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Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
 
The Ptolemy Class Tug this time, seen with and without its haulage container.

ptolemy01.jpg
ptolemy04.jpg

[EDIT: Sorry, Mark, but not everyone is, uh, priveledged enough to have high speed connections. In the future, please link images that are this large and heavy.]

[ February 25, 2002, 13:54: Message edited by: Topher ]
 
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
 
Yeh sure, sorry. When posting more than one pic in the future I'll supply a link instead..
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
I like images. I like your model
 
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
 
As do I.

Image request! Howabout a Ptolemy with two or three of those cargo containers trailing behind it. We know they're supposed to be able to do so, but to this day I've never seen a pic or drawing showing just that...

Mark

PS: We're up to, what - three Marks now?
 
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
 
A few suggestions:
1. You need to put that little recess with those doodads on the inboard surfaces of the nacelles.
2. The port ventral primary hull registry is unreadable from any angle, other than if you were inside the ship looking down through a transparent hull plate.

Other than that, it looks great.
 
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
 
Masao, hi!

quote:
1. You need to put that little recess with those doodads on the inboard surfaces of the nacelles.
Hmm. Say what now...?

quote:
2. The port ventral primary hull registry is unreadable from any angle, other than if you were inside the ship looking down through a transparent hull plate.
Again I'm not sure what you mean. This postion for the registry is taken from the Constitution Class, and quite normal..

..And Mark, yes sure. I was going to do that anyway, three containers all in a row...

[ February 25, 2002, 18:34: Message edited by: The Red Admiral ]
 
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
 
Whoops! My mistake. The registry is readable. Time to get new glasses, I guess.
 
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
 
He means the field grills like on the NX class, but on the inboard side instead.
 
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
 
Mark - the Ptolemy tug with three cargo containers:

http://www.trekmania.net/art/ptolemy05.jpg
 
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
 
Admiral, not that it's hugely relevant given artistict licence and all that, but I'm pretty sure the tech manual says that the Ptomley can only carry a maximum of 2 containers.

Other than that looking great. I'd be interested to compare it with Kenny's version and see the different directions that we took [Smile]

[ March 02, 2002, 14:42: Message edited by: Reverend ]
 
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
 
Hello Kris. Yes, I overlooked this. Let's just say it's an enhanced Mark II Ptolemy that can carry three... :-)
 
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
 
Cool stuff, Red! Where'd you get the Jupiter pic in the background?

Mark
 
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by The Red Admiral:
Hello Kris. Yes, I overlooked this. Let's just say it's an enhanced Mark II Ptolemy that can carry three... :-)

Perhaps a SIF booster frame betwen the 2nd & 3rd containers and a re-enforced docking pad [Wink]

BTW, did you bother doing any detailing on the underside of the docking pad? Myself and Kenny put in a bunch of magnetic latches, turboshaft hatches, life support & EPS umbilicals...just for the fun of it [Big Grin]

[ March 03, 2002, 06:25: Message edited by: Reverend ]
 
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
 
I did in fact do something like that, and there's umbilicals and a series of clamps between the containers.

Mark. Jupiter is part of the scene, in fact in the animation I recently did of a Connie flyby it's slowly rotating. The image map of Jupiter came from an astronomy site, from here I believe:

http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/planets.html
 
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by The Red Admiral:
I did in fact do something like that, and there's umbilicals and a series of clamps between the containers.

http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/planets.html

Sweet, lend me a bit of webspace & we can post them both up. I'm sure I have a render of the pad knocking around somewhere.
 
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
 
Red, none of your models have the grill/greebly bits on the nacelles, as Masao pointed out. On the Ptolemy, they're supposed to be on the inward-facing side, and on the Saladin and Hermes they're on the ventral surface.

-MMoM [Big Grin]
 
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
 
I think I know what you mean, but I'm not sure. I made these ships via the Tech Manual pics. What's in the pic is in the model.
 
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
 
Yes, I know. They ARE in the Tech manual pics. Look for yourself. The Saladin and Hermes have the unit on the centerline of the ventral surface of the nacelle, and the Ptolemy has it on the inboard-facing surface. This is visible in the side-view (for the Hermes/Saladin) and in the top-view (for the Ptolemy) and is also noted on the page that is devoted entirely to the nacelle design itself.

-MMoM [Big Grin]
 
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
 
Ah right, yes this was an oversight, I admit it. I shall make the necessary corrections for future renders. Cheers Monkey
 


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