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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dukhat: [QB] Jason, here's some answers to your questions & queries: [QUOTE]That Tolstoy would be kinda cool if the nacelles swept back- sorta like the New Orleans' do....or just straight out in a "T".[/QUOTE]Actually, I was inspired by the Intrepid from ENTERPRISE; how the nacelle fronts sit on top of the saucer. Yes, you're right that they partially cover the phaser strip, but when I drew only half the phaser strip on the Akagi, it looked like the ship had a big smiley-face. So I said WTF. [QUOTE]What the hell is under that nacelle pylon part though? There's something boxy between the pylon part and the second Galaxy "neck" extending upwards like the Chyenne's does...[/QUOTE]They are actually the three rectangular "plaques" from the 3-Enterprise kit, where the decals for each ship's information goes. I glued them together and painted them black to resemble the original Excelsior's neck. They're there because I needed something to raise the pylons high enough so that the nacelle fronts touched the saucer. If I were more skilled at modelmaking, I would have cut the plaques into triangle-shapes to better match the Enterprise's neck. [QUOTE]Your big giveaway in the pics is the quality of the models- they just would not look that shiney and new after more than a decade. [/QUOTE]As I said, it was never really my intention to fool anyone. Plus, after my experience with the Akagi, I didn't want to go out and buy perfectly good model kits just to turn them into ugly out-of-proportion and badly-painted kitbashes just as a joke. [QUOTE]Smart to use a sub model, though it would have worked better as a BOBW fake.[/QUOTE]That was exactly what I was going for. Look at the side-by-side picture of the Chekov and the Ahwahnee, and then look at the pic of the Tolstoy and Ptolemy, and you'll see what I was trying to accomplish. [QUOTE]I still say we make something in-universe from there designs...[/QUOTE]Well, the Tolstoy was obviously supposed to be the Rigel class, and the Ptolemy was supposed to represent the Yorkshire class. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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