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ISS Constellation UPDATED NEW PHOTOS
Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Sunday, October 30, 2005 3:22 PM
Hello I had a weekend project I wanted to share with everyone. I was think what does the ISS Constellation look like if the USS Constellation was destroyed by the Planet Killer? So I wanted to find out and create one. I took a PL NX 1/1000 kit and some odds and ends from a PL TOS 1/1000 kit and made the ISS Constellation. I shorten the Nacelles so they would like right on the frame,and I added a round deflector instead of a rectangular one. I think it looks okay. Opinions would be appreciated.Thanks for looking. The Pictures are on my Website: 

http://users.adelphia.net/~bgdaddy8964

Click On the Photo Album
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Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 11:13 AM
That's pretty sweet. However I think that would still be considered an NX class. More like an ISS NX class up grade. The catch is in the main stream universe the Constellation won't exist as a class for at least 100 years or more. But hey you can make up any fictional ship class you like in an alternate universe. So I say name it the Constellation! Great build!! I just hope mine comes out so well. ..My 2 cents [2c]
"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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Posted by Fish-Head Aric on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 4:10 PM
Yah, the Constellation of TOS that was consumed by the Planet Killer was of the same design as the Enterprise of TOS. The PL NX kit is definitely a whole other breed. However, another NX design ship may have been built and named Constellation from the "Enterprise" series, with its name passed on as has the Enterprise name with decommissioning and upgrading of ship designs.

I don't know my Star Trek history/pre-history well enough to know of such progressions in detail, though.
~Aric Fisher aric_001@hotmail.com
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Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 8:35 AM
Good point Fish-Head! Yeah it could easily be a predessor to a Constitution class ISS Constellation.
"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Thursday, November 3, 2005 11:10 PM
Thanks for the kind words,I appreciate it. I figure that yea it could be a upgrade of the NX,but I was thinking after Empress Sato killed Archer she had the thought for the Constellation after sleeping with new promoted Captain Thom
Deckard,Commodore Deckard's grandfather. Just a silly Idea I had.I was thinking of writing a short fictional story about it,what do you guys think?
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Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Friday, November 4, 2005 8:33 AM
I say take it an run with it. Like I said before it's an alternate reality anyway so the sky's the limit! I am always willing to support writers!
"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:13 AM
Thanks I appreciate that. I will probably start writing a short story about the ISS Constellation and see where it goes. Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Friday, November 11, 2005 12:35 AM

Hey Gang,

      Click on my website link,I got a new camera and took some better clearer pics of this( I think they are better pics,tell me what you guys think. ThanksCool [8D]

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Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Monday, November 14, 2005 12:36 PM
It's even cooler the second time around! Nice pics! i like the trim around the saucer and the saucer details on top. BTW what are those details just ahead of the bridge?
"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Monday, November 14, 2005 5:02 PM

I hand painted the panels that are already molded on the model. I used a Tamaya paint.The color is Gun Metal  X-10 it comes in a 1/2 oz bottle.And the Bridge is painted Gold. I just thought a little detail would make it stand out a little better,but I did not want to aztec it because with the color I used to paint the overall color of the ship which is by Rust Oleum,the color is called Winter Gray 1982.I thought this is a great color it looks closer to the grays used on the newer ships of the Federation.

So I thought what the Heck,I try it and see how it turns out,and it turned out great no runs and it dries to touch in 12 minutes also and made for plastic.Thanks for the kind words.

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