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I'm not sure quite what to do with this one. I just wanted to see what a 1930's -ish bomber would look like if interpreted as a TOS design, albeit slightly more beefy than the standard sleek look. I'm open to suggestions as to it's purpose/function/capabilities. I gave it a really corny name, just for the fun of it!
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Hey... it looks kinda like one of the Crimson Skies fighter... I dig the "speed fins"
Anyway, it's your typical good work... what can I say more?
It's substantially larger than typical fighter-sized craft, but with what we've seen in Trek I think that it's size is just about right.
Personally, I would dump the Bussard collectors. With its small size I think that collected hydrogen wouldn't extend range enough to bother with collecting it.
I see the, um, phased plasma cannons , so all this baby needs is some rockets.
Oh, and some fancy paint job too.
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Paint it yellow with chrome trim and seat an Exo-Comp behind the pilot...
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quote:Originally posted by Harry: It's a bit too fragile looking for a fighter, IMHO.
It could also be a tug or service vehicle of some sort. The widely spaced nacelles/impulse engines are perfectly placed for towing stuff around.
But obviously, a tug is lot less interesting than a fighter..
(Oh, and talking of imaginary fighters, you should take a look at this!)
Both bueatiful and impossibly nose-heavy.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Both bueatiful and impossibly nose-heavy.
i must use this to describe someone's girlfriend, immediately. brb.
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quote:Excited about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, are we?
Never heard of it, so no.
quote:But obviously, a tug is lot less interesting than a fighter..
(Oh, and talking of imaginary fighters, you should take a look at this!)
Hey, most of what I design are boring tugs, transports and shuttles, infact if I give them torpedos it's something of a novelty! So I'm by no means afraid of making it a tug, however I doubt a tug of this size would be warp capable.
As for CGtalk, I try to avoid that site, it's too depressing.
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Good idea to use the Mirror Universe for this.
BTW, I feel really really stupid. I just noticed the very handy "Convert Outline to Object" function in CorelDRAW. It's been sitting there for ages, and I've always been using clumsy workarounds! AARGH!
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quote: Hey... it looks kinda like one of the Crimson Skies fighter...
Ya, It does. I found a website a while back that had diagrams of experimental Nazi aircraft. This design was one of them. There were also others that were used in the game Crimson Skies (great game btw) Too bad Microsoft couldn't be original.
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The similarity to tha Naboo fighter is not lost on me, however it's more down to both this and that design being influenced by aircraft of a similar era than any direct influence.
UPDATE P.S. If you'd like to se this in 3D then scoot on over to TrekBBS and see what Vektor is cooking up.
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