quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Yes, see my first post. The Challenger is wonderful!!
Ha! A mix up here: The ship I meant was the damaged USS Challenger (Galaxy Class) not the Challenger class ship. So, if Who's on first and What's on second...
I have Eric's website bookmarked (for whan I finally build my Springfield class. His work is ezcellent, but it has'nt been updated in a while and he's gone AWOL from these shores...
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There was nothing yesterday and then I come by to check out the forum and BANG! 12 posts!
The Armstrong will eventually be damaged and made into Buran. (I placed the temp markings on it and just had to take pics )
The Firebrand was battle damaged already.
I've got most of the components now to do the Elkins. Just a matter of starting it I guess. I've got a Springfield Class about 60% built. I did a New Orleans actually...I built it as my first Wolf 359 ship, but all I had for reference at the time was the small b&w photo from the 1st Encyclopedia, so mine didn't have a third torp launcher and I retained the neck from the Galaxy Class. The model has been broken apart again so I'll be making a corrected version sometime.
Very cool Photoshopped pic! I did a few of my own, you've probably seen them on the site. I did them for the Al-Batani, the Hathaway, the Challenger and a few I can't recall at the moment.
The USS Challenger is intended to be mounted beneath a scratchbuilt McKinley Station. I have the model of the drydock underway, but I lack a few resources to finish it at the moment, so it's on hold.
I have the parts set aside to do a 1/72 Aerowing with the Runabout model as a starting point. It'll have a pretty impressive wingspan!
Has anyone compared my Challenger Class to the slideshow photo? Does anyone disagree with my interpretation of parts, windows, lifeboats, etc.?
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It looks fine from the slide show model. I'm wondering though, are you going to add shuttles and runabouts to the NCC-71099 model since Federation Models offer them now along with the Galaxy Class shuttlebay interior?
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quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: What did you think of my photoshop pic? It's now (accidently) my windows background!
It has to be viewed - full size! [/QB]
I'm still deciding if the Al Batani is firing of taking a extremely well placed shot from some off-screen agressor!
....and I still say the Medusa is upside down!
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quote:Originally posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge: It looks fine from the slide show model. I'm wondering though, are you going to add shuttles and runabouts to the NCC-71099 model since Federation Models offer them now along with the Galaxy Class shuttlebay interior?
I typically don't purchase online, not that I have any money right now. It'd be to late for the main shuttlebay, but small shuttles would look rather neat with the model. I'd prefer to make them myself than buy them. The only scaled little shuttle I've done is the Saratoga escape pod.
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I just bought the shuttles, runabouts, Delta Flyer, and aeroshuttle online for my Voyager and Enterprise-D models along with the main shuttlebay interior since I'm paying someone to build it for me. They are bloody small though... looks hard to paint.
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Painting the shuttles is'nt too bad: you just need to apply the colors with a fine brush or a technical pen (for the windows). A friend of mine is thinking about making his shuttlebay roof removable to showcase the part: right now only about 2." can be seen and it's kinda a waste of a bueatiful part. mabye you could light the shuttlebay from the inside.....I'll leave that to Soundeffect!
Besides, I already built my Galaxy with open shuttlebay...and in tiny 2500th no less!
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The Firebrand is not a model you can buy. I assembled it as a kitbash from parts from various models. I did build it nice and clean and applied the markings but that was about a year before I owned a camera, so no in progress pics were ever made. The damage was roughed out with a carving bit on a Dremel tool, and then I airbrushed Flat Black, Dark Gray, and drybrushed Steel in the Dremeled areas to simulate the damage. I didn't damage it as much as the graveyard scene depicts...I still wanted to see there was a saucer!
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I meant the USS Challenger Galaxy Class... what are you on? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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