It's the Constellation!

[Shaw]

I started one like this but Shaw's plans weren't exact enough for me.

Sorry about that.

I'm not sure how I could get more exact, but the main reason for projects like the 1966 AMT Enterprise plans, Jefferies 1964 Enterprise plans and the 1967 Enterprise Working Prop plans was to share that information with others so that artists like yourself and Tallguy can do amazing art work like this. And seeing Tallguy's work absolutely makes it worth all the effort.

 

[Psion]

It pleases me to see Shaw again. Where are you hanging out these days?

 

[Tallguy]

Sorry about that.

I'm not sure how I could get more exact, but the main reason for projects like the 1966 AMT Enterprise plans, Jefferies 1964 Enterprise plans and the 1967 Enterprise Working Prop plans was to share that information with others so that artists like yourself and Tallguy can do amazing art work like this. And seeing Tallguy's work absolutely makes it worth all the effort.

Well that just made my day. Thanks. Your work has been indispensable. I've wanted to do this project for ages.

I've got a lot of topsy turvey in my life this week (surprise!) but I plan on getting back to this shortly. (Plus life has been kind of Star Wars-y lately, y'know?)

 

[uniderth]

Sorry about that.

I'm not sure how I could get more exact, but the main reason for projects like the 1966 AMT Enterprise plans, Jefferies 1964 Enterprise plans and the 1967 Enterprise Working Prop plans was to share that information with others so that artists like yourself and Tallguy can do amazing art work like this. And seeing Tallguy's work absolutely makes it worth all the effort.

No, I think that's more a comment on my own perfectionism rather than your plans. I will say I have loved all the plans you created. I really like that you even created drawings of the small 3 inch enterprise models. The issue which I have, which I admit is my issue, is when things just don't quite line up between views. Off the top of my head I remember the nub behind the bridge dome being slightly off between the side and top views. I'm not sure if there were other issues. So rather than be a rational human being and just do the best I can with these minuscule issues, I decided to wait until I buy an actual AMT model and can measure it myself. Because, yah know, why move a mesh three pixels to the left, when you can spend $100, and repeat work that's already been done by a better illustrator than myself?

 

[publiusr]

Glad to see Shaw around. I like to see the AMT getting love.

My Dad had a unique take to fix the "droop"

For me--he leaned the saucer back on the dorsal/neck a bit to line the saucer up with the nacelles a bit better.

The shaved the front of the secondary hull's front off at an angle--so the deflector array more nearly pointed forward. The windows needed a new centerline alignment.

 

[Q2UnME]

Glad to see Shaw around. I like to see the AMT getting love.

My Dad had a unique take to fix the "droop"

For me--he leaned the saucer back on the dorsal/neck a bit to line the saucer up with the nacelles a bit better.

The shaved the front of the secondary hull's front off at an angle--so the deflector array more nearly pointed forward. The windows needed a new centerline alignment.

To fix the 'droop', as a kid (good God, over 40 years ago!?!), I filed the nycell strut 'tabs' that connected to the secondary hull to get the angle right .... and glued the shit out of it. I then used one of Mom's nail files to smooth the joint out and painted it (with a brush, no less). Ah, the memories...

Q2

 

[Praetor]

This is wonderful.

 

[Tallguy]

Hey, I've made some progress on this. I've been keeping it mostly to myself in case I didn't get much further.

I've gone back and modeled the top and bottom of the saucer as single pieces (like the AMT kit). As I think I said upthread I'm planning on doing as close to a screen accurate version as I can and then I'll go back and make what I'm calling the "11 foot Constellation". That one should be fun.

 

[Redfern]

A pleasingly novel way to approach the ship! I love it!

For us fans old enough to have watched reruns in the 70s , before the movies debuted, what did you make of the 3 odd "pips" upon the underside of the primary saucer? As of the "...Motion Picture" and later "The Wrath of Khan", I considered the forward one a photon torpedo hatch and the two side ones as airlocks. But before that point, i honestly can't recall what i imagined them to be. Maybe I still though the bow facing one for torpedoes, but I probably thought it more or an "emitter" since I had the impression the pho-torps had no solid mass to them, just energy pockets somehow confining antimatter.

 

[Tallguy]

I don't know what they are. And I like it that way. I'm debating if I'll make them centered on my more detailed model. But on my AMT version they're right where they're supposed to be in their crazy off center nuttiness.

Oh, and the windows run into them AND they intersect with the ridges on the underside. Such a pain to model!

 

[Tallguy]

It's gettin' SERIOUS!



"That's why I'm selling it. It's got a large bite out of it."

 

[scifieric]

That is absolutely beautiful work, Tallguy!

 

[blssdwlf]

I don't know what they are. And I like it that way. I'm debating if I'll make them centered on my more detailed model. But on my AMT version they're right where they're supposed to be in their crazy off center nuttiness.

Oh, and the windows run into them AND they intersect with the ridges on the underside. Such a pain to model!

It's looking pretty sweet @Tallguy. When you say not centered is it the indention on the centerline? I'm wondering if there is some variation in the AMT molds because my AMT looks aligned.

 

[Tallguy]

Yes, the later kits are symmetrical. But the 1967 kit that the Constellation was made from was not. The three dimples are rotated a few degrees off center.

 

[blssdwlf]

Yes, the later kits are symmetrical. But the 1967 kit that the Constellation was made from was not. The three dimples are rotated a few degrees off center.

Ahh that makes sense. My kit is a lot newer (circa 1980s, IIRC). Now I gotta to go look to see if the dimples were visible in the episode as I hand't noticed them before

 

[137th Gebirg]

I don't think they ever showed the Constellation's underside; only the top and rear in close-up.

 

[scifieric]

I don't think they ever showed the Constellation's underside; only the top and rear in close-up.

That is correct!

 

[Bernard Guignard]

Very nice

 

[Maurice]

Ahh that makes sense. My kit is a lot newer (circa 1980s, IIRC). Now I gotta to go look to see if the dimples were visible in the episode as I hand't noticed them before

The dimples aren't visible in the episode because the Constellation is largely shot from above.

 

[Tallguy]

The dimples aren't visible in the episode because the Constellation is largely shot from above.

It's TWUE!

Started to add damage. I'm sure I'll do at least one more version. Probably more. It'll look better when I've painted more scorch marks.