Deck Layouts for B'Rel / K'Vort Birds-Of-Prey?
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Try this website:
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints-main2.php
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints-main2.php
On that site, specifically:
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/sd-brel-class-klingon-bird-of-prey.php
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/sd-brel-class-klingon-bird-of-prey.php
Don't forget these.
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/klingon-bird-of-prey.php
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/klingon-bird-of-prey.php
The separate "bridge" and "attack center" facilities solve the most pressing of the TOS movie continuity problems. All that we have to wonder about now is cargo hold access: how did the whales get out, and how did the plexiglass get in?
We don't necessarily need a dorsal hole for the plexiglass: Sulu could have lowered the sheets to the ground, after which they were lifted into the ship through the same hole that let the whales out, and then lowered again into their slots. The cuts in ST4 allow for that. The cargo bay should just be two stories high, then, contrary to what those blueprints suggest.
But the ventral opening is problematic. Does the prominent belly dome split in half (like in the Defiant as seen in "The Sound of Her Voice")? Or is there a smaller hole just ahead of the belly dome, merely one bulkhead-to-bulkhead spacing long, through which the plexiglass sheets were jimmied in and the whales wriggled out of? It sort of makes sense to build a large "assault ramp" into the ship if it is already designed to bring warriors to surface battle as evidenced by the prominent wings and landing gear; it's not the existence of that ramp that is a bother, but its location...
Timo Saloniemi
We don't necessarily need a dorsal hole for the plexiglass: Sulu could have lowered the sheets to the ground, after which they were lifted into the ship through the same hole that let the whales out, and then lowered again into their slots. The cuts in ST4 allow for that. The cargo bay should just be two stories high, then, contrary to what those blueprints suggest.
But the ventral opening is problematic. Does the prominent belly dome split in half (like in the Defiant as seen in "The Sound of Her Voice")? Or is there a smaller hole just ahead of the belly dome, merely one bulkhead-to-bulkhead spacing long, through which the plexiglass sheets were jimmied in and the whales wriggled out of? It sort of makes sense to build a large "assault ramp" into the ship if it is already designed to bring warriors to surface battle as evidenced by the prominent wings and landing gear; it's not the existence of that ramp that is a bother, but its location...
Timo Saloniemi
I thought we settled all that about the tanks and whales in the thread when I was making this:
http://lcars24.com/schem36.html
Timo was active in the discussion and I even posted a mesh cutaway, the source of which I don't remember now, that helped clarify the geometry of those upper compound-curved doors that just happened to be conducive to lowering in such large objects by chopper.
(The brown thing aft of the warp coils is a fat targ. The brown dots on the floor behind it are, well, . . .)
http://lcars24.com/schem36.html
Timo was active in the discussion and I even posted a mesh cutaway, the source of which I don't remember now, that helped clarify the geometry of those upper compound-curved doors that just happened to be conducive to lowering in such large objects by chopper.
(The brown thing aft of the warp coils is a fat targ. The brown dots on the floor behind it are, well, . . .)
I wasn't aware that Strategic Design closed down or that they had released a Klingon Bird of Prey blueprint set. If I had I would definitely had bought a set. Does anyone now when and why they closed shop or if they might return in the future? I really would like to get a set. Thanks.
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