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No idea- Illustrator, I'd think, or Corel Draw.
Corel is probably easier....
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Good start though: my ship's neck is hat tall though- two standard Excelsior necks stacked on each other for that level of clearance from the secondary hull.
Also (only if you're making my particular ship) I've tweaked out the aft torpedo bay a bit.
Either way, this is gonna be sooo cool!
I'm hospital bound for a few days, I'll see what you've got on Friday or Saturday. (gonna demand that free adamantium skeleton upgrade they've been promising)
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I think the studio model actually used a Connie neck... or maybe one version of it did... can't remember. I believe it's too dark to really make out underneath the saucer onscreen though.
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The Raging Queen (with the horizontally oriented nacelles) has an arrangement of two sloping pylons between the saucer and the secondary hull, apparently modified from Constitution engine pylons. These can be seen in the side image. There doesn't seem to be enough space for an Excelsior neck there, but some sort of a third pylon might still exist.
The Curry (with vertical nacelles, and seen close up on screen) has what looks like a single, thick, dark neck structure that no doubt is the original Excelsior component. The bow view shows this dark mass in silhouette. It is possible that the mass is just the result of shadows from some flimsier pylon structure, but fairly unlikely...
No hotlinking to Bernd's site and the article there, but I believe everybody here knows how to find the place...
Saltah'na
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: People get from one section to the other via the Excelsior "neck" -which is still present, just moved back towards the aft of the ship.
I believe I saw a version of the Shelley which had no "neck" connection, that is, the saucer was connected to the nacelles which in turn was connected to the secondary hull. That's what I meant by an oversized Oberth.
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I mean, it must be reassuring to have sensor scans to verify that your secondary hull is still attached, but that's basically the only thing this "ventral sensor array" will be able to sense...
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