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Well, to put it in simple terms for the Yanks and the Mounties; Kenny looks and sounds like this, while I look and sound like this, get it eh?
As for the Deflector Kenny, yeah, if it was a simple and easy design it wouldn't look as good.
As far as the lateral sensors go, I think cramming that gap full of tiny greeblies would be too much of a pain and wouldn't suit the aesthetics. Better to just put in some regular vertical lines and say the sensors are behind all those sensor transparant panels.
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Here we go, got an hour at it tonight. Tweaked the nacelles to better fit the original drawings, started adding the phaser strips and hull detailing.
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Still needs work on the fore and aft views, but everything else is close enough to done. Note that I've added some cut-ins and airlocks on the upper saucer structure. Added some cut-outs to the saucer to accommodate the forward, port and starboard docking ports, added some lateral sensors to the secondary hull (near the top) and I've re-designed the ventral sensor array.
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I'm awfully out of practice, thats all. I can barely remember how to do a phaser strip.
Incidentally, didn't someone here once post a picture that had all the colour samples from Starfleet ships and there uses? I used to have it but lost it when my main drive died a while back, it was a very handy colour chart for making these models.
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Me too mate, haven't done plans like these in years! Luckily though I still have all my old swatches and gradients. Though I'm not sure how well my colors would translate to a 3D model.
P.S. If you need any extra high-res closeups of certain details, just let me know. Most of them should hold up under close scrutiny.
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When did we change the entire shape and proportions of the saucer, along with the phaser positions? Dammit, just spent the last two hours rebuilding the saucer from scratch. I'll probably have to rebuild the main hull as well now to fit again, giving me a chance to get that damn deflector right. Ah well, here we go again...
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I'll own up to the phasers, I had to move them to make room for the windows and the ventral cargo lifts, but the saucer? I didn't think I'd touched it, other than to correct some symmetry problems on the fore and aft views. Anyway, I'll try and knock up an easier design for the deflector array at some point today, maybe even a few alternative designs and pick which works best.
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It came as a bit of a surprise to me to, I loaded in your latest pictures to cut in the windows and found the lower bulge was now much wider than before. If I tried to cut in the windows on the sides it wouldn't work, since on my model there was no bulge there. I'm used to different views not matching up, that's normal, but when I noticed the bulge and then the phasers I figured you'd done it intentionally as a redesign.
I'll keep working on detailing the saucer if you promise to leave the bloody thing alone and concentrate on the body. Once you've got a deflector design we can all live with I'll redo the main body and incorporate your latest tweaks at that time.
Consider the saucer finished from a design point of view, the nacelles can be tweaked since they're not too difficult to rebuild, and the body can be worked on until I rebuild the mesh.
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What do you think? Too complicated? For those who are unaware, it's a combination of the original Probert Ambassador study and the design of the Galaxy's own dish.
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It looks sort of do-able, although the ventral cut-out that leads up to the deflector may pose a bit of a problem. I'll give it a try tonight if I get any peace.
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See what you can do with it. I'll see if I can sort out some higher res blueprints and maybe an exploded view. I'd do it now but I'm installing Half Life2: EP2 & Portal...then I shall be otherwise engaged for the evening.
Oh yeah and speaking of colour, would it not be wise to match this to whatever settings you used on the IAV-106 yacht? Lest it not match when it comes time to dock?
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