The Mann's side elevation is more or less finished now. It's a bit of a strange ship, and definitely not one of the best from the Chronology. Apart from adding details like windows, I just have to physically attach those anti-matter pods (or whatever they are) to the nacelles.
Oh, and this is also the debute of my Connie schematic, which I used for making the STTM and other fandom kitbashes.
P.S. The NCC for the U.S.S. Mann is taken from Steve Pugh's site. But your guess is as good as mine (or his).
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Wow, that looks pretty nice. I don't really care for ANY of the vessels depicted in the Chronology, but I suppose there not all that bad.
In fact, I'd be quite interested to see a rendition of the Horizon-class from that book.
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Oh, and just to be playful jibing for a moment, I still do BTW maintain that the NCC-1700 looked just as it did in FJ's blueprints, despite what the NCC-1701 and later ships looked like.
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Wow, Harry! It's amazing how many of those old, "horrible"-looking ships look a lot more presentable when rendered in crisp graphics and a better color palate.
Just to toss my opinion in, I think that the Mann looks more like a contemporary or close descendant of the Daedalus. Some kind of transport type, or maybe a bulky and ill-conceived attempt at an early long-range explorer. Which would put the NCC's somewhere around 500. (Ignoring FJ's indecipherable numbering system. )
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I have to say I prefer my interpretation of the Mann class. I just wish I had pics of the model I made. I took two Oberth saucer tops and added about a 1" spacer to fill out the primary hull. I took the Oberth nacelle fairings, rotated them out 90 degrees, and faired them directly into the primary hull. The nacelles were lengthened, too, using a conversion kit made by Thomas Sasser. And I used plastic bits from some of my Warhammer 40,000 stuff (four power cells from Eldar fusion guns) to make the football-shaped pods on the nacelles' trailing ends.
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It might be worth doing an aft view since there are no apparant impulse engines or a shuttle bay in the existing views. Perhaps they are both recessed into the back of the hull between the nacelles.
quote:Originally posted by Reverend: It might be worth doing an aft view since there are no apparant impulse engines or a shuttle bay in the existing views. Perhaps they are both recessed into the back of the hull between the nacelles.
Well, they're not apparent in the aft view either...
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That's good, Harry. My only suggestion would be to lower and enlarge the name and registry. I would make the numbers a bit larger and center them in the top section (as delineated by the panel lines). The name seems to be hugging the top bridge mound too closely. Then on the front and side views the numbers should be following the hull curves, as indicated by the panel lines. I know that curving and slanting the letters is a pain in the ass, but doing so is preferrable to leaving them off the view or having them too straight.
Does this have a shuttle bay somewhere? (and impulse engines too.)
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I might sneak in an impulse engine between the nacelles. Seeing as the artist who did the beauty shots hasn't got a clue of what a Starfleet ship looks like (I hope those weren't done by Sternbach..), it might be acceptable to add some required details.
I think I'll do an aft view showing the impulse engines and (possible) shuttlebay.
Good idea on the NCC. I might try and move it. And yes, it IS a pain to stretch and manipulate the text (without making them into curves).
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Sternbach worked on TMP, though, didn't he?
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