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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] My arguments for two nacelles up: -Looks better! Especially if one assumes the third nacelle is an afterthought to an originally two-nacelled class... -That way, it's the top half of the saucer that has the E-B extensions. I'm positive that the modelmaker would follow the standard aesthetic of "upper trailing edge and lower leading edge may receive extra stuff" that makes for fast-looking cars. -On the same vein, the E-B extensions aren't complete - they lack the original bottom part, which was attached to the bottom half of the saucer in the E-B kit. No sane modelmaker would leave the *top* of these structures uncovered/unfinished this way. Such imperfections are always swept *under* the rug. -Ditto for the other dangling bits of the ship's stern. They look good from "above" but not from "below" when two nacelles are up. Ships are not made to look better from "below" unless they are specifically to hover above the camera, often menacingly so. I can't imagine such a role for the kitbashes. -The decorative markings are on the upper pylons when two nacelles are up. Again, aesthetics would call for markings on the upper part of the ship rather than the lower (Miranda class notwithstanding). Finally, the motion control rod socket need not be "up" or "down" specifically - but it *must* be on the side that has the two nacelles, because the other side cannot accommodate a socket (the single nacelle there is on the way). So this should not be considered an aesthetics choice the modelmaker was free to make. Even if he handed over a finished product and specifically said "this side up!" the motion-control people would drill the hole wherever *they* knew it had to go. But here's another viewpoint for balance: the three-naceller is the only ship that *wouldn't* be able to stand on a tabletop for the artist to admire if the two nacelles were up... I mean, apart from the Connie kitbash. But *that* model does have a definite "down" established. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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