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To think... I had been saying that all along. lol
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Tachy
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anyone ever heard of a KOROLEV class ?
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What's up with the thick neck on the New Orleans, is it supposed to be like that?
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Well....probably. There are no pictures that really show this part, but that's about the only way to get it to fit and have the other parts match what we've seen of the ship.
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mmm, u sure it is a NO ? it looks like a galaxy kitbash to me...
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I had posted a picture that supported the idea of a small neck for the New Orleans, but the board ate it. Let's try again.
Again, from Pedro:
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A question- do the warp pylons slope at a 15 or 20 degree angle? My reasoning-the placement of light and dark on the hull. Imagine the ship being the center of a compass. (I don't know how to draw on a computer. So if my reasoing is unclear, draw a diagram based on my reasoning. I will yes if the diagram matches.) The light source is southeast. Half the ship is in shadow-the starboard. If the pylon on the starboard was flat, the pylon would be in darkness. This is not the case. About 50% of the horizontal length of the pylon is not in shadow.
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Pedro
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The pylons run horizontally, they are not angled. The shadow you see on the left pylon is the shadow of the enginerring hull (with the bulgy thing). Look closely and you'll see that the shadow only goes about halfway along the pylon, and is a lighter shadow than darkness on the hull. Since the light comes from an angle, only half of the pylon is in darkness (man, it is hard to put these things into words!). Also, keep in mind that there is almost certainly more than one light source in the encyclopedia picture (any photographer will tell you to have one main light, and several dimmer lights, usually referred to as "fill lights"). This is especially true of CGI scenes, since you have to force the computer into doing what nature does automatically, and fill lights make a BIG difference in the depth of the scene.
Regardless of what anyone likes, this Coopers representation of the NO takes few (if any) liberties, it's as accurate as it can be going by the references we have (did you guys look at the other views?).
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Not the best-looking ship from the side or front, but I've always liked the top view... :-)
Oh, BTW, it's missing the second phaser strip on the underside. And, maybe it's just me, but it doesn't look like the nacelles were lengthened, like they should be. Am I imagining things?
Oh, well. Great model, anyway... :-)
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