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I took a few passes at the PB-76 before finding a solution I could live with. Since SOTSF says the engine applies advances learned in the Transwarp project (and the silhouette looked two have a distinct break in the middle between fore and aft), I decided to make it a blend of TOS and TMP. The forward part is the TOS section (with the original style engine cap). I made my version flatter, though. In the scale I do my drawings (1:800), the Bussard cap is 2.1 cm high and 2.7 cm wide. The aft section leans more to the TMP style. I don't have access to a scanner, but if someone wants to PM their address to me, I can photocopy my reference drawing and snailmail it.
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quote:Originally posted by Woodside Kid: The idea about Ariadne being a ring ship is interesting though; if you combine it with the flattened Frobisher class design, it might actually seem like a descendant of the S.S. Enterprise.
Actually - I was just looking at that little picture of the chart again and I realised that the first three basically come together to make the Enterprise Ring Ship:
Leonardo, Ariadne, Frobisher = Ring ship?
Yeah it looks like a blur - but go back and look at the chart.
Oh and remember WK - if you do get a chance to use a scanner... could maybe scan the chart??
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quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus: Isn't the Kirov from Jackill? Book 2,
No class called Kirov in Jackill 1 or 2 (don't have 3, damn it). No design that looks anything like the silhouette either.
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So, other than the recognition chart, there is nothing else known about the Pytheas and Nordenskjold?
A web search of the names comes up with explorers (figures, being the Federation) but nada on starships.
Anyone able to scan and post clearer pics of those 2 ships? Please?
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its hanging right next to my bed the pytheas is based on a jefferies sketch proposed for the original 1701 before the final design was chosen... the nordenskjold seems to be based on the baton rouge class seen in sternbach's spaceflight chronology
for the record, the pytheas in service at the time of the charts publication was NCC-1409.. and the nordenskjolds were NCC-1427 and NCC 1430
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Since this seems to be The Topic That Won't Die, I might as well ask...
Any chance we'll see more releases, Harry?
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Well... I have to be in the mood for these things. I've started work on refit Connie schematics as a basis for refit kitbashes, but it's a lot more complicated than the simple TOS shapes. I've already done the Coronado. I guess I could do the Detroyat quite quickly if I feel like it
quote:Originally posted by Harry: I've already done the Coronado. I guess I could do the Detroyat quite quickly if I feel like it
Baton Rouge would be a nice one to do. Question is though, would you use the version from Vintage Starships, or the Nordenskjold (inspired by Baton Rouge) version?
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