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davemetlesits — Polaris re-model
Published: 2010-03-14 03:09:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 2100; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 146
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I spent the last half day re-modelling most of the Polaris. Now it's 4 in the morning and she's finished!Anyway, I wanted to update the model because I saw hor horrible the top side of the saucer was on the "Polaris over Pandora" pic. I used Prologic9's Enterprise as a reference (basically as a spline template). I also rebuilt the nacelles.
So, the new elements are the following:
- the saucer
- the "deck 2" module
- the bridge (finally, the TOS Pilot style bridge module with its normal circumference)
- the nacelles
- the impulse engine assembly
- upgraded textures, based on the old ones
What remained from the original mesh:
- the neck (slightly modified)
- the engineering hull and hangar door
- the nacelle pylons
- the nacelle spikes
- the lower sensor platform of the saucer
- the deflector assembly
- the black thingies for the top post and starboard lights on the saucer
- the formation lights
So here she is, a Polaris which is more accurate to the TOS design. She's still the same ship, though, so watch out for incoming Sunbombs, neutered Kzinti and Section 31
Mesh by me
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Comments: 34
In the TOS era, was Polaris meant to be a cruiser, or some other designation? Was she an explorer like the Constitution-class of starships, or a patrol/service vessel?
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great job. I think it's interesting how you oriented the nacelles.
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Thank you!
Even on the first model, the grilles were pointing upward, simply because the pylons needed their place.
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ah cool. Still an awesome design, just noting how it's different from most ships of that era
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Thank you very much!
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The more and more I see this ship the more I grow fonder of it. I don't know if you have them on an older posting of the ship, but do you have specs on the design?
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I made a Franz Joseph style deck cutaway diagram.
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Thats impressive, very impressive.
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And by nacelle spikes I suppose you mean the tailfins or those antenna things sticking out of the ramscoop?
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The antennae on the bussards. They're subspace stabilisation scoops or something like that.
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I always thought that was the tailfins' job.
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Nice rework. 
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I notice you like taking shots of this angle dave
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It's just because it shows most of the ship if lit properly. Also, in this case, shows about all the new parts I built for the ship.
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Thank you very much!
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A very nice mesh you have there Dave. I particularly like the way you have the intercoolers on the dorsal of the nacelle rather than the more common side or ventral. I'd say its a hundred percent improvement on the earlier model
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Thank you very much!
The original mesh also had this vent arrangement, but now it has more detail.
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shows how much notice I take these days d'oh.
restarted Ricky's lighting jobs, should have them all ready for upload by wednesday should you speak to him min the meantime, had a green light to try and get some less stress oriented work so the backlog of projects I can hit at last.
Not forgot the soyuz, having to build one from pics in one of dannys encyclopaedias tho.
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I'll contact Ricky but first I need some sleep. I feel like I'm drunk although I was never drunk...
And... you're building the Soyuz? Thanks, man!
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