Here's some more information on the STAR TREK MECHANICS book:Constitution class: about 70 photos, half being frame enlarhements from TOS, the rest photos of Greg Jein's miniature from the DS9 episode; theese miniature photos are new to me.
Constitution Mk II: 16 photos, mostly shots we've all seen before.
Enterprise B: 3 photos, all seen before
Enterprise C: 18 photos, almost all new shots of the "C" mini (with a few Zhukov pics)
Enterpise D: 25 photos; both the 6' and 4' versions, plus some on constructing the 6' model. Mostly new.
Enterprise D (3-engined): 13 photos, mostly new, with some great detail shots of the added details.
Enterprise E: 35 photos, almost all new. Detail shots are sometimes washed out by the camera's flash.
The Phoenix: 3 shots, all the same one from before.
Voyager: 43 shots, almost all new- excellent detail shots (although shot in room light with daylight film, so they are a bit on the yellow side).
Reliant/Saratoga: 35 photos, almost all new. Again, great detail shots of things like weapons pod and the Saratoga's side-mounted cannons/sensors.
Saratoga escape pod: 3 photos, including one of the mold it was cast from.
New Orleans: 1 photo, hanging in someone's office....
Sydney: 1 photo; I think we've seen this before.
Excelsior: 7 photos; 4 are new to me.
Nebula: 10 photos, 9 are new.
Pasteur: 5 photos, a few new ones.
Defiant: 13 photos. Mostly new. Nice detail shots.
Botany Bay: a frame enlargement and 2 photos of a model built by Greg Jein for Sisco's office.
Stargazer: 1 photo of the model seen in Picard's ready room.
There's a decent section on shuttles and the runabout.
Space station k-7: 11 photos; 9 are of the model built for the DS9 episode.
Deep Space Nine: 8 photos, 6 are miniature shots.
Surak shuttle: 5 shots, mostly new
Klingon D7: 11 shots, 8 are new ones of (I believe) the actual miniature.
K'T'inga: 8 shots, all from the ST:TMP paint scheme. We've seen them before, but not presented as nicely.
Romulan BOP: 2 shots, both frame enlargements.
Klingon BOP: 10 shots, mostly new, with a few featuring extended landing gear.
Vorcha: 8 photos, mostly new.
Negh'Var: 7 photos, mostly new.
D'deridex: 7 photos, a few new ones.
Rom Scout/science vessel: 7 photos; scout is in 2 frame enlargements, science vessel is nicely covered in shots of the mini in it's box.
Borg Cube/sphere: 6 photos. same old stuff.
Borg ship: The weird one from "Descent". 8 photos, mostly new.
Galor: 10 photos, mostly new.
D'kora: 3 shots, 2 are new.
Jem'hadar bug: 4 shots, 3 new.
Maquis ship: 4 shots, mostly new.
kazon ships; 3 shots, same old.
All text is in Japanese, with a few names (Like USS Enterprise) in English. About 250 pages.
Most of the photos in the book are of the actual studio miniatures, so CG ships like the FC ones don't appear at all (well, there's one lousy frame enlargement from the battle). Perhaps there will be a second volume. Note that this book is the Star Trek Official guide 4. I have no idea what is in 1-3, though I suspect it to be the usual cast photos and such.
Sol System: use whatever you like.
here's more scans:
one of the drones the D shot down in "Conundrum":
http://design.archdev.com/yamato/misc/drone.jpg
Enterprise C:
http://design.archdev.com/yamato/misc/entc1.jpg
Jem'hadar bug:
http://design.archdev.com/yamato/misc/jembug1.jpg
Romulan Science Vessel (note the grey painted areas):
http://design.archdev.com/yamato/misc/romsci1.jpg
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