In "The art of star trek", they have pictures of three models of what eventually became the spacedock. On two of them is attached a small starshipmodel that the book describes as being the enterprise. Here is a pic of that model: http://hem.passagen.se/pinasov/starshipmodel.jpg It is not the enterprise. It has one nacelle attached on top of the engineering section. Kind of neat actually. Have we possibly seen this somewhere, in one of the wreckage-scenes perhaps?
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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
It's meant to be the Enterprise. It's assumed that people would look at it from the side, and see that it has nacelles in the right position, but instead of bothering with the pylons, they just put a single nacelle on there.
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Hey, smart move. I just know too little how these guys reason. Still, they do have a model with this configuration, why not use it in one of the wreckage-scenes? I know I would....
------------------ "The Starships of the Federation are the physical, tangible manifestations of Humanity�s stubborn insistence that life does indeed mean something." Spock to Leonard McCoy in "Final Frontier"
Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
Of course, the fact that it's no more than 2 inches long could have something to do with not putting it in Battle scenes.
It's just to show how big the starbase is, and was never filmed.
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Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
Yeah, the size-thing would be a problem, but hey, with all the special effects I�m sure it wouldn�t cause too many problems with adding it just a little later.
------------------ "The Starships of the Federation are the physical, tangible manifestations of Humanity�s stubborn insistence that life does indeed mean something." Spock to Leonard McCoy in "Final Frontier"
Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
I doubt it's even detailed at all, I think it was just a quick thing to show TPTB the size of the Starbase, nothing more.
------------------ "Ultra Magnus is Undeniably Fun!" David Stevens, New York Magazine. "Total Complete excitement from start to finish!" -WPIX-TV, New York "This isn't a thrill ride, it's a rocket..." -Richard Caves, Time Magazine.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
What does TPTB mean? The powers that be?
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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Yup. For more TPTB see Angel and Buffy.
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