Shuttlecraft Phaser Labels

[S'kai]

"Next Tuesday" is finally here and the Prius-class Shuttlecraft Zhang Heng is having phasers installed.

I am going to be adding TNG style labels. Which layout do you think is best:
1.

2.

3.

Which do you favor?

 

[Gepard]

The smaller blue one.

That said, I'm too distracted by the TOS phaser 2 being grafted on there. It looks awkward. If the rest of the shuttle is TNG-inspired, it would make more sense to have some kind of phaser stripe there instead.

 

[sojourner]

Are those easily removed? Otherwise your resale value just went down the tubes.

 

[S'kai]

The mirror covers are easily removed. I bought a set of new ones, when the originals got a bit road worn. I am using those (the old ones) for this project. So far, I have done nothing to the car, other than the upgrade to the stereo system, that I couldn't reverse in a day or two.

OTOH, some Trekkie may want a car . . .

 

[sojourner]

Well, it could be worse:
http://io9.com/photogallery/fanpimpedcars/1000470597

 

[The Axeman]

Somewhere deep inside those people there's a part of them that's screaming "WTF HAVE I DONE TO MY CAR! What was I thinking?" It must take a fair bit of suppressing.

 

[S'kai]

Not me. It brings a smile everyday, and has literally changed my life. Almost everyone in the Road Squadron (which includes Shawn's X-wing linked above), loves their cars. Noone has reversed their alterations that I know of, and several have driven them till they fall apart or are totalled.

Break the mold, I say.

Now, which of the label designs did you prefer?

 

[The Axeman]

Number 3, the small ones. They look more like the warning stickers you'd get on a fighter, rather than the big explanatory label you might find listing contents in a cupboard.

 

[sojourner]

I think they look silly and out of place there. Mount them some where under the front bumper, like where the fog lights go.

 

[AnyStar]

i like the smaller stickers too.

Well, it could be worse:
http://io9.com/photogallery/fanpimpedcars/1000470597

somehow i just knew this was going to be a picture of that over-modified del sol... lol

 

[S'kai]

I have decided, with the help of all your suggestions, to go with # 2, slightly larger, and in red. A compromise with elements of all three designs.

Thanks for your input.

 

[Gepard]

Looks good. Red is always a good choice for a capsule label. I still find that amputated TOS phaser really distracting, though.

 

[S'kai]

Maybe it needs a base plate to make a transition between it and the mirror cover. Like this?

 

[Gepard]

Better...

 

[S'kai]

A smaller, simpler (though more detailed) base?

 

[S'kai]

Next Tuesday has come and gone, and the phasers are installed !! Many thanks to all who contributed with their suggestions.

Bring on the Klingons!!!