Star Trek Continues, Episode 4...
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It's a mystery why there were fewer contributors this time. They certainly gave more on average, though.
Surely now they can make some dress uniforms.
Surely now they can make some dress uniforms.
It was only a 10% drop in the number of contributors, which isn't bad, and they came close to doubling the total, so that's actually pretty awesome.
Wonder if they could still manage to squeeze another episode out of those funds if they worked longer hours on shooting days or something. Or, yeah, maybe they could raise enough through website donations to make up that difference.
Clip show!
Actually, they have set up the Paypal donation thingy on their site again and it may be realistic to hope they'll raise enough for episode 7 in a few more months.
They would probably just press into service the shuttlecraft interior from Starship Farragut's "A Rock and a Hard Place." I don't see having to reinvent the wheel.
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^ ^ Ah! Sure, why not? They share everything else.
Except toothbrushes, I hope.
Except toothbrushes, I hope.
Not sure working long hours does help anything, as they officially are not getting paid. It would be nice, but we´ll probably never know, as I doubt they will talk about what they get on donations besides KS. And why should they? Much easier to spend the 40K for other things in need.
Well, they have been talking on Facebook in the last couple of days about trying to make up that extra 10K through the website, so that does seem to be a goal. And longer hours could help them reduce the number of filming days per episode, which would address the major expenses of equipment rental and accommodations for the cast and crew.
Funny thing. I'm presently in the midst of modeling the TOS shuttlecraft in 3D and just as I was beginning to build the interior I learned something quite surprising, and I've had it confirmed by Gary Kerr.Looks like a good place to start.
The angled front wall of the shuttlecraft is not what it appears. Upon closely studying photos and screencaps I realized the front IS NOT one single flat panel (with three windows cut out) running across from one side to the other. Until two days ago I (also) always thought it was. No, it is actually THREE SEPARATE PANELS angled at about 2-3 degrees to each other to somewhat mimic how the front end of the exterior is made. That also helps explain something of how the main control console is shape.
So in the interest of a set being as faithful as possible to the original that element would need to be taken into account.
Funny thing. I'm presently in the midst of modeling the TOS shuttlecraft in 3D and just as I was beginning to build the interior I learned something quite surprising, and I've had it confirmed by Gary Kerr.Looks like a good place to start.
The angled front wall of the shuttlecraft is not what it appears. Upon closely studying photos and screencaps I realized the front IS NOT one single flat panel (with three windows cut out) running across from one side to the other. Until two days ago I (also) always thought it was. No, it is actually THREE SEPARATE PANELS angled at about 2-3 degrees to each other to somewhat mimic how the front end of the exterior is made. That also helps explain something of how the main control console is shape.
So in the interest of a set being as faithful as possible to the original that element would need to be taken into account.
How did you learn this? It seems counter-intuitive to me. It looks like a single plane to me as I review film clips.
^^ I'll find and post the pic that really shows it, but even the pic you posted shows it. Look how the bottom edges of the windows don't line up. It's also backed up by the leading edges of the consoles not lining up with each other.
When I saw this I asked Gary Kerr and he confirmed it.
For what seems like a rather simple shape the TOS shuttlecraft has a lot of subtleties to it.
When I saw this I asked Gary Kerr and he confirmed it.
For what seems like a rather simple shape the TOS shuttlecraft has a lot of subtleties to it.
Hm. I'm not sure how Gary Kerr would have acquired this information regarding the Shuttlecraft interior set to be able to confirm the information for you. And I'm not sure I do see that the bottom of the windows are not, in fact, co-linear. I'm certainly not convinced the windows apparently being on subtly different planes is attributable to anything other than artifact/distortion from the camera lens. And it seems like making the front face be three different planes varying by a couple of degrees rather than a single plane would be more trouble than it's worth. I mean, it took 40 years before anyone "discovered" it; why did they even bother? It seem so subtle that it has escaped detection for so long. "Let's go to the trouble and expense to make the front not actually be on the same plane but make it look like it's on the same plane."
This is where I first noticed it. And most every other pic I've seen I can now see it. I can also see something of the separations between panels.
It's hard to notice because most images have the bottom edges of the windows almost at eye level. And with only a 2-3 degree difference between panels it would be very easy to miss.
I myself thought it might be an illusion or a distortion in the photograph, but once I saw it it began to be obvious to me. It's even more obvious in the colour pic you posted. But I wanted confirmation so I asked Gary Kerr who has been spending quite a bit of time researching and developing plans for Round2's shuttlecraft model kit, including an interior, and he confirmed what I could see.
Why would someone build it that way? Possibly because it was important enough to them to be as detailed as possible even given time and budgetary constraints whereas most anyone else wouldn't bother.
It's hard to notice because most images have the bottom edges of the windows almost at eye level. And with only a 2-3 degree difference between panels it would be very easy to miss.
I myself thought it might be an illusion or a distortion in the photograph, but once I saw it it began to be obvious to me. It's even more obvious in the colour pic you posted. But I wanted confirmation so I asked Gary Kerr who has been spending quite a bit of time researching and developing plans for Round2's shuttlecraft model kit, including an interior, and he confirmed what I could see.
Why would someone build it that way? Possibly because it was important enough to them to be as detailed as possible even given time and budgetary constraints whereas most anyone else wouldn't bother.
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