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*Potential Spoilers* What will the Alternate Enterprise-A look like
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Funny enough, widen that neck shape and make it shorter and THAT'S how the neck appears on the movie's Enterprise-A.
The original KT Enterprise looked fine from the side. The Beyond refit she got...not so much. The Enterprise-A as seen in that artwork is beautiful from certain angles, but an ugly duckling from others. I'm really glad that the CGI team tossed out the nacelle pylons and neck that Hargreaves gave them.
I came up with a treksplanation I can live with for now - the strut connecting so far forward allows the power conduits to dump directly into the bussards then work backwards along the nacelle.
I cannot say why they think it more ascetically pleasing as the mid-mount design, but it may be the reasoning behind the change. Damn engineers, they love to change things.
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I'm thinking it is to induce a plasma vortex along the length of the nacelle.
Here is Shaw's take on the 1964 plans. Almost the same attachment (see aft view)
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/shaw/jefferies_1964-sheet-1.jpg
here the nacelles were raised:
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/shaw/1701-33inch-sheet-3.jpg
Cool links publiusr.......thank you.
As for the new Ent-A, I think we should all wait judgement until clear pics of the "A" come out.
They definitely made changes from the concept art and I have a good feeling most will like the final product.
As for the new Ent-A, I think we should all wait judgement until clear pics of the "A" come out.
They definitely made changes from the concept art and I have a good feeling most will like the final product.
I'm hoping we get the refit, but not the A. I still think there will be further tweaks to perfect the model before the next film and I'd hate for them to rush something that won't match up with ST4, then have to do an ST4 model.
I still cringe at how badly the original First Contact E model by Playmates was thanks to rushing
I still cringe at how badly the original First Contact E model by Playmates was thanks to rushing
We have two new Enterprises in Beyond and I hope we get replicas/models/toys from both of them. If we get a fourth JJprise in ST4 (or ST:XIV if you prefer) then we should get new replicas/models/toys from that too. If you think that's too much then buy only the ones you like.
I am sorry, I probably misunderstood something - but if your point was that early designs of the Enterprise featured very forward strut connection points, they appear to be in very near normal position in those images.
I still cringe at how badly the original First Contact E model by Playmates was thanks to rushing
Aside from the more obvious differences, is the saucer more round? From some of the pictures I saw from the filming model in 1996, it looked like it could've been round and I thought the AMT model got it wrong.
It's not rounder
http://www.fantamodellismo.altervis... E playmates/data1/images/enterprise_e_06.jpg
It's just wrong especially the nacelles and impulse
http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1361302542/gallery_10116_114_18916.jpg
http://www.fantamodellismo.altervis... E playmates/data1/images/enterprise_e_06.jpg
It's just wrong especially the nacelles and impulse
http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1361302542/gallery_10116_114_18916.jpg
It seemed to me as if they got one or two pictures of the Enterprise-E and filled in the rest with Voyager. What's up with that thick saucer rim??
That's because Playmates went off of an earlier design from John Eaves, which had different details from the final model. Eaves' almost-final blueprint is available in the Star Trek: First Contact Sketchbook.
Well, that was the case in the olde days. Today toy companies can get detailed CG models directly from the FX department.
And even then, there are mistakes, like the too thick shuttlebay "floor" and wrong hanger doors on Playmates' 2009 Enterprise.
That was a real thing?! I thought it was just a graphic on the box!
I never bothered with that one as - at the time - it cost too much with retailers nearby dropping lines and the best option being mail order. I'm sure it wouldn't annoy me back then. It'd really annoy me now
http://www.thetrekcollective.com/2016/08/sean-hargreaves-new-uss-enterprise-a.html#more Here's a nice article over at trekcollective, on the new Enterprise.
Has anyone motified the concept art to look like the film version yet?
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