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The way this thing has been cobbled together reminds me of the "A Time to Stand" tug. Maybe it comes from the same scene in the same episode?
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The rear engine configuration reminds me of the ancient garbage scow in TNG and also of the Xhosa of Ds9.
The more I look at it, I´d say it´s a good chance it is a star trek ship
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This listing is interesting in that it shows a symbol for the Q Continuum. I didn't know they had created one for the Q.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: It could easily be something slapped together and then rejected for it's sheer crappiness.
OTOH, it's not unheard of for Paramount to re-use some prop from an obscure movie. The Promillian Battleship started life as the spaceship from Night of the Creeps. (Best. Zombie. Movie. Ever.) Then it got lit in green and became Kurn's (freaking giagantic) ship on DS9.
Yeah I saw the movie yesterday on Youtube. I noticed that in the movie the ship has the domed structure on the bottom, and in TNG it's turned upside down.
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A great movie- I got a bootleg DVD a couple of years back- it has an alternate ending too wherein the cop comes back as a slug-filled zombie. As opposed to the one with the big spaceship searching the cemetary for the slugs).
Nice topless scene with the lead hottie too.
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Actually the ending with the slug filled cop and the spaceship in the cemetery are one and the same. At least that's what the ending I saw showed. In any case, it did provide one valuable lesson: you can make a flamethrower out of an aerosol can and a lit cigarette.
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quote:I remember seeing that model when we were organizing the Christie's sale, but we omitted it because we didn't think it was ever used. It is, of course, possible t hat we forgot, or that it was in the background. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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Ahhh...you're the man with the connections, boyo.
I'd bet it was a "never used", personally. There's no attempt to light it in any way, which is pretty strange for Trek- not even enough opening in the bottom for a lighting rig- background detail or nothing on this turkey.
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One can't but help wonder what episode it was supposed to be in. They never built these models without something specific in mind, but I guess we'll never know if not even Mike Okuda remembers.
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Wherever it was supposed to be used I imagine it was one of those times they just ended up reusing the merchantman, the ancient freighter or and one of about half a dozen such models they've had knocking around since the early days of TNG.
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So...I'm updating my Negh Var model with references from the auction- There's disruptor turrets on either side of the bridge complex (ventral side hanging down) and big disruptor turrets on the "wings" just inward of the dorsal nacelle's bussard collectors.
Anyone else notice unseen wackiness from these models that had gone un-noticed prior?
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