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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [qb]In the spirit of that, I've been noodling over a lot of stuff about the [i]Centaur[/i] in my modelling endeavours. First of all, I've always known I wanted to base it off the E-B saucer so I would have those boxes for shuttlebays... I've always had a problem with the screengrabs of the [i]Centaur[/i] from "A Time To Stand". The windows visible on the bottom of the saucer would have to be on the floor. So I left those off for the time being. Now with these pics from Mr. Drexler, I've been able to get a good layout for the windows on the top of the saucer. I did the port side first, and then mirrored the ones from the starboard side over to supplement, and am then using the resulting layout as a guide for the starboard side in its entirety. And hopefully, that's not unclear. I noticed in laying them out that there are clear spots for two radial corridors each port and starboard which have no windows above them. The problem of scale I'm proposing be solved by keeping the saucer the same size as a stock [i]Excelsior[/i] saucer. The [i]Miranda[/i]-style bridge is then reworked to be simply a raised superstructure behind the forward cowling, and the bridge dome I've replaced with the domed prototype bridge module of the NX days of the [i]Excelsior[/i]. Fits perfectly. :D And that forward cowling, as I said elsewhere, makes a spectacular navigational deflector. Lastly, I'm resculpting the remaining four dorsal phaser banks into four mini phaser strips, of [i]Ambassador[/i] tech, but still very primitive. The ventral phasers are still ball turrets. I just wanted to share all this as a suggestion for other modellers and drafters out there, to get feedback, and also to get ideas for what I should do about the ventral windows, the phaser cannons, and the torpedo pod... Also, to get your views on what I should use for the dorsal side greeblies. --Jonah[/qb][/QUOTE]I think those are no windows at all. No matter if the saucer is Excelsior-size or the bridge is Miranda-size, those windows don't fit. The wall is too flat - the windows would be on the floor - and there are too many. So either the ships has been constructed for a species that is roughly 50 centimeters 'tall' or they serve a different purpose. Maybe some exhaust ports. Or predecessors of the Intrepid-sensorplates. [EDIT] Just want to test something... [IMG]http://www.clanptbs.net/alex/Shelley.jpg[/IMG] [EDITED AGAIN] Arrr... it seems my new web host works. :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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