the Kyushu model, we also now see the Buran in its original Miarecki configuration. I had a feeling that it originally had smaller nacelles, but they're in the same configuration sans submarine pylon. I actually think Okuda's modifications made it look better. It looks like Miarecki did originally paint his models, and Okuda/Sternbach added the names and registries later for BoBW. So it's possible that when the BoBW script called for three ships named Chekov, Kyushu, and Melbourne, Okuda just chose three models at random to represent those ships instead of having them specifically designed. It also looks like I was right in my speculation that Miarecki's original Melbourne had no pod at all. Finally, I had no idea that most of these models were not originally meant to be BoBW ships, and that Miarecki might have built more designs that didn't make it into the episode. I know of at least one design (the double-saucer, one-nacelled ship I'm going to be building this year to represent the Tolstoy (I even ordered the decals :) ) EDIT: Looks like some guy named David Hirsh posted those two photos of the Miarecki models, not Sternbach. I have no doubt the photos are genuine, but I would have liked to see more :( [/QB][/QUOTE]
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