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Seeing as how it'll be ages before I reach 250 posts, these are hosted by meeeeee! (Hey, at least I'm not posting crap posts to reach 250 ). This was just quickyl scanned moments ago. I haven't bothered to do a nice scan yet, due to life and all that. But I just wanted to talk about the ship first anyway. So this is copyrighted, but I'm declaring fair use for discussion purposes, and it's not a high quality scan anyway, due to the scanner reflection around the fold of the calendar.
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I think it's a fantastic design, quite beautiful, looks like it's fast as hell. A great bridge between the NX/Enterprise line, and the TOS era ships. I'd have gone for straight sided nacelles rather than these ones that bow in the middle, but other than that it's a gorgeous design. I'd love to see more shots of this one, myself. Opinions?
The artist credit on the calendar is "Meni". Anyone have any idea who that is?
Also, I love the spiffy station you can see part of in this scan to the left.
The whole scene is titled "Starfleet Proving Grounds" for folks without the calendar.
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It's nice, but I daresay not the most original design ever. It looks like what happens when you step on a Constitution-class ship and not QUITE flatten it. It's pretty, and certainly well-done, but not my cup o' teah.
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I do like this particular solution for the navigational deflector problem. I mean, as opposed to the old Saladin style. Which, I mean, you don't see used much anyway.
I don't much care for the big glowy thing on the interior of that station.
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Is that the name on the starboard side of the saucer or just the registry number repeated? I can't quite tell whether the line of text ends with an X or if it's just the last two zeros of 1000 on such a steep slant that it looks like two lines.
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Aban: It'sNCC-1000 on both sides, but for starboard the artist just mirrored the texture from port since it's almost totally obscured. It took me a while to realize it was mirrored. Even a full view, you'd only notice because of the middle stroke on the N and the cap on the 1.
Mark: Agreed. I ALWAYS hated most of the other TOS designs where they slapped the dish under the saucer, like they're picking up TV signals or something.
But then, I hate most of the other TOS designs as a whole. The one and three nacelled ones, etc. The only one I liked was the cargo puller design with the Connie saucer and cargo pods where the secondary hull would be. That was somewhat realistic and expectable.
As for originality, we're working within a pre-existing schema of designs. It's hard to be too original without looking out of place. I like this one because it seems to blend the NX line with the TOS Connie line so well. It's like finding Homo Erectus for the first time.
Herb: True, btu I'm focusing only on the NCC-1000, so I'm sur ewe can handle a tid bit of duplicity.
So, still unanswered, the artist "Meni"? My Google-fu comes up with nothing relevant.
And for the record, that station looks wicked awesome.
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I may be TOTALLY wrong but wasn't there someone associated with Star Trek called Tony Meninger? I maybe ABSOLUTELY wrong - maybe it's a nick-name for him - that is if he was part of the effects crew.
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Oh, the USS Edsel again! I must insist that it looks like an experiment gone wrong. Maybe it's what happens when you try to fit a whole starship into a transporter beam...
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Oh come on, it's gorgeous! It's like a badass dragster! It's like the police cruiser version of the new Dodge Charger, fast AND mean! I can even see positioning the impulse in the back of the "secondary" hull, where the landing deck of the shuttlebay would be. It doesn't look like it quite has a hangar deck there anyway. It could launch and retrieve shuttle like the NX class does, under the belly.
Seriously people, this is a good looking ship. If you don't think so, go back to your USS Eagles and gimpy Oberths.
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quote:Originally posted by machf: Oh, the USS Edsel again! I must insist that it looks like an experiment gone wrong. Maybe it's what happens when you try to fit a whole starship into a transporter beam...
Heh I was thinking the same thing - maybe like in that episode of TNG where people were fused with bulkheads... This ship's secondary hull moved forward and fused with the primary hull!
Actually - can anyone do a sketch version of this where the top half of the 'cylinder' middle section doesn't exist - instead we have the normal saucer top?
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It's allright: SSM makes a model called the Odanta that I converted to movie era that has the exact same deflector dish. Here's a review and pics of the stock kit.
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). This was just quickyl scanned moments ago. I haven't bothered to do a nice scan yet, due to life and all that. But I just wanted to talk about the ship first anyway. So this is copyrighted, but I'm declaring fair use for discussion purposes, and it's not a high quality scan anyway, due to the scanner reflection around the fold of the calendar.
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