USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! - Page 15

Vulcan · October 15 2006, 04:55 PM

That is some outstanding work as always.

The only thing I can spot that doesn't seem just right are those gold circular tube things that are connected to the photon torpedo launchers. They just don't seem right to me. Perhaps some kind of targeting sensors could take their place.

Vektor · October 15 2006, 05:12 PM

Anybody happen to know the proper width and height of a typical photon/quantum torpedo launch tube? I suspect mine are a bit too large.

Vektor · October 16 2006, 02:19 AM

I thought a scale reference might be useful for evaluating the size of the torpedo launch tubes as well as other parts of the ship...

Sure enough, those things are big enough to launch a Peugeot!

By the way, the car model was an uncredited freebie I downloaded off some 3D Website or other a while back.

Ptrope · October 16 2006, 02:23 AM

I'd pay good money for a shot of the Peugeot being fired out of that tube ...

. Of course, it would need a good 'speed streak' behind it as it shot out ...

Cary L. Brown · October 16 2006, 02:36 AM

I recommend leaving the car there... it makes for good detail...

I'm curious what the funky gold-black double-column under the torpedo launcher is s'posed to be. Mind sharing your intention?

Ptrope · October 16 2006, 03:03 AM

It's only a single column (the lighting is playing tricks on us

).

I'm guessing it's some sort of shock absorption unit; perhaps the photorp launcher recoils like a gun barrel.

USS Mariner · October 16 2006, 03:09 AM

It almost looks retractable.

Vektor · October 16 2006, 04:16 AM

Cary L. Brown said:
I'm curious what the funky gold-black double-column under the torpedo launcher is s'posed to be. Mind sharing your intention?

It's a single "column," if you want to call it that. I don't really have a purpose for it other than to fill the space below the launcher. I have a few ideas for a different structural arrangement under there, though, so it really isn't final.

FalTorPan · October 16 2006, 05:16 AM

Vektor said:
I thought a scale reference might be useful for evaluating the size of the torpedo launch tubes as well as other parts of the ship...

Sure enough, those things are big enough to launch a Peugeot!

By the way, the car model was an uncredited freebie I downloaded off some 3D Website or other a while back.

The car is fun... and it would even be more fun if the car were a photon torPinto.

Ptrope · October 16 2006, 05:28 AM

Good one!

So, they just line the torPinto up in the tube, and a large firing pin hits it in the rear end, right?

TheSeeker · October 16 2006, 10:38 AM

Mariner Class said:
It almost looks retractable.

That's what I thought too. It might be kinda cool if the torpedo tubes remained retracted during regular operations and only came out when needed.

Professor Moriarty · October 16 2006, 02:06 PM

I love how the torpedo launchers seem to "float" free of the surrounding hull structure. Very nice. :thumbsup:

largo · October 16 2006, 04:24 PM

Vektor said:
Sure enough, those things are big enough to launch a Peugeot!

that's one way to win Monaco, i guess.

Cary L. Brown · October 16 2006, 05:47 PM

Now that I look at it a bit more closely, it looks like the torpedo launcher assembly is suspended on top of a huge freakin' spring... Wonder what the "K" value for that thing would be? A few hundred tons per meter? DAMN...

Seriously, I originally thought "tractor beam" (as in the TMP Enterprise in about that location). Then I thought "top end of the reactor assembly," but now I'm just totally stumped...

cardinal biggles · October 16 2006, 07:44 PM

Ptrope said:

Good one!

So, they just line the torPinto up in the tube, and a large firing pin hits it in the rear end, right?

Alternately, they load the torPinto rear-first into the tube, launch it, and it explodes on impact.

October 15 2006, 04:55 PM	#211
Vulcan Vice Admiral	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! That is some outstanding work as always. The only thing I can spot that doesn't seem just right are those gold circular tube things that are connected to the photon torpedo launchers. They just don't seem right to me. Perhaps some kind of targeting sensors could take their place.

October 15 2006, 05:12 PM	#212
Vektor Rear Admiral Location: Spokane, WA, USA	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! Anybody happen to know the proper width and height of a typical photon/quantum torpedo launch tube? I suspect mine are a bit too large. __________________ www.vektorvisual.com

October 16 2006, 02:19 AM	#213
Vektor Rear Admiral Location: Spokane, WA, USA	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! I thought a scale reference might be useful for evaluating the size of the torpedo launch tubes as well as other parts of the ship... Sure enough, those things are big enough to launch a Peugeot! By the way, the car model was an uncredited freebie I downloaded off some 3D Website or other a while back. __________________ www.vektorvisual.com

October 16 2006, 02:23 AM	#214
Ptrope Agitator Location: USA	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! I'd pay good money for a shot of the Peugeot being fired out of that tube ... . Of course, it would need a good 'speed streak' behind it as it shot out ... __________________ Star Trek: Reanimated - it's more than just a cartoon!

October 16 2006, 02:36 AM	#215
Cary L. Brown Rear Admiral Location: Austin, Texas	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! I recommend leaving the car there... it makes for good detail... I'm curious what the funky gold-black double-column under the torpedo launcher is s'posed to be. Mind sharing your intention?

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October 16 2006, 03:03 AM	#216
Ptrope Agitator Location: USA	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! It's only a single column (the lighting is playing tricks on us ). I'm guessing it's some sort of shock absorption unit; perhaps the photorp launcher recoils like a gun barrel. __________________ Star Trek: Reanimated - it's more than just a cartoon!

October 16 2006, 03:09 AM	#217
USS Mariner Rear Admiral Location: Homestate of Matt Jefferies	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! It almost looks retractable. __________________ Ignorance is forgivable, Arrogance is reprehensible, Narcissism is intolerable. *Subspace Commns Network* ~ Visit Marinina!

October 16 2006, 05:28 AM	#220
Ptrope Agitator Location: USA	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! Good one! So, they just line the torPinto up in the tube, and a large firing pin hits it in the rear end, right? __________________ Star Trek: Reanimated - it's more than just a cartoon!

October 16 2006, 02:06 PM	#222
Professor Moriarty Vice Admiral Location: Drifting in interspace	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! I love how the torpedo launchers seem to "float" free of the surrounding hull structure. Very nice. :thumbsup:

October 16 2006, 05:47 PM	#224
Cary L. Brown Rear Admiral Location: Austin, Texas	Re: USS Grandeur - One... More... Time! Now that I look at it a bit more closely, it looks like the torpedo launcher assembly is suspended on top of a huge freakin' spring... Wonder what the "K" value for that thing would be? A few hundred tons per meter? DAMN... Seriously, I originally thought "tractor beam" (as in the TMP Enterprise in about that location). Then I thought "top end of the reactor assembly," but now I'm just totally stumped...