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OK people. Here's how it goes. I've got this wild idea to make the USS Defiant scale to the Lego minifigure. Yall probably think I'm crazy right about now, and rightfully so. This project will eventually cost several thousand dollars and will take years upon years. I've been stocking up on the Legos for a while now, but I've still got nowhere near the amount I'm going to need. Here's the plan so far. It will be built in modules so that it can be taken apart if need be. Each module will have several decks whereas they come apart similar to the fashion of Lego's Millenium Falcon. The model will eventually be about 16 feet long and about 12 feet wide. I believe it will also be about 2 and a half feet high. Now here's the tricky part. Where do I build such a large model? The idea to use my garage has surfaced on numerous occassions. The only problem with this idea is that it is currently a mess, and I'd have to clean it, which could conceivably take a very long time. Hey, I never said i was the cleanest guy out there, just the laziest. Once the garage is completely clean, I feel I can really get to work. Right now, all I've really been able to do is do some rough mock up models that have actually turned out pretty good.
I believe each minifig would be 6 feet tall. I'm not sure if I did get the dimensions of the ship correct. It was just a guess based on some measurements I took a while back. One great idea I recently had for turbolifts was to incorporate the lagre circular pieces from Lego's Droid Escape set. I was never quite sure how I was going to make the turbolifts, but now I've got an idea where I can start from.
Also, I have created the Defiant's bridge before, however due to a slight accident, it was destroyed. That's really not that big of a deal though, because now I can do it again and incorporate a lot of new ideas into it.
Anyways, if any of yall have any ideas that I might incorporate into this undertaking, feel free to respond. I know I can use all the encouragement and advice I can get on this project.
What I really want to know is if anyone has any tips on how I might be able to bild some areas of the ship. I just want to keep my options open and get as much input on this so that it can be the best that it possibly can be.
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I believe he is referring to the 1-1/2 inch little men that come with Lego vehicles, and that if those men were scaled up to six feet, he'd be able to figure out how big his Defiant would have to be.
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This is why I plan on building this thing in my garage. And no, I currently have no pictures. However, I will once I can find a camera.
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First off, here are a cuple problems with the 120M lenth. The first of those is that the damn canon cutaway is wrong. Lok at the windows on the underside of he ship, there are clearly two decks there. Whoever did that okudagram ought to be slapped. Look at this pics:
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Hey, I'm just following the DS9 Tech Manual. Also, it's my model that I'm going to make, so I can make the measurements whatever I damn well please.
So we really don't need an arguement now on the ship specs.
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Oh, and also, from the last time this came up here:
Q: I must know; how long IS the Defiant?
A: 171 meters, per the DS9 Technical Manual. 120 meters per Frank. Which is correct? That depends on your point of view, as well as your proximity to Frank. (Essentially, the Defiant was often shown to be 120 meters long by the Visual Effects crew, but it is officially 171 meters based on other data.)
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I swore I'd never get involved in this, but...
In "Sacrifice of Angels", the Defiant is shown flying in darned close proximity to a couple of Miranda-class ships. You can see there that the Defiant is about as long as a Miranda is wide. Since the Miranda shares the same saucer width as the Constitution refit, it also shares its width: 170 meters.
I'm sticking with that. And I live in Canada, far, far away from most of you guys.
Mark
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Wow, look at what I started. Besides, the longer it is, the more rooms I get to add in my creation. I think it's time to get back to some concept building. Peace.
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