So what's up with the trailer Enterprise proportions?
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I always thought the nacelles looked a little smallish, on both Connie and D versions. Bigger is Better, baby! 
You know for a minute there I thought you were going to mention the welders and I thought ... Not Again. Phew
This is the nacelle:
Yeah, the quality ain't so great - I'm working with that 16" model again. But I think it's pretty clear it's the nacelle and not the engine hull.
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Nothing can really be seen from that shot in the trailer, it's really difficult to tell scale or placement with that tight of a shot. They do this intentionally, of course.
The next picture they release will be of the finished model probably, and will lay this topic to rest. (Yeah right)
HOLY CRAP Ancient- The teaser nacelles have LESS detail then your model- WTF!?! Seriously though- I think that you need a lens that can zoom in and focus more closely to get the same perspective. That's a tough shot on that little model. Very close though- I hope you can get it!
Riker
Now that you mention it, I did forget to bring up the welders. Thanks. So 200 years from now they're...
I'm kidding- I think that's been done to death, I hate the bloody idea and even I'm sick of the subject.
Riker
Now that you mention it, I did forget to bring up the welders. Thanks. So 200 years from now they're...
I'm kidding- I think that's been done to death, I hate the bloody idea and even I'm sick of the subject.
My camera is physically too large to get any closer, and it's auto focus. Which of course comes out blurry even on the <28" mode.
On Amazon the 16" polar lights Ent model is $37 including shipping. It appeals to my cheapness.
*Continues playing with model, making explosion noises with moulth*
On Amazon the 16" polar lights Ent model is $37 including shipping. It appeals to my cheapness.
*Continues playing with model, making explosion noises with moulth*
Actually, as the camera is rising in the view from the front, you can clearly see what appears to be the port nacelle strut. There's too much junk and smoke on the other side to tell for sure, but there does NOT appear to be a starboard strut.
In the middle sequence with the precariously perched welder in the foreground and the saucer looming in the background, that angled structure the welder is working on looks to be the port nacelle strut, or at least it's hard to figure what else it might be. The angle still looks wrong to my eye but it would make some sense if the nacelles really are closer together.
Also, near the end of the view from the front, if you look closely at those rows of lights along the sides of the nacelles, it almost looks like they are resting in huge cradles of some sort. I'm guessing that the port nacelle has been or is about to be attached to the strut and that the starboard nacelle is still just hanging there, or more accurately, propped up there.
Interesting work, Ancient. But, I think as jon1701 pointed out, the shape of this Enterprise will probably look more like a retro version of the TMP refit than a version of the TV model.
I wonder if anyone could take similar photos of the saucer of the TMP model. Anyone still have their old AMT TMP Enteprise out there?
If not, here's at least a link to a head-on shot of the actual TOS movie model. It's not exactly the same angle, but still good for comparison. The Photoshop-adept may want to play with it.
Link to Movie Model
I wonder if anyone could take similar photos of the saucer of the TMP model. Anyone still have their old AMT TMP Enteprise out there?
If not, here's at least a link to a head-on shot of the actual TOS movie model. It's not exactly the same angle, but still good for comparison. The Photoshop-adept may want to play with it.
Link to Movie Model
Because it's not really up to snuff. Many details are missing or out of place. Like the name being off-center) If the nacelles are as big as they look in the trailer, and as close together as that, it'll look Horrible, like the thing I made out of Charles Casimiro's blueprints earlier.
No one has said that the ship won't be the same one that's in the trailer, and this is clearly not a HATE!R thread or anything. It's just that the ship model has a weird, out of proper perspective look.
What's not to understand?
Well, the trailer was made months ago, long before any actual movie shots would need to be started. So I (and others) are wondering if the model isn't finished. Like: Are they gonna put windows on it? Phaser ports? Are they going to make changes in the hull?
Also, as I said, the proportions seem off, possibly due to some artistic 'rearranging' in order to get a dramatic shot. My first post demonstrates these oddities.
We're just speculating, is all.
Also, as I said, the proportions seem off, possibly due to some artistic 'rearranging' in order to get a dramatic shot. My first post demonstrates these oddities.
We're just speculating, is all.
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