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No doubt you are all familiar with the Micro Machines ships. Well, I have cut mine up, glued them back together in different combinations, and painted them. They're real kitbashes. Aside from Jason Colbert, I'm the only person I know that does this kind of thing... Enjoy these freaks of nature... *L*
Bombadier Class Draft: 231 m Beam: 99.75 m Elevation: 42 m
Lambda Class Draft: 366.67 m Beam: 188.89 m Elevation: 72.22 m
Troubadour Class Draft: 534.78 m Beam: 417.39 m Elevation: 182.61 m
Neptune Class Draft: 276.74 m Beam: 148.69 m Elevation: 90.87 m
Nighthawk Class Draft: 262.86 m Beam: 417.15 m Elevation: 62.86
Zouave Class Draft: 302.86 m Beam: 222.86 m Elevation: 62.86 m
Challenge: Try and name the parts
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Bombardier: Excelsior secondary hull cut off behind pylons nacelles and saucer replaced by C-II type
Lambda: Excelsior saucer w/ shuttlebay and nacelles connected to back (probably the pieces taken off the Ex. secondary hull used in the Bombardier)
Troubadour: Galaxy saucer, neck, and front of secondary hull back of secondary hull cut off and flipped over on top of the front
Neptune: Miranda saucer and "secondary hull" pylons are attached where rollbar would be nacelles appear to be placed top-to-top and backward to how they would normally be on the pylons
Nighthawk: Constellation saucer nacelles could be C-II or Constellation; the picture doesn't show the bck ends pylons are washed out, but almost look like those of a Romulan BoP
Zouave: looks like a Romulan BoP main hull (supporting my ID of the pylons above) half a Constellation nacelle/pylon assembly there appears to be a regular C-II type bridge on the top, but none of the other ships is missing one, so this could just be the way it's painted
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After further consideration, the Lambda's pylons look like they might have been made from the missing rollbar off the Neptune. Also, I'm going to assume that the Nighthawk's nacelles are actually fromt the Constellation, since only two of the four have been identified elsewhere.
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Bombadier: Actually, the stardrive has been cut off just ahead of the curvy part. The pylons were moved ahead.
Lambda: Everything's right here
Troubadour: Actually, this is a Galaxy saucer, the neck has been shortened, the stardrive placed in it's normal spot, and the pylons have been flipped and placed on the top rear of the stardrive. Same idea as the Nebula, basically.
Neptune: This is a stock Miranda primary hull. The nacelles and pylons are taken directly from a C-II, and mounted so that the nacelle tops touch.
Nighthawk: Actually, that's the entierty of the nacelles. They are indeed Constellation nacelles. The pylons are from a Romulan BOP. Hence the nickname "Federation BOP" *L*
Zouave: Yeppers! I thought the Romulan BOP primary hull looked like a regular Federation ship, so I put the nacelles and bridge on it. The bridge module is from the underside of the Constellation (the Micro Machine verson looked like the top half was on water - the underside is practically a mirror image)
And that's about all the detailing they're gonna get... I'm not going to try doing anything more..
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Hm... Well, at the risk of sounding self-complimentary, I'd say I did pretty well, given the quality of the pix and even the quality of the original pieces... :-)
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The only thing I did with mine was take the nacelles and rollbar off the Reliant, cut off the top part of the nacelles, whcih contained the phasers, and glued them back on. Except for the left one. It was cool when I could recreate the scene where it blows away from the ship.
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Troubadour-class, is that a homage to Iain M Banks culture-novels? Isn�t a GSV-class called a troubadour-class?
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I like the Zouave and the Lambda class very much. The Bombardier is nice too. Neptune: one nacelle (or two close together)... looks a lot like the old Larson class. Troubadour: The Nebula looks better. Nighthawk: good idea, although I prefer the usual Federation design.
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