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Bernd
Guy from Old Europe
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Great work! And although I don't think there is an obvious reason for the gull wings, I see nothing wrong with them.

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B.J.
Space Cadet
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Thanks! There's about as much a reason for it as there is for the bent pylons on the Excelsior & Galaxy classes. (In other words, it looks good!)

B.J.

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B.J.
Space Cadet
Member # 858

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Did some more views for the workbee:

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B.J.
Space Cadet
Member # 858

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*chirp* *chirp*

What, am I boring you people?

Here's some views of the shuttle:

B.J.

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The Ginger Beacon
Senior Member
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Hey B.J. - good work on the shuttles, I especialy like the second. It realy works well as a TOS craft. I see you've poped an impulse engine on the back - didn't like the magnetic drive thingy, eh?

As for the ship, looking good. Is she 'as new' or a few refits into her life? I'd guess the second from the external hatches etc, but after enterise pissed on the design lineage, I see no reason for them not to be more primitive than the Connie class. Perhaps she's the oddity, with everything hidden beneath hatches? Hey ho, enough rambling, I'll go back to watering my neglected and wilting plants.

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B.J.
Space Cadet
Member # 858

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Thanks for the comments! Nah, I don't particularly go for the magnetic drive thing. If you've got that, why do you have RCS thrusters? Besides, this shuttle is slightly older than what's in TMP.

As for the cruiser, I figure this ship has had a refit or two already since I consciously mixed TOS and TMP elements together. Possibly it had a refit while the Enterprise was still out on its 5-year mission, so the changes aren't as extensive. (Of course, it's also possible that this was a delayed build, and got the new stuff from the start. But I'm going with my first idea.)

B.J.

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Jason Abbadon
Rolls with the punches.
Member # 882

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I'd love to see both an Enterprise-era workbee and a TOS/TMP era shuttlepod version.
Really, all you'd have to do is tweak the "skin" on your two designs there- bare metal coloring and some aditional panels for the older stuff...

I'm loving hat TOS shuttle! Sooo much better than the completely shitty TOS shuttle.
Man, I hate that thing.

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