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I have a question, how many shuttebays are there on the Ambassador Class Enterprise-C? From what the studio model looked liked, it had only one. Then I see the Yamguchi/Zhukov model sporting not one, not two, but three! Am I just seeing things???
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These renderings shame the actual studio model. Fantastic work. Unlike the AMT model, also the engineering hull top is correct. Only one detail: The bridge of the E-C is not surrounded by full-size lifeboats, but by smaller beige rectangles (whatever they are supposed to be). I could be wrong, but the Bussard collectors might stick out a bit too much.
The Yamaguchi has three shuttlebays (one underneath the engineering hull), the E-C only two. I'm planning to put up a page about the two variants and their 7 major differences.
Tachy: Maybe you could do the Yamaguchi as well?
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Yep, we'll be doing the Yamaguchi as well (though I think I like the Zukhov name better ).
I was under the same impression about the lifeboats around the bridge until I got the Trek Mechanics book, but it turns out that they were changed when the model was modified. The original had normal lifeboats on the lower bridge section (deck 3?), and smaller boats around the actual bridge dome. These were all replaced with small boats when the model was refit. Here's a pic:
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Oh, and as to the shuttlebays, I'm fairly sure there are two, the one at the aft of the ship, and a smaller one at the back of the bridge module. Where do you see a third?
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IIRC, it's an Excelsior bay that they stuck upside-down onto the underside (directly beneath the regular aft shuttlebay.
Oh, BTW, Make sure you spell it "Zhukov" on the real thing, okay? :-)
And, on the top view of the mesh, what's w/ the nacelles, at the front, right where they meet the Bussards? You've got some kind of little dip in them that I don't see on the pic of the model.
Oh, and one other thing... Yeah! Go blue impulse engines! Woo-hoo! *L*
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You're right about the lifeboats, Pedro. I had a brief look at a close image of the bridge with the the big lifeboats, and I thought it was the Yamaguchi. So your model is 100% perfect.
I don't like the name Zhukov, and the number is debatable, but it's your ship...
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Wow, a USS Typo-A. The model of the Zhukov says USS Zuhkov NCC-62136. On page 575 of the second Encyclopedia a diagram of the Zhukov, the name is spelled correctly, but is given the same registry as the model. The starship chart on page 476 says NCC-26136, which is repeated on page 10. Since most Ambassador-class ship start with 26, with only a few lower, the 62 number is unlikely and probably a mistake.
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That's already a SWDAO. Apparently one Okudagram used the 26 number but another used the 62...
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Oh, OK, you mean the shuttlebay on the refit model, gotcha. (though I don't think it's quite the same as the Excelsior shuttlebay, it's quite similar).
TSN: You're right about the bussards, they don't quite fit properly...I guess I need to fix that (it ain't easy getting a round bussard to fit on a square nacelle!). There are probably a few other innacuracies, I'd give it a 95%.
I'd probably use Yamaguchi, but it makes me think of figure skating, which I can't deal with (and it's easy enough to make different registries after the fact). And I'll spell it the way it's spelled on the model, as many of you know, I'm funny that way (just like the blue impulse engine ).
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Black Knight: The shuttlebay looks perfect to me. If you're thinking of the AMT Ambassador, they got the engineering hull too wide for the E-C while it's correct for the Tamagotchi (for Pedro ).
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