Note that the modifications do away with all the "small craft" features of the original shuttle design. Gone are the ventral "nacelles" (which were anachronistic for STVI but perfect for Generations), all the large portholes, and any traces of the doorway. Also note the teeny weeny control cabin above the shuttlebay!
It seems that the shuttlebay has a ramplike door that is open in this picture but might be moveable in the actual model. The small dark square thing below the shuttlebay might in turn be the impulse engine.
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Hmm. After looking at those pictures, I'm not so sure about the warp nacelles being moved between the time of the Sydney and the DS9 ship.
I sure wish that guy would put up a contents page for his pictures, though. Lots of great rarities, but no way to find them other than random clicking!
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I have received the Fact Files issue on the Sydney this week, and I was very disappointed. The ship is again designated as a large shuttlecraft or something like that, and it is not pointed out that the warp nacelles are of the same type as the Constitution's. The schematic is butt ugly and has several flaws. Most blatantly all the details on the bottom of the ship are missing, and this looks awkward. The window arrangement is not correct, either. Honestly, I think my version is much better. However, I have to admit the nose section is not as pointed as in my previous version, so I had to correct it, even though it looks less elegant now. http://www.uni-siegen.de/~ihe/bs/startrek/schematics/sydney.jpg
There is no aft view, but the whole aft section is labeled with something like "engine exhaust" (don't remember exactly, and it's German anyway). It is obvious that there must be impulse engines, but I doubt it's thast huge. I think the impulse engines are the small rectangular things sticking out from the bottom (which are not visible at all in the FF).
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