Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription
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Wouldn’t be the first to me they would favor using an inaccurate CG model over a practical one as a master source for the sake of expediency. The Stargazer was a prime example of this dubious practice.
They used a model that was built by Doug Drexler for the cover of a novel ("Stargazer: Enigma", IIRC - Michael Jan Friedman, Gallery Books, 9/10/2011). The primary hull is way too thin compared to the original and missing tons of details, particularly on the underside.
This is what it should have looked like
And this is what we got:
Don't get me wrong, Mr. Drexler has done some fantastic work in his career, but this particular one was never really meant to be used as a master for a mass-production model, and only designed to be viewed from the top.
This is what it should have looked like
And this is what we got:
Don't get me wrong, Mr. Drexler has done some fantastic work in his career, but this particular one was never really meant to be used as a master for a mass-production model, and only designed to be viewed from the top.
That's not too bad compared to the Karemma ship. Top is original, bottom is CG. They're practically different ships.
More here: http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/karemma.htm
More here: http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/karemma.htm
Wow... there is quite a bit of discrepancy in this particular model, you're right. There appear to be at least 5, maybe 6 different versions of the ship as it's been modded over the years. Perhaps they couldn't decide on which one to use so they made an all-in-one "idealized" version, combining elements of all of them? Model builders do that all the time to reconcile multiple iterations of the same vessel.
That's not too bad compared to the Karemma ship. Top is original, bottom is CG. They're practically different ships.
More here: http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/karemma.htm
To be fair - it's still a screen accurate representation of the Karemma ship. Just only from later CGI appereance, not the first physical model. To be honest, especially with alien ships that go through a hundred re-dresses, I can't get too worked up about which redress actually is the final one ending up as a model.
IMO it was the most noticeable with the Ferengi battle ship, that they used the CGI model from VOY as a master (that was only ever seen in one shot), and not the regularly appearing model on TNG. That was a big thing, because the Ferengi battlecruiser was a major antagonist ship. But the Karemma? Hell, I think 90% of its screen appereances were as the cgi model (though mostly for other races).
So this is a case where I really can't blame Eaglemoss - They're just using a different (but 100% equally valid!) version for their model.
Technically, the Karemma ship only appeared once, in "Starship Down". It was a Bajoran ship in Kira's blockade in "Shadows and Symbols" (purchased from the Karemma, perhaps?) and I think as a generic background ship in a couple of Voyager and Enterprise eps.
On the discussion of specials, I'm curious what people think of Eaglemoss doing the sister ship of "hero" ships. They've already done the rare Glenn, as well as the Defiant and the Yorktown.
What would you think of a special of ships like the Constellation, the Yamato, the Odyssey, the Valiant, the Bellerophon, and Columbia? I for one would be interested in some of those, but would that be too much of a shameless cash grab?
Irishtrekkie separated the saucer section on his Enterprise-D...
Yeah, they're once again favoring a pre-made CG model over remastering from the original studio model. Can't really see it from that angle, but the "spine" area of the studio miniature is more elegantly curved and subtle, whereas the CG version (which I think was originally made for DS9's Dominion War sequences), whence the Eaglemoss model was derived, has a more angular peak at the top. Just doesn't look right, IMO, but that's not Eaglemoss' fault.first image of the upcoming XL romulan warbird:
disappointingly the engines and bussards are opaque, the model uses the very green appearance of the ship on screen, rather than the blue-green tones of the shooting model:
Here's a line drawing based on the studio miniature:
...and here's the CG ortho:
You can definitely see the pronounced dorsal peak on the latter, and some of the overall proportions are a tad bit different.
didn’t it have blue engine illumination too?
I’m still surprised eaglemoss hasn’t already done this as a special edition. Not one that you could separate and reconnect but just in the two pieces to display like he’s done.
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