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Looking at B.J.'s new sketch, it seems plausible that the workbee should be somewhat bigger. Starfleet is not entirely composed of humanoids who would fit into a cockpit of the size of a Mini Cooper.
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True, not all humanoids in Starfleet can fit into a Type 15 Shuttlepod either. We can always say that Starfleet decided that the smaller Workbee was made bigger when replacements were needed... easier to make a Workbee bigger than a Constitution Class nacelle.
Wasn't there the shot of USS Voyager that shows it's nacelles open with Type 9 shuttles hovering around? It would somewhat make sense that someone in EdenFX remembered that the Type 15 can double as Workbees for repairs... although they could just have used them since they didn't have a CGI workbee lying around.
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quote:Originally posted by Sol System: One of the Jackill's guides is filled with workbee variants, including, as I recall, a two-seater, and a whole host of modules for them to pull.
Ships of the Fleet volume II, is the one.
Yeah, but they also have "Killer Bees" iwth missiles and phaser pods and fanboy stuff that works great....in the Mirror Universe.
Great new illustration, B.J.- really making it practical at 3 meters.
Makes me want to assemble a crack team of fan artists to make an online technical manual. Kind of an open source project like we've had in the past, but not so secretive. Like JOAT but Flare only.
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Wasn't the workbee in the DS9 opening credits CGI, or did they pull the old model out (and when would it have last been used before that, anyway?)
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Why not? Voyager's shuttlebay had a very TARDIS-like quality to it already. What's a few Workbees compared with the shuttles, Delta Flyer and visiting/ bought craft?
I think the DS9 'bee is a physical model, but I've never seen it's studio model.
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The "work bee" filming model from TMP (I can't quite tell if you guys are thinking there was a different one for DS9 or not) is pictured a little more than halfway down this page and even includes a human figure inside. I thought it might be helpful.
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George seems to be keeping his distance from Bill, too. Let it go George, and put your arm around him!
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I know. Hence the "let it go" comment. I doubt that Takei's movie career was affected one way or the other.
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quote:Originally posted by Captain39: I wonder if any of the people at that party noticed that the A on the registry wasn't supposed to be there yet if it was a screening of ST:TMP.
Well, I doubt anyone even considered relabeling the model merely for the purpose of this dinner. Besides, most people probably didn't notice.
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What model could that possibly be though? It's far too small for any of the studio models I've seen, yet far larger than the ERTL kit.
Anyone notice that the workbee model seems to show it's larger than 2.7 meters?
Looks at least three to me- based on the 'lil guy inside.
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