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[This message was edited by Pedro on May 02, 1999.]
Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :
Nice.
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Posted by bear (Member # 124) on :
To think... I had been saying that all along. lol
Posted by Tachy on :
anyone ever heard of a KOROLEV class ?
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Posted by Brown_supahero (Member # 83) on :
What's up with the thick neck on the New Orleans, is it supposed to be like that?
Posted by Pedro on :
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.
Posted by Brown_supahero (Member # 83) on :
here's a pic of the New Orleans without a neck
I think it looks better
[This message was edited by Brown_supahero on May 03, 1999.]
Posted by Tachy on :
mmm, u sure it is a NO ? it looks like a galaxy kitbash to me...
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Posted by Trinculo on :
I prefer BS's design. Tachy-the models in the graveyard scene in BOBW 2 were kitbashed. There no kitbashed ships in the scene.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
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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Posted by Tachy on :
wed have the right NO design, until someone can prove the contrary with canon info.
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Posted by Trinculo on :
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.
Posted by Pedro on :
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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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
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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Posted by Pedro on :
Which second phaser strip?
Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :
BS's is cooler, althoguh I think the phasrer on the bottom shoudl be smaller or gone.
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Posted by bear (Member # 124) on :
No credit to bear....1996
Posted by Tachy on :
it serves no purpose to make an identical ship to the real ones anyway.since our ship seems to be flawed as long as your diagrams.anyway, say a perfect ship is made, then what..
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Tachy: Huh?
Pedro: The other phaser strip seen here, under the aft end of the pod thingy.
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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
Except for a few details (windows and pod sizes) the 3D model is correct, not only because it's very close to my suggestion:
I see no other possibility for the neck, given the top and bottom views. Sol: Note that the neck is already shortened compared to the Galaxy class. Nevertheless, I agree the neckless version looks better.
