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I *think* the forward window on the DF was supposed to be a nod to Borg-ish design bits added to make it not entirely Starfleet. There are some dark gray insets lit with green, and we can assume Seven contributed that stuff. The window design really came from the set designers, since we saw it from the inside of the cockpit set, and I copied it for the CG version.
Rick
some new photos of upcoming eaglemoss releases have surfaced, included the two new discovery collection releases (europa and vulcan corvette):
and the XL reliant which i did not know was a thing:
and the XL reliant which i did not know was a thing:
Looking at the Europa model, it sure looks like it fits in with TMP / movie era! It’s an era I’d love to see more federation starships from also.
as with many elements of star trek: discovery, i can't decide if i hate the europa or love it. not sure i can get behind 4 nacelles. but it looks like a good model.
At last, an XL Reliant (I've been waiting for Diamond Select to get off their asses for years on that one) - and they did the bridge correctly - EVERYTHING correctly!! This thing is so much better than the XL E-A, you really have to wonder what happened there.
And the tiny size of the windows on the Europa really informs of quite a relatively large-scale starship.
And the tiny size of the windows on the Europa really informs of quite a relatively large-scale starship.
Hey, thanks for the reply, Rick! Based on the green bits I'd seen in pictures, I knew there was some Borg tech integrated into the Flyer. I was just puzzled by the window a bit. I could imagine Paris giving Seven a funny look when she proposed that part.
(Besides which, wouldn't the various seams reduce the pilot's field of view, at least a little bit?)
Speaking of designs...
Since I had some time and money today, I took a side trip to my local collectible store to get a model. Since I got my last two models off eBay, and the one before that at another store across town, I hadn't been in there for a while and wanted to support him. There wasn't a whole lot of new stuff, so I ended up getting the "Probert" Enterprise-C concept.
I don't know that design all that well, so I can't really say how faithful it is. It is an interesting-looking ship. Obviously, it was retroactively intended to be a stepping stone between the Excelsior and Galaxy. The "neck" is very reminiscent of the Excelsior, and it still has the circular saucer that all Enterprises up to that point had, although the texture is more similar to the Galaxy and the nacelles bring back the Bussard collectors and the struts are slanted forward, like the Galaxy, rather than straight or back. The secondary hull is wider and elliptical, like the Galaxy too.
Ultimately, though, (and this is just personal taste) I think I might prefer the Enterprise-C design that we actually saw on screen, even if it was designed with less time and money in mind. I don't think it's necessarily to be quite that literal in showing the transition in starship designs. After all, aside from the basic concept of a saucer, a secondary hull, and two nacelles, the Excelsior doesn't really have much in common with the refit-Constitution, and the Sovereign doesn't have much in common with the Galaxy. (Although I've argued in the past that, if not for the Thunderchild's oddly low registry number, I think the Akira class would've worked well as an intermediate step between the Galaxy and Sovereign).
There's just something about this concept that seems, a bit... off to me. I can't quite put my finger on it. I suspect it has to do with the proportions, since these are parts that were never meant to go together. That said, obviously, the half-ship in the observation lounge is the closest we ever got to a proper photographic model, but it would've been nice to see this design show up on TNG as a non-Enterprise guest ship.
It's nice to see even conceptual stuff like this get a model. I'm looking forward to the prototype Voyager design when that comes out too.
Edited to add: I was a bit disappointed to see that Irish Trekkie doesn't have an unboxing/review for this ship. It's become a tradition of mine to watch the corresponding video of his whenever I get a new model. Oh well...
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The Europa and the Vulcan corvette are looking great! Looking forward to get my hands on these.
Just found the Kerala in my mailbox yesterday. Love the model! But it's interesting to see how much it looks like an upside-down Shenzhou if you look at it in person.
There's also this image of the Voyager concept model that has surfaced. Looks fugly as hell to me …
Just found the Kerala in my mailbox yesterday. Love the model! But it's interesting to see how much it looks like an upside-down Shenzhou if you look at it in person.
There's also this image of the Voyager concept model that has surfaced. Looks fugly as hell to me …
The Defiant is cursed. MY little one had the backwards pennant on one side, now this.
So does mine, but it's not visible by how I display it, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest - none of the "issues" with the ships have really and if I do have an issue with a ship, I'll leave getting it.
There was also a slight variation of Voyager posted in a old TV Guide magazine back before the show aired, with other images of the cast. I think I still have that, but s nobody ever wanted it, I may have trashed it.
I wouldn't go that far. I mean the nacelles look like they're upside-down, and would probably look better slung up instead of down, but it's an interesting design nonetheless.
I think it would've worked nicely as a background ship with a different name in the later seasons of DS9, instead of the dreadful Yeager. No one was really doing anything with that model anyway.
(It's also interesting that the registry number is different).
I've always liked that version.
Same!
In any case at least a better looking ship than the Discovery herself
To be perfectly honest: I think she would make for a great 24th century successor of the Miranda class! Look at those lines. She would work so obviously great as a spirital and technological successor:
I think that angular style would make for a better asthetic in the 25th century. Putting that century space inbetween similar to NX vs TOS vs TNG allows for enough time to advance the tech and asthetics to fit the real world modern TV shows.
I dunno...I kinda like them.It could have been worse
Here are other views of them. The first was re-named by the internet as the Gettysburg-class Heavy Destroyer and the second the Bogue-class Long Range Scout. Could have made for some really interesting models:
And this variant (Odyssey-class Destroyer), sans additions:
I dunno...I kinda like them.
Here are other views of them. The first was re-named by the internet as the Gettysburg-class Heavy Destroyer and the second the Bogue-class Long Range Scout. Could have made for some really interesting models:
And this variant (Odyssey-class Destroyer), sans additions:
I think they'd look better with up swept nacelles.
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