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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MrNeutron: [QB] Revisiting the size of the Phase II ship, I asked Andy Probert... ME: I've read Richard Taylor and others say it was about 4 feet long. Do you know if this is correct? ANDY: That sounds about right. Following up on that, I scanned the images from the Phase II book that show the drydock and Enterprise models. The most relevant image is this one... [IMG]http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/524/PhaseII_Enterprise_Drydock.jpg[/IMG] [b]Phase II Drydock with Enteprise model within[/b] Now, while the perspective on this picture may seem to make making accurate scaling difficult, some basic one point perspective rules can be used to figure things out. I started doing this, and I've got the relative height of the Enterprise to the dock "box" figured out (about half), but the tricky part is trying to figure the distance of the man at left and the table in the background. There are a few clues to this is the pic, but they're difficult to work with (the shadow of a dock thruster pod on the table, for instance, which in sunlight could be used to easily calculate a rough distance doesn't work with indoor lighting because the distance of the light from the object and the shadow plays tricks with the shadow's relative size). [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/524/PhaseII_OfficeComplexFrame_Drydock.jpg]Phase II Drydock behind frame for Orbital Office model[/URL] The second pic shows the dock in an earlier stage of construction, minus the Enterprise. Again, there's a human figure in the background, but it's tough to get an accurate read on his position relative to the model. [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/524/PhaseII_Drydock.jpg]Phase II drydock at an earlier stage of construction[/URL] This final pic was useful for gauging the scale of the hexagonal lighting units to the drydock, which was then used to figure out how big those were relative to the Enterprise model. These provided a handy benchmark because two of those same units were moved to the TMP drydock, and they appear to be roughly 36% smaller next to that ship. Taking 36% of 84" (seven feet) results in 54" or (very roughly) 4'6" for the Phase II model. I'm pursuing one other line of inquiry regarding this model, and I'll let you know what I dig up. P.S. I just noticed an interesting "whoops" on the Phase II ship, visible in all the pix I've seen of it. There's an "intercooler" of the outboard side of one nacelle, and on the INBOARD side of the other. It's like they used portside nacelles for both. Yikes! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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