Here it is: The Enterprise with Wings

[ralph]

This is Enterprise with wings.
The refit of the original Enterprise for Phase II.
designer Ralph McQuarrie, best known to the public for his designers for the Star Wars films.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ That ship has the exact opposite problem that the Enterprise-D did. Whereas the Ent-D had a ridiculously huge saucer and a small-to-insignificant secondary hull, that ship has just the opposite: tiny saucer, bloated secondary hull.

 

[seigezunt]

I would love the Enterprise with wings. And those little tiny drumsticks, too. With Texas Pete's sauce, or cholulo. No blue cheese, though.

 

[Vektor]

Zero Hour said:
Didn't Vektor, at one point while working on his NX-01 concepts, produce a ship with small 'wings' on the nacelle struts.

You mean this one?

This was a still untextured revamp of the original version from a couple of years earlier, which looked like this:

Gonna have to finish that thing one of these days.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Well, Cawley says the thing doesn't have wings.

 

[Peacemaker]

Not to be crude, but every time I see this thread title, I think of the ad slogan for a certain, err, feminine hygiene product that was "It's got wings!" Anybody else thinking that, or is it just my warped mind?

 

[Peacemaker]

Vektor said:

Zero Hour said:
Didn't Vektor, at one point while working on his NX-01 concepts, produce a ship with small 'wings' on the nacelle struts.

You mean this one?

This was a still untextured revamp of the original version from a couple of years earlier, which looked like this:

Gonna have to finish that thing one of these days.

Yes, that's the one that made us all have a mancrush on you and your work.

You should do an evolution from that era to the "present" day with that design.

 

[Jimmy_C]

I love that ship!

 

[Arlo]

Has it been determined where this sure-to-be-infamous "Enterprise with wings" rumor came from? Did Custer make it up out of whole cloth, or what?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Here are some images of a mesh based on one of the study models for the "McQuarrie Enterprise":

http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/194-ramiels-3d-dump-ex-cargoship-something-similar-3.html

I think it's pretty cool - I've always liked this design, though I really prefer the early concept art to the study models - the smaller saucer and the nacelles extending forward rather than back off of their pylons.

 

[22 Stars]

peacemaker said:
Not to be crude, but every time I see this thread title, I think of the ad slogan for a certain, err, feminine hygiene product that was "It's got wings!" Anybody else thinking that, or is it just my warped mind?

Count me among the 'crude' I suppose... "The Darn Thing Has Wings!" was the slogan i believe. Wish I could insert a picture of it, lol.

 

[archeryguy1701]

Arlo said:
Has it been determined where this sure-to-be-infamous "Enterprise with wings" rumor came from? Did Custer make it up out of whole cloth, or what?

Based on all the sources I've found, I'm nearly positive it's a Custer fantasy.

 

[seigezunt]

archeryguy1701 said:

Arlo said:
Has it been determined where this sure-to-be-infamous "Enterprise with wings" rumor came from? Did Custer make it up out of whole cloth, or what?

Based on all the sources I've found, I'm nearly positive it's a Custer fantasy.

no, sadly it's true. A friend I have at ILM leaked this to me:

This movie will FAIL!

 

[Listener]

seigezunt said:
no, sadly it's true. A friend I have at ILM leaked this to me:

This movie will FAIL!

Yikes!

I'd say that's definately a "bone-afide" image.

 

[Samuel T. Cogley]

seigezunt said:
A friend I have at ILM leaked this to me:

Gives me goosebumps!

 

[archeryguy1701]

seigezunt said:
no, sadly it's true. A friend I have at ILM leaked this to me:

[image]http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s137/seigezunt/chickencopy.jpg[/image]

This movie will FAIL!

What do you mean "fail"?!? That Enterprise is far more than I had been hoping for! It makes the original Enterprise look like a cheap model hung on strings!

 

[Franklin]

Starship Polaris said:
Here are some images of a mesh based on one of the study models for the "McQuarrie Enterprise":

http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/3d-wips/194-ramiels-3d-dump-ex-cargoship-something-similar-3.html

I think it's pretty cool - I've always liked this design, though I really prefer the early concept art to the study models - the smaller saucer and the nacelles extending forward rather than back off of their pylons.

It looks a lot like the Enterprise-D design could've evolved from it.

 

[CaptainDonovin]

seigezunt said:

archeryguy1701 said:

Arlo said:
Has it been determined where this sure-to-be-infamous "Enterprise with wings" rumor came from? Did Custer make it up out of whole cloth, or what?

Based on all the sources I've found, I'm nearly positive it's a Custer fantasy.

no, sadly it's true. A friend I have at ILM leaked this to me:

This movie will FAIL!

Not sure about anyone else but this made me hungary.

 

[Outpost4]

^ It makes you an European country?

 

[22 Stars]

God, do they HAVE to keep ripping off the Akira-class!!!!???