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Now that's funny!
"I think Shatner was out-Shatnered in that episode."
Shat happens.
Gerry ...Young at Heart - Other parts slightly older.
Gerryhired the original actor to play Cmdr. Decker in their film.
That would be William Windom (as opposed to Stephen Collins who played his son in TMP)
"...They say there's no Devil, Jim.......BUT THERE IS!!!"
I think Shatner was out-Shatnered in that episode.
....working my way up the airbrush learning curve......
Gentlemen, I suggest you beam me aboard!
First rate!
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"Wasn't that the younger Decker in TMP?"
Yes, but isn't the TMP Decker the son of Doomsday Decker?
Also, did you see the fan-film sequil? Star Trek PHASE II
hired the original actor to play Cmdr. Decker in their film.
A small role in the overall film, but still, it all ties in.
Here's the link for their movie downloads. They've really done some impressive work.
The bridge looks authentic to the original.
www.startreknewvoyages.com
Gerry "A thousand starships couldn't generate that much energy!"
"A thousand starships couldn't generate that much energy!"
Wasn't that the younger Decker in TMP?
It's one of my favorite episodes as well. You've seen it with the new CGI effects? Really sells the story!
Looks like it got hit by a beam of pure anti-protons....
ABSOLUTELY PURE!!!!!!
::::"Doomsday Machine" is my favorite episode::::
Stringers is the term used in aircraft and spacecraft so I thought if fit.
Anyway it sure looks nice on your build!
Ah, I see. Never heard it called that before. I just called it frame or skeleton. The "Ribs" of the ship.
Some I cut out, some I stole from another kit. The smaller "grid" inside the Ribs is the window netting from a NASCAR racing car kit.
Stringers are the framework that the skin is built over. Where you have the radial lines and arcs on the burned out areas of the hull. It's a real nice touch and adds to the excellent look.
Thanks for the compliment! I appreciate it.
Um..... what are stringters?
Great Job!
I love how you got the look of stringers in the hull.
Yeah the model in the original episode was an AMT model on which someone in the prop department went postal with a soldering iron!
Fantastic work Gerry, much as I hate to see a beautiful Connie shot all to Hades like that, amazing job! Love the ripped open secondary hull and the smashed warp nacelles, esp the exposed framework on portside.
I tried sometime on a smaller scale with a crippled Klingon K'Vort under heavy attack by a trio of Jem'Hadar attack craft some years ago but made a mess out of it. You're inspiring me to pull the thing out and give 'er another try, if only my bench wasn't already so full of stuff- well maybe sometime in 2013... (sigh)
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
I love trek, and I usually follow canon, but sometimes you just have to improvise. Make it your own. The revamped TOS Star Trek has updated CG effects whcih really helps the show. The Constellation in that looks much differant. My ship looks closer to that than the original. But it's still the original that inspires.
Kugai is correct! It is the same stinking model they used in the original show for the damaged starship. Your efforts are wonderful! Had you chosen to, I think you could have been as bold enough as to simply have it be an "enhanced" version of the USS Constellation. Canon goes out the window for me where that is concerned. Great job!
Tj
Gerry part of the fun of doing the Constellation is that you're working with exactly the same materials as the pros on the show.
part of the fun of doing the Constellation is that you're working with exactly the same materials as the pros on the show.
I was wondering about that. At first, I thought you'd crammed that detail into the 1:1000 PL kit, and was wondering how in the heck you managed it.
If you used the old AMT version, that is indeed the exact same kit as they used for the original FX.
Regardless of which company or scale, great job!
Thanks guys.
Tim, part of the fun of doing the Constellation is that you're working with exactly the same materials as the pros on the show. Due to budget limits, when they needed a trashed ship, they just picked up the AMT model kit and trashed it up a bit. The same kit you can buy at the hobby store. They knew the 60s TV cameras wouldn't pick up much detail.
Gerry, your model is WAY better than the one used in the episode. Yeah, I've done it. I've kicked the Star Trek hornets nest. I don't care. You've done a spectacular job.
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Timothy Kidwelltkidwell@firecrown.comEditorScale Model BrandsFirecrown Media
Man, that is one good looking damaged ship! Nicely done, sir!
"Some say the alien didn't die in the crash. It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."
Gerry, Well thought out and executed. I like the way you depicted the damage. Looks like it should be adrift in space.
-Stephen
Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger
I'm not a nuts and bolt guy and as you said you changed some things, but i like much!
Jeff
attila104
The derelict ship from the Star Trek original series episode "DOOMSDAY MACHINE". I've always wanted to hack into an Enterprise and have some fun with it so at last I did. No, it's not an exact copy of the show's ship, it's my version of it. I kept some of the same dammage, added some, deleted some. So, to cover the differances THIS Constellation is from the Mirror Universe Star Trek. There, now Treklore is satisfied.
If you're not a fan, here's the ship from the show.
Here is mine...
I wanted to see hull panels bending out from explosions. 1st time trying this it's close to what I was going for.
Build two decks with rooms inside the saucer section. Painted the rooms and floors appropriate colors. They don't show, but some bleeds through the weathering and adds dimention. And I know it's there even if no one else does.
And here's the video of it from my you tube page. I'm no JJ Abrams but I hope you like it.
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