If you look closely you can see that the pylons do actually join on to the "rim". Theres no way they join as high as the Red Admiral put them in his otherwise spot on rendering.
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Yes you're right, I can see that they should be a little lower down, but that amendment I made to the original mesh was only a very quick job, I was just experimenting whilst discussing the matter with the359. There's no problem, I'll make a more accurate job of it as and when I can...
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No, I think it's two pylons. If the center were merely a stripe, I'd expect it to be a slightly darker color then the shadows on the pod.
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Well, the question is, what are the pylons made out of? To me, it looks like there are two (not one w/ a stripe), and they sort of resemble the Miranda rollbar (each one would be one half of the rollbar; the horizontal part of the rollbar is the vertical part of the pylon).
Is there a Miranda model kit that would have rollbar pieces that would fit?
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For what it's worth, the Reliant AMT model kit is exactly the same scale as the Enterprise-A model kit.
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Im not sure....since it seems the lower hull was modified from a Galaxy hull, could those pylons be modified Galaxy pylons? From some of the angles in the picture, it seems if you trimmed and shaped them correctly, they might just work.
Of course, that would mean the attachment point on the saucer would have to be closer to the centerline.
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There have never been any AMT Oberth kits. I would have one if there were, and I don't.
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BTW, they definitely look like separate pylons to me.
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That's SFSM's vacuform Oberth. I own one. I'll never put it together because vacuform kits are a fucking son of a bitch pain in the fucking ASS.
As a physical modeler, I'll say this: your configuration would be disastrous, RA. Those pylons need to extend outwards from the ventral pod more & then gently slope up. Plus the connection points would have to have a wider stance, meaning that on the bow elevation, they should connect farther outboard than where you have them. Right now, it looks like the nacelles are rising up from those pylons, & it gives the whole ship that squnched look. I'm willing to bet that if that photo was dead side-on, we'd see a goodly amount of gap space between hulls.
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You know...In my very un-expert opinion I think the deflector dish is a little to wide...or is that how it is in relation to the rest of the ship, as compared to a Galaxy???
Before I thought this ship was butt-ugly...but with all these new renderings I think it is pretty cool looking.
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