Cool..... Looking forward to seeing the other kits he has planned!
B.J.
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Cool! How big is that kit?
Posted by Ravenstar Studios (Member # 1120) on :
That is very sweet looking ,.
Posted by TheWoozle (Member # 929) on :
it is sweeet.. but I wonder if he's ever going to finish the TMP pages, or if maybe, that's one of his planned books.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
There's a chick in a red uniform with blue hair in that painting... thats weird.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
The Federation Models website lists it as being 1:76 scale, so it's about 4 to 5 inches long.
I'm really liking that observation deck looking down on the shuttlebay in his painting.
B.J.
Posted by Albertus (Member # 1635) on :
This has always been my favourite shuttle design. Very graceful curves. Although, the scale seems a bit small. I would have liked to have seen it larger.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
As I recall, this is the design of shuttle that crashed with Troi aboard in Skin of Evil and the one that Picard and Crusher used to get Picard to his heart surgery. Didn't they stop using it because it was too hard to create the curvilinear exteriors?
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
There was a partial full-size mockup used once or twice, but it looked horrible. There was also the model used for the space scenes (like when Data and Worf went to get Picard in BOBW). But the point is that even that model was different than Probert's original concept sketches, the most notable difference being the windows, plus it was slightly boxier. Here is the concept sketch this model is based on (click on the second picture).
B.J.
Posted by Griffworks (Member # 1014) on :
Mr. Probert was at WonderFest three weeks back and had these on his table during the Friday night Lizard Lounge event. He was signing the box and selling them that night and off the Federation Models table in the Dealers Room the rest of the weekend. The buildup looked sweet and I was tempted to purchase one, but didn't have the additional funds.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I never cared for that design much- the only part of the front that has no window access is where the pilot would sit and the nacelles are just scaled-down versions of the Galaxy's with no alterations.
Nope, I dont dig it at all.
I sure hope Mr Probert offers a model of his Ambassador prototype though (in 2500th scale, of course!).
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
You can always call these vessels 'cannon' as they were seen in the hanger deck of Starbase 74 in "11001001". And any other possible reuses of that matte painting - "Remember Me" perhaps.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
You could call the different versions the A and B models, or Block I and Block II if you prefer.
B.J.
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
quote: As I recall, this is the design of shuttle that crashed with Troi aboard in Skin of Evil and the one that Picard and Crusher used to get Picard to his heart surgery.
Actually, that was a very different design - or at least what little of the crashed shuttle could be seen was different from this design. The crashed "Shuttle 13" had a large, rounded aft window, and two Excelsior-like nacelles that had broken cleanly off the sides of the hull. The part of the interior that we saw was a reuse of the Probert/Type 7 shuttle control cabin interior, though. And computer graphics on the E-D bridge during the rescue efforts had a Type 7 shape to represent the crashed shuttle.
quote: the only part of the front that has no window access is where the pilot would sit
The interiors show two "freestanding" pilot stations, similar to the main ship's conn and ops consoles, placed well aft; both enjoy a pretty good overall view forward and to the sides. As is well known, the centerline was originally supposed to feature the entry door, hence the opaqueness; the actual interior set came to feature nondescript controls and displays in this location.
Admittedly, the craft is a rather awkward design: one narrow rear door (with the impulse engine mounted on the door!), two supposed side doors that are badly blocked by the nacelles... It seems a pure personnel transport rather than a multi-utility craft. Perhaps it does exist in two variants: the basic, long-windowed personnel mover, and an altered, side-hatched "combi" design that never quite recovered from the corrective surgery...
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
I think this info is from Probert's site, but the center non-window was supposed to be a forward viewscreen, which retracts up into the roof (like a sunroof) when the forward hatch opens.
B.J.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Somehow I never thought of that rectangular recess in ther rear (the one with the impulse engine) as being a door. I tend to think of it as just a section of the hull that can be pulled out, along with the entire impulse/fusion reactor assembly for repair work, replacement, reactor core ejection, etc. I recall that the NX-01 shuttle pods had a similar feature.
Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
That's great news. I'm especially looking forward to the Ambassador design study.
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Very graceful curves. Although, the scale seems a bit small. I would have liked to have seen it larger.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)