What shall I do with leftover parts?

Discussion in 'Fan Art' started by Forbin, Jan 16, 2008.

  1. Kaiser

    Kaiser Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Maybe you can add a Miranda Class type Torpedo Pod and make into a Battle Carrier :D
     
  2. aridas sofia

    aridas sofia Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Forbin -- I did the Ariel, yes. I just posted the model to let you know there are other fans of the original Ralph McQuarrie idea out there. Mine was just one way at it.

    I saw somebody do a good job on this idea in an entry to... maybe it was Wonderfest? I saved a pic:

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    The idea here -- and with yours -- might be a light carrier. Sort of a CVL to the Ariel's CVA. Looking at where you are going with it, I think yours will turn out better than this one. Maybe you'll draw it up?
     
  3. Brutal Strudel

    Brutal Strudel Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    It would be interesting to see a model of the design as McQuarrie drew her--bronze colored, even--with the very different nacelles and saucers.

    Anyway, what's that other model, the one bristling with weapons? Looks cool...
     
  4. Forbin

    Forbin Admiral Admiral

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    Not sure if mine will be anything more than a heavy cruiser. Though my shuttle bay doors are at least twice the size of the E's.

    I may have screwed it up last night by starting to build that neck out sideways and succeeding only in creating a mess. It's time for damage control to see what they can make of it. :lol:
     
  5. Patrickivan

    Patrickivan Fleet Captain Newbie

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    I have a box of left over plastic trees, dust bunnies, ratty old underwear and old ballon scraps.

    If I sent them to you, could you make us a model of a Constellation variant being constructed in a new starbase, orbiting a moon base? And use the left overs from THAT to make a 1:1 scale bridge of the E-D in Yesterday's Enterprise?

    And a burger- I'd like a burger...

    Keep up the great work- even if I don't love all your designs, it's really cool to see your bashes.
     
  6. Santaman

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    Interesting ship, it isn't pretty but somehow I still like it a lot...
     
  7. Forbin

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  8. B.J.

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    That's the Terran fighter from the Wing Commander movie.
     
  9. Cary L. Brown

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    Yeah... awful, isn't it? The "Wing Commander" movie is a great example of "rebooting" something, keeping the bad parts, and losing all the good parts (replacing them with bad ones)... blech!
     
  10. Mike Farley

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    "The destroyer planform has never been particularly graceful, always seeming like a cobbling-together of spare parts"

    :lol: :lol:
     
  11. Rattrap

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    The Preble makes me think that someone at BuShips saw "Junior" riding the back of the "D" and went "Hey...".

    :)
     
  12. Forbin

    Forbin Admiral Admiral

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    And I named it Preble because I have a coworker that was on the Preble (DD46) in the 1980s, and says it was the crappiest ship in the fleet, with one dead screw for his whole tour. I did it just to bust him.
     
  13. Forbin

    Forbin Admiral Admiral

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    Quick update:

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    I'm thinking "USS Artemis."
    Goddess of the hunt, it's arrowhead shaped... any tenuous connection for name.
     
  14. Icy_Penguigo

    Icy_Penguigo Captain Captain

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    Oooooh! This thing is really shaping up!
     
  15. ShamelessMcBundy

    ShamelessMcBundy Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    What you gotta do is lob off the saucer, add a tubular section, and then a bulbous head and there you go! ;)
     
  16. Santaman

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    Nice start Forbin. :)
     
  17. Mysterion

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    If it's an arrow motif you're looking for why not: USS Sagitarius?
     
  18. TK421

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    This would make a great presidential Airforce One.

    A trtavelling White House for the UFP president and the secondary hull is all conference rooms and what not.
     
  19. Forbin

    Forbin Admiral Admiral

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    ^I'd be repeating myself then. That's what my USS Grand Alliance is.

    Saggitarius? Good idea too!
     
  20. aridas sofia

    aridas sofia Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Damn, I like the way that looks John. I might like it better with the TOS architecture, but it works this way as well. :thumbsup: