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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Boris: [QB] Ah, Frank! Happy New Year (first). Second, I'm afraid your reasoning is from the 1998 era. We have since learned that a) the intended size of the finalized Defiant model is 171m, as established by VFX Supervisor Gary Hutzel who was instrumental in designing the final shape (see the DS9 Companion). b) Hutzel stuck to this size and according to him, another supervisor, Glenn Neufeld, also supported it while he was on the show. Others liked to vary the scale a bit, but we know that even Stipes basically adhered to 170m. c) Every size matters equally to the VFX people (DS9's 1609m and BoP's 110m included) -- but every size can vary depending on the importance placed by an individual supervisor on scale issues, limitations imposed by miniature sizes, as well as individual story points. Your hypothesis about a correct 120m size adhered to by animators in the trenches and forgotten by a VFX supervisor sitting in his office unfortunately has no support. Given these theoretically random VFX variations, you would need to examine every single VFX shot to arrive at a proper size, while also taking into account the interior layout of the ship which often conflicts with the MSD. While there is no doubt that some people among the production crew thought it was smaller, ultimately, Hutzel's size prevailed among the producers according to the evidence we have. I'm not yet sure which size would be the result of a detailed examination of every single episode, but it will not necessarily be 120m. Boris [/QB][/QUOTE]
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