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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Fabrux</b> <br /><small>Member # 71</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,2,31,23,35,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 31, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">11:35 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> No doubt you are all familiar with the Micro Machines ships. Well, I have cut mine up, glued them back together in different combinations, and painted them. They're <I>real</I> kitbashes. Aside from Jason Colbert, I'm the only person I know that does this kind of thing... Enjoy these freaks of nature... *L*<P><I>Bombadier</I> Class<BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/bombadier_dorsal.jpg"> <BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/bombadier_port.jpg"> <BR>Draft: 231 m<BR>Beam: 99.75 m<BR>Elevation: 42 m<P><I>Lambda</I> Class<BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/lambda_dorsal.jpg"> <BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/lambda_starboard.jpg"> <BR>Draft: 366.67 m<BR>Beam: 188.89 m<BR>Elevation: 72.22 m<P><I>Troubadour</I> Class<BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/troubadour_dorsal.jpg"> <BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/troubadour_port.jpg"> <BR>Draft: 534.78 m<BR>Beam: 417.39 m<BR>Elevation: 182.61 m<P><I>Neptune</I> Class<BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/neptune_dorsal.jpg"> <BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/neptune_port.jpg"> <BR>Draft: 276.74 m<BR>Beam: 148.69 m <BR>Elevation: 90.87 m <P><I>Nighthawk</I> Class<BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/nighthawk_dorsal.jpg"> <BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/nighthawk_fore.jpg"> <BR>Draft: 262.86 m<BR>Beam: 417.15 m <BR>Elevation: 62.86<P><I>Zouave</I> Class<BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/zouave_dorsal.jpg"> <BR> <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/models/zouave_port.jpg"> <BR>Draft: 302.86 m<BR>Beam: 222.86 m<BR>Elevation: 62.86 m<P>Challenge: Try and name the parts <IMG SRC="http://fabrux.virtualave.net/smilies/biggrin.gif"> <P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://leeds.virtualave.net" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek: Leeds</A><BR>Creator, Producer, Only Writer <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>TSN</b> <br /><small>Member # 31</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,1,0,34,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 01, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">12:34 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <i>Bombardier</i>:<BR> <i>Excelsior</i> secondary hull cut off behind pylons<BR> nacelles and saucer replaced by C-II type<P><i>Lambda</i>:<BR> <i>Excelsior</i> saucer w/ shuttlebay and nacelles connected to back (probably the pieces taken off the Ex. secondary hull used in the <i>Bombardier</i>)<P><i>Troubadour</i>:<BR> <i>Galaxy</i> saucer, neck, and front of secondary hull<BR> back of secondary hull cut off and flipped over on top of the front<P><i>Neptune</i>:<BR> <i>Miranda</i> saucer and "secondary hull"<BR> pylons are attached where rollbar would be<BR> nacelles appear to be placed top-to-top and backward to how they would normally be on the pylons<P><i>Nighthawk</i>:<BR> <i>Constellation</i> saucer<BR> nacelles could be C-II or <i>Constellation</i>; the picture doesn't show the bck ends<BR> pylons are washed out, but almost look like those of a Romulan BoP<P><i>Zouave</i>:<BR> looks like a Romulan BoP main hull (supporting my ID of the pylons above)<BR> half a <i>Constellation</i> nacelle/pylon assembly<BR> there appears to be a regular C-II type bridge on the top, but none of the other ships is missing one, so this could just be the way it's painted<P>------------------<BR>me: "I need a new sig..."<BR>CC: "Well create one."<BR><I>-why I don't have a real signature</I> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>TSN</b> <br /><small>Member # 31</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,1,0,38,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 01, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">12:38 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> After further consideration, the <i>Lambda</i>'s pylons look like they might have been made from the missing rollbar off the <i>Neptune</i>. Also, I'm going to assume that the <i>Nighthawk</i>'s nacelles are actually fromt the <i>Constellation</i>, since only two of the four have been identified elsewhere.<P>------------------<BR>me: "I need a new sig..."<BR>CC: "Well create one."<BR><I>-why I don't have a real signature</I> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Michael Dracon</b> <br /><small>Member # 4</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,1,4,19,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 01, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">04:19 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> COOL!!<P>I like the Neptune class.<P>------------------<BR>If you want to know more about paranoids, follow them around...<P>(-=\V/=-) <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>AndrewR</b> <br /><small>Member # 44</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,1,4,26,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 01, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">04:26 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I like the lambda class.<P>are you going to detail them?<P>Andrew<P>------------------<BR>"Who wouldn't be the one you love <BR> Who wouldn't stand inside your love." - <I>Stand Inside Your Love</I>, The Smashing Pumpkins <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Fabrux</b> <br /><small>Member # 71</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,1,9,15,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 01, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">09:15 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Very observant, TSN...<P><I>Bombadier</I>:<BR> Actually, the stardrive has been cut off just ahead of the curvy part. The pylons were moved ahead.<P><I>Lambda</I>:<BR> Everything's right here<P><I>Troubadour</I>:<BR> Actually, this is a <I>Galaxy</I> saucer, the neck has been shortened, the stardrive placed in it's normal spot, and the pylons have been flipped and placed on the top rear of the stardrive. Same idea as the <I>Nebula</I>, basically.<P><I>Neptune</I>:<BR> This is a stock <I>Miranda</I> primary hull. The nacelles and pylons are taken directly from a C-II, and mounted so that the nacelle tops touch.<P><I>Nighthawk</I>:<BR> Actually, that's the entierty of the nacelles. They are indeed <I>Constellation</I> nacelles. The pylons are from a Romulan BOP. Hence the nickname "Federation BOP" *L*<P><I>Zouave</I>:<BR> Yeppers! I thought the Romulan BOP primary hull looked like a regular Federation ship, so I put the nacelles and bridge on it. The bridge module is from the underside of the <I>Constellation</I> (the Micro Machine verson looked like the top half was on water - the underside is practically a mirror image)<P>And that's about all the detailing they're gonna get... I'm not going to try doing anything more..<BR><P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://leeds.virtualave.net" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek: Leeds</A><BR>Creator, Producer, Only Writer <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Fabrux</b> <br /><small>Member # 71</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,1,9,16,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 01, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">09:16 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Oh, and the pylons on the <I>Lambda</I> are from a C-I<P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://leeds.virtualave.net" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek: Leeds</A><BR>Creator, Producer, Only Writer <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>TSN</b> <br /><small>Member # 31</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,2,1,30,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 02, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:30 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Hm... Well, at the risk of sounding self-complimentary, I'd say I did pretty well, given the quality of the pix and even the quality of the original pieces... :-)<P>------------------<BR>me: "I need a new sig..."<BR>CC: "Well create one."<BR><I>-why I don't have a real signature</I> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Federation Shipmaster</b> <br /><small>Member # 15</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,2,21,9,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 02, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">09:09 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> The only thing I did with mine was take the nacelles and rollbar off the Reliant, cut off the top part of the nacelles, whcih contained the phasers, and glued them back on. Except for the left one. It was cool when I could recreate the scene where it blows away from the ship. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Mythril</b> <br /><small>Member # 286</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,2,22,28,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 02, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:28 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> It's alive, alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<P>------------------<BR>I am not responsible for the stupidity of other people.<P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>ASDB_J</b> <br /><small>Member # 312</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,2,22,54,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 02, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:54 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (What happened to cookies? I keep having to type my UN & password back in...?)<P><BR>Good work, Chris - I think one of my fav's is the Connie/Excelsior kitbash. It looks like some prototype sketches I've seen for the Excelsior.<P>------------------<BR><B><I>STAR TREK: BEYOND</I></B> - <A HREF="http://stbeyond.homestead.com" TARGET=_blank>http://stbeyond.homestead.com</A> <P>Get ready for a dual-ship series dealing with multiple timelines.... *grins*<P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Starship Freak</b> <br /><small>Member # 293</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,3,4,16,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 03, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">04:16 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Troubadour-class, is that a homage to Iain M Banks culture-novels? Isn�t a GSV-class called a troubadour-class?<P>------------------<BR>"The Starships of the Federation are the physical, tangible manifestations of Humanity�s stubborn insistence that life does indeed mean something."<BR> Spock to Leonard McCoy in "Final Frontier"<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Bernd</b> <br /><small>Member # 6</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,3,5,22,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 03, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">05:22 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I like the Zouave and the Lambda class very much. The Bombardier is nice too.<BR>Neptune: one nacelle (or two close together)... looks a lot like the old Larson class.<BR>Troubadour: The Nebula looks better.<BR>Nighthawk: good idea, although I prefer the usual Federation design.<P>------------------<BR>"Species 5618, human. Warp-capable, origin grid 325, physiology inefficient, below average cranium capacity, minimum redundant systems, limited regenerative abilities."<BR><A HREF="http://www.uni-siegen.de/~ihe/bs/startrek/" TARGET=_blank>Ex Astris Scientia</A> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Fabrux</b> <br /><small>Member # 71</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,3,15,40,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 03, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">03:40 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I've never read Banks's novels...<P>And, Bernd, the <I>Neptune</I> has two nacelles...<P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://leeds.virtualave.net" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek: Leeds</A><BR>Creator, Producer, Only Writer <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Bernd</b> <br /><small>Member # 6</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,5,6,4,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 05, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">06:04 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ...but two nacelles so close together will work virtually as one.<P>------------------<BR>"Species 5618, human. Warp-capable, origin grid 325, physiology inefficient, below average cranium capacity, minimum redundant systems, limited regenerative abilities."<BR><A HREF="http://www.uni-siegen.de/~ihe/bs/startrek/" TARGET=_blank>Ex Astris Scientia</A> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Harry</b> <br /><small>Member # 265</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,3,5,15,40,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">April 05, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">03:40 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Captain Spencer, i have the cookie thing going on too, 'though I don't think this is the right forum for it<P>------------------<BR><I>"When You're Up to Your Ass in Alligators, Today Is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life."</I><BR>-- Management slogan, Ridcully-style (Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent, Discworld)<BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.prakesh.f2s.com" TARGET=_blank>Prakesh's Star Trek Site</A><P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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