That picture was first published in the old Starlog Star Trek Magazine and the caption had something to do with them uncrating the Excelsior model to refurbish for a shot in TNG as the Hood. That explains the '86 on the hat.
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Were the ends of the warp nacelles changed for ST VI? Or have they not put the tops back on in that picture?
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As far as I know, the nacelles did not change at all between ST III and ST VI. It looks to me like they removed the endcaps (probably to check the wiring or something) - the Excelsior has never appeared like that in any show or movie.
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No nacelle changes till Enterprise B shows up.
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The nacelle cap thing missing is just the area where they can remove a panel for lighting and wiring of the navigation lights.
Although the Enterprise-B has a fin on top, you can still see in THIS PICTURE the seam line where the removable panel is.
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Why the heck do you need this refrence again?
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quote:Originally posted by seanr: Right, but that never appeared before Star Trek Generations, which is what all of us have already been saying.
The seam line for that removable panel was always there, yes, it's just that the behind the scenes photo was taken with that panel removed and think that it's a nacelle variation or some such thing. Just a removed panel.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Why the heck do you need this refrence again?
My guess is that he's building a 1:1 scale model and wants to be precise. Given the level of detail that is seemingly required about this not-too-significant bit of the ship, that's the only conclusion I can draw.
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on 1:1 models: i built a 1:1 Constitution on my dad's property but the nacelles keep falling off.. one crushed the garage, and there are a lot of animals getting into deck 23 where the laundry processing area, antimatter storage, and bowling alley are. the whole thing is more trouble than its worth, man...
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Boh, that's not exactly accurate. Yes, I dumped a load of refs on al3d, but it's his choice whether to fix the nits or not. My main gripe with him is he was contradicting me on a very obvious point, and he got me rather peeved. Had he said, "Yes, you're right, but I like it better this way," I'd have dropped it immediately, because at that point, it becomes a case of artistic license. But, when the refs scream one thing, and you insist claiming it is something completely to the contrary, that's just hard-headedness and deserves to be refuted.
That said, I am collecting refs primarily for my own project, the restart of which was inspired by his and overwhelmingly voted for by those who chose to vote in my thread. You can see my thread in the SFM 3D WIPs forum (haven't you replied to it?).
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