Akira and Centaur

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Akira and Centaur

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:40 PM

Well, after many years and two days before I ship out, I finally finished my Akira and Centaur. All done with the help of Federationmodels.com, Starcraft and of course JT Graphics. Just thought I would share them, hope nobody minds. Next on the list are a Nebula, Steamrunner and Saber. Happy Modeling. As always, advice and creative criticism is always welcome.

(One thing that always bothered me was the lack of life boats on the older ships, when they are so visible on the newer ones. I fixed that problem)

(The brightness blots out the panels on the side, but they are there. The Registration Number is "Ironically" Tongue [:P]

my graduation date from West Point: May 2004)

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:49 PM

Beautiful work!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:14 PM

Nicely done!! Gotta love that Akira class!

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midnightprowler

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February 2003
From: East Bethel, MN

Posted by midnightprowler on Friday, July 23, 2004 6:23 AM

Very nice, are they resin kits? Or scratchbuilt?
Lee

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 23, 2004 8:43 AM

Thanks all for the great comments.

Midnight, They are both the resin kits offered from Starcraft. I was thinking about doing a scratch Centaur, but then it would be a larger scale than 1/1400 and I wanted to start a 1/1400 fleet.

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Friday, July 23, 2004 11:49 AM

Sweet. Some very beautiful work!

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ilikespagetti

Member since
November 2003
From: maine

Posted by ilikespagetti on Friday, July 23, 2004 4:46 PM

I never noticed how much the Akira looks like the NX, I dont know it mught just be me

I am a man, But I can change. If I have to....I guess...

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 23, 2004 5:09 PM

HAHA, uh-oh. There was a whole thread on this one! Here it is... http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=18122

But you are right, that is why people call the NX the "Akiraprise."
Here is a great article on that subject.
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/misc/enterprise_design_comment.htm

He goes into some DEEP detail on this one. You might like it spagetti.

But the Akira is a tough ship. I always loved seeing it in DS9 and VOY (the one time) and it always kicked ass. I just wish they showed more closeups of it, and I would have killed for better shots of the Norway, Steamrunner and Saber.

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Saturday, July 24, 2004 4:05 PM

They are both beauties! Well done. Do you ever do any Star Trek scratchbuilding?

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 7, 2004 3:32 PM

Hey Woody,
Sorry it took so long to respond. Thanks for the nice comments! Nope, never really even attempted any scratching. Scares me to much! I have some good ideas for ships I'd like to see, but I don't seem to be real good and putty and sandpapering anything! HAHA, so I think for the time being I'll just stick to the kits! Sadly, becuase the Army owns me for the next 6-9 months for training, I will be doing no modeling.... this doesn't mean I won't buy some new kits though. Tongue [:P]

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Saturday, August 7, 2004 4:09 PM

No problem. It sounds like you have a very full plate. Wink [;)]

You obviously have a lot of skill so I woudn't let a little fear
of the unknown keep you from enjoying scratchbuilding.
Star Trek modeling and kitbashing/scratchbuilding seem
to go hand in hand. Maybe you can jump onboard when we
start our next group scratchbuild. Smile [:)]

Once again those turned
out great! Cool [8D]

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones

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