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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:14 pm
by koogie
Are the two square details on the warp engine connectors of the NCL the impulse engines or shuttle bay?
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:33 pm
by djdood
If you mean the narrow vertical ones on the backs of the "yoke" (at the base of the struts supporting the engines), those are just generic greeblie-details to break up the otherwise flat face and give painters something to highlight, if they choose. They could be the tractor beam mounts, or anything you wish.
The shuttlebay doors are the two squares that are centerline, nestled in-between the "arms" of the yoke. The impulse engines are the rounded elipicatal feature at the rear of the saucer, much the same as the tv ship heavy cruiser and the other Feds.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:42 am
by koogie
Thanks Will!
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:13 am
by djdood
A ship for today, the classic Federation transport/tug (originally from Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual). This is the ADB fleet tug, with the added shuttlebay and weapons the FJ version lacks.
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:26 pm
by djdood
The last "ship" posted here for 2017 is the Klingon D-7 hanging gameroom decoration.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 6:52 pm
by djdood
The ship for today is the brand-new (to Shapeways) Klingon D-5 war cruiser.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:06 pm
by Sgt_G
What's the difference between the D7 and D6 minis???
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 9:04 pm
by djdood
Very little.
The only difference between the D6B and D7B is the D6B doesn't have the "wing" phasers underneath. The fluff text and McMasters blueprints pretty much specify that the D-7 was externally pretty much identical to the D-6.
For the D6K, I was at least able to give it a different, simpler "Aztec" hull pattern.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:56 am
by djdood
It's been a few weeks.
A "ship" for today is the original Franz Joseph version of the "Star Fleet Headquarters" starbase.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:20 am
by djdood
A ship for today, is the Franz Joseph version of the Federation CA heavy cruiser.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:49 pm
by mjwest
Could you do comparison shots showing the difference between the FJD CA and the ADB CA? I am kinda curious as to what the differences visually are.
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:55 am
by djdood
It used to be posted to the bbs, but was cleared-out.
I'm checking with ADB for permission to post that image myself (all images have to be cleared).
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:44 pm
by mjwest
Thanks! (Either way. Even if no, thank you for asking!)
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:05 am
by djdood
A ship for today is the Federation fleet tug (ADB-version), "in ballast", with no pods.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:50 am
by Monty
Does the pod come as a separate piece that can be glued/magnetized?