But honestly, something doesn't seem correct. While the height of the saucer is like on the sketches seen in the background of the B&B interview (I assume seven decks), it appears much too tall. Especially the surface of the D deck looks much shallower on screen, but it contains exactly one deck and I matched it exactly to the top view. Is it really such a pimple with nacelles?
The length, BTW, would be 190m at 3.5m deck height.
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The reason why we'll probably never see it from the side..
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Oh, good. This will make the schematics I have to do for UP3 a lot easier. It'll be even easier, Bernd, if you have a basic line drawing view we can use, and share overall credit. . ? 8)
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Beautiful, Bernd! Wow. Talent. Now if only you liked the thing...
Two possible quibbles:
I've gotten the impression that each blue stripe in the warp nacelles is actually an exposed coil (we look right into the nacelle, essentially), with a fair-sized space between each. You can sorta see this here. I'd space them out a teensy bit more.
I'm a little surprised that none of the aft superstructure around the launch bay doesn't drop far enough to stick out. I haven't checked any pics for reference, so I could be wrong, though.
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I'll take care of the "coils" in the nacelles. I also noticed that the top half of the saucer might be a bit more pointed. It's more like a exact circle segment in my drawing.
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I don't remember the specific source, but I do recall that 190 meters was supposed to be the official length of the ship.
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BRAVO! Excellent drawing Bernd. You are the king of schematics. I marvel at how you can look at a screen capture and create an accurate side view schematic. Any chance of seeing a front view soon?
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Wow! Bernd. Great job for a ship you don't particularly like. I'm curious what drawing program you use? Freehand? Illustrator? Corel?
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