i hope they make the nacelles the same space apart as they were on the prime Enterproises
*Potential Spoilers* What will the Alternate Enterprise-A look like
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I honestly feel like we'll get something much closer to TOS Enterprise with the satellite dish but with some streamlining and aztecing.
Yep, definitely better, I think. I liked the large nacelles though, so I'm disappointed that they shrunk them, and make them closer together. But, looking at the pick, that might be an underneath perspective view, making them look smaller.
Dac, that is awesome! I'd never be able to do mine that small. Did you say you were using dissolvable support material? I need to finish mine some time.
-Ricky
Okay - you guys have inspired me!
I've got some customising ideas, using my DVD Enterprise 1701 model, and some Terminator Salvation Playmates Aerial HK angular fins...
Will keep you posted!
Any new ship built will be even newer than the current 1701, and look even less like the TOS one. We'll likely see exactly the same design as the start of the movie, or a totally new and more advanced ship.
Yeah but that's an in-universe perspective. I'm hoping they just go "who gives a shit" and throw in some more TOS stuff.
Even though that "painted wooden toy" is still one of the top starship designs in all science fiction, even fifty years after it was introduced.
I want it to have red buzzards nacelles thinner n apart a tad more swept back
Just nods to the org E. Even the 1701E has red buzzard collectors. Not a fan of the blue buzzard collectors n nacelles are too big imo
Just nods to the org E. Even the 1701E has red buzzard collectors. Not a fan of the blue buzzard collectors n nacelles are too big imo
I think the word you're looking for is "bussard".
Thanks lol
I just switched to Sanka coffee so have a heart. ..... (from Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Huh? I can see how we might be looking at a bottom view instead of the top, but that doesn't justify all the space between the nacelle tips and the saucer.
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/KingDaniel01/Beyond_Enterprise_comparison1.jpg
I like the D, but fail to see the resemblance.
See image above, they didn't.
No sweat - I know some auto spell checkers don't know what to do with that word and doesn't correct it - probably because it's named after an actual person - Robert Bussard - who came up with the idea of the hydrogen ramjet for spacefaring ships running fusion-based energy systems.Thanks lol
I just switched to Sanka coffee so have a heart. ..... (from Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Personally, I prefer the more techie-sounding pre-TNG name for it - the space-energy/matter acquisition sink. A far more descriptive name for the device, if a little loquacious.
True, it doesn't. I was just saying that the top image isn't a perspective image, while the bottom one might be. If it was a render where the ship was rotating or something, it could have been from the bottom, and the engines could look smaller, due to perspective.
-Ricky
And ditched the moment they made a new version of the story, so not quite good enough apparently. And nostalgia makes people pine for anything, good and bad.
Oh yeah, the actual model was not movie-worthy, but the design could have been if redone. That said, the refit was a beautiful ship and big screen worthy.
My only issue with the JJPrise is the proportions. It could've been exactly the same ship with the saucer & neck further forward and the nacelles further apart.
I would have to agree. I love the new films but hate the nuEnterprise. But if as you say, the neck didn't make the front end of the ship look like a duck, and if the nacelles were smaller, further apart and swept back like the refit, then maybe I could get behind it (oh, and also if the ship didn't constantly change size based on whatever day of the week it was, lol.)
With the JJprise I think a lot of people feel:
-The saucer is pretty good
-The neck is too far back
-The front of the nacelles are too bulbous
-The nacelles are too close together
I know there are other gripes, but I think the general consensus seems to be the above. Its a shame Justin Linn didn't address these, but chose to make some other modifications instead. Maybe those mods are reserved for a future Enterprise A.? We can only hope.
I find the major weakness with the JJprise, is that it looks amazing from some angles but awful from others. Similar to the D in that respect. (compare that to TMP Ent. which looked great however she was shot) Trouble is, you run out of good angles pretty quick. I guess this is why Linn chose to make the mods, and even use a fisheye effect. Wonder if he will address this at any time.
Agreed on the issues noted with the JJprize. I would add
- Blue bussard collectors
Hopefully Lin addresses all at end of STB w new E
Agreed. It's more about overall proportions. I don't hate it though.
To clarify: that's the consensus among people who don't like the JJ-prise.
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