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See, now, I don't know what to do about this. I already removed the link in the post where the guy spammed us with that site. And yet, I know you're not a spammer. So...
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While it's bad form to link such things on one's first post, it is a really good site. Killing that first tread is still warranted though to prevent people not intrested in really being a Flare member from joining and linking in all sorts of shit.
As to Copyright violation, it's kinda a non-issue with these aincent and often inaccurate fan blueprints....or with the stuff from the ST Magazing as they're all over the web already. Their KBOP is so far off that it should just be considered another class entirely).
Besides, I feel justified in saving those images- just from having to see that putrid "Timeship Prototype" thing that looks like a horrible mating of a Connie Refit and a hacksaw.
It's sad, but I think the age of the fan blueprint has come to an end. For example, I've never seen anyone attempt to make plans for Voyager or a host of other starfleet vessels.
Makes me sad (though I never bought any blueprints except for the (inaccurate) Excelsior from STIII, and that was many years after it's publication).
One day, I'll win the lottery and enslave Reverend, Timo, Lobo and a score of others to toil endlessly on ful color, plausable specs and blueprints for all the Feddie and Klingon ships.
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: See, now, I don't know what to do about this. I already removed the link in the post where the guy spammed us with that site. And yet, I know you're not a spammer. So...
At last, after all these years, I have finally succeeded in confounding Tim. Victory is mine!
While I understand your obligations as a mod, I nonetheless took issue with your excision of that link and so decided to exercise my...ahem...privileges as a long time poster.
In any case, I seem to recall precedent for not shunning spammish posts if they truly contain something of genuine interest to the board. As in thiscase.
-MMoM
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If Tim lets it stand, I will. As for the copyright issue, aridas and David Schmidt have made their attitudes clear to the site author, and I guess them older folks don't really care.
It's not as if you could purchase Ianar or Renner blueprints from anywhere anyway, as opposed to David's stuff. (And I happen to like Ianar a lot, even if neither the side nor top view matches with the given dimensions...)
And it wasn't intended as a spam... I realized that the material on my site would be of 'some' interest to the general population of this forum, as is seemingly the consensus from the thread above...
As for the copyright issue, I've been reaching out to the authors of the prints I have online, and those I'm still in the process of scanning. Aridas and I are working towards a mutual agreement where I'll be able to reflect some of his works in the near future. The same goes with David Schmidt who allowed me to present some of his sheets...
The others have either yet to reply or, as Timo indicated, probably don't care enough to bother...
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Because I have no life, I happened to see the post before it got clipped. And because I've been exploring some of the older ships in the interests of making derrivative designs, I found the scans there to be highly valuable. Believe it or not, I had a hard time locating a cross-section deckplan for a Constitution.
Which is to say thanks for the site, Jag. Consider yourself bookmarked. I'll be checking back for those Ent-B drawings. Sorry we're so paranoid about potential spam. It's just, well, there are a lot of folks who do post and run. There's a reason it's in the User Agreement.
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And no worries about the Spam issue... heck, from the outside I would have considered my post spam as well ... :-)
Look for the Ent-B drawings soon... Working on the Saladin prints now and will follow that with the Ent-B and Ent-C prints...
It's a shame you missed Todd's Excelsior prints (I was asked to take them down). While they're not as accurate as they should be, they were still a nice resource...
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Drrooool. I love the Independance deck plans. The bridge for a computer-controlled vessel is pretty neat. The Lynk Class timeship, however, is UltraSuck.
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That is nice (and I generally hate that design with a passion).
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