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Dax
Paradox
Member # 191

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Andrew's post made me think of something: A local hobby shop had a framed copy of the DS9 cutaway poster hanging on it's wall so I asked to have a good look at it. One thing I noticed is that the poster actually lists dimensions for the station. I remember the diameter listed as being something very close to 800m - about half the size the VFX people would have us believe.

Even so, the proposed structure of the station in the DS9 Tech Manual general plans (in the back of the book) conform much better to a 800m diameter than to 1.5km. Also, the 800m figure makes sense given the size of the runabout and if we assume the Defiant is 120m. It seems to me that the scaling paradox and the station are best friends.

I realise I've gone off topic and I apologise - I just couldn't resist .

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Jim Phelps
watches Voyager AFTER 51030
Member # 102

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Yes, that's a good solution except that the station would look amazingly small next to all the other big ships.

Boris

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dih1138
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Does the actual print of the poster represent the whole ship? Is it colored pencil or computer colored? Is it by the same artist as the posters that came with AMT/ERTLE model kits? Where did you obtain this? Were the other posters mentioned of similar quality to the AMT/ERTLE posters?

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