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Post by ecs05norway on May 11, 2017 8:58:52 GMT -7
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Post by rarcher on May 11, 2017 18:13:08 GMT -7
The thing approves!
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Post by rabid on May 12, 2017 18:48:56 GMT -7
very nice! I'm going to have to get one of each modeler's wares and have them be different variants.
Nice choice on the command pod...Suddenly you have me wondering what it would look like with something like the L-24 pod.
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Post by ecs05norway on May 14, 2017 19:12:26 GMT -7
I'll have to rescale a bit for the FASA-scale folk, I've got it in 1/3125 right now, but I'll be glad to make it available.
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Post by rabid on May 14, 2017 19:21:05 GMT -7
Sounds good to me. I dig your other models, I'm working up permission for a shopping spree.
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Post by kaisernathan1701 on May 14, 2017 19:37:25 GMT -7
Nice design  |
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Post by ecs05norway on May 15, 2017 14:43:50 GMT -7
rabid: Let me know which ones you want and I'll make sure they're all converted to 1/3788 for you. I've already got some up in that, and in 1/5000, from earlier requests.
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Post by rabid on May 15, 2017 18:53:47 GMT -7
ok cool! is there a deadline? I'll need time to soften up my "wallet" lol
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Post by ecs05norway on May 16, 2017 7:19:34 GMT -7
ok cool! is there a deadline? I'll need time to soften up my "wallet" lol Heh. Nope, and give my best to She Who Must Be Obeyed. |
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Post by macrossmartin on May 16, 2017 22:04:11 GMT -7
Oddly enough, I'm getting a TNG-era 'vibe' off this variation; maybe that's because of the angular nature of the Vor'Cha being reflected here.
I'll hazard a guess that Sketchup doesn't play nice with complex curved surfaces? Or is the straight-edged hullform a design choice?
And, with advanced apologies for the unsolicited advice...
I'd personally choose to make the 'deckhouse' larger, and the command pod smaller - the latter change to emphasise the mass of the main hull, which I think is needed to highlight the D-10's role as a big, bad, bruiser of a ship.
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Post by rabid on May 20, 2017 16:32:54 GMT -7
This could be an early model, too. Nice to see some variation, it would make it easy to tell different models on the board and strategize accordingly.
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Post by ecs05norway on May 20, 2017 17:27:58 GMT -7
And yeah, Sketchup and complex curved surfaces are not the best of friends.
Bigger deckhouse, smaller command pod, hm?
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Post by rabid on May 20, 2017 18:35:16 GMT -7
Bigger deckhouse makes sense. If the engines are to scale with the D-7 then the current after impulse/shuttlebay whatever the hell they put in there deckhouse is maybe a tad too small.
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Post by macdevious on May 20, 2017 20:25:46 GMT -7
The neck seems thin to me but then they always have on the klingon ships, and the hardest part to get right after the nacelles.
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Post by ecs05norway on May 21, 2017 22:13:11 GMT -7
So I've been working on the design a bit and after some serious Issues with sketchup's handling of the geometry, I've decided on fairly limited changes to the deckhouse.
The command pod has been shrunk slightly, and then the entire figure shrunk by about 10% to get to a 95mm length - matching the dimensions shown in the SRM for a 1/3125 scale. Getting it to 1/3788 or 1/3900, unless you're willing to print in HDA or FUD, will be more difficult.
The smaller deckhouse serves to make the rest of the ship seem bigger by comparison, emphasizing its difference in scale from the D7.
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Post by rabid on May 24, 2017 15:23:24 GMT -7
can't wait to see the new model!
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