USS Kelvin, Speculation, in 3D!
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Note, however, that this image isn't 100% true to the earlier screenshot: the hatches for the pop-up "CIWS cannon" are either missing, or then mispositioned and misdimensioned.
The Intel site also displays a "cleaned up" version of the actual, bow-on screenshot, with the three plus three hatches in their proper places. Perhaps they had various versions of the CGI model made available to them, and this one with the red background is an older one that never will be seen in the movie?
Timo Saloniemi
The Intel site also displays a "cleaned up" version of the actual, bow-on screenshot, with the three plus three hatches in their proper places. Perhaps they had various versions of the CGI model made available to them, and this one with the red background is an older one that never will be seen in the movie?
Timo Saloniemi
So the Kelvin's using the Jupiter 2 from Lost in Space as a bridge?
I built a model of the Jupiter 2 (from Lunar Models) a number of years ago... complete with interior (granted, like so many sci-fi ships, the "filming interior" simply won't fit into the exterior... and, of course, there were multiple and significantly different, exteriors anyway).
But I saw that the moment I saw this ship, too. I suspect it's another one of those "throw it in as an in-joke" bits... though I've come to HATE those things (ET in the Republic Senate? R2-D2 and C-3PO in heiroglyphics in the Well of Souls? Dave Bowman's pod in Watto's junkyard?) It's waaaaay too "cute" and it ruins the scenes as far as I'm concerned... it pulls you out of any sense of "suspension of disbelief."
But for anyone who's not familiar with it... let me present you with the Jupiter 2!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Jupiter-2-...color-pic_W0QQitemZ140244347767QQcmdZViewItem
MadMan, maybe now that we have a better view of the Kelvin, would you consider updating your model?
Maybe for Star Trek Legacy?
Maybe for Star Trek Legacy?
Wow, it does look like that.I built a model of the Jupiter 2 (from Lunar Models) a number of years ago... complete with interior (granted, like so many sci-fi ships, the "filming interior" simply won't fit into the exterior... and, of course, there were multiple and significantly different, exteriors anyway).
But I saw that the moment I saw this ship, too. I suspect it's another one of those "throw it in as an in-joke" bits... though I've come to HATE those things (ET in the Republic Senate? R2-D2 and C-3PO in heiroglyphics in the Well of Souls? Dave Bowman's pod in Watto's junkyard?) It's waaaaay too "cute" and it ruins the scenes as far as I'm concerned... it pulls you out of any sense of "suspension of disbelief."
But for anyone who's not familiar with it... let me present you with the Jupiter 2!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Jupiter-2-...color-pic_W0QQitemZ140244347767QQcmdZViewItem
That's more than a passing resemblance.
Yeah, I probably will. I'm trying to make myself good screen grabs from the trailer, so I can check it out.MadMan, maybe now that we have a better view of the Kelvin, would you consider updating your model?
Maybe for Star Trek Legacy?
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Having the shuttle bay in the smallish secondary-hull makes more since than NX-Class-style drop bays.
Wow, it does look like that.I built a model of the Jupiter 2 (from Lunar Models) a number of years ago... complete with interior (granted, like so many sci-fi ships, the "filming interior" simply won't fit into the exterior... and, of course, there were multiple and significantly different, exteriors anyway).
Damn it, 'fisher! I was liking that ship up until that remark!
But I saw that the moment I saw this ship, too. I suspect it's another one of those "throw it in as an in-joke" bits... though I've come to HATE those things (ET in the Republic Senate? R2-D2 and C-3PO in heiroglyphics in the Well of Souls? Dave Bowman's pod in Watto's junkyard?) It's waaaaay too "cute" and it ruins the scenes as far as I'm concerned... it pulls you out of any sense of "suspension of disbelief."
But for anyone who's not familiar with it... let me present you with the Jupiter 2!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Jupiter-2-...color-pic_W0QQitemZ140244347767QQcmdZViewItem
That's more than a passing resemblance.
Computer voice at XO bridge station on USS Kelvin: "Danger, Danger George Kirk!"
We'll know something's up if crewman Smith starts moaning about his aching back during the battle scenes.
I sure hope they got Dick Tufeld to do the voice for the Kelvin's computer.
Being that the Kelvin is pre-TOS, maybe its the Jupiter 1. 
Well, I'm going to bump this thread up, since I started working on this...
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Another Update...
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Is there some way to adjust the contrast on this? On my end, the ship is charcoal gray on a black background, which makes it nearly invisible...
Yep, that's what prompted me to re-build it.
I had to do a print screen, paste it into photoshop, and then adjust the contrast. It's really dark...
A couple of updates:
Almost Ready for Textures.
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