you caught my attention when you mentioned you were unfolding it. looking forward to see what you're coming up with!
In the show:
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"on screen":
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One thing I noticed: If you skip the head and move the deflector dish you will get a model of the unmanned cargo drones from TAS, so I guess we will have a nice option with this one.
This is a very interesting design. It is will make for a great addition the Starfleet collection. There are two other tugs in the resource section:Just a small heads-up: It's been a long time but rest assured, this project is not forgotten!
I have tinkered with the model a bit and brought it closer to the model used in TOS:
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A few minor things are still to do. I'm working on several projects in the queue to bring them forward and this is one of them. Please be patient, the Antares will be coming (not so soon but she will be there)!
Those are the "other" transport craft; the one from the episode "The Orion Pirates." That ship was more of a transport than a "tug." It featured prominently in the early part of the episode with a crew, distinct ship chest emblems, and even showed interiors of the ship. That was a good episode and also the first time Orion males were depicted in Star Trek (setting the president that Orion males were far larger in size than human males).This is a very interesting design. It is will make for a great addition the Starfleet collection. There are two other tugs in the resource section:
The "AURORA" is the name the both @Revell-Fan and I gave to a project, that deals with a concept bomber that Andrew Probert proposed to Glen LArson for BSG. That project has been in the works for several years. Here is a link to it:Shwaa!?!
"the Aurora"
Is this the Aurora from TOS?
Which one do you prefer, the original which looks like an origami papercraft or the revision which looks like a submarine?Shwaa!?!
"the Aurora"
Is this the Aurora from TOS?